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Leadership 101 Practice Test: Why Leadership Matters
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Leadership 101 Practice Test: Why Leadership Matters
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25 Questions

1. Managers are , while leaders are .
2. The fastest growing segment of the U.S. population is currently:
3. A commonly accepted position regarding the significance of leadership in organizations states:
4. Mary Sammons, president of Rite Aid, believes that ___________ is/are the key to leadership.
5. By 2050, the Hispanic population in the United States is estimated to grow to what percent of the total population?
6. Leaders shape the culture of their organization through all but one of the following:
7. Which of the following factors is not part of the definitions of leadership effectiveness?
8. Helgesen
9. Chick-fil-A, the chicken fast food company, focuses on ________ as the key element in leadership effectiveness.
10. Which is not a reason the text provides as to why leaders are needed?
11. Jake was appointed president and CEO of XYZ, Inc. The board of directors wants him to lower expenses by laying off 50 percent of the front-line workers. Which reason does not likely explain why this recommendation will not likely work.
12. Various definitions of leadership include all but one of the following:
13. Which one of the following is not an element of the definition of leadership effectiveness?
14. Kip Tindell, founder of The Container Store, created a family-friendly work environment with higher wages and flexible shifts. He may be considered an effective leader because .
15. In addition to basic managerial functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling, leaders are ascribed .
16. Leadership and management become more closely similar when considering the issue of .
17. Leaders such as John Grundhofer
18. Mitt Romney, the Governor of Massachusetts, and Joyce Wycoff, the founder of Innovation Network, both agree that:
19. Leaders such as Philip Diehl, director of the U.S. Mint, have made ________ one of their key activities.
20. The three key elements of leadership effectiveness are:
21. The key argument against the impact of leadership centers around the idea that .
22. Stepen Oesterle is a senior executive of Medtronics, an organization dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles. Stepen runs marathons and maintains a personal healthy lifestyle. Which function of shaping an organizational culture best describes Stepen
23. In the United States there is a
24. The Container Store is able to pay its associates how much more than their competitors?
25. The increased cultural diversity in organizations is .