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Chapter 1 Making, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Reasoning: Requisites for successful leadersh
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1. What statement is true regarding decision making?
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A) It is an analysis of a situation
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B) It is closely related to evaluation
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C) It involves choosing between courses of action
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D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem Ans: C Feedback:
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Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of action. Pr
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oblem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult sit
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uation. Critical thinking, sometimes referred to as reflective thinking, is related to evaluation and has a br
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oader scope than decision making and problem solving.
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3. Which of the following statements is true regarding decision making?
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A) Scientific methods provide identical decisions by different individuals for the same problems
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B) Decisions are greatly influenced by each persons value system
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C) Personal beliefs can be adjusted for when the scientific approach to problem solving is used 4.
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D) Past experience has little to do with the quality of the decisi
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on Ans: B Feedback:
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,1. What influences the quality of a decision most often?
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A) The decision makers immediate superior
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B) The type of decision that needs to be made
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C) Questions asked and alternatives generated
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D) The time of day the decision is made Ans:
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The greater the number of alternatives that can be generated by the decision maker, the better the
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final decision will be. The alternatives generated and the final choices are limited by each persons v
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1. A) Good decision makers are usually right-brain, intuitive thinkers
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2. B) Effective decision makers are sensitive to the situation and to others
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3. C) Good decisions are usually made by left-brain, logical thinkers
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4. D) Good decision making requires analytical rather than creative process
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es Ans: B Feedback:
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Good decision makers seem to have antennae that make them particularly sensitive to other
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people and situations. Left-
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brain thinkers are typically better at processing language, logic, numbers, and sequential ordering,
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brain thinkers excel at nonverbal ideation and holistic synthesizing. does knowledge about good d
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ecision making lead one to believe?
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6. What



1. A) The planning process of management
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2. B) The evaluation phase of the executive role
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, 3. C) One step in the problem-solving process 4. D) Required to justify the need for scarce items
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Ans: C Feedback:
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