Test Bank For Leadership Theory Application And Skill Development 6th Edition Lussier
CHAPTER NO 2
True / False
1. Understanding people’s personalities is important because personality affects behavior as well as perceptions and attitudes.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: p. 34
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MGMT.LUSS.16.02-01 – LO: 02-01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSPROG – Analytic – Business knowledge and analytic skills
STATE STANDARDS: United States – IL – DISC: Individual Dynamics – Individual dynamics in organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: AACSB: Analytic – Analytic skills
TOPICS: Conceptual
KEYWORDS: BLOOMS: Knowledge
2. Personality is developed solely based on genetics.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Personality is developed based on genetics and environmental factors.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: p. 34
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MGMT.LUSS.16.02-01 – LO: 02-01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSPROG – Analytic – Business knowledge and analytic skills
STATE STANDARDS: United States – IL – DISC: Individual Dynamics – Individual dynamics in organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: AACSB: Analytic – Analytic skills
TOPICS: Conceptutal
KEYWORDS: BLOOMS: Knowledge
3. Research has confirmed that there is a limited number of confirmed and agreed upon traits this leaders have.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: There is no agreed-upon list of traits leaders need to be successful.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: p. 35
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MGMT.LUSS.16.02-01 – LO: 02-01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSPROG – Analytic – Business knowledge and analytic skills
STATE STANDARDS: United States – IL – DISC: Individual Dynamics – Individual dynamics in organizations
TOPICS: Conceptual
KEYWORDS: BLOOMS: Knowledge
4. Researchers agree on the personality traits that effective leaders should have.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: There is no list of traits accepted by all reaearchers.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: p. 36
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MGMT.LUSS.16.02-01 – LO: 02-01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSPROG – Analytic – Business knowledge and analytic skills
STATE STANDARDS: United States – IL – DISC: Individual Dynamics – Individual dynamics in organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: AACSB: Analytic – Analytic skills
TOPICS: Conceptual
KEYWORDS: BLOOMS: Knowledge
5. In a study of two groups of executives, one successful and one whose careers were derailed, the reason for the latter’s failure was poor human relations.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: p. 35
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MGMT.LUSS.16.02-01 – LO: 02-01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSPROG – Analytic – Business knowledge and analytic skills
STATE STANDARDS: United States – IL – DISC: Individual Dynamics – Individual dynamics in organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: AACSB: Analytic – Analytic skills
TOPICS: Conceptual
KEYWORDS: BLOOMS: Knowledge
6. The Big Five Model of Personality categorizes traits into the dimensions of insurgency, adjustment, disagreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: These are not the Big Five Model of Personality category traits.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: p. 36
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MGMT.LUSS.16.02-02 – LO: 02-02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSPROG – Analytic – Business knowledge and analytic skills
STATE STANDARDS: United States – IL – DISC: Leadership Principles – Other management specific knowledge and abilities
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: AACSB: Analytic – Analytic skills
TOPICS: Conceptual
KEYWORDS: BLOOMS: Knowledge
7. The Big Five Model of Personality is the most widely accepted way to classify personalities.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: p. 36
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MGMT.LUSS.16.02-02 – LO: 02-02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSPROG – Analytic – Business knowledge and analytic skills
STATE STANDARDS: United States – IL – DISC: Leadership Principles – Other management-specific knowledge and abilities
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: AACSB: Analytic – Analytic skills
TOPICS: Conceptual
KEYWORDS: BLOOMS: Knowledge
8. The adjustment personality dimension includes traits related to emotional stability.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: p. 37
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MGMT.LUSS.16.02-02 – LO: 02-02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSPROG – Analytic – Business knowledge and analytic skills
STATE STANDARDS: United States – IL – DISC: Leadership Principles – Other management-specific knowledge and abilities
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: AACSB: Analytic – Analytic skills
TOPICS: Conceptual
KEYWORDS: BLOOMS: Knowledge
9. Personality profiles are used to categorize people as a means of predicting job success.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: p. 34
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MGMT.LUSS.16.02-01 – LO: 02-01
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSPROG – Analytic – Business knowledge and analytic skills
STATE STANDARDS: United States – IL – DISC: Individual Dynamics – Individual dynamics in organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: AACSB: Analytic – Analytic skills
TOPICS: Conceptual
KEYWORDS: BLOOMS: Knowledge
10. Effective leaders are high on all of the factors in the Big Five Model of Personality.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Surgency has the highest correlation at .31 while adjustment was negatively correlated at -.24.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: p. 34
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MGMT.LUSS.16.02-02 – LO: 02-02
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – BUSPROG – Analytic – Business knowledge and analytic skills
STATE STANDARDS: United States – IL – DISC: Leadership Principles – Other management-specific knowledge and abilities
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: AACSB: Analytic – Analytic skills
TOPICS: Conceptual
KEYWORDS: BLOOMS: Knowledge
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