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LDR 535 Wk 3 – Practice: Knowledge Check
Which of the following is the most serious derailment pattern for leaders?
Multiple Choice
- Inability to adapt to changing bosses, followers, and situations
- Inability to build and lead a team
- Inability to build positive relations with peers
- Inadequate preparation for promotion
- Failure to meet performance objectives
Kinds of intelligence include all of the following EXCEPT ________ intelligence.
Multiple Choice
- logical-mathematical
- verbal-linguistic
- permanent-irreducible
- visual-spatial
- interpersonal
In the context of the levels and stages of moral development, identify the major determinant of behavior at Level II, stage 3.
Multiple Choice
- Deference to power
- Approval of others
- Compliance with authority
- Avoidance of punishment
In the context of the levels and stages of moral development, which of the following is most likely a characteristic of Level I, stage 1?
Multiple Choice
- Deference to power
- Acceptance of punishment
- Approval of others
- Attention to individual needs
The word “ethics” is derived from the ________ word ethos, referring to a person’s fundamental orientation toward life.
Multiple Choice
- Greek
- Roman
- Hebrew
- French
- English
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once commented on the ________, saying, “A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”
Multiple Choice
- need for motivation
- need for leading from a sound foundation
- imaginative nature of vision
- principle that only a man can be a leader
- fact that all great leaders are builders
Unlike promoted leaders, derailed leaders most likely ________.
Multiple Choice
- are dumb and weak-minded
- lack ambition and career goals
- lack technical expertise
- are unable to delegate or build a team
________ writes, “The narcissistic person has built an invisible wall around himself. He is everything, the world is nothing. Or rather: He is the world.”
Multiple Choice
- Steve Jobs
- Henry Ford
- Sigmund Freud
- Erich Fromm
People with well-developed visual-spatial abilities are most likely found in professions such as ________.
Multiple Choice
- carpentry
- teaching
- swimming
- surgery