TEST BANK
All Chapters Included
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
,Chapter 1 Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical
Reasoning:Requisites for successful leadership and management
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
Feedback:Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as
choosing a particular courseof action. Problem solving is part of decision making
and is a systematic process that focuseson 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.
2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
ANSWER : A Feedback:The traditional problem-solving model is less effective
when time constraints are a consideration. Decision making can occur without
the full analysis required in problem solving. Because problem solving attempts
to identify the root problem in situations, muchtime and energy are spent on
, identifying the real problem.
3. Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
1. A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different
individuals for thesame problems
2. B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
3. C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to
problemsolving is used
4. D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the decision
ANSWER : B Feedback:Values, life experience, individual preference, and
individual ways of thinking will influence a persons decision making. No matter
how objective the criteria will be, value judgments will always play a part in a
persons decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving
model?Page 1
4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision makers
immediatesuperior
B) The type of decision that needs to be made
C) Questions asked and alternatives generated
D) The time of day the decision is
madeANSWER : C
Feedback:The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the
decision maker, the better the final decision will be. The alternatives generated
and the final choices are limited by eachpersons value system.
5. What
All Chapters Included
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
,Chapter 1 Decision Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical
Reasoning:Requisites for successful leadership and management
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
Feedback:Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as
choosing a particular courseof action. Problem solving is part of decision making
and is a systematic process that focuseson 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.
2. What
1. A) Its need for implementation time
2. B) Its lack of a step requiring evaluation of results
3. C) Its failure to gather sufficient data
4. D) Its failure to evaluate alternatives
ANSWER : A Feedback:The traditional problem-solving model is less effective
when time constraints are a consideration. Decision making can occur without
the full analysis required in problem solving. Because problem solving attempts
to identify the root problem in situations, muchtime and energy are spent on
, identifying the real problem.
3. Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
1. A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different
individuals for thesame problems
2. B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
3. C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to
problemsolving is used
4. D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the decision
ANSWER : B Feedback:Values, life experience, individual preference, and
individual ways of thinking will influence a persons decision making. No matter
how objective the criteria will be, value judgments will always play a part in a
persons decision making, either consciously or subconsciously.
is a weakness of the traditional problem-solving
model?Page 1
4. What influences the quality of a decision most often? A) The decision makers
immediatesuperior
B) The type of decision that needs to be made
C) Questions asked and alternatives generated
D) The time of day the decision is
madeANSWER : C
Feedback:The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the
decision maker, the better the final decision will be. The alternatives generated
and the final choices are limited by eachpersons value system.
5. What
