MBA 601 EXAM 1 STUDY MATERIALS QUESTION AND ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS)
1. **What is leadership?**
- A) The process of managing budgets
- B) Influencing others to achieve group or organizational goals
- C) Planning and organizing resources
- D) Creating new policies
- **Answer:** B) Influencing others to achieve group or organizational goals
2. **What defines a leader?**
- A) A person with technical skills
- B) A person who has commanding authority or influence
- C) A person who follows instructions
- D) A person who manages finances
- **Answer:** B) A person who has commanding authority or influence
3. **Leadership is needed to:**
- A) Facilitate positive change
- B) Focus solely on administrative tasks
- C) Increase company profits
- D) Implement existing policies
- **Answer:** A) Facilitate positive change
4. **Leader identity is:**
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- A) A role assigned by the organization
- B) How one views oneself as a leader, foundational to how one thinks, acts, and reacts as a leader
- C) The set of skills acquired through training
- D) A formal title within the company
- **Answer:** B) How one views oneself as a leader, foundational to how one thinks, acts, and reacts
as a leader
5. **What does organizational behavior study?**
- A) Financial management in organizations
- B) Human behavior in organizations
- C) Organizational structure and hierarchy
- D) Technological advancements in companies
- **Answer:** B) Human behavior in organizations
6. **What are values?**
- A) Rules set by organizations
- B) The things people care about, the beliefs they hold, and their preferences
- C) Skills and knowledge acquired through experience
- D) The methods used to achieve goals
- **Answer:** B) The things people care about, the beliefs they hold, and their preferences
7. **What are experiences?**
- A) Theoretical knowledge about management
- B) Events that shape people, either by what they have done or what has been done to them
- C) Organizational strategies and policies
- D) Methods for improving job performance
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- **Answer:** B) Events that shape people, either by what they have done or what has been done to
them
8. **Self-perceptions refer to:**
- A) How a person sees oneself, particularly in relation to a certain situation
- B) The feedback received from others
- C) The skills and abilities a person has
- D) The amount of experience a person has
- **Answer:** A) How a person sees oneself, particularly in relation to a certain situation
9. **Those who identify as leaders are:**
- A) Less likely to seek out opportunities to practice leadership
- B) More likely to seek out opportunities to practice leadership
- C) Typically resistant to change
- D) Uninterested in developing leadership skills
- **Answer:** B) More likely to seek out opportunities to practice leadership
10. **Identity construction includes:**
- A) Only past experiences
- B) A very broad and deep structure of knowledge that helps organize memories and behavior about
ourselves
- C) The skills and abilities acquired through training
- D) The feedback given by others
- **Answer:** B) A very broad and deep structure of knowledge that helps organize memories and
behavior about ourselves
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