NUR 4357 Leadershipmod1-5quizlet.
Marquis Leadership Module 1 Ch. 1 Review Questions
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
How do administrative man managers make the majority of their decisions?
A) After gathering all the facts
B) In a manner good enough to solve the problem
C) In a rational, logical manner
D) After generating all the alternatives possible
What needs to be considered in evaluating the quality of one's decisions?
A) Is evaluation necessary when using a good decision-making model?
B) Can evaluation be eliminated if the problem is resolved?
C) Will the effectiveness of the decision maker be supported?
D) Will the evaluation be helpful in increasing one's decision-making skills?
Which statement concerning the role of the powerful in organizational decision making
is true?
A) They exert little influence on decisions that are made
B) They make decisions made that are in congruence with their own values
C) They allow others to make the decisions however they wish
D) They make all the important decisions with consideration to others
One of the nurses on the unit said, ìMale patients have a low threshold for pain.î This is
an example of what type of illogical thinking?
A) Affirming the consequences
B) Arguing from analogy
C) Deductive reasoning
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D) Overgeneralizing
Marquis Leadership Module 1 Ch. 1 Review Questions
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
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
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
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
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
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
,NUR 4357 Leadershipmod1-5quizlet.
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
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
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
How do administrative man managers make the majority of their decisions?
A) After gathering all the facts
B) In a manner good enough to solve the problem
C) In a rational, logical manner
D) After generating all the alternatives possible
What needs to be considered in evaluating the quality of one's decisions?
A) Is evaluation necessary when using a good decision-making model?
B) Can evaluation be eliminated if the problem is resolved?
C) Will the effectiveness of the decision maker be supported?
D) Will the evaluation be helpful in increasing one's decision-making skills?
Which statement concerning the role of the powerful in organizational decision making
is true?
A) They exert little influence on decisions that are made
B) They make decisions made that are in congruence with their own values
C) They allow others to make the decisions however they wish
D) They make all the important decisions with consideration to others
One of the nurses on the unit said, ìMale patients have a low threshold for pain.î This is
an example of what type of illogical thinking?
A) Affirming the consequences
B) Arguing from analogy
C) Deductive reasoning
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D) Overgeneralizing
