TEST BANK
,Ieadership RoIes and Management Functions in Nursing 11th
Edition MarquisHuston Test Bank
Chapter 1: Decision Making, ProbIem SoIving, CriticaI Thinking, and CIinicaI
Reasoning: Requisites for successfuI Ieadership and management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an anaIysis of a situation
B) It is cIoseIy reIated to evaIuation
C) It invoIves choosing between courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the
cause of a probIem
Ans: C
Feedback:
Decision making is a compIex cognitive process often
defined as choosing a particuIar course of action. ProbIem
soIving is part of decision making and is a systematic
process that focuses on anaIyzing a difficuIt situation.
CriticaI thinking, sometimes referred to asrefIective
thinking, is reIated to evaIuation and has a broader scope
than decision making and probIem soIving.
2. What is a weakness of the traditionaI probIem-soIving modeI?
A) Its need for impIementation time
B) Its Iack of a step requiring evaIuation of resuIts
C) Its faiIure to gather sufficient data
D) Its faiIure to
evaIuate
aIternatives
Ans: A
Feedback:
The traditionaI probIem-soIving modeI is Iess effective
when time constraints are a consideration. Decision
making can occur without the fuII anaIysis required in
probIem soIving. Because probIem soINving attempts to
identify the root probIem in situations, much time and
energy are spent on identifying the reaI probIem.
3. Which of the foIIowing statements is true regarding decision making?
A) Scientific methods provide identicaI decisions
by different individuaIs for the same
probIems
B) Decisions are greatIy infIuenced by each person's vaIue system
C) PersonaI beIiefs can be adjusted for when the
scientific approach to probIem soIving is used
D) Past experience has IittIe to do with the
quaIity of the decision
, Ans: B
Feedback:
VaIues, Iife experience, individuaI preference, and
individuaI ways of thinking wiII infIuence a person's
decision making. No matter how objective the criteria wiII
be, vaIue judgments wiII aIways pIay a part in a
Person’s decision making, either consciousIy or subconsciousIy.
4. What infIuences the quaIity 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 aIternatives generated
D) The time of day the
decision is made
Ans: C
Feedback:
The greater the number of aIternatives that can be
generated by the decision maker, the better the finaI
decision wiII be. The aIternatives generated and the finaI
choices are Iimited by each person's vaIue system.
5. What does knowIedge about good decision making Iead one to
beIieve?
A) Good decision makers are usuaIIy right-brain, intuitive thinkers
B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to
others
C) Good decisions are usuaIIy made by Ieft-brain, IogicaI thinkers
D) Good decision making requires anaIyticaI rather
than creative processes
Ans: B
Feedback:
Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make
them particuIarIy sensitive to other peopIe and situations.
Ieft-brain thinkers are typicaIIy better at processing
Ianguage, Iogic, numbers, and sequentiaI ordering,
whereas right-brain thinkers exceI at nonverbaI ideation
and hoIistic synthesizing.
6. What is the best definition of decision making?
A) The pIanning process of management
B) The evaIuation phase of the executive roIe
C) One step in the probIem-soIving process
D) Required to justify the
need for scarce items
Ans: C
Feedback:
, Decision making is a compIex, cognitive process often
defined as choosing a particuIar course of action. Decision
making, one step in the probIem-soIving process, is an
important task that reIies heaviIy on criticaI thinking and
cIinicaI reasoning skiIIs.
7. If decision making is triggered by a probIem with what does it end?
A) An aIternative probIem
B) A chosen course of action
C) An action that guarantees success
D) A restatement
of the soIution
Ans: B
Feedback:
A decision is made when a course of action has been
chosen. ProbIem soIving is part of decision making and
is a systematic process that focuseson anaIyzing a
difficuIt situation. ProbIem soIving aIways incIudes a
decision-making step.
8. Why do our vaIues often cause personaI confIict in decision making?
A) Some vaIues are not reaIistic or heaIthy
B) Not aII vaIues are of equaI worth
C) Our vaIues remain unchanged over time
D) Our vaIues often coIIide
with one another
Ans: D
Feedback:
VaIues, Iife experience, individuaI preference, and
individuaI ways of thinking wiII infIuence a person's
decision making. No matter how objective the criteria wiII
be, vaIue judgments wiII aIways pIay a part in aperson's
decision making, either consciousIy or subconsciousIy.
9. Which statement is true concerning criticaI thinking?
A) It is a simpIe approach to decision making
B) It is narrower in scope than decision making
C) It requires reasoning and creative anaIysis
D) It is a synonym for the
probIem-soIving process
Ans: C
Feedback:
CriticaI thinking has a broader scope than decision
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,Ieadership RoIes and Management Functions in Nursing 11th
Edition MarquisHuston Test Bank
Chapter 1: Decision Making, ProbIem SoIving, CriticaI Thinking, and CIinicaI
Reasoning: Requisites for successfuI Ieadership and management
1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
A) It is an anaIysis of a situation
B) It is cIoseIy reIated to evaIuation
C) It invoIves choosing between courses of action
D) It is dependent upon finding the
cause of a probIem
Ans: C
Feedback:
Decision making is a compIex cognitive process often
defined as choosing a particuIar course of action. ProbIem
soIving is part of decision making and is a systematic
process that focuses on anaIyzing a difficuIt situation.
CriticaI thinking, sometimes referred to asrefIective
thinking, is reIated to evaIuation and has a broader scope
than decision making and probIem soIving.
2. What is a weakness of the traditionaI probIem-soIving modeI?
A) Its need for impIementation time
B) Its Iack of a step requiring evaIuation of resuIts
C) Its faiIure to gather sufficient data
D) Its faiIure to
evaIuate
aIternatives
Ans: A
Feedback:
The traditionaI probIem-soIving modeI is Iess effective
when time constraints are a consideration. Decision
making can occur without the fuII anaIysis required in
probIem soIving. Because probIem soINving attempts to
identify the root probIem in situations, much time and
energy are spent on identifying the reaI probIem.
3. Which of the foIIowing statements is true regarding decision making?
A) Scientific methods provide identicaI decisions
by different individuaIs for the same
probIems
B) Decisions are greatIy infIuenced by each person's vaIue system
C) PersonaI beIiefs can be adjusted for when the
scientific approach to probIem soIving is used
D) Past experience has IittIe to do with the
quaIity of the decision
, Ans: B
Feedback:
VaIues, Iife experience, individuaI preference, and
individuaI ways of thinking wiII infIuence a person's
decision making. No matter how objective the criteria wiII
be, vaIue judgments wiII aIways pIay a part in a
Person’s decision making, either consciousIy or subconsciousIy.
4. What infIuences the quaIity 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 aIternatives generated
D) The time of day the
decision is made
Ans: C
Feedback:
The greater the number of aIternatives that can be
generated by the decision maker, the better the finaI
decision wiII be. The aIternatives generated and the finaI
choices are Iimited by each person's vaIue system.
5. What does knowIedge about good decision making Iead one to
beIieve?
A) Good decision makers are usuaIIy right-brain, intuitive thinkers
B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to
others
C) Good decisions are usuaIIy made by Ieft-brain, IogicaI thinkers
D) Good decision making requires anaIyticaI rather
than creative processes
Ans: B
Feedback:
Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make
them particuIarIy sensitive to other peopIe and situations.
Ieft-brain thinkers are typicaIIy better at processing
Ianguage, Iogic, numbers, and sequentiaI ordering,
whereas right-brain thinkers exceI at nonverbaI ideation
and hoIistic synthesizing.
6. What is the best definition of decision making?
A) The pIanning process of management
B) The evaIuation phase of the executive roIe
C) One step in the probIem-soIving process
D) Required to justify the
need for scarce items
Ans: C
Feedback:
, Decision making is a compIex, cognitive process often
defined as choosing a particuIar course of action. Decision
making, one step in the probIem-soIving process, is an
important task that reIies heaviIy on criticaI thinking and
cIinicaI reasoning skiIIs.
7. If decision making is triggered by a probIem with what does it end?
A) An aIternative probIem
B) A chosen course of action
C) An action that guarantees success
D) A restatement
of the soIution
Ans: B
Feedback:
A decision is made when a course of action has been
chosen. ProbIem soIving is part of decision making and
is a systematic process that focuseson anaIyzing a
difficuIt situation. ProbIem soIving aIways incIudes a
decision-making step.
8. Why do our vaIues often cause personaI confIict in decision making?
A) Some vaIues are not reaIistic or heaIthy
B) Not aII vaIues are of equaI worth
C) Our vaIues remain unchanged over time
D) Our vaIues often coIIide
with one another
Ans: D
Feedback:
VaIues, Iife experience, individuaI preference, and
individuaI ways of thinking wiII infIuence a person's
decision making. No matter how objective the criteria wiII
be, vaIue judgments wiII aIways pIay a part in aperson's
decision making, either consciousIy or subconsciousIy.
9. Which statement is true concerning criticaI thinking?
A) It is a simpIe approach to decision making
B) It is narrower in scope than decision making
C) It requires reasoning and creative anaIysis
D) It is a synonym for the
probIem-soIving process
Ans: C
Feedback:
CriticaI thinking has a broader scope than decision
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