Deck 5: The Study of Political Leaders

Question 1

According to Burns, when leaders engage their followers in such a way that they raise each other to higher levels of motivation and morality it is known as

A)bolstering
B)transactional leadership
C)groupthink
D)Transformational leadership

Answer 1

D

Question 2

According to Hermann, when leaders are considered moderate in terms of their LTA scores, they are likely to

A)work within parameters and build concensus
B)try to figure out everything on their own
C)become paralyzed by the policy process
D)both a&c

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Neustadt argued that the personality qualities necessary for successful president's are found in those with

A)little experience and bias free
B)experrience
C)extraordinary temperament
D)both b&c

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Neustadt believed which of the following to be important to the presidence?

A)persuasive powers
B)the presidential institution
C)having only 3-4 key advisors
D)all of the answers are correct

Question 5

During the George W. Bush presidencey, which advisors were clearly dominant in national security decision making?

A)Cheney and Rumsfeld
B)Rumsfeld and Powell
C)Cheney and Powell
D)Rice and Rumsfeld

Question 6

George W. Bush exhibited the following way of thinking:

A)there were only Americans and bad people
B)the world was very complex
C)us versus them
D)that the world was only evil

Question 7

According to Preston, the ""Director"" is

A)High in need for power, and high in prior policy experience
B)low in need for power, and high in prior policy experience
C)High in need for power and low in prior policy experience
D)Low in both need for power and prior policy experience

Question 8

Based on his LEAD assessment, in the foreign policy arena Bill Clinton was a

A)Magistrate-Maverick
B)Delegator-Maverick
C)Delegator-Observer
D)Director-Navigator

Question 9

Navigators are generally

A)Low in need for information
B)Low in cognitive complexity
C)High in cognitive complexity
D)Excessively rational

Question 10

Which President did not use a formalistic management style?

A)Ronald Reagan
B)Jimmy Carter
C)Franklin Roosevelt
D)Harry Truman

Question 11

One consequence of George W. Bush's delegative nature was

A)Cooperative interaction among subordinates
B)Intnse attention to detail by Bush
C)Bureaucratic conflict over policy among subordinates
D)Equal distribution of power among subordinates

Question 12

Bill Clinton preferred

A)Short memos and little information
B)Competitive advisory structures
C)Hierarchical advisory structures
D)Informal, less hierarchical advisory structures

Question 13

As president, Bill Clinton was most interested in

A)All of the answers are correct
B)Foreign policy matters
C)Monica Lewinsky
D)Domestic policy matters

Question 14

Bill Clinton's sensitivity to policy facts resulted in

A)Very happy advisors
B)Rapid, concise decision making
C)More accurate decision making
D)Indecisin, uncertainty and delay

Question 15

When a leader has a centralized inner circle, preference for direct control and involvment in policy, and advocates his own views he is

A)high in complexity
B)high in task
C)high in affiliation
D)high in power

Question 16

Which of the following describes a leader's general cognitive need for information, their attentiveness and sensitivity to characteristics of the surrounding policy environment

A)need for power
B)compensatory strategy
C)fundamental attribution error
D)sensitivity to context

Question 17

The great man theory suggests that people who become leaders are

A)special
B)motivated by power
C)ordinary individuals
D)none of the above

Question 18

Which theory of leadership posits that it is context that is special, not the person

A)converse
B)zeitgeist
C)transactional leadership
D)contextual

Question 19

Nuestad's seminal book that focused on personal rather than institutional presidency was called

A)Leadership and Power
B)Leadership
C)The Path to Power
D)Presidential Power

Question 20

Which of the following management styles emphasizes teamwork, shared responsibility, and problem solving within groups?

A)Power
B)Formalistic
C)Competitive
D)Collegial

Question 21

Which of the following terms refers to the way the president gathers and processes information from his environment?

A)social network
B)cognitive style
C)personality style
D)none of the above

Question 22

According to George, which variable relates to problems a president feels comfortable tacklin and areas he is most interested in

A)cognitive style
B)a sense of efficacy
C)power
D)both a&c

Question 23

George posits that orientation toward political conflict involves which of the following

A)how open a president is to face to face disagreements
B)how a president interacts with foreign counterparts
C)how presidents do no like face to face conflicts
D)how presidents punish their advisors for speaking out of turn

Question 24

Which of the following does Barber describe as how much energy president's put inot the job?

A)magistrate-maverick
B)active-passive
C)open-closed
D)none of the above

Question 25

Which of the following terms describes a leader that has a low need for information and limited personal interest in foreign policy?

A)low power
B)low affiliation
C)low complexity
D)low affiliation and complexity

Question 26

According to LTA, Bill Clinton was high in complexity and self-confidence suggesting that he is

A)open to information and is more highly attuned to feedback from the political environment
B)focused on building relationships
C)open to information but closed to feedback from the political environment
D)very concerned with his own power

Question 27

Alternative definitions, constructions, or depictions of policy problems are referred to as

A)issue schemas
B)issue images
C)issue frames
D)none of the above

Question 28

Which of the following presidents were assessed as being low in complexity and power

A)Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
B)Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton
C)George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan
D)George W. Bush only

Question 29

With regard to the North Korean crisis Bill Clinton did the following

A)none of the above
B)saw North Korea as central and top of his agenda
C)did not believe that North Korea was a problem
D)did not take an interest until much later with the crisis

Question 30

Which of the following management styles have occurred in the modern US presidencey:

A)Formalistic
B)All answers are correct
C)Collegial
D)Competitive