Question 1

With technical challenges, the leader should

Accepted Answer

A)  Use authority and expertise to address it 
B)  Use authority to make people solve it 
C)  Use the rules of the organization to solve it 
D)  Use followers to do the menial work

Question 2

My company decides to merge with another to be more financially stable, but in the process it appears best to downsize our current staff. This is an adaptive challenge identified by which archetype?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gap Between Espoused Values and Behaviors 
B)  Competing Commitments 
C)  Work Avoidance 
D)  Speaking the Unspeakable

Question 3

Which of the following is not a strength of adaptive leadership?

Accepted Answer

A)  It takes a process approach to the study of leadership 
B)  It is follower centered 
C)  It clearly describes a step-by-step approach to adaptive challenges 
D)  It directs how leaders help followers deal with conflicting values

Question 4

Adaptive leadership conceptualizes the leader as one who

Accepted Answer

A)  Solves problems for people 
B)  Adapts to various situations 
C)  Makes the hard decisions for others 
D)  Encourages others to do the problem solving

Question 5

You are tasked with creating a brand new food product using a team of people who are unfamiliar with the product and do not know one another. The organizational structure of this group is very loosely defined. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  An adaptive challenge 
B)  A technical challenge 
C)  A technical and adaptive challenge 
D)  A non-challenge

Question 6

Our organization recently switched information technology support firms. Some of our employees are finding the service slow and having difficulty interpreting the new system. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  An adaptive challenge 
B)  A technical challenge 
C)  A technical and adaptive challenge 
D)  A non-challenge

Question 7

Which behavior am I using when I analyze and diagnose a new challenge?

Accepted Answer

A)  Identify adaptive challenges 
B)  Get on the balcony 
C)  Protect leadership voices from below 
D)  Work avoidance

Question 8

Adaptive work is primarily the work of the followers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

We avoid talking about the conflict that occurs when our leader lets one employee get away with coming in late to work every day. We all think it's because this employee is the only minority on the staff. This is an adaptive challenge identified by which archetype?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gap Between Espoused Values and Behaviors 
B)  Competing Commitments 
C)  Work Avoidance 
D)  Speaking the Unspeakable

Question 10

When we create a holding environment for employees we are using which adaptive leader behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  Identify adaptive challenges 
B)  Get on the balcony 
C)  Protect leadership voices from below 
D)  Regulate distress

Question 11

A longtime leader of a technology firm hires primarily males even when females in the hiring pool are far more qualified. No one wants to point out this behavior to the leader. This is an adaptive challenge identified by which archetype?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gap Between Espoused Values and Behaviors 
B)  Competing Commitments 
C)  Work Avoidance 
D)  Speaking the Unspeakable

Question 12

I am the leader in the manufacturing division of an auto manufacturing company and just found a technical problem with one part of how the line places the engine block in the car. I figured out the problem and fixed it right away. Which type of leader behavior was I using during this process?

Accepted Answer

A)  Identify adaptive challenges 
B)  Create a holding environment 
C)  Protect leadership voices from below 
D)  Regulate distress

Question 13

Adaptive leadership is a well-developed empirically tested model.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is the first step the leader takes when faced with a challenging situation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Create a holding environment 
B)  Give the work back to the people 
C)  Maintain disciplined attention 
D)  Step back to obtain a fuller picture

Question 15

How can adaptive leadership be applied in real life?

Accepted Answer

A)  At the individual level 
B)  In multiple settings such as family, work, community 
C)  At the organizational level 
D)  Between individual followers if they choose to participate in the process

Question 16

There are how many leader behaviors in the adaptive model?

Accepted Answer

A)  2 
B)  3 
C)  4 
D)  6

Question 17

The process toward which adaptive leaders direct their work defines

Accepted Answer

A)  Technical work 
B)  Creative work 
C)  The holding environment 
D)  Adaptive work

Question 18

Collectively, what is the impact of leaders using adaptive behaviors appropriately for adaptive challenges?

Accepted Answer

A)  Technical work suffers 
B)  Adaptive work suffers 
C)  Adaptive work can be done 
D)  Creative work is stymied

Question 19

When we create a holding environment for employees we are using the regulate distress adaptive leader behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

I provided a solution to a challenging problem that just made things worse. What did I do wrong according to adaptive leadership principles?

Accepted Answer

A)  I tried to take over the situation 
B)  I tried to solve an adaptive problem using technical leadership 
C)  I tried to solve a technical problem with adaptive leadership 
D)  I did not apply adaptive leadership to this problem

Exam 11: Adaptive Leadership

With technical challenges, the leader should

My company decides to merge with another to be more financially stable, but in the process it appears best to downsize our current staff. This is an adaptive challenge identified by which archetype?

Which of the following is not a strength of adaptive leadership?

Adaptive leadership conceptualizes the leader as one who

You are tasked with creating a brand new food product using a team of people who are unfamiliar with the product and do not know one another. The organizational structure of this group is very loosely defined. This is an example of

Our organization recently switched information technology support firms. Some of our employees are finding the service slow and having difficulty interpreting the new system. This is an example of

Which behavior am I using when I analyze and diagnose a new challenge?

Adaptive work is primarily the work of the followers.

We avoid talking about the conflict that occurs when our leader lets one employee get away with coming in late to work every day. We all think it's because this employee is the only minority on the staff. This is an adaptive challenge identified by which archetype?

When we create a holding environment for employees we are using which adaptive leader behavior?

A longtime leader of a technology firm hires primarily males even when females in the hiring pool are far more qualified. No one wants to point out this behavior to the leader. This is an adaptive challenge identified by which archetype?

I am the leader in the manufacturing division of an auto manufacturing company and just found a technical problem with one part of how the line places the engine block in the car. I figured out the problem and fixed it right away. Which type of leader behavior was I using during this process?

Adaptive leadership is a well-developed empirically tested model.

What is the first step the leader takes when faced with a challenging situation?

How can adaptive leadership be applied in real life?

There are how many leader behaviors in the adaptive model?

The process toward which adaptive leaders direct their work defines

Collectively, what is the impact of leaders using adaptive behaviors appropriately for adaptive challenges?

When we create a holding environment for employees we are using the regulate distress adaptive leader behavior.

I provided a solution to a challenging problem that just made things worse. What did I do wrong according to adaptive leadership principles?