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Leadership Styles

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A democratic leadership style has which of the following characteristics?

a)

Split power.

b)

A dictatorial leader.

c)

Genuine.

d)

Commanding.

2.

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 involve staff in the decision making process.

d)

Seeks to pick up the mood of the audience.

3.

Which of the following was given as a quality of a leader, as opposed to a manager?

a)

Flexible

b)

Structured

c)

Analytical

d)

Rational

4.

What do you call a style of leadership that takes account of others' views, opinions and ideas?

a)

Persuasive

b)

Participative

c)

Democratic

d)

Autocratic

5.

Which of the following has been identified as a source of power in leadership?

a)

Reward

b)

Punishment

c)

Follower-ship

d)

All of the following.

6.

Which of the following types of leaders encourages members to participate in group decisions, including policy-making decisions?

a)

Persuasive

b)

Democratic

c)

Participative

d)

Autocratic

7.

Which of the following is not true concerning the difference between managers and leaders?

a)

Managers are appointed.

b)

Managers influence through informal means.

c)

Leaders may be appointed.

d)

Leaders can influence beyond formal authority.

8.

A is a senior employee who sponsors and supports a less-experienced employee will be termed as......

a)

Coach.

b)

Facilitator.

c)

Leader.

d)

Mentor.

9.

What is the main focus of transformational leadership?

a)

Maintain the status quo and resist change

b)

Micromanage every aspect of the followers' work

c)

Prioritize individual goals over the collective goals of the organization

d)

Inspire and motivate followers to achieve their full potential and to work towards the collective goals

10.

What separates transformational leadership from transactional leadership?

a)

Transactional leadership focuses on achieving a common goal

b)

Transformational leadership focuses on empowering followers

c)

Transactional leadership focuses on the exchange of rewards for performance

d)

Transformational leadership focuses on maintaining the status quo

11.

What are the key characteristics of charismatic leadership?

a)

Strong communication skills, confidence, and the ability to inspire and motivate others

b)

Lack of communication skills, vision and confidence

c)

Inability to inspire or motivate others

d)

Introverted and shy personality and ability to demotivate people

12.

What are the most common management styles used in organizations?

a)

Participative, consultative, persuasive

b)

Coercive, affiliative, pacesetting

c)

Authoritative, bureaucratic, charismatic

d)

Transformational, transactional, autocratic, and democratic leadership

13.

What is the primary focus of autocratic leadership?

a)

Empowering employees to make decisions

b)

Maintaining strict control over decision-making and processes

c)

Encouraging open communication and collaboration

d)

Delegating decision-making authority to employees

14.

How can leaders ensure they are making ethical decisions in their role?

a)

By establishing clear ethical guidelines, and being transparent about their decision-making process

b)

By flipping a coin and letting fate decide

c)

By only considering the impact on their personal gain

d)

By ignoring input from others and making decisions in isolation

15.

What is the main focus of transformational leadership?

a)

Maintain the status quo and resist change

b)

Micromanage every aspect of the followers' work

c)

Prioritize individual goals over the collective goals of the organization

d)

Inspire and motivate followers to achieve their full potential and to work towards the collective goals

16.

What separates transformational leadership from transactional leadership?

a)

Transactional leadership focuses on achieving a common goal

b)

Transformational leadership focuses on empowering followers

c)

Transactional leadership focuses on the exchange of rewards for performance

d)

Transformational leadership focuses on maintaining the status quo

17.

These are true leaders who inspire their teams constantly with a shared vision of the future. While this leader's enthusiasm is often passed onto the team, he/she may need to be supported by detail-oriented people. A leader with this style sets clear goals, is inspirational, communicates a vision, expects the best from the team, gives encouragement and support, and recognizes people's hard work.

a)

transformational

b)

democratic

c)

task-oriented

d)

laissez faire

18.

An extreme form of leadership, where leaders have absolute power over their workers or team. Staff and team members have little opportunity to make suggestions. For some routine and unskilled jobs, this style can remain effective because the advantages of control may outweigh the disadvantages.

a)

autocratic

b)

charismatic

c)

bureaucratic

d)

democratic

19.

These leaders inspire enthusiasm in their teams and are very energetic in driving others forward. There might be a risk that a project, or even an entire organization, might collapse if the leader leaves. As such, this leadership carries great responsibility and must demonstrate a long-term commitment to the company.

a)

people-oriented

b)

task-oriented

c)

charismatic

d)

laissez faire

20.

These leaders work "by the book." They follow rules rigorously, and ensure that their staff follows procedures precisely. This is a very appropriate style for work involving serious safety risks (such as working with machinery, with toxic substances, or at dangerous heights) or where large sums of money are involved (such as handling cash).

a)

democratic

b)

bureaucratic

c)

laissez faire

d)

autocratic

21.

These leaders focus only on getting the job done, and they can be quite autocratic. They actively define the work and the roles required, put structures in place, plan, organize, and monitor. However, because these leaders don't tend to think much about the well-being of their teams, this approach can suffer many of the flaws of autocratic leadership, with difficulties in motivating and retaining staff.

a)

people-oriented

b)

transformational

c)

autocratic

d)

task-oriented

22.

This French phrase means "leave it be," and it's used to describe leaders who leave their team members to work on their own. It can be effective if the leader monitors what's being achieved and communicates this back to the team regularly. This is effective when individual team members are very experienced and skilled self-starters. Unfortunately, this type of leadership can also occur when managers don't apply sufficient control.

a)

charismatic

b)

laissez faire

c)

people-oriented

d)

transformation

23.

This is the opposite of task-oriented leadership. These leaders are totally focused on organizing, supporting, and developing the people in their teams. It's a participative style, and it tends to encourage good teamwork and creative collaboration.

a)

autocratic

b)

bureaucratic

c)

people-oriented

d)

transformational

24.

Although these leaders make the final decisions, they invite other members of the team to contribute to the decision-making process. This not only increases job satisfaction by involving team members, but it also helps to develop people's skills. Team members feel in control of their own destiny, so they're motivated to work hard by more than just a financial reward. The approach can be most suitable when working as a team is essential, and when quality is more important than speed to market, or productivity.

a)

charismatic

b)

task-orientedd

c)

bureaucratic

d)

democratic