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1

The process of giving all employees in the organization, regardless of their level of management, the authority to make decisions and to be responsible for their outcomes is known as:
A)consideration.
B)leadership.
C)empowerment.
D)initiating structure.
E)task structure.
2

Ford Motor Co. gives assembly-line workers the authority to shut down the production line whenever they believe that there is a quality defect in the production process. This would be an example of what type of transfer of authority to these workers?
A)Empowerment
B)Employee-centered power
C)Consideration power
D)Referent power
E)Charismatic power
3

The authority a manager has by virtue of his or her position in an organization is referred to as ___ power.
A)Legitimate
B)Reward
C)Coercive
D)Expert
4

This is the ability of a manager to punish others:
A)Coercive power
B)Exclusive power
C)Command power
D)Referent power
5

Which theory of leadership is based on the premise that effective leaders possess personal qualities that set them apart from ineffective leaders?
A)Job-oriented model
B)Path-goal model.
C)Contingency model
D)Trait model
E)Employee-centered model
6

When a supermarket manager schedules the workers in the supermarket to ensure that enough cash register clerks are available at different times during the day depending on the expected demand from customers, he has engaged in which type of behaviour?
A)Employee-centered
B)Consideration
C)Job-oriented
D)Empowerment
E)Referent power
7

When a leader motivates subordinates to do a good job, this is an example of which type of behaviour?
A)Employee-centered
B)Expert power
C)Coercive power
D)Empowerment
E)Job-oriented
8

Leadership theories that propose that the effectiveness of a leader depends on the situation in which the leader finds herself are known as:
A)trait models.
B)contingency models.
C)empowerment models.
D)path-goal models.
E)leadership substitute models.
9

Anything that acts in place of a leader so that leadership is unnecessary is known as:
A)empowerment.
B)initiating structure.
C)employee-centered
D)a leadership substitute.
E)referent power.
10

The ____ structure is a determinant of how favourable a situation is for leading.
A)Leadership
B)Path
C)Task
D)Function
11

Which is not a kind of behaviour managers can engage in to motivate subordinates:
A)Directive behaviours
B)Participative behaviours
C)Assessment-oriented behaviours
D)Supportive behaviours
12

Which contingency model describes two leader styles and the situations in which each leader will be the most effective?
A)Fiedler's
B)Path-goal
C)Leader Substitutes
D)Vest's
13

This contingency model describes how effective leaders motivate their followers:
A)Vest's
B)Path-goal
C)Fiedler's
D)Leader Substitutes
14

The _____ model describes when leadership is unnecessary.
A)Fiedler
B)House
C)Leader Substitutes
D)Vest
15

Contingency models argue that whether a manager will be an effective leader is the result of an interplay between several factors. Which of the following is not one of these factors?
A)What the manager is like
B)The manager's behaviours
C)The manager's intelligence
D)The nature of the situation
16

Leadership that makes subordinates aware of the importance of their jobs to the organization and their own need for personal growth is referred to as:
A)Job-oriented leadership
B)Transformational leadership
C)Charismatic leadership
D)Employee-centered leadership
17

_____ leadership motivates subordinates by rewarding high performance and reprimanding low performance.
A)Task-oriented
B)Transformational
C)Transactional
D)Transnational
18

The "invisible barrier" which some researchers feel keeps women from reaching as far as they should in some organizations is known as:
A)the empowerment level.
B)the consideration ceiling.
C)the glass ceiling.
D)position barrier.
E)a leadership substitute.





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