Question 1

Which theory focuses predominantly on how the leader's activities relate to the followers and the context in which followers find themselves?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trait
B)  Situational
C)  Adaptive
D)  Authentic C

Question 2

The type of leadership that focuses on the adaptations required of people in response to changing environments is

Accepted Answer

A)  Transformational
B)  Transactional
C)  Servant
D)  Adaptive D

Question 3

Failures in leadership often occur because leaders fail to diagnose challenges correctly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

We avoid talking about the conflict that occurs when our leader lets one employee get away with coming in late to work every day. We all think it's because this employee is the only minority on the staff.This is an adaptive challenge identified by which archetype?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gap Between Espoused Values and Behaviors
B)  Competing Commitments
C)  Work Avoidance
D)  Speaking the Unspeakable

Question 5

How can adaptive leadership be applied in real life?

Accepted Answer

A)  At the individual level
B)  In multiple settings such as family,work,community
C)  At the organizational level
D)  Between individual followers if they choose to participate in the process

Question 6

The prescriptive nature of the adaptive leadership approach is found in the

Accepted Answer

A)  Types of challenges
B)  Actions of the followers
C)  Response of the organization
D)  Leader behaviors

Question 7

Workplace problems that lack clarity and cannot be solved by leader expertise or normal organizational structures are

Accepted Answer

A)  Regulatory challenges
B)  Adaptive challenges
C)  Technical challenges
D)  Combined technical and adaptive challenges

Question 8

What is the first step the leader takes when faced with a challenging situation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Create a holding environment
B)  Give the work back to the people
C)  Maintain disciplined attention
D)  Step back to obtain a fuller picture

Question 9

Which of the following are the major components of the adaptive leadership model?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leader behaviors
B)  Complexity leadership
C)  Situational challenges
D)  Biological adaptations

Question 10

I am a leader of employees in an auto manufacturing company that just merged with another company after a difficult buyout process. Employees will keep their jobs but will have to learn new systems and work with new people and supervisors,which makes them nervous and anxious about their work. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  A capacity challenge
B)  A technical challenge
C)  A technical and adaptive challenge
D)  An adaptive challenge

Question 11

The three main types of situational challenges in adaptive leadership are

Accepted Answer

A)  Technical
B)  Adaptive
C)  Technical and adaptive
D)  Psychodynamic

Question 12

Complexity Leadership Theory when used in organizations focuses on

Accepted Answer

A)  Behaviors that inhibit psychodynamic subconscious emotional reactions
B)  Strategies to enhance the skill level of employees
C)  Strategies that encourage learning,creativity,and adaptation
D)  A biological perspective of adaptive leadership

Question 13

Which of the following is not a criticism of adaptive leadership?

Accepted Answer

A)  It takes a process approach to the study of leadership
B)  Empirical research is lacking
C)  The conceptualization of the process of adaptive leadership is unclear
D)  It is too wide-ranging and abstract

Question 14

Collectively,what is the impact of leaders using adaptive behaviors appropriately for adaptive challenges?

Accepted Answer

A)  Technical work suffers
B)  Adaptive work suffers
C)  Adaptive work can be done
D)  Creative work is stymied

Question 15

Which behavior am I using when I analyze and diagnose a new challenge?

Accepted Answer

A)  Identify adaptive challenges
B)  Get on the balcony
C)  Protect leadership voices from below
D)  Work avoidance

Question 16

When the challenge requires that people learn new ways of coping,leaders need to take an adaptive approach.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The systems perspective in adaptive leadership is used when a leader diagnoses follower problems and prescribes possible solutions for them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Adaptive leadership incorporates ideas from four different viewpoints: systems perspective,biological perspective,service orientation,and psychotherapy perspective. Choose one of these perspectives and relate it to the main concepts in one theory found in this text.

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

In which adaptive leadership viewpoint do leaders provide a supportive environment for followers in which they help followers resolve internal conflicts and distinguish between reality and fantasy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Service orientation
B)  Biological perspective
C)  Psychotherapy perspective
D)  Systems perspective

Question 20

People like leaders to provide some direction and structure to their work but also want to solve problems without too much directive leadership. Leaders should use which adaptive behavior with these people?

Accepted Answer

A)  Identify adaptive challenges
B)  Regulate distress
C)  Give the work back to the people
D)  Maintain disciplined attention

Exam 11: Adaptive Leadership

Which theory focuses predominantly on how the leader's activities relate to the followers and the context in which followers find themselves?

The type of leadership that focuses on the adaptations required of people in response to changing environments is

Failures in leadership often occur because leaders fail to diagnose challenges correctly.

We avoid talking about the conflict that occurs when our leader lets one employee get away with coming in late to work every day. We all think it's because this employee is the only minority on the staff.This is an adaptive challenge identified by which archetype?

How can adaptive leadership be applied in real life?

The prescriptive nature of the adaptive leadership approach is found in the

Workplace problems that lack clarity and cannot be solved by leader expertise or normal organizational structures are

What is the first step the leader takes when faced with a challenging situation?

Which of the following are the major components of the adaptive leadership model?

The three main types of situational challenges in adaptive leadership are

Complexity Leadership Theory when used in organizations focuses on

Which of the following is not a criticism of adaptive leadership?

Collectively,what is the impact of leaders using adaptive behaviors appropriately for adaptive challenges?

Which behavior am I using when I analyze and diagnose a new challenge?

When the challenge requires that people learn new ways of coping,leaders need to take an adaptive approach.

The systems perspective in adaptive leadership is used when a leader diagnoses follower problems and prescribes possible solutions for them.

Adaptive leadership incorporates ideas from four different viewpoints: systems perspective,biological perspective,service orientation,and psychotherapy perspective. Choose one of these perspectives and relate it to the main concepts in one theory found in this text.

In which adaptive leadership viewpoint do leaders provide a supportive environment for followers in which they help followers resolve internal conflicts and distinguish between reality and fantasy?

People like leaders to provide some direction and structure to their work but also want to solve problems without too much directive leadership. Leaders should use which adaptive behavior with these people?