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CH01: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical
Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning
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
Answer: C
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
Answer: A
3. Which statement 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
Answer: B
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
Answer: C
5. What does knowledge about good decision making suggest?
A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
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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
Answer: B
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
Answer: C
7. If decision making is triggered by a problem, what does it end with?
A) An alternative problem
B) A chosen course of action
C) An action that guarantees success
D) A restatement of the solution
Answer: B
8. Why do 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) Values remain unchanged over time
D) Values often collide with one another
Answer: D
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
Answer: C
10. How do administrative 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 possible alternatives
Answer: B
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11. 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?
Answer: D
12. 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 congruent with their own values
C) They allow others to make decisions however they wish
D) They make all important decisions with consideration to others
Answer: B
13. A nurse states: “Male patients have a low threshold for pain.” This is an example of:
A) Affirming the consequences
B) Arguing from analogy
C) Deductive reasoning
D) Overgeneralizing
Answer: D
14. What effect of organizational power on decision making is often reflected in staff
behavior?
A) Making decisions independent of organizational values
B) Not trusting others to decide
C) Desiring personal power
D) Having private beliefs that are separate from corporate ones
Answer: D
15. What does a decision grid allow a decision maker to do?
A) Examine alternatives visually and compare each against the same criteria
B) Quantify information
C) Plot a decision over time
D) Predict when events must take place to complete a project on time
Answer: A
16. Which statement regarding management decision-making aides is true?
A) They are subject to human error
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CH01: Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical
Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning
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
Answer: C
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
Answer: A
3. Which statement 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
Answer: B
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
Answer: C
5. What does knowledge about good decision making suggest?
A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
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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
Answer: B
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
Answer: C
7. If decision making is triggered by a problem, what does it end with?
A) An alternative problem
B) A chosen course of action
C) An action that guarantees success
D) A restatement of the solution
Answer: B
8. Why do 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) Values remain unchanged over time
D) Values often collide with one another
Answer: D
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
Answer: C
10. How do administrative 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 possible alternatives
Answer: B
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11. 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?
Answer: D
12. 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 congruent with their own values
C) They allow others to make decisions however they wish
D) They make all important decisions with consideration to others
Answer: B
13. A nurse states: “Male patients have a low threshold for pain.” This is an example of:
A) Affirming the consequences
B) Arguing from analogy
C) Deductive reasoning
D) Overgeneralizing
Answer: D
14. What effect of organizational power on decision making is often reflected in staff
behavior?
A) Making decisions independent of organizational values
B) Not trusting others to decide
C) Desiring personal power
D) Having private beliefs that are separate from corporate ones
Answer: D
15. What does a decision grid allow a decision maker to do?
A) Examine alternatives visually and compare each against the same criteria
B) Quantify information
C) Plot a decision over time
D) Predict when events must take place to complete a project on time
Answer: A
16. Which statement regarding management decision-making aides is true?
A) They are subject to human error
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