NURSING LEADERSHIP NUR 4120
CHAPTER 2 EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND 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 - ANS 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 - ANS 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.
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, d. The manager allocates rewards based on the outcomes of nurses' work. - ANS 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. - ANS 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 - ANS 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. - ANS D
What aspect of the way that work is organized on a nursing unit best reflects the
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CHAPTER 2 EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND 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 - ANS 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 - ANS 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.
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, d. The manager allocates rewards based on the outcomes of nurses' work. - ANS 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. - ANS 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 - ANS 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. - ANS D
What aspect of the way that work is organized on a nursing unit best reflects the
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