Chapter 13- Leading Quiz
Name: __________
Answer key
1) Leadership is…
a) The process of inspiring others to work hard to accomplish important tasks.
b) The ability to manage our emotions in social relationships.
c) To get someone else to do something you want done or to make things happen the
way you want.
2) Power is...
a) The ability to have a clear sense of the future.
b) The ability to become a dictator.
c) The ability to get others to do what you want them to do through leadership.
d) The ability to empower ethics.
3) Which one of these types of power is not true?
a) Reward Power
b) Coercive Power
c) Influence Power
d) Legitimate Power
e) Expert Power
f) Referent Power
4) Rewarding a worker with something of value in the workplace is a good form of
leadership? Which form of power is this?
True False
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Coercive Power
Legitimate Power
Reward Power
Expert Power
Referent Power
5) “If you don’t do what I ask, I will punish you” is a form of what type of power?
a) Coercive Power
b) Legitimate Power
c) Reward Power
d) Expert Power
e) Referent Power
6) Which one of the following is not a contingency theory?
a) Fielder’s contingency model
b) House’s path-goal theory
c) The Hershey-Blanchard situational model
d) The Vroom-Jago leader-participation theory
e) The Dell vargo empowerment leading theory
6) You must have a formal position in an organization to have power.
True False
7) Effective leaders have to be good at team-based or participative leadership?
True False
8) Which one of the following traits has a positive impact on leadership?
a) Drive
b) Integrity
c) Style
d) Self-confidence
9) Contingency leadership approaches point out that only one leadership style always
works best.
True
False
10) The best leadership style is…
a) One that matches the demands of each situation
b) One that will get the job done as quickly as possible
c) One that will be easy to direct
11) Which one of the following is not a contingency theory?
a) Fielder’s contingency model
b) House’s path-goal theory
c) The Hershey-Blanchard situational model
d) The Vroom-Jago leader-participation theory
e) The Dell vargo empowerment leading theory
12) Fielder’s contingency model describes how situational differences in task structure,
position power, and leader-member relations may influence which leadership style works
best.
True False
13) House’s path-goal theory points out that a leader should only add value to situations
by responding with negative directions in order to direct achievement.
True
False
14) The Hershey-Blanchard situational model recommends using task-oriented and
people-oriented behaviors, depending on the “maturity” levels of followers.
True False
15) The Vroom-Jago leader-participation theory advises leaders to choose decisionmaking methods—individual, consultative, group—that best fit the problems they are
trying to solve.
True False
16) Charismatic leadership creates a truly inspirational relationship between leader and
followers.
True False
17) Transactional leadership focuses on tasks, rewards, and structures to influence
followers behavior.
True False
18) Transformational leaders use argumentative conversations to inspire others towards
extraordinary efforts in support of change and performance excellence.
True
False
19) Emotional intelligence, the ability to manage our relationships and ourselves
effectively, is not an important leadership capability.
True
False
20) Leadership is “hard work” that always requires a personal commitment to
consistently meet high ethical and moral standards.
True False