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,The Art of Leadership, 6e (Manning)Chapter 1 The Importance of Leadership: Setting the Stage
1) The Jack Welch Management Institute reports that
A) the weakest link in business, industry, and government is the skills of employees.
B) formal education is highly unlikely to develop the most-cited qualities people want in their
leaders.
C) importance of good leadership and job performance are mutually exclusive.
D) more than one-half of working adults have suffered under a bad boss at some point in their
career.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define leadership and discuss its importance.
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2) Which of the following is the weakest link in business, industry, and government today?
A) Technology
B) Tools and equipment
C) Physical plant and facilities
D) Systems and procedures
E) Leadership
Answer: E
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define leadership and discuss its importance.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
3) Which of the following best describes leadership?
A) Adherence to performance standards
B) Influencing the behaviors of others through ideas and deeds
C) Evaluating a course of action
D) Seeking direction from others
E) Writing and speaking effectively
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define leadership and discuss its importance.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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,4) Satisfactions of leaders include ________.
A) personal freedom
B) high income and good health
C) opportunities for advancement and love and admiration of friends
D) a chance to help others
E) opportunities to control resources and aesthetic experiences
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-03 Identify the satisfactions and frustrations of leadership.
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5) Frustrations of leaders include both ________.
A) organizational politics and loneliness
B) insufficient authority and too much power
C) uncompensated work time and customer interference
D) loneliness and vendor demands
E) organizational politics and personal needs
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-03 Identify the satisfactions and frustrations of leadership.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
6) Which of the following best describes caring leadership?
A) Caring about the task to be done and caring about people
B) Caring about self-advancement and caring about the task to be done
C) Caring about the welfare of others and caring about self-advancement
D) Caring about the task to be done and caring about personal well-being
E) None of these
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-04 Describe the elements of caring leadership.
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7) By their ________, leaders show the way and influence the behavior of others.
A) ideas and deeds
B) humor or study
C) fear and force
D) books or speeches
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define leadership and discuss its importance.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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, 8) The poem ________ reminds us that leadership must come from the heart.
A) "The Raven"
B) "Threads"
C) "Needles"
D) "The Road Not Taken"
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-04 Describe the elements of caring leadership.
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9) In the context of the types of leaders, who among the following are teachers?
A) Rumi and Yoritomo
B) Aquinas and Watt
C) Confucius and Plato
D) Hippocrates and Saladin
E) None of these
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define leadership and discuss its importance.
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10) Unlike today, which of the following conditions most likely had an impact on leadership in
earlier times?
A) Mass education was unknown.
B) Powerful positions were in abundance.
C) Self-expression was encouraged.
D) Information was everywhere.
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define leadership and discuss its importance.
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