NURSING LEADERSHIP NUR 4120 CHAPTER 2 LATEST
EXAM 2026 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Which represents the management functions that are incorporated into the
management
process?
a. Planning, directing, organizing, staffing, and transforming
b. Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling
c. Inspiring, planning, staffing, directing, and evaluating
d. Organizing, staffing, planning, empowering, and controlling - Precise Answer
✔✔B
The manager of a care facility advocates traditional management science. What is this
manager most likely to prioritize?
a. Ensuring that workers are satisfied in their roles
b. Identifying and addressing barriers to efficiency
c. Empowering workers to make decisions independently
d. Providing rewards for exceptional caring - Precise Answer
✔✔B
Caregivers at a public health center believe that their manager adheres to Theory X.
What
action by the manager best confirms this suspicion?
a. The manager collaborates with senior staff to set quarterly goals for the center.
b. The manager insists on accompanying nurses to community events and observes
them closely.
c. The manager is difficult to access when there is a problem or crisis in the center.
d. The manager allocates rewards based on the outcomes of nurses' work. -
Precise Answer ✔✔B
Accreditors are scheduled to visit a hospital site, and staff members have been made
aware
of what they will be assessing. What staff behavior would most clearly suggest the
presence
of the Hawthorne effect?
a. The nurses consciously improve their performance because they know it is being
scrutinized.
b. The nurses avoid contact with the accreditors because they fear criticism.
c. The manager blames individual nurses for deficits identified in the accreditation
, report.
d. The manager temporarily adopts a leadership role. - Precise Answer ✔✔A
The manager at a long-term care facility has intervened in a conflict between two staff
members about the timing and length of lunch and coffee breaks. What management
function is this manager demonstrating?
a. Planning
b. Organizing
c. Directing
d. Evaluating - Precise Answer ✔✔C
A manager demonstrates one of the four principles of scientific management when he
or
she:
a. shows an interest in employees' personal lives and emotional health.
b. engages in lifelong learning and expects employees to do the same.
c. allows employees to do their jobs independently, with minimal oversight.
d. hires and promotes employees on the basis of their competence and
skills. - Precise Answer ✔✔D
What aspect of the way that work is organized on a nursing unit best reflects the
management theories of Max Weber?
a. A committee that includes employees and managers has been established to plan
the work on the unit.
b. The hierarchy of authority and the policies and procedures on the unit are clearly
posted.
c. Quarterly awards are granted to employees who have demonstrated
exceptional
service.
d. Employees are allowed to self-schedule their vacation time and must work out
any
conflicts on their own. - Precise Answer ✔✔B
EXAM 2026 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Which represents the management functions that are incorporated into the
management
process?
a. Planning, directing, organizing, staffing, and transforming
b. Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling
c. Inspiring, planning, staffing, directing, and evaluating
d. Organizing, staffing, planning, empowering, and controlling - Precise Answer
✔✔B
The manager of a care facility advocates traditional management science. What is this
manager most likely to prioritize?
a. Ensuring that workers are satisfied in their roles
b. Identifying and addressing barriers to efficiency
c. Empowering workers to make decisions independently
d. Providing rewards for exceptional caring - Precise Answer
✔✔B
Caregivers at a public health center believe that their manager adheres to Theory X.
What
action by the manager best confirms this suspicion?
a. The manager collaborates with senior staff to set quarterly goals for the center.
b. The manager insists on accompanying nurses to community events and observes
them closely.
c. The manager is difficult to access when there is a problem or crisis in the center.
d. The manager allocates rewards based on the outcomes of nurses' work. -
Precise Answer ✔✔B
Accreditors are scheduled to visit a hospital site, and staff members have been made
aware
of what they will be assessing. What staff behavior would most clearly suggest the
presence
of the Hawthorne effect?
a. The nurses consciously improve their performance because they know it is being
scrutinized.
b. The nurses avoid contact with the accreditors because they fear criticism.
c. The manager blames individual nurses for deficits identified in the accreditation
, report.
d. The manager temporarily adopts a leadership role. - Precise Answer ✔✔A
The manager at a long-term care facility has intervened in a conflict between two staff
members about the timing and length of lunch and coffee breaks. What management
function is this manager demonstrating?
a. Planning
b. Organizing
c. Directing
d. Evaluating - Precise Answer ✔✔C
A manager demonstrates one of the four principles of scientific management when he
or
she:
a. shows an interest in employees' personal lives and emotional health.
b. engages in lifelong learning and expects employees to do the same.
c. allows employees to do their jobs independently, with minimal oversight.
d. hires and promotes employees on the basis of their competence and
skills. - Precise Answer ✔✔D
What aspect of the way that work is organized on a nursing unit best reflects the
management theories of Max Weber?
a. A committee that includes employees and managers has been established to plan
the work on the unit.
b. The hierarchy of authority and the policies and procedures on the unit are clearly
posted.
c. Quarterly awards are granted to employees who have demonstrated
exceptional
service.
d. Employees are allowed to self-schedule their vacation time and must work out
any
conflicts on their own. - Precise Answer ✔✔B
