Question: Good leaders and good leadership is a rare commodity.

True

False

Answer: True

Question: Leadership and management are interchangeable.

True

False

Answer: False

Question: It is the follower’s personality and readiness to follow that will determine the style of leadership that is most effective.

True

False

Answer: True

Question: Low self-esteem individuals would tend to be more receptive to task forms of leadership in order to reduce ambiguity

True

False

Answer: False

Question: The individual who is recognized by those outside of a group as the official leader is also known as the formal leader

True

False

Answer: True

Question: The major determinant of the most effective style of leadership will be:

the task

the context

the follower’s personality

the consequences of the prior leadership situation

Answer: the follower’s personality

Question: Leaders who stem from the dynamics and processes that unfold within and amongst a group of individuals as they work on the achievement of a collective goal are called:

formal leaders

designated leaders

Emergent leaders

Evolving leaders

Answer: Emergent leaders

Question: The leader that members of a group acknowledge as their leader is:

the formal leader

the task leader

the group maintenance leader

the informal leader

Answer: the informal leader

Question: An essential ingredient for effective leadership is the exercise of

Patience

understanding

power

politics

Answer: power

Question: A Theory X leader would be more likely to exercise which of the following leadership styles?

Permissive democratic

directive democratic

directive autocrat

free rein

Answer: directive autocrat