NURSE EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATION EXAM
SCRIPT TESTED QUESTIONS FULL
SOLUTION PREMIUM STUDY MATERIAL
●● Trait Theory
Answer: a leadership theory that holds that effective leaders possess a
similar set of traits or characteristics
●● Behavioral Theory
Answer: What leaders do or how they behave
●● Contingency Theory
Answer: based on the premise that a leader's effectiveness is contingent
on the extent to which a leader's style fits or matches characteristics of
the situation at hand
●● autocratic leader
Answer: acts in unilateral command-and-control fashion
●● democratic leader
Answer: a leader who shares control and makes decisions in consultation
with others
, ●● Permissive leader
Answer: see Laissez-faire leader, hands-off approach. Assumes people
can make their own decisions and complete work without direction.
●● Bureaucratic leader
Answer: Assumes that employees are motivated by external forces.
Relies on policies and procedures to direct goals and work processes
●● Leadership factors that influence outcomes
Answer: 1) Manager-follows relationships 2) Task structure 3) Position
power
●● Models to move the agenda
Answer: Leadership Styles: S1(telling), S2 (selling), S3 (participating),
S4 (delegating)
●● Leadership style S1-Telling (high task/low relationship)
Answer: The leader tells the worker what to do and provides close
supervision
●● Leadership style S2-Selling (high task/high relationship)
Answer: The leader makes decisions and coaches followers and provides
opportunity for clarification
SCRIPT TESTED QUESTIONS FULL
SOLUTION PREMIUM STUDY MATERIAL
●● Trait Theory
Answer: a leadership theory that holds that effective leaders possess a
similar set of traits or characteristics
●● Behavioral Theory
Answer: What leaders do or how they behave
●● Contingency Theory
Answer: based on the premise that a leader's effectiveness is contingent
on the extent to which a leader's style fits or matches characteristics of
the situation at hand
●● autocratic leader
Answer: acts in unilateral command-and-control fashion
●● democratic leader
Answer: a leader who shares control and makes decisions in consultation
with others
, ●● Permissive leader
Answer: see Laissez-faire leader, hands-off approach. Assumes people
can make their own decisions and complete work without direction.
●● Bureaucratic leader
Answer: Assumes that employees are motivated by external forces.
Relies on policies and procedures to direct goals and work processes
●● Leadership factors that influence outcomes
Answer: 1) Manager-follows relationships 2) Task structure 3) Position
power
●● Models to move the agenda
Answer: Leadership Styles: S1(telling), S2 (selling), S3 (participating),
S4 (delegating)
●● Leadership style S1-Telling (high task/low relationship)
Answer: The leader tells the worker what to do and provides close
supervision
●● Leadership style S2-Selling (high task/high relationship)
Answer: The leader makes decisions and coaches followers and provides
opportunity for clarification
