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,Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing 11th Edition
MarquisHuston9bTest9bBank
Chapter9b1:9bDecision9bMaking,9bProblem9bSolving,9bCritical9bThinking,9band9bClinical9bReasoning:9bRe
quisites9bfor9bsuccessful9bleadership9band9bmanagement
1. What9bstatement9bis9btrue9bregarding9bdecision9bmaking?
A) It9bis9ban9banalysis9bof9ba9bsituation
B) It9bis9bclosely9brelated9bto9bevaluation
C) It9binvolves9bchoosing9bbetween9bcourses9bof9baction
D) It9bis9bdependent9bupon9bfinding9bthe9bcause9bo
f9ba9bproblem
Ans:9bC
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Decision9bmaking9bis9ba9bcomplex9bcognitive9bprocess9boften9bdefined9bas9bchoos
ing9ba9bparticular9bcourse9bof9baction.9bProblem9bsolving9bis9bpart9bof9bdecision9
bmaking9band9bis9ba9bsystematic9bprocess9bthat9bfocuses9bon9banalyzing9ba9bdiffi
cult9bsituation.9bCritical9bthinking,9bsometimes9breferred9bto9basreflective9bthin
king,9bis9brelated9bto9bevaluation9band9bhas9ba9bbroader9bscope9bthan9bdecision9b
making9band9bproblem9bsolving.
2. What9bis9ba9bweakness9bof9bthe9btraditional9bproblem-solving9bmodel?
A) Its9bneed9bfor9bimplementation9btime
B) Its9black9bof9ba9bstep9brequiring9bevaluation9bof9bresults
C) Its9bfailure9bto9bgather9bsufficient9bdata
D) Its9bfailure9bto9bevaluat
e9balternatives
Ans:9bA
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The9btraditional9bproblem-
solving9bmodel9bis9bless9beffective9bwhen9btime9bconstraints9bare9ba9bconsidera
tion.9bDecision9bmaking9bcan9boccur9bwithout9bthe9bfull9banalysis9brequired9bin9
bproblem9bsolving.9bBecause9bproblem9bsolN ving9battempts9bto9bidentify9bthe9br
oot9bproblem9bin9bsituations,9bmuch9btime9band9benergy9bare9bspent9bon9bidentify
ing9bthe9breal9bproblem.
3. Which9bof9bthe9bfollowing9bstatements9bis9btrue9bregarding9bdecision9bmaking?
A) Scientific9bmethods9bprovide9bidentical9bdecisions9bby9bdiffere
nt9bindividuals9bfor9bthe9bsame9bproblems
B) Decisions9bare9bgreatly9binfluenced9bby9beach9bperson's9bvalue9bsystem
C) Personal9bbeliefs9bcan9bbe9badjusted9bfor9bwhen9bthe9bscientific9bapproa
ch9bto9bproblem9bsolving9bis9bused
D) Past9bexperience9bhas9blittle9bto9bdo9bwith9bthe9bquality9bof9b
the9bdecision
, Ans:9bB
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Values,9blife9bexperience,9bindividual9bpreference,9band9bindividual9bways9bof
9bthinking9bwill9binfluence9ba9bperson's9bdecision9bmaking.9bNo9bmatter9bhow9b
objective9bthe9bcriteria9bwill9bbe,9bvalue9bjudgments9bwill9balways9bplay9ba9bpart9bi
n9ba
Person’s9bdecision9bmaking,9beither9bconsciously9bor9bsubconsciously.
4. What9binfluences9bthe9bquality9bof9ba9bdecision9bmost9boften?
A) The9bdecision9bmaker's9bimmediate9bsuperior
B) The9btype9bof9bdecision9bthat9bneeds9bto9bbe9bmade
C) Questions9basked9band9balternatives9bgenerated
D) The9btime9bof9bday9bthe9bdecision9b
is9bmade
Ans:9bC
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The9bgreater9bthe9bnumber9bof9balternatives9bthat9bcan9bbe9bgenerated9bby9bthe9b
decision9bmaker,9bthe9bbetter9bthe9bfinal9bdecision9bwill9bbe.9bThe9balternatives9
bgenerated9band9bthe9bfinal9bchoices9bare9blimited9bby9beach9bperson's9bvalue9bsyst
em.
5. What9bdoes9bknowledge9babout9bgood9bdecision9bmaking9blead9bone9bto9bbelieve?
A) Good9bdecision9bmakers9bare9busually9bright-brain,9bintuitive9bthinkers
B) Effective9bdecision9bmakers9bare9bsensitive9bto9bthe9bsituation9band9bto9bothers
C) Good9bdecisions9bare9busually9bmade9bby9bleft-brain,9blogical9bthinkers
D) Good9bdecision9bmaking9brequires9banalytical9brather9bthan9bcreati
ve9bprocesses
Ans:9bB
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Good9bdecision9bmakers9bseem9bto9bhave9bantennae9bthat9bmake9bthem9bparticula
rly9bsensitive9bto9bother9bpeople9band9bsituations.9bLeft-
brain9bthinkers9bare9btypically9bbetter9bat9bprocessing9blanguage,9blogic,9bnum
bers,9band9bsequential9bordering,9bwhereas9bright-
brain9bthinkers9bexcel9bat9bnonverbal9bideation9band9bholistic9bsynthesizing.
6. What9bis9bthe9bbest9bdefinition9bof9bdecision9bmaking?
A) The9bplanning9bprocess9bof9bmanagement
B) The9bevaluation9bphase9bof9bthe9bexecutive9brole
C) One9bstep9bin9bthe9bproblem-solving9bprocess
D) Required9bto9bjustify9bthe9bneed9bf
or9bscarce9bitems
Ans:9bC
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, Decision9bmaking9bis9ba9bcomplex,9bcognitive9bprocess9boften9bdefined9bas9bch
oosing9ba9bparticular9bcourse9bof9baction.9bDecision9bmaking,9bone9bstep9bin9bth
e9bproblem-
solving9bprocess,9bis9ban9bimportant9btask9bthat9brelies9bheavily9bon9bcritical9bthink
ing9band9bclinical9breasoning9bskills.
7. If9bdecision9bmaking9bis9btriggered9bby9ba9bproblem9bwith9bwhat9bdoes9bit9bend?
A) An9balternative9bproblem
B) A9bchosen9bcourse9bof9baction
C) An9baction9bthat9bguarantees9bsuccess
D) A9brestatement9bof9bth
e9bsolution
Ans:9bB
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A9bdecision9bis9bmade9bwhen9ba9bcourse9bof9baction9bhas9bbeen9bchosen.9bProbl
em9bsolving9bis9bpart9bof9bdecision9bmaking9band9bis9ba9bsystematic9bprocess9b
that9bfocuseson9banalyzing9ba9bdifficult9bsituation.9bProblem9bsolving9balwa
ys9bincludes9ba9bdecision-making9bstep.
8. Why9bdo9bour9bvalues9boften9bcause9bpersonal9bconflict9bin9bdecision9bmaking?
A) Some9bvalues9bare9bnot9brealistic9bor9bhealthy
B) Not9ball9bvalues9bare9bof9bequal9bworth
C) Our9bvalues9bremain9bunchanged9bover9btime
D) Our9bvalues9boften9bcollide9bwith9bo
ne9banother
Ans:9bD
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Values,9blife9bexperience,9bindividual9bpreference,9band9bindividual9bways9bof
9bthinking9bwill9binfluence9ba9bperson's9bdecision9bmaking.9bNo9bmatter9bhow9b
objective9bthe9bcriteria9bwill9bbe,9bvalue9bjudgments9bwill9balways9bplay9ba9bpart9
bin9baperson's9bdecision9bmaking,9beither9bconsciously9bor9bsubconsciously.
9. Which9bstatement9bis9btrue9bconcerning9bcritical9bthinking?
A) It9bis9ba9bsimple9bapproach9bto9bdecision9bmaking
B) It9bis9bnarrower9bin9bscope9bthan9bdecision9bmaking
C) It9brequires9breasoning9band9bcreative9banalysis
D) It9bis9ba9bsynonym9bfor9bthe9bproblem-
solving9bprocess
Ans:9bC
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Critical9bthinking9bhas9ba9bbroader9bscope9bthan9bdecision9bmaking9band9bprobl
em9bsolving.9bIt9bis9bsometimes9breferred9bto9bas9breflective9bthinking.9bCriti
cal9bthinking9balso9binvolves9breflecting9bupon9bthe9bmeaning9bof9bstatement
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MarquisHuston9bTest9bBank
Chapter9b1:9bDecision9bMaking,9bProblem9bSolving,9bCritical9bThinking,9band9bClinical9bReasoning:9bRe
quisites9bfor9bsuccessful9bleadership9band9bmanagement
1. What9bstatement9bis9btrue9bregarding9bdecision9bmaking?
A) It9bis9ban9banalysis9bof9ba9bsituation
B) It9bis9bclosely9brelated9bto9bevaluation
C) It9binvolves9bchoosing9bbetween9bcourses9bof9baction
D) It9bis9bdependent9bupon9bfinding9bthe9bcause9bo
f9ba9bproblem
Ans:9bC
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Decision9bmaking9bis9ba9bcomplex9bcognitive9bprocess9boften9bdefined9bas9bchoos
ing9ba9bparticular9bcourse9bof9baction.9bProblem9bsolving9bis9bpart9bof9bdecision9
bmaking9band9bis9ba9bsystematic9bprocess9bthat9bfocuses9bon9banalyzing9ba9bdiffi
cult9bsituation.9bCritical9bthinking,9bsometimes9breferred9bto9basreflective9bthin
king,9bis9brelated9bto9bevaluation9band9bhas9ba9bbroader9bscope9bthan9bdecision9b
making9band9bproblem9bsolving.
2. What9bis9ba9bweakness9bof9bthe9btraditional9bproblem-solving9bmodel?
A) Its9bneed9bfor9bimplementation9btime
B) Its9black9bof9ba9bstep9brequiring9bevaluation9bof9bresults
C) Its9bfailure9bto9bgather9bsufficient9bdata
D) Its9bfailure9bto9bevaluat
e9balternatives
Ans:9bA
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The9btraditional9bproblem-
solving9bmodel9bis9bless9beffective9bwhen9btime9bconstraints9bare9ba9bconsidera
tion.9bDecision9bmaking9bcan9boccur9bwithout9bthe9bfull9banalysis9brequired9bin9
bproblem9bsolving.9bBecause9bproblem9bsolN ving9battempts9bto9bidentify9bthe9br
oot9bproblem9bin9bsituations,9bmuch9btime9band9benergy9bare9bspent9bon9bidentify
ing9bthe9breal9bproblem.
3. Which9bof9bthe9bfollowing9bstatements9bis9btrue9bregarding9bdecision9bmaking?
A) Scientific9bmethods9bprovide9bidentical9bdecisions9bby9bdiffere
nt9bindividuals9bfor9bthe9bsame9bproblems
B) Decisions9bare9bgreatly9binfluenced9bby9beach9bperson's9bvalue9bsystem
C) Personal9bbeliefs9bcan9bbe9badjusted9bfor9bwhen9bthe9bscientific9bapproa
ch9bto9bproblem9bsolving9bis9bused
D) Past9bexperience9bhas9blittle9bto9bdo9bwith9bthe9bquality9bof9b
the9bdecision
, Ans:9bB
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Values,9blife9bexperience,9bindividual9bpreference,9band9bindividual9bways9bof
9bthinking9bwill9binfluence9ba9bperson's9bdecision9bmaking.9bNo9bmatter9bhow9b
objective9bthe9bcriteria9bwill9bbe,9bvalue9bjudgments9bwill9balways9bplay9ba9bpart9bi
n9ba
Person’s9bdecision9bmaking,9beither9bconsciously9bor9bsubconsciously.
4. What9binfluences9bthe9bquality9bof9ba9bdecision9bmost9boften?
A) The9bdecision9bmaker's9bimmediate9bsuperior
B) The9btype9bof9bdecision9bthat9bneeds9bto9bbe9bmade
C) Questions9basked9band9balternatives9bgenerated
D) The9btime9bof9bday9bthe9bdecision9b
is9bmade
Ans:9bC
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The9bgreater9bthe9bnumber9bof9balternatives9bthat9bcan9bbe9bgenerated9bby9bthe9b
decision9bmaker,9bthe9bbetter9bthe9bfinal9bdecision9bwill9bbe.9bThe9balternatives9
bgenerated9band9bthe9bfinal9bchoices9bare9blimited9bby9beach9bperson's9bvalue9bsyst
em.
5. What9bdoes9bknowledge9babout9bgood9bdecision9bmaking9blead9bone9bto9bbelieve?
A) Good9bdecision9bmakers9bare9busually9bright-brain,9bintuitive9bthinkers
B) Effective9bdecision9bmakers9bare9bsensitive9bto9bthe9bsituation9band9bto9bothers
C) Good9bdecisions9bare9busually9bmade9bby9bleft-brain,9blogical9bthinkers
D) Good9bdecision9bmaking9brequires9banalytical9brather9bthan9bcreati
ve9bprocesses
Ans:9bB
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Good9bdecision9bmakers9bseem9bto9bhave9bantennae9bthat9bmake9bthem9bparticula
rly9bsensitive9bto9bother9bpeople9band9bsituations.9bLeft-
brain9bthinkers9bare9btypically9bbetter9bat9bprocessing9blanguage,9blogic,9bnum
bers,9band9bsequential9bordering,9bwhereas9bright-
brain9bthinkers9bexcel9bat9bnonverbal9bideation9band9bholistic9bsynthesizing.
6. What9bis9bthe9bbest9bdefinition9bof9bdecision9bmaking?
A) The9bplanning9bprocess9bof9bmanagement
B) The9bevaluation9bphase9bof9bthe9bexecutive9brole
C) One9bstep9bin9bthe9bproblem-solving9bprocess
D) Required9bto9bjustify9bthe9bneed9bf
or9bscarce9bitems
Ans:9bC
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, Decision9bmaking9bis9ba9bcomplex,9bcognitive9bprocess9boften9bdefined9bas9bch
oosing9ba9bparticular9bcourse9bof9baction.9bDecision9bmaking,9bone9bstep9bin9bth
e9bproblem-
solving9bprocess,9bis9ban9bimportant9btask9bthat9brelies9bheavily9bon9bcritical9bthink
ing9band9bclinical9breasoning9bskills.
7. If9bdecision9bmaking9bis9btriggered9bby9ba9bproblem9bwith9bwhat9bdoes9bit9bend?
A) An9balternative9bproblem
B) A9bchosen9bcourse9bof9baction
C) An9baction9bthat9bguarantees9bsuccess
D) A9brestatement9bof9bth
e9bsolution
Ans:9bB
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A9bdecision9bis9bmade9bwhen9ba9bcourse9bof9baction9bhas9bbeen9bchosen.9bProbl
em9bsolving9bis9bpart9bof9bdecision9bmaking9band9bis9ba9bsystematic9bprocess9b
that9bfocuseson9banalyzing9ba9bdifficult9bsituation.9bProblem9bsolving9balwa
ys9bincludes9ba9bdecision-making9bstep.
8. Why9bdo9bour9bvalues9boften9bcause9bpersonal9bconflict9bin9bdecision9bmaking?
A) Some9bvalues9bare9bnot9brealistic9bor9bhealthy
B) Not9ball9bvalues9bare9bof9bequal9bworth
C) Our9bvalues9bremain9bunchanged9bover9btime
D) Our9bvalues9boften9bcollide9bwith9bo
ne9banother
Ans:9bD
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Values,9blife9bexperience,9bindividual9bpreference,9band9bindividual9bways9bof
9bthinking9bwill9binfluence9ba9bperson's9bdecision9bmaking.9bNo9bmatter9bhow9b
objective9bthe9bcriteria9bwill9bbe,9bvalue9bjudgments9bwill9balways9bplay9ba9bpart9
bin9baperson's9bdecision9bmaking,9beither9bconsciously9bor9bsubconsciously.
9. Which9bstatement9bis9btrue9bconcerning9bcritical9bthinking?
A) It9bis9ba9bsimple9bapproach9bto9bdecision9bmaking
B) It9bis9bnarrower9bin9bscope9bthan9bdecision9bmaking
C) It9brequires9breasoning9band9bcreative9banalysis
D) It9bis9ba9bsynonym9bfor9bthe9bproblem-
solving9bprocess
Ans:9bC
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Critical9bthinking9bhas9ba9bbroader9bscope9bthan9bdecision9bmaking9band9bprobl
em9bsolving.9bIt9bis9bsometimes9breferred9bto9bas9breflective9bthinking.9bCriti
cal9bthinking9balso9binvolves9breflecting9bupon9bthe9bmeaning9bof9bstatement
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