Lesson 1.4.5
1.4.5 Leadership styles Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Business, Unit 1
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Which function is primarily responsible for establishing strategic vision and inspiring employees?
- Administration
- Leadership
- Management
- Controlling
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Which leadership style involves making decisions without consulting staff?
- Autocratic
- Laissez-faire
- Democratic
- Paternalistic
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Which leadership style involves a leader making decisions while caring for staff welfare, as a parent might?
- Democratic
- Autocratic
- Laissez-faire
- Paternalistic
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Which leadership style involves staff taking part in decision-making?
- Laissez-faire
- Paternalistic
- Autocratic
- Democratic
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Which leadership style gives employees almost complete freedom with minimal supervision?
- Paternalistic
- Laissez-faire
- Democratic
- Autocratic
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What is a key advantage of adopting an autocratic leadership style?
- High staff morale
- Greater employee autonomy
- Rapid decision-making
- Increased innovation
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What is a major risk associated with using a laissez-faire leadership style?
- Excessive control
- Slow decision-making
- High labour costs
- Lack of direction
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A manager consults staff before a decision, then keeps the final authority. Which style is this?
- Autocratic
- Paternalistic
- Democratic
- Laissez-faire
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Which leadership style is most suitable in a severe crisis requiring rapid decisions?
- Paternalistic
- Laissez-faire
- Democratic
- Autocratic
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A leader provides extensive welfare benefits and makes all key decisions for staff. Which style is this?
- Autocratic without welfare
- Paternalistic
- Laissez-faire
- Democratic
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Which function focuses primarily on planning, organising, and controlling business processes?
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Management
- Intrapreneurship
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Which leadership style gives employees maximum freedom to complete work without direction?
- Democratic
- Autocratic
- Paternalistic
- Laissez-faire
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Which style is most consistent with empowering teams to make decisions?
- Autocratic
- Strict rule-based autocracy
- Democratic
- Paternalistic
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Which factor is most important when choosing an appropriate leadership style?
- Workforce skill level
- Taxation rate
- Inflation rate
- Legal structure
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Inspiring employees to embrace a new long-term vision is primarily a function of what?
- Bookkeeping
- Management
- Leadership
- Administration
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Which leadership style allows decisions to be made most quickly during a crisis?
- Paternalistic
- Autocratic
- Laissez-faire
- Democratic
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Which leadership style focuses on employee welfare while retaining top-down decision-making power?
- Laissez-faire
- Autocratic
- Democratic
- Paternalistic
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Laissez-faire leadership is most effective when managing which type of workforce?
- Inexperienced
- Low-motivated
- Highly skilled
- Unskilled
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A team of 8 takes 24 decisions a week, each taking 30 minutes by democratic consultation. How many hours a week go on deciding?
- 6 hours
- 3 hours
- 12 hours
- 24 hours
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Switching from autocratic to democratic leadership in the short term typically causes what?
- Immediate cost reductions
- Higher labour turnover
- Lower product quality
- Slower decision-making
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