NCM 119 - 1: Nursing Leadership &
Management Question and answers
100% correct 2025/2026
Leadership - correct answer ✔The act of influencing and motivating a group of people to act in the
same direction towards achieving a common goal.
Management - correct answer ✔The process of leading and directing an organization to meet its goal
through the use of appropriate resources.
Leadership - correct answer ✔Do not have delegated authority but obtain their power through other
means, such as influence.
Management - correct answer ✔Legitimate source of power to the delegated authority.
Leadership - correct answer ✔Focus on group process, information gathering, feedback, & empowering
others
Management - correct answer ✔Emphasize control, decision making, decision analysis, & results
Leadership - correct answer ✔Have goals that may or may not reflect those of the organization.
Management - correct answer ✔Greater formal responsibility & accountability for rationality and
control than leaders.
Democratic, Authoritarian, Laissez-faire - correct answer ✔3 leadership styles
, Democratic - correct answer ✔Leadership style where
- Less control is maintained
- Economic & ego awards are used
- Others are directed through suggestions & guidance
- Communication flow up & down
- Decision-making involve others
- Emphasis on "we" than "I" & "you"
- Criticism is constructive
Authoritarian (Autocratic) - correct answer ✔Leadership style where:
- Strong control is maintained over the work group
- Others are motivated by coercion
- Communication flows downward
- Decision-making does nto involve others
- Emphasis is on difference in status ("I" & "you")
- Criticism is punitive
Laissez-faire - correct answer ✔Leadership style where:
- It is permissive, w/ little or no control
- Motivates by support when requested by the group
- Provides little or no direction
- Uses upward and downward communication between members of the group
- Disperses decision-making throughout the group
- Places emphasis on the group
- Does not criticize
Management Question and answers
100% correct 2025/2026
Leadership - correct answer ✔The act of influencing and motivating a group of people to act in the
same direction towards achieving a common goal.
Management - correct answer ✔The process of leading and directing an organization to meet its goal
through the use of appropriate resources.
Leadership - correct answer ✔Do not have delegated authority but obtain their power through other
means, such as influence.
Management - correct answer ✔Legitimate source of power to the delegated authority.
Leadership - correct answer ✔Focus on group process, information gathering, feedback, & empowering
others
Management - correct answer ✔Emphasize control, decision making, decision analysis, & results
Leadership - correct answer ✔Have goals that may or may not reflect those of the organization.
Management - correct answer ✔Greater formal responsibility & accountability for rationality and
control than leaders.
Democratic, Authoritarian, Laissez-faire - correct answer ✔3 leadership styles
, Democratic - correct answer ✔Leadership style where
- Less control is maintained
- Economic & ego awards are used
- Others are directed through suggestions & guidance
- Communication flow up & down
- Decision-making involve others
- Emphasis on "we" than "I" & "you"
- Criticism is constructive
Authoritarian (Autocratic) - correct answer ✔Leadership style where:
- Strong control is maintained over the work group
- Others are motivated by coercion
- Communication flows downward
- Decision-making does nto involve others
- Emphasis is on difference in status ("I" & "you")
- Criticism is punitive
Laissez-faire - correct answer ✔Leadership style where:
- It is permissive, w/ little or no control
- Motivates by support when requested by the group
- Provides little or no direction
- Uses upward and downward communication between members of the group
- Disperses decision-making throughout the group
- Places emphasis on the group
- Does not criticize
