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Leadership/Leadership Styles

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

A leader motivates others towards a:

a)

Common goal

b)

Leadership style

c)

High salary

d)

Leadership skill

2.

All of the following are characteristics of a good leader EXCEPT:

a)

Intelligent

b)

Arrogant

c)

Hardworking

d)

Honest

3.

Your boss is away on business, but everyone has done the job before. Everyone really likes their job and the group is close - in fact, the employees often socialize after work as a group. A major crisis occurs that involves everyone, but you can't call the boss.

Which leadership style would be appropriate?

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Participative

c)

Laissez-faire

4.

Good leaders need good followers; great leaders make more _______.

 

a)

Money

b)

Products

c)

Process

d)

Leaders

5.

Under this leadership members often feel engaged in the process and are more motivated and creative.

a)

Autocratic

b)

Democratic

c)

Laissez-faire

6.

Provides clear expectations for what needs to be done and how it should be done.

a)

Autocratic

b)

Democratic

c)

Laissez-faire

7.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of laissez-faire leadership?

a)

Employees creativity isn't usually considered and employees could become demotivated

b)

Employees are scared of management and are not allowed to make decisions

c)

It is unclear who takes responsibility and can lead to poor performance if inexperienced staff aren't supported

8.

Participative leadership has which of the following characteristics?

a)

Employs a clear chain of command.

b)

Believe success arises from leaders and staff working together.

c)

Seeks to pick up the mood of the audience.

d)

Seeks to involve staff in the decision making process.

9.

What are some of the skills of a good leader?

a)

Worrying and giving minimal feedback

b)

Planning, communicating, and decision-making

c)

Patience, empathy, creativity, and reliability

10.

Which of the following is a advantage of laissez-faire style of leadership?

a)

It leaves room for decision making to more innovative

b)

  Roles of responsibility are clearer

c)

It makes employees feel more supported

11.

Leadership style refers to....

a)

the manner and approach in which leaders of a business interact with staff

b)

the action of leading a group of people

12.

Which of the following is a advantage of autocratic leadership?

a)

It is an innovative style of leadership

b)

Decisions are made quickly and by the most experienced members of staff

c)

Employees ideas and creativity are not usually considered

13.

The following are all leadership styles:

a)

Persuasive, Confident, Laissez-faire

b)

Autocratic, Consultative, Authentic

c)

Authoritarian, Participative, Supportive

d)

Autocratic, Democratic, Laissez-faire

14.

Which is NOT a characteristic of an autocratic leadership style

a)

Decisions can be made very quickly

b)

The manager encourages team work

c)

Employees don’t get a say in the process of decision making

15.

Leadership is NOT which of the following:

a)

just like management

b)

the ability to inspire and motivate others to be productive

c)

people-oriented

d)

the aim of getting everyone in a group to work toward a common goal