Practice Quiz 1

Rami is an employee of a small business. Although he is not a formal boss (he doesn't have an important job title), he was instrumental in creating the big 5-year plan for the company and knows how to motivate his coworkers. People trust him. Based on this description, Rami has authority of ______.

• Leadership

• Position

• Influence

• Management

• Charisma

Preeti is looking to hire a new employee who will lead the finance department at Whitcomb Corp. She has read up on what makes a good leader and decides she wants someone who is naturally extroverted, intelligent, decisive, and encouraging. She is approaching this hiring process with which type of leadership perspective?

• Behavior

• Relational

• Situational

• Trait

• Skill

Influence is a central element in the influence process of leadership because leaders affect ______.

• Outcomes

• Goals

• Followers

• Vision

Observable aspects of leadership are known as_______.

• Skills

• Behaviors

• Traits

• Strengths

A leader's capacity to establish pleasant social relationships is known as______.

• Charisma

• Socialability

• Charm

• Integrity

• Confidence

In your last performance review, your boss suggested you find a mentor within the company to get advice and more feedback on job performance. Because you took BCOM 4300, you know that your boss is likely trying to help you develop which of the following?

• Confidence

• Intelligence

• Sociability

• Determination

• Charisma

Marla often critiques team ideas and thinks her boss could do a better job of leading. However, she rarely ever helps on the large departmental project and seems to do the bare minimum of her work. She is likely which type of follower?

• Alienated

• Conformist

• Pragmatist

• Exemplary

• Passive

Swaminathan Inc. hosts quarterly events for employees and their families. Everyone loves them because they help employees build relationships with each other and reinforce the company's cultural value of having a family-like atmosphere. Based on this information, Swaminathan Inc. most likely follows which leadership philosophy?

• Theory X

• Theory Y

• Democratic

• Theory Z

• Laissaz-faire

Theory Y managers believe _____.

• The average person is inherently resourceful

• People are more productive when they depend on their bosses

• People have the capacity to engage in a wide range of goal-setting and problem solving

• The average person is inherently resourceful and people have the capacity to engage in a wide range of goal-setting and problem solving

• The average person is inherently resourceful, people are more productive when they depend on their bosses, and people have the capacity to engage in a wide range of goal-setting and problem solving

Your new manager focuses on building relationships with team members and often seeks to have team consensus in decision making. These actions also align with the company's collectivistic culture. It's likely that your manager ascribes to ______ leadership philosophy.

• Theory X

• Theory Y

• Theory Z

• Laissez-Faire

• Democratic