Deck 5: Leadership-The Integrative Variable

Question 1

Leadership is

A) Cultivated
B) Nurtured
C) A continuous process
D) All of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

An incompetent supervisor can

A) Soon dampen enthusiasm
B) Constrict even those who are highly motivated
C) Both a and b
D) None of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Supervisory skills include

A) Operational, human, and conceptual skills
B) Position and power
C) Direction, delegation, and discussion
D) Tasks and relationships

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following tasks do leaders need to carry out in a high-performance organization?

A) Building trusts and openness
B) Empowering others
C) Creating a vision and communicating it to everyone in the organization
D) All of the above

Question 5

The theories of leadership can be grouped into which three categories?

A) Trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories
B) Trait theories, individual theories, group theories
C) Individual theories, behavioral theories, group theories
D) Individual theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories

Question 6

Of the following, which is not a technique first-line supervisors can use to extend power?

A) Patience
B) Integrity
C) Spontaneity
D) Consistency

Question 7

Persuasion is a technique first-line supervisors use to

A) Convince the subordinates to do whatever they want
B) Share his or her reasons and justification when exerting influence over others
C) Both a and b
D) None of the above

Question 8

First-line supervisors use the technique of enlightenment to extend power. Enlightenment is

A) The stage where a supervisor reaches a higher knowledge than the subordinates
B) A religious mental stage
C) The ability to accept and value the reasoning of the subordinates
D) None of the above

Question 9

According to the text, what are the two basic styles of leadership?

A) Task-oriented, goal-oriented
B) Goal-oriented, power-oriented
C) Power-oriented, task-oriented
D) Relationship-oriented, task-oriented

Question 10

Under the ______________, first developed by Fred Fiedler and associates, the leader's style must match the demands of a specific situation.

A) Leadership continuum
B) Contingency model
C) Behavioral model
D) Consistency model

Question 11

Leadership is defined as the process of influencing group activities toward the achievement of goals.

Question 12

When influencing others, there does not need to be direction toward an objective.

Question 13

A first-line supervisor is primarily a doer.

Question 14

The move to a first-line supervisory position in law enforcement requires greater consideration of human skills.

Question 15

The trait approach does not acknowledge the complex interaction between the actions of the leader and the situation.

Question 16

According to Fred Fiedler's theory of leadership, there are four factors of importance.

Question 17

There is no one style of leadership that will be successful all the time with everyone you are supervising.

Question 18

Directive leadership advantages are focused on goal attainment and minimal compliance.

Question 19

The consultative supervisor shows a concern for officers and their needs, as well as organizational needs.

Question 20

Supervisors do not work for subordinates. They only work for management.