MCQ Bank
Which of the following strategies cultivate exemplary followers?
- A) Empower them
- B)
- C)
- D)
The anxiety or tension a person experiences in oral, written, or in both types of communication is called:
- A) Breakdown
- B) Apprehension
- C) Block
- D) Obstruction
Which of the following is included in the background traits of a leader?
- A) Education
- B)
- C)
- D)
Variables that influence the language a person uses include all of the following Except:.
- A) Cultural background
- B) Age
- C) Education
- D) Incentives
According to Barbara Kellerman, bad leadership falls into which two categories?
- A) Ineffective and Unethical Leadership
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which of the following approaches treats motivation as a function of use of goals and rewards by managers?
- A) Managerial approach
- B) All of the given options
- C) Individual differences approach
- D) Organizational approach
Which type of followers are whistle blowers?
- A) Alienated followers
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which of the following two sources of power can earn subordinates’ commitment for a leader?
- A) Legitimate and referent
- B) Expert and reward
- C) Referent and expert
- D) Reward and authority
The job of a manager can be broken into TEN roles each within one of three clusters. These clusters are:
- A) Interpersonal roles, informational roles, decisional roles
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which of the following are two general groupings of power?
- A) Informational and personal
- B) Informal and personal
- C) Informal and legitimate
- D) Personal and formal
According to Jack Welch, a person who controls rather than facilitates, complicates rather than simplify, and acts more like a governor than an accelerator is called a:
- A) Manager
- B)
- C)
- D)
Which of the following power is not included among person powers?
- A) Charismatic power
- B) Expert power
- C) Legitimate power
- D) Referent power
In your opinion, why do leaders fail? All of the given options are correct except:
- A) Able to select good subordinates
- B)
- C)
- D)
A charismatic leader attracts followers through personal appeal. The leader focuses on which of the following concepts?
- A) Expert power
- B) Coercive power
- C) Referent power
- D) Legitimate power
You could possibly create and encourage exemplary followers in the organization by doing the following EXCPET:
- A) NEVER Mentor followers who hope to assume larger leadership roles
- B)
- C)
- D)
Organizational politics flourish under which of the following conditions?
- A) All of the given options
- B) Scarce resources
- C) Role ambiguity
- D) Unclear performance evaluation systems
Which of the following followers fully relies on the leader's decision and requires excessive supervision?
- A) The Passive Follower
- B)
- C)
- D)
Power stemming from access to and right to control the information flow is known as:
- A) Information power.
- B) Expert power.
- C) Coalition power.
- D) Group decision making power.
Which of the following strategies cultivate exemplary followers?
- A) All of the given options
- B)
- C)
- D)
After which stage of development does a group form a common set of expectations of members' behavior?
- A) Norming
- B) Performing
- C) Storming
- D) Forming