VU Midterm Past Papers
69 solved midterm past paper MCQs for EDU602 at Virtual University, each with the correct answer marked. Use them to learn the VU question style and test your recall. An independent study tool — not affiliated with VU.
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Q1. A leader cannot lead in a way that is not_______ Followers will see right through and will not find what they need in him as a leader.
Q2. The Neo-classical thought stressed upon_______ of jobs, processes and technologies to maximize economic yield.
Q3. Which type of school successfully achieves the targets set by the stakeholders by showing high grades and good results in exams?
Q4. Which option from the following is the set of research based characteristics of a school’s climate associated with improved and better student learning?
Q5. Manager chooses the right goals to pursue, but does a poor job of using resources to achieve these goals.
Q6. The new leadership approach includes charismatic and_____ leadership.
Q7. The leader is an ______ and the manager is an administrator
Q8. Students must feel_____ in their school community so that their energies can be applied to learning.
Q9. A measure of how efficiently and effectively managers use available resources is organized
Q10. know that _____ is about today, and leadership about tomorrow
Q11. Modern school of management is about____
Q12. if anything goes wrong, then it will be the_____ who will ask the question in what and why as s/he has to answer the higher-ups
Q13. ____ theories imply that leaders can be trained
Q14. In ____ approach, leadership effectiveness is to do with how the leader behaves,
Q15. ____ skills are frequently considered to be planning, controlling and monitoring
Q16. _____ major theories have emerged from a range of views on leadership
Q17. The ability to understand, alter, lead, and control the behavior of other individuals and groups
Q18. The principal can make a mission effective by being _____ and energetic in sharing her vision with faculty.
Q19. Articulation and ____ of specific principles of management are the core ideas of the classical school of management.
Q20. The leader has to be practical and ____, yet must Talk the language of the visionary.
Q21. Leaders give solutions while the _____ create action plans.
Q22. The effective school allocates and protects a significant amount of___ for instruction of the essential curricular areas
Q23. leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish _____
Q24. understanding what is needed, in terms of human and others resources, to achieve success and developing the plan to achieves
Q25. the basic components of an effective school include
Q26. ____ management theory is also known as the human relations movement.
Q27. Modern, Classical, Neo-classical are schools of _____
Q28. Neo-classical school of management relates to_____
Q29. The effective school practices that the principal is the_____
Q30. _____ skills are defined as providing vision and strategy, as well as leading transformational change
Q31. the person responsible for supervising the use of an organization’s resources in fulfillment of the organized.
Q32. when individuals do not have the knowledge or skills to do the job, the leaders have to be____ oriented
Q33. Teachers at effective schools genuinely believe that every kid has the raw materials to be a successful
Q34. The managers at different levels are given specific_____ which are properly coordinated
Q35. results are used to improve both individual student performance and____
Q36. The core ideas of _____school of management include application of science to practice of management
Q37. Those organizations will survive and flourish which have _____
Q38. A leader must understand his own ____ as he also brings unique gifts to his role as leader.
Q39. According to Fayol _____ need specific roles in order to manage work and workers.
Q40. Every ____ must understand that when an organizational goal is achieved it leads to fulfillment of their personal needs
Q41. Those you are leading bring their own unique gifts to the situation, and are called_______
Q42. The _____ creates a “community of shared values”.
Q43. The system school of management was put forward by______
Q44. according to Burke and _____ (2004) management is now based around knowledge workers
Q45. Bryman (1992) splits leadership research into _____ decades.
Q46. in which theory we transform inputs into outputs and receive feedback?
Q47. In the level of management, the supervisors belong to the
Q48. collegial and collaborative staff; clean and committed environment are the basic components of_____
Q49. choosing to “lead from____” is the only way to create the optional chance for leadership success.
Q50. A mnemonic for leadership is person, people and_________
Q51. Leaders carry out this process by applying their leadership knowledge and skills This is called ______ leadership
Q52. Rather than focus on production, situations, or technology, the neoclassical theory was concerned with the_______
Q53. An effective mission emphasizes _____ and improvement in providing learning for all
Q54. In _____ style the leader does not take the advice of his employees
Q55. In _____ style the leader allows free region to the employees and let them make decisions
Q56. Great leaders were often from the------, as few _____ had the opportunity to lead.
Q57. The Hawthorne Effect states that _____ care about self-fulfillment, autonomy empowerment, social status and personal relationships with co-workers.
Q58. A leader who is bossy and uses fair and threats to get the job done is using_____ style
Q59. Classical school of management is concerned with______
Q60. In ____ we determine alternatives & evaluate for best option
Q61. The individual’s thinking patterns based on his/her observations and conclusions that may sometimes lead to false assumption, wrong judgment, and faulty reasoning are called____
Q62. Patterns based on his/her observations and conclusions that may sometimes lead to false assumption, wrong judgment, and faulty reasoning are called____
Q63. Group decisions are also known as_____
Q64. Good-to-great leaders confront the most ____ of their current reality, with absolute faith that they will succeed in the end
Q65. Transcendent leadership identifies______
Q66. _____ can be achieved through transformational leadership.
Q67. Process of generating new ideas, views and systems to solve problem and arrive at decision efficiently is called_____
Q68. Transformational leaders realize that nothing significant happens unless they ____ their people.
Q69. The concept of transformational leadership was introduced by _____ in 1978.