Solutions file Quiz#1

Leadership and Team Management (HRM623)

Q NO. Answers
1 A
2 B
3 C
4 D
5 A
6 B
7 C
8 D
9 C
10 D

1.What does the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator classification of “S or N” stand for?

a) Sensing/intuitive
b) Sensing/thinking
c) Emotional stability/intuitive
d) Emotional stability/thinking

2.Which dimension of the Big Five model refers to an individual’s propensity to defer to
others?
a) Conscientiousness
b) Agreeableness
c) Extraversion
d) Feeling

3.Which of the following developed the first comprehensive contingency model for
leadership?
a) Hersey and Blanchard
b) Blake and Mouton
c) Fred Fiedler
d) John Kotter

4.Which of the following best knows “how work is done”?

a) Leader
b) Instructor
c) Mentor
d) Manager
5.Leadership is best defined as ____________.
a) The ability to influence a group in goal achievement
b) Keeping order and consistency in the midst of change
c) Implementing the vision and strategy provided by management
d) Coordinating and staffing the organization and handling day-to-day problems

6. What are the three classes of factors that influence perception?

a) Setting, Environment and Motives
b) Perceiver, Target and Situation
c) Character, Knowledge and Experience
d) Personality, Character and Values

7.Which is the primary management function in the initial stage of the organizational life
cycle?
a) Coordinating work activities
b) Increasing member motivation
c) Obtaining resources
d) Improving efficiency

8.Which of the following is NOT the quality of a person having type” A “personality?

a) Intense desire to achieve

b) Extremely competitive
c) Sense of urgency
d) More relaxed

9.A deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish some specific purpose is:

a) A structure
b) A process
c) An organization
d) An assembly operation

10. Which of the following would NOT be considered an organization?

a) Church
b) University
c) Military unit
d) All adults in a given community