,True / False
1. Unless a manager gets people to move beyond mechanical compliance with directions and orders, leadership has not
taken place.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Leadership can also be defined as “the influential increment over and above mechanical compliance
with directions and orders.” See “The Meaning of Leadership.”
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJE 1.1
CTIVES:
NATIONAL STAN United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
DARDS:
STATE STANDAR United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
DS:
TOPICS: The Meaning of Leadership
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
NOTES: Digital story: Engage
2. The concept of leadership as a partnership concerns legal aspects of relationships.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Leadership is often regarded as a partnership or collaboration between leaders and group members. It
concerns with several individuals within a team serving as leaders, both by formal and informal
assignment. See “The Meaning of Leadership.”
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJE 1.1
CTIVES:
NATIONAL STAN United States - BUSPROG - Analytic
DARDS:
STATE STANDAR United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
DS:
TOPICS: The Meaning of Leadership
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
NOTES: Digital story: Connect
3.
A major contributor to leader burnout is being responsible for an action that hurts so many people.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: A major contributor to leader burnout is being responsible for an action that hurts so many people, such
as laying off workers. See “The Satisfactions and Frustrations of Being a Leader.”
POINTS: 1
,DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJE 1.3, 1.4
CTIVES:
NATIONAL STAN United States - BUSPROG - Analytic
DARDS:
STATE STANDAR United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
DS:
TOPICS: The Satisfactions and Frustrations of Being a Leader
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
NOTES: Digital story: Connect
4. Effective leaders have to be good managers or be supported by effective managers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Effective leaders have to be good managers themselves or be supported by effective managers. See
“The Meaning of Leadership.”
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECT 1.1
IVES:
NATIONAL STANDA United States - BUSPROG - Analytic
RDS:
STATE STANDARDS United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
:
TOPICS: The Meaning of Leadership
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
NOTES: Digital story: Connect
5. A synthesis of several studies on managerial succession indicated that changes in leadership are usually associated with
conditions of stability within the organization.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: An overview of research on managerial succession over a recent twenty year period provides more
support for the idea that leadership has an impact on organizational performance. Using different
methodologies, these studies arrived at the same conclusion that changes in leadership are followed by
changes in company performance. See “The Impact of Leadership on Organizational Performance.”
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJE 1.2, 1.3
CTIVES:
NATIONAL STAN United States - BUSPROG - Analytic
DARDS:
STATE STANDAR United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
DS:
TOPICS: The Impact of Leadership on Organizational Performance
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
, NOTES: Digital story: Connect
6. According to the substitutes for leadership viewpoint, certain factors in the work environment make the leader's role
almost superfluous.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: According to the substitutes for leadership viewpoint, factors in the work environment that provide
guidance and incentives to perform, make the leader’s role almost superfluous. See “The Impact of
Leadership on Organizational Performance.”
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJE 1.2, 1.3
CTIVES:
NATIONAL STAN United States - BUSPROG - Analytic
DARDS:
STATE STANDAR United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
DS:
TOPICS: The Impact of Leadership on Organizational Performance
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
NOTES: Digital story: Engage
7. Part of the coach and motivator role is to provide team members with feedback concerning ineffective performance.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: An effective leader takes the time to coach and motivate team members, and sometimes to inspire large
groups of people inside the organization. Providing team members with feedback concerning
ineffective performance is part of the coach and motivator role of a leader. See “Leadership Roles.”
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJE 1.3
CTIVES:
NATIONAL STAN United States - BUSPROG - Analytic
DARDS:
STATE STANDAR United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
DS:
TOPICS: Leadership Roles
KEYWORDS: Blooms: Knowledge
NOTES: Digital story: Engage
8. Alexis is engaged in the team builder role when she performs individual contributor tasks on a regular basis.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Performing individual contributor tasks on a regular basis, such as making sale calls or repairing
machinery is part of the technical problem solver role of a leader. See “Leadership Roles.”
POINTS: 1
1. Unless a manager gets people to move beyond mechanical compliance with directions and orders, leadership has not
taken place.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Leadership can also be defined as “the influential increment over and above mechanical compliance
with directions and orders.” See “The Meaning of Leadership.”
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJE 1.1
CTIVES:
NATIONAL STAN United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
DARDS:
STATE STANDAR United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
DS:
TOPICS: The Meaning of Leadership
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
NOTES: Digital story: Engage
2. The concept of leadership as a partnership concerns legal aspects of relationships.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Leadership is often regarded as a partnership or collaboration between leaders and group members. It
concerns with several individuals within a team serving as leaders, both by formal and informal
assignment. See “The Meaning of Leadership.”
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJE 1.1
CTIVES:
NATIONAL STAN United States - BUSPROG - Analytic
DARDS:
STATE STANDAR United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
DS:
TOPICS: The Meaning of Leadership
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
NOTES: Digital story: Connect
3.
A major contributor to leader burnout is being responsible for an action that hurts so many people.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: A major contributor to leader burnout is being responsible for an action that hurts so many people, such
as laying off workers. See “The Satisfactions and Frustrations of Being a Leader.”
POINTS: 1
,DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJE 1.3, 1.4
CTIVES:
NATIONAL STAN United States - BUSPROG - Analytic
DARDS:
STATE STANDAR United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
DS:
TOPICS: The Satisfactions and Frustrations of Being a Leader
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
NOTES: Digital story: Connect
4. Effective leaders have to be good managers or be supported by effective managers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Effective leaders have to be good managers themselves or be supported by effective managers. See
“The Meaning of Leadership.”
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECT 1.1
IVES:
NATIONAL STANDA United States - BUSPROG - Analytic
RDS:
STATE STANDARDS United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
:
TOPICS: The Meaning of Leadership
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
NOTES: Digital story: Connect
5. A synthesis of several studies on managerial succession indicated that changes in leadership are usually associated with
conditions of stability within the organization.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: An overview of research on managerial succession over a recent twenty year period provides more
support for the idea that leadership has an impact on organizational performance. Using different
methodologies, these studies arrived at the same conclusion that changes in leadership are followed by
changes in company performance. See “The Impact of Leadership on Organizational Performance.”
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJE 1.2, 1.3
CTIVES:
NATIONAL STAN United States - BUSPROG - Analytic
DARDS:
STATE STANDAR United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
DS:
TOPICS: The Impact of Leadership on Organizational Performance
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
, NOTES: Digital story: Connect
6. According to the substitutes for leadership viewpoint, certain factors in the work environment make the leader's role
almost superfluous.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: According to the substitutes for leadership viewpoint, factors in the work environment that provide
guidance and incentives to perform, make the leader’s role almost superfluous. See “The Impact of
Leadership on Organizational Performance.”
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJE 1.2, 1.3
CTIVES:
NATIONAL STAN United States - BUSPROG - Analytic
DARDS:
STATE STANDAR United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
DS:
TOPICS: The Impact of Leadership on Organizational Performance
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
NOTES: Digital story: Engage
7. Part of the coach and motivator role is to provide team members with feedback concerning ineffective performance.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: An effective leader takes the time to coach and motivate team members, and sometimes to inspire large
groups of people inside the organization. Providing team members with feedback concerning
ineffective performance is part of the coach and motivator role of a leader. See “Leadership Roles.”
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJE 1.3
CTIVES:
NATIONAL STAN United States - BUSPROG - Analytic
DARDS:
STATE STANDAR United States - OHIO - DISC: Leadership Principles
DS:
TOPICS: Leadership Roles
KEYWORDS: Blooms: Knowledge
NOTES: Digital story: Engage
8. Alexis is engaged in the team builder role when she performs individual contributor tasks on a regular basis.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Performing individual contributor tasks on a regular basis, such as making sale calls or repairing
machinery is part of the technical problem solver role of a leader. See “Leadership Roles.”
POINTS: 1
