Passage 1 Passage
Powerful Leaders Are
Effective Leaders
Only thirty seconds remain in the state
championship basketball game, and the
home team is down by a single point. The
coach puts in his star power forward and
outlines the exact play his athletes should
use. His wisdom and leadership pay off
when the home team sinks a basket and
is victorious.
This authoritarian leadership style also
allows businesses to succeed and
thrive. An authoritarian leader in the
workplace makes decisions
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Which sentence from Passage 1 provides
the WEAKEST support for the author's
argument?
"Employees must request materials, time, or
funds."
"Getting input from dozens of employees
could take hours, and some suggestions will
likely be impractical."
"In this way, a team is not using five hundred
dollars' worth of materials when they could
actually make do with much less."
"Authoritarian approaches have been the
norm for many years.”
