UNIT-IV

LEADERSHIP
1. According to Lewin, Lippet and White’s 1939 experiment, which form of
leadership produced the most work from participants?
a) Laissez-fair
b) Democratic
c) Authoritarian
d) A mix of laissez-fair
Answer: C
2. What do you call a style or leadership that takes account others views, opinions
and ideas?
a) People oriented
b) Laissez-fair
c) Autocratic
d) Democratic
Answer: D
3. What does situational theory of leadership emphasize?
a) Personality traits
b) Events
c) Environment
d) Political situation
Answer: B
4. Who of the following is a leading writer on contingency theory of leadership?
a) Rosabeth Kanter
b) Joan Woodward
c) Rensis Likert
d) Fred Fiedler
Answer: D
5. Participative leadership is best viewed as a combination of which two
approaches for studying leadership?
a) Trait and Behavior
b) Power- influence and trait
c) Behavior and power-influence
d) Trait situational
Answer: C
6. Fiedler’s least-preferred Coworker questionnaire seeks to measure what
leadership factor?
a) Subordinate needs
b) Leader’s style
c) Situation
d) Subordinate Coworker influence
Answer: B
7. Contingency theories are based on the belief that:
a) There is a single style of leadership appropriate to all managers
b) There is a single style of leadership appropriate to all situation
c) There is no single style of leadership appropriate to all situation
d) None of the above
Answer: C
8. When determining the most appropriate form of leadership, which of the
following should be considered?
a) The group
b) The work environment
c) The manager
d) All the above
Answer: D
9. Vroom and Yetton’s contingency model of leadership is based on certain aspect
of leader’s decision, they are:
a) Decision acceptance
b) Decision quality
c) Both of the above
d) Neither of the above
Answer: C
10. Within an organization, leadership influence will be dependent upon the type of
--------- that the leader can exercise over the followers.
a) Power
b) Friendship
c) Delegation
d) Knowledge
Answer: A