Quiz

Test you understanding of key chapter concepts by working through this quiz. You can check your answer by clicking on the arrow to the right or on what you think the correct answer is.  The correct answer will then be revealed to you for that question. 

1. Which of the following statements describe leadership?

  1. Leadership involves the ability to mentor and motivate people
  2. Leadership means inspiring and transforming people and organizations
  3. Leadership involves the ability to create a vision for the organization
  4. All of the above

Answer: D

2. The view that leadership performance is a function of the time and place within which the leader acts comes from which theory?

  1. Postmodern theory
  2. Contingency/situational Theory
  3. Trait Theory
  4. Behavioral Theory

Answer: B

3. The view that leadership performance is dependent upon personality and genetics comes from which theory?

  1. Situational theory
  2. Trait Theory
  3. Contingency Theory
  4. Behavioral Theory

Answer: B

4. What, if any, of the following, are central concepts in all behavioral theories of leadership?

  1. Concern for production and concern for people
  2. Initiating structure and consideration
  3. Employee centered and task centered
  4. All of the above

Answer: D

5. Which of the following is NOT characteristic of transformational leadership?

  1. They are able to inspire and motivate people towards change
  2. They are able to align people towards the organization’s vision and mission
  3. They are able to work for long periods of time, even under the most monotonous and boring situations
  4. They tend to delegate managerial tasks like policies, plans and budgets

Answer: C

6. Which one of the following is NOT part of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

  1. Physiological needs
  2. Safety needs
  3. Psychological needs
  4. Esteem needs

Answer: C

7. Intrinsic motivation refers to…

  1. those internal states that drive us towards behaviors that directly meet esteem needs
  2. those internal states that  drive us towards behaviors that directly meet self-actualization needs
  3. those internal states that drive us towards behaviors that directly meet sexual needs
  4. All of the above

Answer: B

8. Extrinsic motivation refers to…

  1. those internal states that drive us towards behaviors that directly meet esteem needs
  2. those internal states that  drive us towards behaviors that directly meet self-actualization needs
  3. those internal states that drive us towards behaviors that directly meet belongingness needs
  4. All of the above

Answer: A

9. Which of the following statements, according to your textbook, is MOST true of leadership as a field of research, theory and practice

  1. Leadership is a complex, confusing and contradictory domain
  2. Leadership theory has provided all organizations with the opportunity to identify and develop outstanding leaders
  3. We now have a definitive and practical understanding of leadership through the concept of transformational leadership
  4. None of the above

Answer: A

10. The idea that capitalism has spread into every area of society, and in every part of the globe, such as the media, education, health, sport, the arts, sciences, as consumerism is central to the concept of _____________.

  1. Neoliberalism
  2. Capitalism
  3. Postmodernity
  4. Consumptionism

Answer: C

11. According to Hollenbeck et al (2014) ___________ theory holds that if a leader is stimulated in a positive or negative way, he or she will have an opposite reaction once that stimulus is removed.

  1. Attribution Theory
  2. Opponent Process Theory
  3. SERVANT leadership theory
  4. Focal Error

Answer: B

12. According to your textbook, a leader with an over inflated sense of self and high levels of self-love is a _______ leader.

  1. Exemplary leader
  2. Bad leader
  3. Servant leader
  4. Narcissistic leader

Answer: D

13. Which of the following are NOT core to positive psychological capital:

  1. Self-efficacy
  2. Friendliness
  3. Resilience
  4. Hope

Answer: B

14. Which of the following is NOT typical of an authentic leader.

  1. Task driven
  2. Resilient
  3. Optimistic
  4. Future oriented

Answer: A