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Chapter 1: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning:
Requisites for successful leadership and management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an analysis of a situation
B) It is closely related to evaluation
C) It involves choosing between courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a
problem
Correct Answer: C
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Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a
particular course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a
systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical
thinking, sometimes referred to asreflective thinking, is related to evaluation and
has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
2. What is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving model?
A) Its need for implementation time
B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
D) Its failure to evaluate
alternatives
Correct Answer: A
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The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when time constraints
are a consideration. Decision making can occur without the full analysis required
in problem solving. Because problem s olN ving attempts to identify the root
problem in situations, much time and energy are spent on identifying the real
problem.
3. Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different
individuals for the same problems
B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each person's value system
C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to
problem solving is used
D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the
decision
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Correct Answer: B
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Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking
will influence a person's decision making. No matter how objective the criteria
will be, value judgments will always play a part in a
Person’s decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
4. What influences the quality of a decision most often?
A) The decision maker's immediate superior
B) The type of decision that needs to be made
C) Questions asked and alternatives generated
D) The time of day the decision is
made
Correct Answer: C
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision
maker, the better the final decision will be. The alternatives generated and the
final choices are limited by each person's value system.
5. What does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative
processes
Correct Answer: B
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Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly
sensitive to other people and situations. Left-brain thinkers are typically better
at processing language, logic, numbers, and sequential ordering, whereas right-
brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing.
6. What is the best definition of decision making?
A) The planning process of management
B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
C) One step in the problem-solving process
D) Required to justify the need for
scarce items
Correct Answer: C
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Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosing a
particular course of action. Decision making, one step in the problem-solving
process, is an important task that relies heavily on critical thinking and clinical
reasoning skills.
7. If decision making is triggered by a problem with what does it end?
A) An alternative problem
B) A chosen course of action
C) An action that guarantees success
D) A restatement of the
solution
Correct Answer: B
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A decision is made when a course of action has been chosen. Problem solving is
part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuseson analyzing a
difficult situation. Problem solving always includes a decision-making step.
8. Why do our values often cause personal conflict in decision making?
A) Some values are not realistic or healthy
B) Not all values are of equal worth
C) Our values remain unchanged over time
D) Our values often collide with one
another
Correct Answer: D
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Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking
will influence a person's decision making. No matter how objective the criteria
will be, value judgments will always play a part in aperson's decision making,
either consciously or subconsciously.
9. Which statement is true concerning critical thinking?
A) It is a simple approach to decision making
B) It is narrower in scope than decision making
C) It requires reasoning and creative analysis
D) It is a synonym for the problem-solving
process
Correct Answer: C
Feedback:
Critical thinking has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
It is sometimes referred to as reflective thinking. Critical thinking also involves
reflecting upon the meaning of statements,
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Test Bank for Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 11th
Edition
by Huston
All Chapters (1-25)|Q&As Verified with Feedbacks| Grade A+ Assured
ISBN 9781975193065
,THIS DOCUMENT BELONGS TO TESTBANKSPROF
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 11th Edition MarquisHuston Test
Bank
Chapter 1: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning:
Requisites for successful leadership and management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an analysis of a situation
B) It is closely related to evaluation
C) It involves choosing between courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a
problem
Correct Answer: C
Feedback:
Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a
particular course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a
systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical
thinking, sometimes referred to asreflective thinking, is related to evaluation and
has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
2. What is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving model?
A) Its need for implementation time
B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
D) Its failure to evaluate
alternatives
Correct Answer: A
Feedback:
The traditional problem-solving model is less effective when time constraints
are a consideration. Decision making can occur without the full analysis required
in problem solving. Because problem s olN ving attempts to identify the root
problem in situations, much time and energy are spent on identifying the real
problem.
3. Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different
individuals for the same problems
B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each person's value system
C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to
problem solving is used
D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the
decision
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Correct Answer: B
Feedback:
Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking
will influence a person's decision making. No matter how objective the criteria
will be, value judgments will always play a part in a
Person’s decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
4. What influences the quality of a decision most often?
A) The decision maker's immediate superior
B) The type of decision that needs to be made
C) Questions asked and alternatives generated
D) The time of day the decision is
made
Correct Answer: C
Feedback:
The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision
maker, the better the final decision will be. The alternatives generated and the
final choices are limited by each person's value system.
5. What does knowledge about good decision making lead one to believe?
A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative
processes
Correct Answer: B
Feedback:
Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly
sensitive to other people and situations. Left-brain thinkers are typically better
at processing language, logic, numbers, and sequential ordering, whereas right-
brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing.
6. What is the best definition of decision making?
A) The planning process of management
B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
C) One step in the problem-solving process
D) Required to justify the need for
scarce items
Correct Answer: C
Feedback:
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Decision making is a complex, cognitive process often defined as choosing a
particular course of action. Decision making, one step in the problem-solving
process, is an important task that relies heavily on critical thinking and clinical
reasoning skills.
7. If decision making is triggered by a problem with what does it end?
A) An alternative problem
B) A chosen course of action
C) An action that guarantees success
D) A restatement of the
solution
Correct Answer: B
Feedback:
A decision is made when a course of action has been chosen. Problem solving is
part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuseson analyzing a
difficult situation. Problem solving always includes a decision-making step.
8. Why do our values often cause personal conflict in decision making?
A) Some values are not realistic or healthy
B) Not all values are of equal worth
C) Our values remain unchanged over time
D) Our values often collide with one
another
Correct Answer: D
Feedback:
Values, life experience, individual preference, and individual ways of thinking
will influence a person's decision making. No matter how objective the criteria
will be, value judgments will always play a part in aperson's decision making,
either consciously or subconsciously.
9. Which statement is true concerning critical thinking?
A) It is a simple approach to decision making
B) It is narrower in scope than decision making
C) It requires reasoning and creative analysis
D) It is a synonym for the problem-solving
process
Correct Answer: C
Feedback:
Critical thinking has a broader scope than decision making and problem solving.
It is sometimes referred to as reflective thinking. Critical thinking also involves
reflecting upon the meaning of statements,
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