Leadership Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do you call a style of leadership that takes account of others' views, opinions and
ideas?
a. Laissez-faire
b. People-oriented
c. Democratic
d. Autocratic
2. How can you describe the thinking and outlook of transformational leaders?
a. Strategic
b. Operational
c. Functional
d. Developmental
3. According to Lewin, Lippet and White's 1939 experiment, which form of leadership produced the most work
from participants?
a. Laissez-faire
b. Democratic
c. Authoritarian
d. A mix of laissez-faire and democratic
4. Which one of the following political leaders could not be termed a 'transformational' leader?
a. Margaret Thatcher
b. Mikhail Gorbachov
c. Nelson Mandela
d. Bill Clinton
5. What are the key characteristics of transactional leaders?
a. Guiding, mentoring and motivating
b. Guiding, commanding and motivating
c. Guiding, demonstrating and motivating
d. Guiding, mentoring and demonstrating
6. Which of the following statements about leadership 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 the above
7. Leadership today is increasingly associated with the concept of ______________?
a. Getting others to follow
b. Strategy
c. Control
d. Command
8. Which of the following statements best capture the nature of leadesrshipas it should be for your business to
ensure your continue business success.
a. Leaders focus on budgeting, aliening people with shared vision and solving problems
b. Leaders focus on setting directions, alien people with shared vision and motivating people
c. Leaders focus on motivating people, planning, organizing and staffing
d. None of the Above
9. When conflicts arise between two employees, what first step might a leader take?
a. Step in and quickly help employees to mediate the conflict to avoid unnecessary escalation
b. Step back and encourage employees to resolve the conflict themselves – so they will learn how to solve
the conflicts on their own and in future they know how to solve the conflicts
c. Step out of the field of action for a moment to gain insights in to the nature of the conflicts
d. All of the above
10. What are the three most effective ways what need to change in an organization?
a. Create mechanism that helps identify deviations from desire results, monitor outcome and look for
conflict that indicates what need to change.
b. Listen to concern people inside and outside of the organization, look for conflicts as clues to what need
to change and look at one-self and the team reflections of things that need to be change.
c. Retain a consulting firm to conduct an objective assessment of the company issues, assign problem
solving reading materials to the staff and look for conflicts as clues to what need to change.
d. None of the Above
11. Which of the following is the best step a leader can take when employees express concern about the rumor
change within the organization?
a. Reassure the employees that everything is going to be alright and that company upper management is
working to develop and effective plan
b. Invite employees to express their concerns and share ideas to easy their stress they are feeling and to
empower them to work together to contribute toward a shared solution
c. Minimize discussion about the rumors until a clear plan is ready for implementation this gives senior
managers time to develop an effective plan.
d. All of the Above.
12. Which of the below is the example for Democratic Leadership?
a. “ We can go to Zoo or Birds park for this outing, I am ok with anything”
b. “I need your feedback before I take decision, Please speak out”
c. “ Every Body Fall in out at 1400 Hrs sharp”
d. “ Do what I say”
13. A Leader must…..
a. Always lead with the objective in mind
b. Always make decision that are popular to his people
c. Remove those people who always hinders and do not support his ideas.
d. Ignore suggestions which given by unsupportive staffs.
14. Which of the below is the example for Autocratic Leadership?
a. “ We can go to Zoo or Birds park for this outing, I am ok with anything”
b. “I need your feedback before I take decision, Please speak out”
c. “ Every Body Fall in out at 1400 Hrs sharp”
d. “ Do what I say”
15. A leader who is honest in speech and upright in character exhibits.
a. Patience
b. Servant hood
c. Integrity
d. Courtesy