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Leadership Styles and Qualities

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
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.

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

 

a)

Money

b)

Products

c)

Process

d)

Leaders

4.

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

a)

Autocratic

b)

Democratic

c)

Laissez-faire

5.

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

a)

Autocratic

b)

Democratic

c)

Laissez-faire

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

12.

Leadership inspires and motivates others to be which of the following?

a)

Happy

b)

Kind

c)

Productive

d)

Self-Sufficient

13.

Which trait of a leader helps prevent jumping to conclusions and making mistakes based on misinformation?

a)

Creativity

b)

Fairness

c)

Confidence

d)

Dedication

14.

What is the difference between a manager and a leader?

a)

Managers inspire people and leaders delegate tasks to their employees

b)

Leaders have people follow them while managers have employees who work for them

c)

They are both similar

15.

What are some of the skills of a good leader?

a)

Worrying and giving minimal feedback

b)

Patience, empathy, creativity, and reliability

c)

Planning, communicating, and decision-making

16.

You recently began implementing a plan to increase productivity but, so far, the plan is failing. Do you ...

a)

... devise a new plan?

b)

... stick with the existing plan?

c)

... find someone to blame and fire them?

17.

You plan to attend a conference but find out that some important clients are coming to your office on the same day. Do you ...

a)

... delegate someone to go to the conference?

b)

... delegate someone to meet the clients?

c)

... ask the clients if they can come on another day?

18.

What is the most important goal of Transformational Leadership?

a)

Make employees follow Leader without question

b)

Increase Humour in the working field

c)

To change beliefs, attitudes and values to increase performance

d)

To let every employee do whatever they want and hope for the best

19.

Through the strength of their vision and personality, transformational leaders are able to inspire followers to implement expectations, perceptions, and motivations to work towards common goals.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Transactional Leadership, also known as?

a)

a leader who works with teams to identify needed change

b)

creating a vision to guide the change through inspiration

c)

managerial leadership, focuses on the role of supervision, organisation, and group performance

d)

executing the change in tandem with committed members of a group

21.
The leadership style that is results driven, provides strict boundaries, and evaluates performance is 
a)
Transactional
b)
Transformational
22.
The leadership style that is results driven, provides strict boundaries, and evaluates performance is 
a)
Transactional
b)
Transformational
23.
Community leaders take responsibility for the being and improvement of their communities.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Many community leaders learn by trial and error.
a)
True
b)
False
25.

When a group of people cooperate and work together to achieve one goal...

a)

Personality

b)

Talents

c)

Teamwork

d)

Skills

26.

This is the act of working effectively with others to achieve a common goal..

a)

Collaboration

b)

Teamwork

c)

Skills

d)

Abilities

27.

When a leader has all of the power and decision-making authority

a)

Best leadership

b)

Autocratic leadership

c)

Democratic leadership

d)

Fair leadership

28.

When a leader gives little to no direction to team members, but provides support ..

a)

Autocratic leadership

b)

Fair leadership

c)

Boring leadership

d)

Laissez-Faire Leadership

29.

Ability to understand one’s own and other’s emotions and the ability to use this information as a guide to thinking and behavior

a)

Emotional Intelligence

b)

Careless

c)

Skills

d)

Talkative

30.

What would a leader do if they found a kid acting up in the bathroom?

a)

Leave and ignore it

b)

Acknowledge the poor behavior and tell them that is not how we behave in the rest room.

c)

Goof around too

d)

Run down the hallway to tell on them

31.

What would a leader do if they had a teammate that was struggling with their game?

a)

Tell the coach you don't want them on the team

b)

Make fun of them when they fail

c)

Show them how to improve what they are doing and encourage them to be positive

d)

Ignore them, it isn't your problem

32.

What would a leader do in the lunchroom?

a)

Yell for their friends to come play

b)

Get up out of their seat and wander

c)

Throw their trash across the table at the garbage can

d)

Eat, talk with friends in polite tones, and clean up their area completely when finished

33.

What would a leader do when their best friend talks about inappropriate things?

a)

Laugh and tell them stuff too

b)

Tell them that they should choose to stay positive and not talk about negative things, and then ask for help from a teacher of parent

c)

Ignore them and forget about

d)

Gossip to your other friends about what they were talking about

34.

What would a leader do if they saw an elderly neighbor needed help?

a)

Ask, do you need my help?

b)

Go help them because it is obvious they need help

c)

Ignore them and keep playing

d)

Tell someone else to go help them

35.

What would a leader a do when a classmates water bottle falls?

a)

Scream or yell oh look at that that sucks hahahahaha

b)

Say that ain't mine

c)

Disrupt the whole class to make a scene as you talk about it over and over

d)

Stop and clean it up, no talk needed

36.
When someone keeps their word and follows through with a task
a)
courage
b)
dependability
c)
decisiveness
d)
endurance
37.

The ability to make decisions promptly and to communicate them clearly and confidently.

a)

dependabilty

b)

courage

c)

decisiveness

d)

endurance

38.

What is "empathy"?

a)

the ability to understand and share the feelings of another

b)

doing what is right when nobody is watching

c)

em-path-y

d)

attitude

39.

What is "self-discipline"?

a)

being the most intelligent person

b)

self-dis-cip-line

c)

the quality or fact of continuing to exist, persistence

d)

the ability to control one's feelings and overcome one's weaknesses

40.

Define Leadership:

a)

Coercing individuals to perform as a team.

b)

Inspiring fear among team members in order to accomplish goals.

c)

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

d)

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

41.

Identify the four qualities and skills that make great leaders.

a)

Outgoing, humor, emotional, and egotistical.

b)

Impulsive, trustworthy, selfish, and doubtful.

c)

Knowledgeable, temperamental, judging, and pessimist.

d)

Communication, confidence, integrity, and attitude.

42.

An autocratic leadership style is preferable when:

a)

The group is large

b)

The group is small

c)

Group size doesn't matter

43.
is to cause someone to set and reach positive goals for themselves
a)
enthusiasm
b)
honesty
c)
initiative
d)
inspiring
44.

Steve Jobs was a transformational leader. This means that he

a)

imposed his will and perspective on others

b)

Had strong ethics and values

c)

was known for taking new initiatives and promoting the flow of innovative ideas

d)

Influenced others by projecting the strengths of his personality

45.
You find yourself in a group in a class that has to write and put together a dramatic presentation that will be filmed on video. There are people of all types of abilities in the group and most seem pretty keen on doing the project.
Which leadership style would be appropriate?

a)
Authoritarian
b)
Democratic
c)
Laissez-faire
46.
You are a camp counselor assigned with a group of rookie campers. You will be competing against other cabins in a scavenger hunt held in half an hour. The other cabins have older and more experienced kids, but your group would like to show them up.
Which leadership style would be appropriate?
a)
Authoritarian
b)
Democratic
c)
Laissez-faire
47.
Your boss is away in the hospital, 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)
Democratic
c)
Laissez-faire
48.
You find yourself in a group doing an assignment that nobody wants to do, including yourself. Unfortunately, this assignment will decide whether you and only a few others pass the course.
Which leadership style would be appropriate?
a)
Authoritarian
b)
Democratic
c)
Laissez-faire
49.
A committee is planning the annual Christmas party for employees and their families. Last year was one of the better parties and all of the people who are working this year had a job on last year's committee.
Which leadership style would be appropriate?
a)
Authoritarian
b)
Democratic
c)
Laissez-faire
50.
You have thirty minutes left to decorate your house for your best friend's surprise birthday party. Other friends have started decorating, but they keep asking you what to do.
Which leadership style would be appropriate?
a)
Authoritarian
b)
Democratic
c)
Laissez-faire
51.
A group of students complain that they are not allowed to gather together after curfew. They protest before the city hall. All of them are arrested and jailed after being clubbed by members of the army. 
What style of leadership was used by the government?
a)
Authoritarian
b)
Democratic
c)
Laissez-faire
52.
There is a group of people gathered together to protest the forced draft of young people into the army. The police show up in riot gear, but allow the protest to continue.
What style of leadership was used by the government leaders?
a)
Authoritarian
b)
Democratic
c)
Laissez-faire