Leadership Test 2 Revisions
A quick quiz to help you focus your study for our second quiz
- 1.Communication is the process of
- A.
Telling people what to do
- B.
Sending memos, emails and notices
- C.
Transferring understanding and meaning
- D.
Transferring messages through non verbal signals
- 2.What is the first step in the communication process?
- A.
Decoding
- B.
Encoding
- C.
Noise
- D.
Feedforward
- 3.According to the Heresy and Blanchard model (situational management) , a Selling style of leadership involves:
- A.
The leader providing little direction or support
- B.
The leader and team share making the decision
- C.
The leader provides directive and supportive behaviour
- D.
The leader defines tasks and tells people what to do
- 4.According to the management grid, the country club style of management is:
- A.
Getting adequate organisational performance achieved by balancing necessity and morale
- B.
Getting efficiency in operational results from arranging work in such away that human interference is minimised
- C.
By thoughtful attention to the needs of people an organisation creates a friendly and comfertable atmosphere and work tempo
- D.
The exertion of minimum effort gets the work done
- 5.Which of the following is not true for a leader
- A.
They have self confidence
- B.
They can influence others
- C.
They have honesty and integrity
- D.
They must have formal authority
- 6.According to behavioural theroies of leadership a laissez faire leader is a leader who:
- A.
Tends to involve subordinates in decision making
- B.
Tends to centralise authority and dictate how and what work will be done
- C.
Tends to give the group complete freedom to make decisions and complete work however they want to
- D.
Tends to use fear to motivate and does not consider workers abilities when giving out jobs
- 7.A visionary leader is one who
- A.
Has the ability to create and articulate a realistic and credible picture of the future for an organisation
- B.
Provides individualised consideration and intellectual stimulation and possess charisma
- C.
Guides or motivates their followers in the direction of established goals
- D.
Possess self confidence, vision, strong convictions and is unconventional
- 8.Delegation is?
- A.
Assigning work that the manager does not want to do
- B.
Assigning work to team members without taking into consideration their skill level
- C.
Assigning authority and responsibility to a team member to carry out specific activities
- D.
Allowing subordinates to participate in decision making
- 9.When delegating tasks a manager should
- A.
Clarify the assignment
- B.
Inform others that delegation has occurred
- C.
Establish feedback controls
- D.
All of the above
- 10.When a manager delegates their authority they should NOT take which of the following into consideration
- A.
The skill level of the subordinate
- B.
The complexity of the task
- C.
The risk that the subordinate may outperform the manager
- D.
The willingness of the subordinate to take on the task
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