Leadership Theory and Practice 7th Edition by Peter G. Northouse – Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Adaptive leaders
a. Prepare people to deal with change
b. Adapt their style based on follower competence
c. Adapt their style based on follower commitment
d. Prepare people to assess other’s behaviors
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Description
Question Type: MC

2. The type of leadership that focuses on the adaptations required of people in response to changing environments is
a. Transformational
b. Transactional
c. Servant
d. Adaptive
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Description
Question Type: MC

3. Which leadership scholar developed the main framework of adaptive leadership?
a. House
b. Bass
c. Kouzes
d. Heifetz
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Description
Question Type: MC

4. Which theory focuses predominantly on how the leader’s activities relate to the followers and the context in which followers find themselves?
a. Trait
b. Situational
c. Adaptive
d. Authentic
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Description
Question Type: MC

5. The leader in adaptive leadership is conceptualized as
a. One who saves the followers
b. One who gently persuades followers
c. One who is defined by his or her personal characteristics
d. One who uses primarily directive behaviors to support followers
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Description
Question Type: MC

6. Adaptive leadership is
a. Leader centered
b. Authority based
c. Follower centered
d. Organization centered
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Adaptive Leadership Defined
Question Type: MC

7. The process definition of adaptive leadership states that this type of leadership is about
a. The position the leader holds
b. Characteristics of the leader
c. Skills of the leader
d. Behaviors of the leader
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Adaptive Leadership Defined
Question Type: MC

8. The overall goal of adaptive leadership is to
a. Encourage people to change
b. Support leadership roles
c. Adapt to the subordinate characteristics
d. Encourage people to adapt to their leader
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Adaptive Leadership Defined
Question Type: MC

9. Activities that adaptive leaders engage in include
a. Individualizing
b. Mobilizing
c. Organizing
d. Motivating
Ans: B/C/D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Adaptive Leadership Defined
Question Type: MC

10. Which of the following is not one of the conceptual viewpoints of adaptive leadership?
a. Situational perspective
b. Systems perspective
c. Biological perspective
d. Service orientation
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Adaptive Leadership Defined
Question Type: MC