CMF Leadership Competency Quiz

What is my leadership competence?

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge in 10 different leadership competency areas. There are 10 (true/false or multiple choice) questions. You will receive your score at the end.

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* 1. When referring to a leader’s power base as being a “referent’ leader, this means the leader primarily uses ________________ as a form of influence.

Expertise

Reward

Position

Respect

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* 2. When we try to understand and explain what happens in social settings, we tend to view ________________ as a particularly significant factor.

Personality

Behavior

Money

Speech

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* 3. To restore the perception of equity consistent with organizational goals leaders should do all of the following EXCEPT:

Make a conscious effort on a routine basis to be aware of their employees’ perceptions of fairness.

Remember how they themselves most commonly reacted to inequity.

Recognize how perceptions of organizational inequities and injustices can impact organizational objectives.

Take a more active role in restoring followers’ perception of fairness by replacing dysfunctional reactions with actions that support organizational goals.

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* 4. True of false, groups engaged in decision making have the same judgmental biases as individuals?

True

False

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* 5. Jennifer J. Deal, Ph.D., at the Center for Creative Leadership found in research in 2007 that people of all ages are more likely to stay with an organization if they perceive they are getting :

Good compensation

Developmental opportunities

Chances to advance

Respect and recognition

All of the above

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* 6. Which of the following is NOT a group structural dimension?

Roles

Norms

Cohesion

Intergroup Conflict

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* 7. Which of the following are ways to avoid the perceptions of “in-groups” and “out-groups?”

Increase degree of communication across the board.

Include as many as possible in decision making.

Provide priority of task assignment to everyone.

Provide job latitude equitably.

All of the above.

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* 8. To develop effective followers, leaders should do all of the following EXCEPT:

Improve independent, critical thinking

Only consider personal goals and commitments.

Improve Leader/Follower relationships

Disagree agreeably (Loyal, “No Sirs”/”No-Ma’am’s”)

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* 9. True or false, socialization is a process of mutual adjustment that produces change over time in the relationship of an individual only?

True

False

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* 10. True or false, task cohesion and social cohesion may develop in a group at different degrees?

True

False