ICERT Scientist D Paper 2019 – Attitude & Leadership

NIELIT Scientist D Paper 2019 – Attitude & Leadership

_____ is the definition of reference groups.
(a) Groups that an individual looks to when forming attitudes and opinions
(b) Groups of people who have been referred to by someone they know
(c) Groups of office collegues
(d) Chat groups on the internet

According to Mintzberg, one of management’s interpersonal roles is ______ Select correct option.
(a) Spokesperson
(b) Leader
(c) Negotiator
(d) Monitor

Which of the following represent the three components of attitudes?
(a) primary, secondary and tertiary
(b) knowledge, value-expressive and utilitarian
(c) congitive, affective, and behavioral
(d) cognitive, value-expressive, and behavioral

Which of these is not a principle of great man theory?
(a) Leaders are born not made
(b) Great men rise up in times of crisis
(c) We can learn from the biographies of great leaders
(d) A great leader is only great in certain situations

An investigator who wishes to study the attitudes of people in Illionis identifies 1,000 people in Illinois, taking care that the percentages of male and female, black and white, young and old are the same in the sample as in state’s total population. What kind of sample is the investigator trying to obtain?
(a) an independent sample
(b) a dependent sample
(c) a random sample
(d) a representative sample

______portrays the “whole person” interacting with his or her environment.
(a) Attitude
(b) Personality
(c) Lifestyle
(d) Self-concept

Michael is a type of manager who is concerned primarily with accomplishing goals and objectives and concentrates on the task itself. His behavioral style is called
(a) authoritarian
(b) democratic
(c) task oriented
(d) people oriented

Which of the following is a component of Mary’s attitude toward smoking?
(a) Mary believes smoking is harmful to one’s health
(b) Mary dislikes the fact that peopel are permitted to smoke in vehicles of public transportation
(c) Mary is actively working for legislation which would outlaw the sale of cigarettes
(d) all of the above are part of Mary’s attitude toward smoking

The capacity to influence people and accomplish desired objectives is called
(a) Power
(b) Leadership
(c) Authority
(d) Status

Frustration arises from the gap between _______ and _______.
(a) belief; behavior
(b) learning; behaviour
(c) expectations; attainments
(d) behaviour; attitudes