NSRG 2221 Chapter 9: Marquis Leadership: Interventions in
Groups Exam Review Questions and A+ Level Pass Rate
Solutions; Latest 2025/2026
Objective: Identify various leadership styles in groups.
Page: 187
Heading: Leadership Styles >Laissez-faire
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Cognition
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1 Mandating that all group members reveal an embarrassing personal situation is not an
example of a laissez-faire leadership style.
2 Asking for a show of hands to determine group topic preference is not an example of a
laissez-faire leadership style.
3 The nurse leader who sits silently and allows group members to stray from the
assigned topic is demonstrating a laissez-faire leadership style. This style allows group
members to do as they please with no direction from the leader. Group members often
become frustrated and confused in reaction to a laissez-faire leadership style.
4 Shuffling through papers to determine the facility policy on length of group is not an
example of a laissez-faire leadership style.
2. During a community meeting, a nurse encourages clients to present unit problems
and discuss possible solutions. Which type of leadership style is the nurse
demonstrating?
1. Democratic
2. Autocratic
3. Laissez-faire
4. Bureaucratic - correct answer ANS: 1
,Chapter: Chapter 9, Intervention in Groups
Objective: Identify various leadership styles in groups.
Page: 187
Heading: Leadership Styles: Democratic
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Cognition
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1 The nurse who encourages clients to present problems and discuss solutions is
demonstrating a democratic leadership style. Democratic leaders share information with
group members and promote decision-making by the members of the group. The leader
provides guidance and expertise as needed.
2 The autocratic leader is in charge of the group and others must persuade the leaders.
3 The laissez-faire leader is easily swayed and gives little to no direction.
4 Bureaucratic is not a leadership style.
3. Which situation should a nurse identify as an example of an autocratic leadership
style?
1. The president of Sigma Theta Tau assigns members to committees to research
problems.
2. Without faculty input, the dean mandates that all course content be delivered via the
Internet.
3. During a community meeting, a nurse listens as clients generate solutions.
4. The student nurses' association advertises for candidates for president. - correct
answer ANS: 2
Chapter: Chapter 9, Intervention in Groups
Objective: Identify various leadership styles in groups.
Page: 187
, Heading: Leadership Styles: Autocratic
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Cognition
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1 Assigning members to committees to research problems is not an example of an
autocratic leadership style.
2 The nurse should identify that mandating decisions without consulting the group is
considered an autocratic leadership style. Autocratic leadership increases productivity
but often reduces morale and motivation owing to lack of member input and creativity.
3 Listening as clients generate solutions is not an example of an autocratic leadership
style.
4 Advertising for candidates for president is not an example of an autocratic leadership
style.
4. A single, pregnant teenager in a parenting class discloses her ambivalence toward
the pregnancy and the subsequent guilt that these thoughts generate. A mother of three
admits to having felt that way herself. Which of Yalom's curative group factors does this
illustrate?
1. Imparting of information
2. Instillation of hope
3. Altruism
4. Universality - correct answer ANS: 4
Chapter: Chapter 9, Intervention in Groups
Objective: Discuss "curative factors" that occur in groups.
Page: 185
Heading: Curative Factors > Universality
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Groups Exam Review Questions and A+ Level Pass Rate
Solutions; Latest 2025/2026
Objective: Identify various leadership styles in groups.
Page: 187
Heading: Leadership Styles >Laissez-faire
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Cognition
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1 Mandating that all group members reveal an embarrassing personal situation is not an
example of a laissez-faire leadership style.
2 Asking for a show of hands to determine group topic preference is not an example of a
laissez-faire leadership style.
3 The nurse leader who sits silently and allows group members to stray from the
assigned topic is demonstrating a laissez-faire leadership style. This style allows group
members to do as they please with no direction from the leader. Group members often
become frustrated and confused in reaction to a laissez-faire leadership style.
4 Shuffling through papers to determine the facility policy on length of group is not an
example of a laissez-faire leadership style.
2. During a community meeting, a nurse encourages clients to present unit problems
and discuss possible solutions. Which type of leadership style is the nurse
demonstrating?
1. Democratic
2. Autocratic
3. Laissez-faire
4. Bureaucratic - correct answer ANS: 1
,Chapter: Chapter 9, Intervention in Groups
Objective: Identify various leadership styles in groups.
Page: 187
Heading: Leadership Styles: Democratic
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Cognition
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1 The nurse who encourages clients to present problems and discuss solutions is
demonstrating a democratic leadership style. Democratic leaders share information with
group members and promote decision-making by the members of the group. The leader
provides guidance and expertise as needed.
2 The autocratic leader is in charge of the group and others must persuade the leaders.
3 The laissez-faire leader is easily swayed and gives little to no direction.
4 Bureaucratic is not a leadership style.
3. Which situation should a nurse identify as an example of an autocratic leadership
style?
1. The president of Sigma Theta Tau assigns members to committees to research
problems.
2. Without faculty input, the dean mandates that all course content be delivered via the
Internet.
3. During a community meeting, a nurse listens as clients generate solutions.
4. The student nurses' association advertises for candidates for president. - correct
answer ANS: 2
Chapter: Chapter 9, Intervention in Groups
Objective: Identify various leadership styles in groups.
Page: 187
, Heading: Leadership Styles: Autocratic
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive Level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Cognition
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1 Assigning members to committees to research problems is not an example of an
autocratic leadership style.
2 The nurse should identify that mandating decisions without consulting the group is
considered an autocratic leadership style. Autocratic leadership increases productivity
but often reduces morale and motivation owing to lack of member input and creativity.
3 Listening as clients generate solutions is not an example of an autocratic leadership
style.
4 Advertising for candidates for president is not an example of an autocratic leadership
style.
4. A single, pregnant teenager in a parenting class discloses her ambivalence toward
the pregnancy and the subsequent guilt that these thoughts generate. A mother of three
admits to having felt that way herself. Which of Yalom's curative group factors does this
illustrate?
1. Imparting of information
2. Instillation of hope
3. Altruism
4. Universality - correct answer ANS: 4
Chapter: Chapter 9, Intervention in Groups
Objective: Discuss "curative factors" that occur in groups.
Page: 185
Heading: Curative Factors > Universality
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
