MGT 200 Leadership Quiz

What is referent power in leadership?

• power that stems from a person's leadership skills
• power that is designated by an organizational authority
• power that group members acknowledge because of special circumstances
  
• power that is based on attraction or identification with another person

Which of the following assumptions is characteristic of contingency approaches to leadership?

• Group situations vary with different situations, requiring different leadership styles.
• Members' skills and experience will affect the type of leadership likely to be effective.
• Cultural values will affect the type of leadership likely to be effective.
• all of the above

The ability to influence people through granting or withholding benefits that are of interest to them is called.

• reward power 
• coercive power 
• expert power 
• reference power 

Ms. X is the only person in the company with expertise in the E-Commerce field. This source of power is called:

• reward power

• expert power

• reference power

• none of the above

Mr. Y is a manager who is concerned primarily with accomplishing goals and objectives and concentrates on the task itself. His behavioral style is called:

• authoritarian

• democratic

• task oriented

• people oriented

According to path goal theory, which of the following is not a leadership behavior?

• directive behavior 
• supportive behavior 
• participative behavior 
• none of the above 

According to contemporary leadership perspectives, leaders or born, not made.

• True

• False

Define Leadership:

• Coercing individuals to perform as a team.

• Inspiring fear among team members in order to accomplish goals.

• Influencing individuals into doing things they don't want to do.

• Projecting control over others in order to get the job done.

This leader encourages group members to participate, but retains the final say over the decision-making process.

• Autocratic
• Democratic
• Laissez-Faire

Select the correct statement on leadership and management.

• Leadership is more concerned with everyday administrative activities in order to bring stability to and obtain reliable results from the organization.

• Management is more concerned with everyday administrative activities in order to bring stability to and obtain reliable results from the organization.