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The document contains questions about leadership theories and concepts. It discusses contingency theories of leadership which state there is no single leadership style appropriate for all situations. It also addresses considerations regarding meeting the needs of workgroups, trait theories that emphasize a leader's personality, and the Ohio State Leadership Studies that identified consideration and initiating structure as dimensions of leadership behavior. It further discusses various motivation theories including Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Herzberg's two-factor theory, and expectancy theory.

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Business QUESTION BANK

The document contains questions about leadership theories and concepts. It discusses contingency theories of leadership which state there is no single leadership style appropriate for all situations. It also addresses considerations regarding meeting the needs of workgroups, trait theories that emphasize a leader's personality, and the Ohio State Leadership Studies that identified consideration and initiating structure as dimensions of leadership behavior. It further discusses various motivation theories including Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Herzberg's two-factor theory, and expectancy theory.

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1.

___________ is increasing Leadership rapidly:


A. Strategy
B. Command
C. Control
D. Getting others to follow

2. Regarding leadership, which statement is false?


A. Leadership does not necessarily take place within a hierarchical structure of an organisation
B. When people operate as leaders their role is always clearly established and defined
C. Not every leader is a manager
D. All of the above

3. __________ are the approaches to the study of leadership which emphasise the personality of
the leader:
A. Contingency theories
B. Group theories
C. Trait theories
D. Inspirational theories

4. The effectiveness of a leader is dependent upon meeting _______ areas of need within the
workgroup:
A. One
B. Three
C. Five
D. None of the above

5. Needs, setting standards and maintaining discipline, and appointing sub-leaders according to
Adair’s approach, called as:
A. Work functions
B. Task functions
C. Individual functions
D. Team functions

6. The Ohio State Leadership Studies revealed _____________ and initiating structure as two
major dimensions of leadership behaviour:
A. Control
B. Communication
C. Collaboration
D. Consideration

7. _________ used the terms “employee-centred” and “production-centred” to describe leader


behaviour:
A. Blake and McCanse
B. Fiedler
C. McGregor
D. Likert

8. Identify the four main styles of leadership displayed by the manager which identified in
Tannenbaum and Schmidt’s continuum of possible leadership behaviour:
A. Tells, help, joins and leads
B. Commands, sells, consults and resists
C. Tells, sells, consults and joins
D. Commands, help, joins and leads

9. Contingency theories of leadership based upon:


A. That there is no single style of leadership appropriate to all situations
B. That there is a single style of leadership appropriate to all managers
C. That there is a single style of leadership appropriate to all situations
D. None of the above

10. Leaders with a low LPC score gain satisfaction from _______________ according to Fiedler’s
LPC scale:
A. Developing team relationships
B. Achieving objectives
C. Both of these
D. None of the above

11. Model of leadership based on which aspects of a leader’s decision is Vroom and Yetton’s
contingency?
A. Decision acceptance
B. Decision quality
C. Both of these
D. None of the above

12. An individual’s motivation is dependent on:


A. Whether path-goal relationships are clarified
B. Expectations that increased effort to achieve an improved level of performance will be
successful
C. Their effective performance
D. The necessary direction, guidance, training and support is provided

13. Which of the following is a content theory?


a. Expectancy theory
b. ERG Theory
c. Equity theory
d. None of the above
14. State true or false
i. Needs reflect either physiological or psychological deficiencies.
a. True
b. False
15. Who propounded the Need's Theory
a. Frederick Herzberg
b. Alderfer
c. Abraham Harold Maslow
d. None of the above
16. The two factor theory is based on which factors?
a. Hygiene and behavioural
b. Safety and self - esteem
c. Self - actualisation and status quotient
d. None of the above
17. What does "E", "R" and "G" stand for in the ERG theory?
a. Export, Risk and Guarantee
b. Exponential, Reliability and Growth
c. Existence, Relatedness and Growth
d. None of the above

18. Which of the following is a need that motivates human behaviour as per the achievement
motivation theory?
a. Power
b. Affiliation
c. Achievement
d. All of the above
19. Which of the following is a process theory?
a. Achievement Motivation theory
b. Performance - satisfaction model
c. ERG theory
d. Two factor theory
20. Which of the following option, is an important term used in the theory?
a. Inputs
b. Promotion
c. Working condition
d. Responsibility
21. _________ and ___________ came out with a comprehensive theory of motivation called the
performance - satisfaction model.
a. Festinger and Heider
b. Jacques and Patchen
c. Porter and Lawler
d. Weick and Adams
22. Which of the following options is a factor which the equity theory is not clear about?
a. How does a person choose the comparison other?
b. Carefully explaining to the employees what their roles are
c. Making sure the rewards dispersed are valued by the employees
d. None of the above

23. ___________ is increasing Leadership rapidly:


A. Strategy
B. Command
C. Control
D. Getting others to follow
24. Regarding leadership, which statement is false?
A. Leadership does not necessarily take place within a hierarchical structure of an organisation
B. When people operate as leaders their role is always clearly established and defined
C. Not every leader is a manager
D. All of the above
25. __________ are the approaches to the study of leadership which emphasise the personality of
the leader:
A. Contingency theories
B. Group theories
C. Trait theories
D. Inspirational theories

26. The effectiveness of a leader is dependent upon meeting _______ areas of need within the
workgroup:
A. One
B. Three
C. Five
D. None of the above

27. Needs, setting standards and maintaining discipline, and appointing sub-leaders according to
Adair’s approach, called as:
A. Work functions
B. Task functions
C. Individual functions
D. Team functions

28.The Ohio State Leadership Studies revealed _____________ and initiating structure as two major
dimensions of leadership behaviour:
A. Control
B. Communication
C. Collaboration
D. Consideration

29. _________ used the terms “employee-centred” and “production-centred” to describe leader
behaviour:
A. Blake and McCanse
B. Fiedler
C. McGregor
D. Likert

30. Contingency theories of leadership based upon:


A. That there is no single style of leadership appropriate to all situations
B. That there is a single style of leadership appropriate to all managers
C. That there is a single style of leadership appropriate to all situations
D. None of the above

31. Leaders with a low LPC score gain satisfaction from _______________ according to Fiedler’s LPC
scale:
A. Developing team relationships
B. Achieving objectives
C. Both of these
D. None of the above

32. Model of leadership based on which aspects of a leader’s decision is Vroom and Yetton’s
contingency?
A. Decision acceptance
B. Decision quality
C. Both of these
D. None of the above

33. An individual’s motivation is dependent on:


A. Whether path-goal relationships are clarified
B. Expectations that increased effort to achieve an improved level of performance will be
successful
C. Their effective performance
D. The necessary direction, guidance, training and support is provided

34. A firm that chooses a cost-leadership business strategy focuses on gaining advantages by
reducing its costs to a level equal to all of its competitors.
True/ False

35.A cost-leadership competitive strategy helps reduce the threat of entry by creating cost-based
barriers to entry.
True/False

36. Cost leadership and product differentiation are so widely recognized that they are often called
generic business strategies.
True/False

37. The best example of a firm following a cost-leadership business strategy is


(A) Wal-Mart
(B) Rolls Royce
(C) Mercedes Benz.
(D) .Macy’s

38.Cost-leadership and product-differentiation strategies are so widely recognized that they are
often called
(A) common business strategies.
(B) generic business strategies.
(C) generic corporate strategies
(D) common corporate strategies.

39.Cost leadership as a strategy requires a firm to __.


(A). aim at a cost advantage in a niche market
(B). be unique in its product offering
(C). aggressively search out efficiencies to maintain the lowest cost structure
(D). aim to be similar to its competition in most operations

40. Firms implementing cost-leadership strategies will generally adopt a


(A) multidivisional structure.
(B) functional organizational structure.
(C) product divisional structure.
(D) matrix structure.
41. ___________ is the name given to a philosophy and set of methods and techniques that
stressed the scientific study and organisation of work at the operational level.

a. Scientific Management
b. Human Relations Model
c. Two factor theory
d. Achievement motivation theory.
42. Which of the following is a process theory?

a. Achievement Motivation theory


b. Performance - satisfaction model
c. ERG theory
d. Two factor theory
43. Which of the following option, is an important term used in the theory?

a. Inputs
b. Promotion
c. Working condition
d. Responsibility
44._________ and ___________ came out with a comprehensive theory of motivation
called the performance - satisfaction model.

a. Festinger and Heider


b. Jacques and Patchen
c. Porter and Lawler
d. Weick and Adams
45. A series of expectations between an individual and the organisation which are not
defined formally, but which will influence the motivation to work is:
a. the social contract
b. the psychological contract
c. the physiological contract
d. the sociological contract
46. Which of the following is a positive reaction to the blockage of a desired goal?
a. Fixation
b. Regression
c. Restructuring
d. Withdrawal
47. Maslow and Herzberg are two examples of ___________ theories of motivation.
a. process
b. expectancy
c. equity
d. content

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