Leadership in Social Work Exam Review
Course Introduction
Leadership in Social Work explores the theories, skills, and practices essential for effective leadership in diverse social work settings. This course examines the role of leadership in promoting ethical practice, social justice, and organizational change, with a focus on empowering communities and advocating for vulnerable populations. Students will develop competencies in communication, team building, conflict resolution, and decision-making within the context of social work. Emphasizing both self-awareness and collaborative leadership, the course prepares future social work professionals to guide teams, influence policy, and create positive impacts within agencies and communities.
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Leadership Research Findings Practice and Skills 8th Edition by Andrew J. DuBrin
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Chapter 1: The Nature and Importance of Leadership
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Q1) Intrinsically satisfying work can be a leadership substitute because such work
A) is so self-motivating that the worker requires very little leadership.
B) usually involves computer technology.
C) is usually performed when the leader is away.
D) lies outside the jurisdiction of leaders.
Answer: A
Q2) The key to being a good follower is to think for oneself and to work well without close supervision. This is referred to as ______.
A) focus
B) self-management
C) competence
D) courage
Answer: B
Q3) Leadership can be practiced
A) only in the executive suite.
B) at any level in the organization.
C) only by people whose job title includes "manager."
D) only when employees are performing below standard.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Traits Motives and Characteristics of Leaders
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Q1) A leader with an internal locus of control:
A) is often low in self-confidence.
B) is often interpreted by group members as being weak.
C) sees environmental factors as causing most events.
D) takes responsibility for events happening.
Answer: D
Q2) An effective form of humor by the leader is to poke fun at the problems and limitations of group members.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Emotional intelligence tends to:
A) peak at an early career stage.
B) be closely associated with technical skill.
C) improve with experience.
D) decrease substantially during middle age.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Charismatic and Transformational Leadership
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Q1) A leader who is personally charismatic is likely to:
A) attract people to him or her.
B) push away other people based on annoying personal characteristics.
C) rule with an iron hand.
D) rely on cognitive skills to impress people.
Answer: A
Q2) A transformational leader is one who:
A) transforms his or her style to fit the situation.
B) makes major changes in the organization.
C) changes his or her personality characteristics to meet the needs of group members.
D) moves up the corporate ladder rapidly.
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following would most likely be a vision for Avon Products?
A) Get more men to purchase our products.
B) Become the ultimate relationship marketer of products and services for women.
C) Increase sales to underdeveloped countries by 5 percent per year.
D) Develop five new products per year.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Leadership Behaviors Attitudes and Styles
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Q1) A(n) ____ type of leader is most likely to play the role of the Good Samaritan.
A) autocratic
B) servant
C) consensus
D) team
Q2) Giving workers an opportunity to satisfy lower-level needs is an effective way of inspiring them.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A problem noted with the leader providing too much hands-on guidance is that it can lead to poor delegation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A pronounced characteristic of an entrepreneurial leader is _____.
A) a reliance on others to take the big risks
B) a preference for taking huge risks
C) a cautious attitude toward taking risks
D) a sensible risk taking approach
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Chapter 5: Contingency and Situational Leadership
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Q1) The situational leadership model II emphasizes contingency factors relating to:
A) characteristics of group members.
B) characteristics of the organizational climate.
C) the attitudes of the leader.
D) the skills of the leader.
Q2) Who among the following is a delegating leader?
A) Ryan, who neither sets clear goals for his teammates, nor encourages them
B) Brian, who sets clear goals for his teammates and encourages them
C) Rahul, who sets clear goals for his teammates, but does not encourage them
D) Milan, who encourages her teammates, but does not set clear goals for them
Q3) Following Fiedler's contingency model, a leader can increase situational control by:
A) decreasing the task structure for group members.
B) creating conflict between himself or herself and group members.
C) increasing his or her position power.
D) increasing the demands on group members.
Q4) According to the path-goal theory, the participative style is recommended when group members are performing repetitive tasks.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Leadership Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Q1) Ethics can be considered the:
A) vehicle for putting values into action.
B) opposing force to values.
C) equivalent of organizational culture.
D) opposite of moral leadership.
Q2) Which of the following is a recommended initiative for achieving an ethical and socially responsible organization?
A) Establish severe penalties for whistleblowers.
B) Encourage employees to learn ethics by trial and error.
C) Provide strategic leadership directed toward the goal.
D) Develop informal mechanisms for dealing with ethical problems.
Q3) The approach that focuses on social responsibility by finding out better ways for leaders to make a positive contribution to society is the _____ approach .
A) whistleblowing
B) Thou Shalt
C) Thou Shalt Not
D) entitlement
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Chapter 7: Power Politics and Leadership
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Q1) _____ is a political strategy that places subordinates in intense competition for resources and eventually leads them into a fight.
A) Playing territorial games
B) Resolving a false catastrophe
C) Divide and rule
D) Embrace or demolish
Q2) According to the dependence perspective, Alex has power over Ziggy when:
A) Alex and Ziggy work collaboratively.
B) Alex is dependent on Ziggy.
C) Ziggy is dependent on Alex.
D) Alex and Ziggy work independently of each other.
Q3) Hiring people with high integrity tends to increase politics in the office because people with integrity tend to be very ambitious.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An analysis of organizational politics reveals that political skill combines social awareness with the ability to communicate well.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Influence Tactics of Leaders
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Q1) Good-natured kidding is especially effective when a straightforward statement might be interpreted as harsh criticism.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Implicit leadership theories deal mostly with the personal assumptions:
A) about the type of leader most people would like to become.
B) leaders make about the capabilities of group members.
C) companies make about their leaders.
D) about the attributes of an ideal organizational leader.
Q3) As indicated by implicit leadership theories, two examples of leadership prototypes are tyranny and masculinity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the three major outcomes of influence tactics, with specific examples or cases, which portray these outcomes.
Q5) To use personal magnetism as an influence tactic, the person strikes a bargain with the person to be influenced.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Developing Teamwork
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Q1) John is the newly appointed managing director of a firm. During the first week, he is given a clear idea on his key roles in a team based organization. During the second week, he is asked to develop an action plan on the steps he would take using the resources available to him. Give at least five options that John has in this regard.
Q2) John, the sales manager of a company has to move out of the city. He decides to use the tactics of e-leadership to build a virtual team. What are the measures he needs to take to see that his virtual team functions well?
Q3) Which of the following is a key practice that leaders in virtual teams should practice?
A) Soliciting minimum number of volunteers for the team
B) Maintaining frequent communication with the team
C) Ensuring that the team members are uniform
D) Minimizing the use of communication technology in the team
Q4) All groups are teams, but not all teams are groups.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Motivation and Coaching Skills
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Q1) George is advised by the top management to apply the expectancy theory among his teammates. What would be the basic data that he will require to put the theory into practice?
Q2) Which one of the following is considered an important coaching technique?
A) Restrict oneself from asking questions to the coach.
B) Resist change in all possible ways.
C) Model desired performance and behavior.
D) Create more obstacles for the person being coached.
Q3) A worker receiving a floor clock for having saved the company thousands of dollars in shipping costs is an example of:
A) workers experiencing pride in relation to recognition symbols.
B) workers being underrated on account of their productivity.
C) employers unnecessarily ingratiating the workers.
D) employers trying to lobby their employees.
Q4) The sets of goal characteristics that will probably lead to higher levels of performance are:
A) easy and specific.
B) easy and general.
C) difficult and specific.
D) difficult and general.
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Chapter 11: Creativity Innovation and Leadership
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Q1) Which of the following is a personality trait of a creative person?
A) Self-confident
B) Conformist
C) Able to think divergently
D) Highly intelligent
Q2) A person who has the experience of flow becomes preoccupied with the external consequences of performing a task.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Estelle plans to present the science project assigned to her in a creative manner. She concentrates on finding ways to present her project. She comes up with possible solutions without evaluating them. Which step of the creative process is illustrated in the given scenario?
A) Verification
B) Incubation
C) Immersion
D) Problem recognition
Q4) A creative person within an organization is typically a conformist.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Communication and Conflict Resolution Skills
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Q1) The _____ style of conflict management is halfway between domination and appeasement.
A) avoidant
B) sharing
C) collaborative
D) accommodative
Q2) It is much easier to persuade people who like you.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Confrontation and problem solving is a useful technique for a leader who is attempting to get two direct reports to resolve a conflict between them.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Beginning with an extreme demand is the best approach toward negotiation.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Being the first to listen during a negotiation session results in distrust.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Strategic Leadership and Knowledge Management
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Q1) A carefully considered vision statement:
A) helps us know who we are and who we are not.
B) specifies which short-range goals are achievable.
C) deals with the past, present, and future.
D) defines reporting relationships throughout the organization.
Q2) The business strategy of differentiation involves making a product or service unique by offering it at an unusually low price.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An external threat in a SWOT analysis refers primarily to laws that would be broken by implementing a particular strategy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The knowledge creation component of knowledge management is used to spur innovation.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 14: International and Culturally Diverse Aspects of Leadership
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Q1) A market research works on a variety of projects sourced from across the country. It has a deliberate policy of employing research team members from a variety of cultural minorities such as Asians, Africans, Hispanics, and Native Americans. This policy of the firm is likely to:
A) expand power distance.
B) enhance team performance.
C) result in the creation of standard processes for data analysis.
D) reduce the degree of time orientation.
Q2) Generational differences, such as those between the young and old, represent a cultural difference managers must take into account in leading groups.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Call center manager Charlie has a strong performance orientation value. He is most likely to:
A) be quite confrontational when a customer is unrealistic.
B) treat men and women workers at the call center differently.
C) encourage high standards of excellence at the call center.
D) set high work standards for himself and low standards for others.
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Chapter 15: Leadership Development and Succession
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Q1) Mary, a line manager, is interested in pursuing self-help to develop leadership capabilities and interpersonal skills. Which of the following is a form of self-help that Mary could pursue?
A) Modeling the behavior of one of the effective leader's in her organization
B) Asking for constant feedback from her colleagues
C) Enrolling in an executive coaching program
D) Increasing her qualification through short-term courses
Q2) Which of the following is a challenge of being a new leader?
A) Developing a pool of successors
B) Flourishing in the socialization programs conducted by the organization
C) Overcoming the need to be liked by everybody
D) Achieving a formal education that compliments the current role
Q3) A distinguishing characteristic of a mentoring relationship is that _____.
A) the mentor recommends the protégé for promotion
B) an emotional tie exists between the mentor and the protégé
C) the protégé can avoid training if he or she is being mentored
D) the protégé gets groomed to replace the mentor
Q4) A person's mentor can sometimes be a staff professional or a coworker.
A)True
B)False
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