Question 1

The trait approach emphasizes that leadership resides within the individual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

_____________ is one of Northouse's five major leadership traits focused on a leader's inclination to seek out pleasant social relationships.

Accepted Answer

A)  Surgency 
B)  Agreeableness 
C)  Extraversion 
D)  Sociability

Question 3

The 100 or more years of research on traits was completed originally to

Accepted Answer

A)  To distinguish between traits and behaviors 
B)  To define the five major traits associated with leadership 
C)  To distinguish between traits and skills 
D)  Determine a universal set of traits associated with leadership

Question 4

Which of the following is not a strength of the trait approach?

Accepted Answer

A)  Self-confidence is the trait most important to leadership 
B)  It is appealing to identify special traits in leaders 
C)  More than a century of research has been conducted on traits 
D)  It provides a benchmark for what traits to look for in individuals

Question 5

The great person approach stresses that leaders' traits are learned.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Intelligence as a leader characteristic is found in which of the following approaches?

Accepted Answer

A)  Behavioral and Trait 
B)  Trait and Situational 
C)  Skills and Behavioral 
D)  Skills and Trait

Question 7

Applying the trait approach to 21ˢᵗ century leadership

Accepted Answer

A)  Lacks credibility 
B)  Helps us understand behaviors of leaders 
C)  Informs that leader's traits are a part of leadership process 
D)  Tells us which traits are important in which contexts

Question 8

______________ is described as those abilities to understand one's own and others feelings, behaviors and thoughts and to act appropriately.

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Man theory 
B)  Social intelligence 
C)  Emotional intelligence 
D)  Big Five personalities

Question 9

Zaccaro et. al. in 2004 analyzed several studies about

Accepted Answer

A)  Masculinity and leadership 
B)  Self-confidence and leadership 
C)  Intelligence and leadership 
D)  Sociability and leadership

Question 10

Individuals displaying the five major traits in the text

Accepted Answer

A)  Are leaders in their workplace 
B)  Also display other leader traits in their workplace 
C)  May be leaders in their workplace 
D)  Also display dominance in their workplace

Question 11

Conducted studies of social intelligence and its relationship to leadership:

Accepted Answer

A)  Stogdill 
B)  Judge et al. 
C)  Jung and Sosik 
D)  Zaccaro

Question 12

Emotional intelligence includes our ability to perceive and

Accepted Answer

A)  Manipulate emotions of others 
B)  Manage emotions of others 
C)  Express emotions 
D)  Use emotions to facilitate thinking

Question 13

Being socially aware, possessing social acumen, practicing self-monitoring, and having the ability to decide on the best response for any given situation, and then following through with said decision, are part of Zaccaro's definition of

Accepted Answer

A)  Problem solving 
B)  Intelligence 
C)  Task knowledge 
D)  Cognitive ability 
E)  Social intelligence

Question 14

Mann's study in 1959

Accepted Answer

A)  Focused on situational factors in leadership 
B)  Reviewed studies on traits of leaders in small groups 
C)  Suggested that certain traits could be used to identify leaders from non-leaders 
D)  Described leader traits in terms of social perceptiveness rather than dominance

Question 15

The trait approach is

Accepted Answer

A)  No longer a viable leadership approach 
B)  Is primarily a focus of outdated research 
C)  Still a focus of contemporary leadership research 
D)  Irrelevant in modern society

Question 16

Some studies have suggested that masculinity is a leadership trait.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Within an organization, the trait approach can be applied to

Accepted Answer

A)  Low-level managers 
B)  Middle-level managers 
C)  Upper-level managers 
D)  All levels of the organization

Question 18

Of the Big Five personality factors, which is the most strongly associated with leadership?

Accepted Answer

A)  Openness 
B)  Neuroticism 
C)  Social status 
D)  Extraversion

Question 19

The trait approach failed to identify a definitive set of specific leadership traits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The vast majority of research on traits from early to modern day has found

Accepted Answer

A)  Leaders are different from non-leaders 
B)  Masculinity is a common theme 
C)  Dominance is a common theme 
D)  Leaders and followers appear much the same

Exam 2: Trait Approach

The trait approach emphasizes that leadership resides within the individual.

_____________ is one of Northouse's five major leadership traits focused on a leader's inclination to seek out pleasant social relationships.

The 100 or more years of research on traits was completed originally to

Which of the following is not a strength of the trait approach?

The great person approach stresses that leaders' traits are learned.

Intelligence as a leader characteristic is found in which of the following approaches?

Applying the trait approach to 21ˢᵗ century leadership

______________ is described as those abilities to understand one's own and others feelings, behaviors and thoughts and to act appropriately.

Zaccaro et. al. in 2004 analyzed several studies about

Individuals displaying the five major traits in the text

Conducted studies of social intelligence and its relationship to leadership:

Emotional intelligence includes our ability to perceive and

Being socially aware, possessing social acumen, practicing self-monitoring, and having the ability to decide on the best response for any given situation, and then following through with said decision, are part of Zaccaro's definition of

Mann's study in 1959

The trait approach is

Some studies have suggested that masculinity is a leadership trait.

Within an organization, the trait approach can be applied to

Of the Big Five personality factors, which is the most strongly associated with leadership?

The trait approach failed to identify a definitive set of specific leadership traits.

The vast majority of research on traits from early to modern day has found