NURSE LEADERSHIP PRACTICE QUESTIONS EXAM 1
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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 -Ans: 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 as reflective thinking, is
related to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making and problem
solving.
1. Which represents the management functions that are incorporated into the
management process?
A) Planning, directing, organizing, staffing, and evaluating
B) Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling
C) Organizing, planning, staffing, directing, and evaluating
D) Organizing, staffing, planning, implementing, and controlling - CORRECT
ANSWER -Ans: B
Feedback:
,Management functions include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and
controlling. These are incorporated into what is known as the management
process.
What is the advantage of recruiting from outside the organization?
A. Promotes long-term retention of employees
B. Tends to increase the number of candidates
C. Provides well-motivated candidates
D. Attracts well-qualified candidates - CORRECT ANSWER -Ans: B
Feedback: recruiting from outside the organization provides an opportunity to
increase the pool of candidates for positions but is no guarantee that these
canddidates will be more qualified or motivated than those who come from
within the organization.
Which information is too much in flux to identify on an organizational chart?
A) Grapevine lines of communication
B) Line and staff authority
C) Span of control
D) Scalar chains - CORRECT ANSWER -Ans: A
Feedback:
The grapevine lines of communication cannot be placed on an organizational
chart because they are constantly in flux. The remaining information is stable
and so identified on the chart.
Which statement best describes mentorship?
A) The intensity and duration of relationships are similar in mentorship and
preceptorship
B) Staff cannot be assigned to become mentors. It is a role voluntarily chosen
by the mentor
,C) "Mentees" must be willing to put aside their personal goals and beliefs in an
effort to identify more closely with their mentor
D) Most nurses will have the opportunity for many mentor relationships during
their careers - CORRECT ANSWER -Ans: B
Feedback:
The mentor makes a conscious decision to assist the protEgE in career
development, with the relationship usually lasting several years. The remaining
statements are not accurate regarding mentorships.
What is employee behavior best reinforced by?
A) Praise from a supervisor
B) An increase in their pay
C) A personally valued reward
D) Threat of punishment - CORRECT ANSWER -Ans: C
Feedback: Each person is a unique individual who is motivated by different
things. The other options lack that element of personal value.
What is the best combination that characterizes the communication process?
A) Sender-receiver-message
B) Receiver-message-sender
C) Sender-message-receiver
D) Message-sender-receiver - CORRECT ANSWER -Ans: C
Feedback: The combination that best characterizes the communication process
is senderñmessageñreceiver. The other options would result in the likelihood of
miscommunication.
1. Which is the first step in the time management process?
A. Completing the highest priority task
B. Allowing enough time for sufficient daily planning
C. Reprioritizing based on new information received
, D. Delegating work that cannot be accomplished in a day - CORRECT
ANSWER -Ans: B
Feedback: Daily planning is essential if the manager is to manage by efficiency
rather than by crisis. The remaining options are steps that occur after that
planning.
Max Weber, as part of the scientific management era, contributed immensely to
the development of organizational theory. Which statement is not representative
of his beliefs?
A) Bureaucracy could provide a rational basis for administrative decisions
B) Worker satisfaction was integral to productivity
C) Organization charts could depict the hierarchy of authority
D) Impersonality of interpersonal relationships should exist in organizations -
CORRECT ANSWER -Ans: B
Feedback:
Max Webers theories did not address worker satisfaction. The other options do
represent the Weber organizational theory.
When does communication have the greatest likelihood of being accurately
interpreted?
A) More than one mode is used
B) Face-to-face communication is used
C) Written communication is used
D) The sender repeats the message using the same mode - CORRECT
ANSWER -Ans: A
Feedback: Using various communication methods in combination increases the
likelihood that everyone in the organization who needs to hear the message
actually will hear it. The other options are single methods.
What did motivational theorist Victor Vroom state?
A) Personal motivators could be separated from job satisfiers
NURSING LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT COMPETENCY
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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 -Ans: 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 as reflective thinking, is
related to evaluation and has a broader scope than decision making and problem
solving.
1. Which represents the management functions that are incorporated into the
management process?
A) Planning, directing, organizing, staffing, and evaluating
B) Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling
C) Organizing, planning, staffing, directing, and evaluating
D) Organizing, staffing, planning, implementing, and controlling - CORRECT
ANSWER -Ans: B
Feedback:
,Management functions include planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and
controlling. These are incorporated into what is known as the management
process.
What is the advantage of recruiting from outside the organization?
A. Promotes long-term retention of employees
B. Tends to increase the number of candidates
C. Provides well-motivated candidates
D. Attracts well-qualified candidates - CORRECT ANSWER -Ans: B
Feedback: recruiting from outside the organization provides an opportunity to
increase the pool of candidates for positions but is no guarantee that these
canddidates will be more qualified or motivated than those who come from
within the organization.
Which information is too much in flux to identify on an organizational chart?
A) Grapevine lines of communication
B) Line and staff authority
C) Span of control
D) Scalar chains - CORRECT ANSWER -Ans: A
Feedback:
The grapevine lines of communication cannot be placed on an organizational
chart because they are constantly in flux. The remaining information is stable
and so identified on the chart.
Which statement best describes mentorship?
A) The intensity and duration of relationships are similar in mentorship and
preceptorship
B) Staff cannot be assigned to become mentors. It is a role voluntarily chosen
by the mentor
,C) "Mentees" must be willing to put aside their personal goals and beliefs in an
effort to identify more closely with their mentor
D) Most nurses will have the opportunity for many mentor relationships during
their careers - CORRECT ANSWER -Ans: B
Feedback:
The mentor makes a conscious decision to assist the protEgE in career
development, with the relationship usually lasting several years. The remaining
statements are not accurate regarding mentorships.
What is employee behavior best reinforced by?
A) Praise from a supervisor
B) An increase in their pay
C) A personally valued reward
D) Threat of punishment - CORRECT ANSWER -Ans: C
Feedback: Each person is a unique individual who is motivated by different
things. The other options lack that element of personal value.
What is the best combination that characterizes the communication process?
A) Sender-receiver-message
B) Receiver-message-sender
C) Sender-message-receiver
D) Message-sender-receiver - CORRECT ANSWER -Ans: C
Feedback: The combination that best characterizes the communication process
is senderñmessageñreceiver. The other options would result in the likelihood of
miscommunication.
1. Which is the first step in the time management process?
A. Completing the highest priority task
B. Allowing enough time for sufficient daily planning
C. Reprioritizing based on new information received
, D. Delegating work that cannot be accomplished in a day - CORRECT
ANSWER -Ans: B
Feedback: Daily planning is essential if the manager is to manage by efficiency
rather than by crisis. The remaining options are steps that occur after that
planning.
Max Weber, as part of the scientific management era, contributed immensely to
the development of organizational theory. Which statement is not representative
of his beliefs?
A) Bureaucracy could provide a rational basis for administrative decisions
B) Worker satisfaction was integral to productivity
C) Organization charts could depict the hierarchy of authority
D) Impersonality of interpersonal relationships should exist in organizations -
CORRECT ANSWER -Ans: B
Feedback:
Max Webers theories did not address worker satisfaction. The other options do
represent the Weber organizational theory.
When does communication have the greatest likelihood of being accurately
interpreted?
A) More than one mode is used
B) Face-to-face communication is used
C) Written communication is used
D) The sender repeats the message using the same mode - CORRECT
ANSWER -Ans: A
Feedback: Using various communication methods in combination increases the
likelihood that everyone in the organization who needs to hear the message
actually will hear it. The other options are single methods.
What did motivational theorist Victor Vroom state?
A) Personal motivators could be separated from job satisfiers
