OLS 28400:Exam One
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Which thoery of leadership emphasized the leaders are "born" with a set of personal qulaities that destined them to be great?
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Great Person Theory
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Self-efficacy can best be described as a leader who
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Believes they have the capacity to succeed
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Which concept suggest that a leader's potential to be influential arises out of the follower's positive perception about the leader's behaviors?
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Idiosyncrasy credit
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Leadership effectiveness is best assessed
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by a variety of subjective and objective criteria
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Which of the following four approaches for studying and understanding leadership emphasizes attributes of leaders such as personality, motives, values and skills?
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Trait
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Which of the following is not true about what leaders do for the groups of which they are a part?
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They control all events around the group
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Given the leadership phenomenon, social process is defined through:
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Interactions
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The process component of leadership is said to be:
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Both dynamic and interactive
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Personality characteristics that may be expected of a leader are determined by the perceptions held by whom?
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The followers
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The concept of leadership is a central building block of the conventional wisdom of:
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Organization and Management
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When a manager uses time to read, understand and comply with labor laws and environmental regulations, that time is best described as the core component of:
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Constraints
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Which of the following is not a guideline for problem solving?
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Assign blame
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Which of the follwoing is not a change in the nature of managerial work?
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A decrease in reliance on outside suppliers and consultants
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When a manager's primary concern is to structure work and develop procedures to increase the efficiency of operations, that organization is in the life cycle of
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Maturity
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As the size of an organization increases upper level managers are more likey to
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Make more autocratic decisions
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When a manager is faced with a crisis such as a work stoppage the role that the manager would adopt is most likely:
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Disturbance handler
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The term often used to describe the number of employees over whom the manager is responsible is:
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The span of control
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Which one of the following four is not a primary process in managing?
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Figurehead
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Which of the following is not a guideline for managing time?
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Increase constraints
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Leaders who simultaneously display high degrees of both structuring and consideration behavior are likely to be the most_______
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Effective
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Workers under supervisors who establish a climate of mutual trust:
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Are more likely to accept higher levels of structure
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Which one of the following is an example of "consideration" behavior?
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Accepting suggestions
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According to Blake and Mouton, effective leaders are more likely to:
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Have a high concern for both the task and relationships
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Which feature was not recommended as a guideline for individual performance goals?
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Set goals for every task and responsibility
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In general, leader behaviors of________ consideration and _____ structure equate to higher grievances and turnover
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Low, High
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Initiating structure is absent even when consideration is high, results will be:
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Lower
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Which one of the following is not a change-oriented behavior?
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Provide Coaching
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Which one of the following is not an example of coaching
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Provide answers to tough problems
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Which of the following statements is not a reason for not delegating tasks?
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Delegation makes an employee's job more meaningful
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Which of the following is not an empowerment program?
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Legitimate power
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When a manager makes a decision alone without asking for the opinions or suggestions of others that decision is best described as:
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Autocratic
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Decisions about what to delegate to a subordinate are more likely to be influenced by:
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How competent and trustworthy the subordinate is
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Authoritarian supervision is characterized by which of the following?
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Decisions are not shared
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Laissez-faire leaders are seen as having what type of leadership attitude?
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Hands off
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Hands off
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Personal Power motive
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OLS 28400:Exam One