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a.
power, influence, goal
b.
reciprocal relationship, mutual influence, collaboration
c.
relationship, task, power
d.
interpersonal, influence, and goal.
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The correct answer is: are able to contribute to decisions about getting the work done
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According to Mary Parker Follet, it is the art of getting things done through people. It is doing
the right things
a.
Organization
b.
Leadership
c.
Theories
d.
Management
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According to Max Weber, power is the possibility of imposing one’s will upon the behavior of
other persons. All except one are forms of power:
a.
Reward power
b.
Police power
c.
Coercive power
d.
Legitimate power
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A leadership dimension that is highly goal focused on achieving the task and complete the
objectives within specified deadlines.
a.
external leadership
b.
relations-oriented leadership
c.
task-oriented leadership
d.
change-oriented leadersip
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A leadership dimension whereby the leader engages work that requires to be done in a team.
Also known as team leadership and the leader has limited control over the work to be done and
upon the workers.
a.
change-oriented leadersip
b.
task-oriented leadership
c.
relations-oriented leadership
d.
external leadership
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Disapporval of vacation leave with pay by the Chief Nurse is an example of what power?
a.
Police power
b.
Legitimate power
c.
Reward power
d.
Coercive power
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Division of work, unity of command, unity of direction, scalar chain, among others are principles
of management that was advocated by whom?
a.
Frederick Taylor
b.
Jane Catherine Clifford
c.
Henry Fayol
d.
Max Weber
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Five-tier model of human needs within a pyramid or the hierarchy of needs theory?
a.
Burrhus Frederic Skinner
b.
Susan Harter
c.
Abraham Maslow
d.
Victor Harold Vroom
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In certain situations, leaders are compelled to entrust their followers with much of the decision
making process. This action of the leader happens when?
a.
The follower has the ability and commitment to sustain a project with minimal directives from
the leader.
b.
Leaders take the responsibility of determining the roles and tasks for their followers.
c.
The follower shows increasing ability but still not performing at a sustained and acceptable level.
d.
.The leadership style is usually very motivating to subordinates as it involves a shared decision
making process and a two-way communication channel.
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Inspirational leaders that promote employee development, attend to the needs and motives of
followers, inspires through optimism and encourages followers' creativity?
a.
Transactional Leadership
b.
Transformational Leadership
c.
All of the above
d.
Situational Leadership
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Management as a process that is used today nurses or nurse managers in health care organization
is best described as?
a.
Commanding and controlling others using hierarchical authroity.
b.
Decision making
c.
Planning, organizing, coordinating and controlling
d.
Scientific management
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Praising an employee for fininshing a task efficiently and effeftively and issuing memos to non-
performing employees is an exmaple of what power?
a.
Police power
b.
Coercive power
c.
Legitimate power
d.
Reward power
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Situational Leadrship Model is a repeatable framework for leaders to match their behaviors with
the performance needs of the individual or group that they are attempting to influence. The are
four Situational Leadership arranged in quadrants. S1 or Telling is the lowest level of leadership
style. Which of the following best describes S1?
a.
The follower has the ability and skill necessary for a task but lacks the confidence to perform.
b.
Followers decide when it is appropriate to involve the leader.
c.
The follower shows increasing ability but still not performing at a sustained and acceptable level.
d.
The follower lacks both the ability to perform the task and the willingness to do so.
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Systems view of leadership means that leadership does not exist in a vaccum and leaders do not
operate alone. The nurse best understands this approach in leadership by which of the following
statements?
a.
A Leader without followers is unable to exercise his leadership.
b.
Leader-follower-situation system clarifies the thought on the complexity and dynamism of the
work environment.
c.
The system provides a framework for building ideas and resolving conflicts/issues.
d.
All of the above.
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The following leadership theories except one, are grouped as Contemporary Theories?
a.
Situational Leadership Theory
b.
Charismatic Leadership Theory
c.
Transactional Leadership Theory
d.
Transformational Leadership Theory
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The traditional defination of Leadrship is an interplay of the three (3) key principles?
a.
reciprocal relationship, mutual influence, collaboration
b.
interpersonal, influence, and goal.
c.
power, influence, goal
d.
relationship, task, power
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This dimension of leadership where the leader tries to promote exploration of new and better
ways of doing things, or trying to uncover hidden potential in people, things or situations.
a.
relations-oriented leadership
b.
external leadership
c.
task-oriented leadership
d.
change-oriented leadersip
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What do you call that leadership skill whereby a leader must have the ability to adjust and tailor
communications appropriately for a wide array of situations and people, and across cultural and
generational lines?
a.
Flexibility Skills
b.
Communication Skills
c.
Emotional Intelligence
d.
Motivation Skills
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Which of the following except one are the classical theories or classical perspective of
management?
a.
Scientifc Management
b.
Administrative Principles
c.
Bureaucratic Management
d.
Motivational Theories
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The correct answer is: Leadership is important because nurses have expert knowledge and are
interacting with and influencing their clients.
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Hierarchy of authority is a system in which different positions are related in order of precedence and in
which the highest rank on the ladder has the greatest power. Which of the following is true to hierarchy
of authority?
a.
The bottom layers of bureaucratic organizational structures are always subject to supervision and
control of higher layers.
b.
c.
The hierarchy shows that the structure has a sole leader and a flow of subordinates underneath them.
d.
Each layer of management is responsible for its staff and overall performance.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
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A leadership dimension whereby the leader engages work that requires to be done in a team. Also
known as team leadership and the leader has limited control over the work to be done and upon the
workers.
a.
task-oriented leadership
b.
change-oriented leadersip
c.
external leadership
d.
relations-oriented leadership
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Nurses Susan and Rosemary both want to have weekends off for the whole month of October. What
type of scheduling is this?
a.
Centralized scheduling
b.
Block or Cyclic scheduling
c.
Decentralized scheduling
d.
Self-scheduling
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Shared governance allows the staff nurses to have the authority, responsibility, and accountability for
their own practice. Which of the following examples of nursing shared governance implies partnership
building?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Creates professional empowerment through the collaborative relationships of all the stakeholders.
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a.
Coercive power
b.
Reward power
c.
Police power
d.
Legitimate power
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Which of the following is considered by planners as weakness within the Nursing Service department:
a.
Overstaffing
b.
c.
d.
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Which of the following do you think, has greatly influenced top management decision to open a
Geriatric Unit?
a.
Historical data on hospital census reveals an upward trend and pressing demands for geriatric
admission.
b.
c.
All of the elderly population are 100% covered by the national health care insurance.
d.
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Power and politics are integrated processes that have to be managed and used effectively in order to
achieve individual and organizational cohesion and ventilate their differences. Which of the following is
not a basic source of power?
a.
b.
d.
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a.
b.
c.
Chain of command
d.
Customer Satisfaction
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A nursing unit that has 20 patients at a given point during a 24 hour period with 5 nursing staff per shift.
How many nursing staff are available during the 24 hours period?
a.
b.
20
c.
15
d.
10
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What do you call the organizational structure developed along horizontal dimensions according to the
number of organizational functions that are identified separately?
a.
Matrix
b.
Cyclical Structure
c.
Tall Structure
d.
Flat Structure
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A nurse is making rounds on her new post operative laryngectomy patient. As she enters the room, the
patient begins to bleed from his neck incision. The nurse applies direct pressure on one hand and calls
for assistance. What leadership skills the does the nurse demonstrate?
a.
Leadership Skills
b.
Conceptual Skills
c.
d.
Communication Skills
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a.
b.
Leadership style will be effective or ineffective depending on the situation.
c.
d.
Leader’s behavior is dependent upon the interaction of the leader’s personality and the needs of the
situation.
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Ms. Barbie came accross a theory which states that the leadership style is effective depends on the
situation. Which of the following styles best fits a situation when the followers are self-directed, experts,
and are matured individuals?
a.
Bureaucratic
b.
Authoritarian
c.
Democratic
d.
Laissez-faire
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One leadership theory states that “leaders are born and not made,” which refers to which of the
following theories?
a.
Trait
b.
Situational
c.
Charismatic
d.
Great Man
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What do you call the organizational structure developed along vertical dimensions by the use of a scalar
process that is the direct line of command from top to bottom that defines relationships among levels?
a.
Flat Structure
b.
Cyclical Structure
c.
Tall Structure
d.
Matrix
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The Schools of thoughts brought forward to explain how and why certain people become leaders are
called?
a.
Thesis
b.
Hypothesis
c.
Theories
d.
Principles
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In Situational Leadership, the leader looks at the different variables surrounding the situation to make
the best choice in terms of leadership style. Which of the following parameters would help the leader
design be type of leadership needed?
a.
b.
Psychological maturity
c.
Physiological maturity
d.
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The cost of labor necessary to meet the nursing care needs of the estimated patient population is
called?
a.
b.
c.
Personnel Budget
d.
Operating Budget
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Delegating task at the wrong time, to the wrong person, or for the wrong reason is called:
a.
Non-delegation
b.
Over delegation
c.
Under delegation
d.
Improper delegation
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According to Hersey and Blanchard and House, a participative leadership style is appropriate for
employees who:
a.
b.
c.
are not able to get the task done and are less mature
d.
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Nursing Hours Per Patient Day (NHPPD) is a standard measure that quantifies nursing time available to
each patient by available nursing staff. What is the NHPPD for 20 patients?
a.
4.0 NHPPD
b.
6.0 NHPPD
c.
8.0 NHPPD
d.
2.0 NHPPD
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Work specialization means dividing work among subordinates on the basis of qualifications, abilities and
skills follows what organizational principle?
a.
b.
c.
Principle of Specialization
d.
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Accoding to Hersey and Blanchard and House, a participative/democratic leadership style is appropriate
for employees who?
a.
are not able to get the task done and are less mature
b.
c.
d.
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a.
100
b.
120
c.
140
d.
160
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Disapproval of vacation leave with pay by the Chief Nurse is an example of what power?
a.
Coercive power
b.
Legitimate power
c.
Reward power
d.
Position power
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One of the given statements about leadership is not true, which one is it?
a.
b.
d.
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Her former manager demonstrated passion for serving her staff rather than being served. She takes time
to listen, prefers to be a teacher first before being a leader, which is characteristic of:
a.
Transactional Leader
b.
Servant Leader
c.
Charismatic Leader
d.
Transformational Leader
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An employee may interact with many individuals in the course of work but should be responsible to only
one supervisor. Her action is an example of what organizational principle?
a.
Principle of Specialization
b.
c.
d.
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a.
Autonomy
b.
Accountability
c.
Responsibility
d.
Authority
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The method for identifying and analyzing internal strenghts and weaknesses and external opportuinites
and threats that shape current and future operations of the hospital is called:
a.
SWOT Analysis
b.
c.
Situational Analysis
d.
Pestle Analysis
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a.
a process of interaction in which the leader influences others towards goal achievement
b.
c.
managing complexity
d.
being in a leadership position with authority to exert control and power over subordinates
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a.
Democratic Leadership - yields positive results when the group feels part of the solution
b.
c.
d.
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Employers need a flexible and reliable system to find the right staff for each shift and avoid shift
conflicts. Which of the following actions of the Nurse Manager will avoid shift conflicts?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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What method of costing is used to calculate the cost of the services provided to the customers?
a.
Job Costing
b.
Operating Expense
c.
Operational Costing
d.
Job Expense
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A full time equivalent is a measure of the work commitment of a full time employee. When considering
the number of FTEs need to staff a unit, you must count only the productive hours available for each
staff member. This means that the nurse should exclude what?
a.
Benefit Time
b.
Indirect Care
c.
Direct Care
d.
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In what instances leaders are compelled to entrust to their followers with much of the decision making
process?
a.
The follower has the ability and commitment to sustain a project with minimal directives from the
leader.
b.
.The leadership style is usually very motivating to subordinates as it involves a shared decision making
process and a two-way communication channel.
c.
The followers have high maturity level who are able and ready to participate and can engage in the task
without direction and support.
d.
Leaders take the responsibility of determining the roles and tasks for their followers.
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can engage in the task without direction and support.
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Adhocracy or organic model of organizational structure are organizational framework that are free form,
open, flexible and more fluid. Which of the following is an example of this model?
a.
Project Management
b.
c.
Matrix Organization
d.
Task Force
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Ms. Barbie is newly promoted to a patient care manager position. She updates her knowledge on the
theories in management and leadership in order to become effective in her new role. She learns that
some managers have low concern for services and high concern for staff. Which of the following
explains the behavior of the managers?
a.
b.
That job satisfaction increased through employee participation in decisions rather than through short-
term incentives.
c.
This leadership behavior assumes that people are more productive when given commensurate
incentives and rewards.
d.
It assumes that if people are happy in their job, they will naturally work harder.
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Nurse Naomie delegates a task to Neri, a Nursing Attendant. Which of the following statements reflect
the effect of the delegation?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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Division of work, unity of command, unity of direction, scalar chain, are principles of management
identified by __?___ which he assume to be useful and relevant to all organizations.
a.
Frederick Taylor
b.
Max Weber
c.
Elton Mayo
d.
Henry Fayol
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A leadership dimension where leaders focus on listening, building relationships, teamwork, inspiring,
motivating and persuading the followers.
a.
change-oriented leadersip
b.
task-oriented leadership
c.
relations-oriented leadership
d.
external leadership
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Situational Leadrship Model is a repeatable framework for leaders to match their behaviors with the
performance needs of the individual or group that they are attempting to influence. There are four
Situational Leadership arranged in quadrants - S1, S2, S3, S4. Which of the following best describes S3?
a.
The follower lacks both the ability to perform the task and the willingness to do so.
b.
The follower has the ability and skill necessary for a task but lacks the confidence to perform.
c.
The follower shows increasing ability but still not performing at a sustained and acceptable level.
d.
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a.
Strong control over the work group, others are motivated by coercion, directed with commands,
communication flows downward, decision making does not involve others.
b.
c.
Less control is maintained, economic and ego awards are used to motivate, communications flows up
and down, participatory decision making.
d.
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with commands, communication flows downward, decision making does not involve others.
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a.
b.
c.
Task – focus approach, competitive, use trade-offs to meet goals, tends to maintain status quo.
d.
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maintain status quo.
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Maximillian Weber believed efficiency is achieved through impersonal relations within a formal
structure, competence should be the basis for hiring and promoting an employee, and decisions should
be made in an orderly and rational way based on rules and regulations?
a.
Scientifc Management
b.
Behavioral Approach
c.
Administrative Management
d.
Bureaucratic Management
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Which of the following principles in planning states that the targets and the goals are the first activity.
a.
Principle of Efficiency
b.
Principle of Primacy
d.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
Middle managers are actively involve in the planning and budgeting process.
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Looking at the results of the environmental assessment, which of the following opportunities is
favorable to the Nursing Service in establishing a Geriatric Unit?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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A management function consist of recruiting, interviewing, hiring and orienting staff. It also includes
scheduling, staff development, employee socialization and continuing education program.
a.
Planning
b.
Staffing
c.
Directing
d.
Organizing
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Budgeting
b.
Planning
c.
Organizing
d.
Staffing
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Systems view of leadership means that leadership does not exist in a vaccum and leaders do not operate
alone. The nurse best understands this approach in leadership by which of the following statements?
a.
b.
Leader-follower-situation system clarifies the thought on the complexity and dynamism of the work
environment.
c.
The system provides a framework for building ideas and resolving conflicts/issues.
d.
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Which of the following is not related to the process of judiciously reducing costs or limiting them to a
constant level without interrupting patient care?.
a.
b.
c.
Cost containment
d.
Cost enhancement
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In Strategic Planning, the purpose of environmental assessment or situational assessment relative to the
opening of a Geriatric Unit belongs to what step in strategic planning?
a.
b.
Formulating a strategy
c.
d.
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Patient Classification Systems (PCS) determines the amount of nursing care required within 24 hours.
The higher the patient acuity, the more care that is required by the patient. Patient acuity refers to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
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What do you call that leadership skill whereby a leader must have the ability to adjust and tailor
communications appropriately for a wide array of situations and people, and across cultural and
generational lines?
a.
Motivation Skills
b.
Flexibility Skills
c.
Communication Skills
d.
Emotional Intelligence
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a.
b.
d.
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According to Mary Parker Follet, it is the art of getting things done through people. It is doing the right
things
a.
Theories
b.
Leadership
c.
Management
d.
Organization
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Praising an employee for fininshing a task efficiently and effeftively and issuing memos to non-
performing employees is an exmaple of what power?
a.
Reward power
b.
Position power
c.
Coercive power
d.
Legitimate power
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Major management theories is classified into classical, behavioral, quantitative approach and modern
integrative approaches. Choose one that does not belong to the classical managment theory?
a.
Bureaucratic Management
b.
Adminstrative Management
c.
Scientific Management
d.
Systems Theory
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Management as a process that is used today by nurses or nurse managers in health care organization is
best described as:
a.
Scientific management
b.
Decision making
c.
d.
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a.
matrix design
b.
c.
a product line design
d.
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What type of organization that is often called as the simplest type because it gives a direct chain of
command that promotes rapid decision and simplifies coordination between personnel in the same
department?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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The following except one are the classical theories or classical perspective of management because it
emphasizes managing workers and organization efficiently without understanding the human behavior
in the organization?
a.
Administrative Principles
b.
Scientifc Management
c.
Bureaucratic Management
d.
Motivational Theories
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If your RN staff members receive 4 weeks of vacation and 10 days of sick time per year, how many
productive hours would each RN work in that year if they utilized all of their benefit time?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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Manager X is energetic, enthusiastic, passionate and can inspire positive changes in those who follow
him. Also, he focused on helping every member of the group to use their knowledge and intelligence to
succeed as well. This characteristic is an example of what type of leader?
a.
Transactional Leader
b.
Transformational Leader
c.
Charismatic Leader.
d.
Servant Leader
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The cost of each job regardless of the time taken to finish a job of short duration and the costs are
collected at the completion of the job is called:
a.
Operating Expense
b.
Job Costing
c.
Operational Costing
d.
Job Expense
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Which of the following principles in planning suggests that every plan and sub-plan should make positive
contributions towards achieving the objectives and goals of the institution?
a.
Principle of Primacy
b.
Principle of Efficiency
c.
d.
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a.
Less control is maintained, economic and ego awards are used to motivate, communications flows up
and down, participatory decision making.
b.
c.
Strong control over the work group, others are motivated by coercion, directed with commands,
communication flows downward, decision making does not involve others.
d.
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Which of the following principles in planning discloses that the maximum results of the plan should be
obtained from minimum cost and effort.
a.
b.
c.
Principle of Efficiency
d.
Principle of Primacy
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b.
There is a high correlation between the communication skills of a leader and the ability to get the job
done.
c.
There is good evidence that certain personal qualities favor success in a managerial role.
d.
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a.
b.
c.
leader-follower relationship
d.
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Which among the following expenses is not considered part of the Operating Budget?
a.
b.
Hospital Supplies
c.
d.
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Strategic planning is often considered as the framework for the lower-level planning process. The nurse
best understands the function of strategic planning by which of the following statement?
a.
b.
It is often used for managing risks that would have catastrophic consequences.
c.
It is the base on which all the ongoing plans, long-term and short-term plans are created.
d.
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A management function that includes establishing the structure to carry out plans, determining the
most appropriate type of patient care delivery and grouping activities to meet unit goals.
a.
Planning
b.
Staffing
c.
Organizing
d.
Directing
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a.
Nurses have expert knowledge and are interacting with and influencing their client.
b.
d.
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a.
People are highly dissatisfied from the job positions where work is to be done at isolated places than
with groups.
b.
c.
d.
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When a manager delegates a function to a subordinate, the manager’s responsibility for that function is
not diminished. This is what we call the principle of :
a.
Span of Control
b.
Chain of Command
c.
Continuing Responsibility
d.
Scalar Chain
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Calculate the FTE: If 1.0 FTEs is equivalent for an employee scheduled to work 40 hours per week, then
employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are:
a.
0.5 FTEs
b.
0.8 FTEs
c.
0.6 FTEs
d.
0.4 FTEs
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Select from the following behaviors is manifested by the leader who uses Path-Goal theory?
a.
Challenges the staff to take individual accountability for their own practice.
b.
c.
Sets up clear path and clear guidelines through which the subordinates can achieve both personal and
work-related goals and assist them in achieving these goals.
d.
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achieve both personal and work-related goals and assist them in achieving these goals.
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Managerial skills are the knowledge and ability of the individuals in a managerial position to fulfil some
specific management activities or tasks. Which of the following is not a managerial skill?
a.
Technical Skill
b.
Conceptual skills
d.
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The Chief Nurse Executive has a charismatic leadership style. Which of the following behaviors best
describes this style?
a.
b.
c.
Task – focus approach, competitive, use trade-offs to meet goals, tends to maintain status quo
d.
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Frederick Taylor, the Father of Scientific Management postulated that “if workers could be taught the
one best way to accomplish task, productivity would increase". This theory suggests to:
a.
job rotation
b.
c.
d.
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a.
b.
c.
d.
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A technique to allocate one’s time through setting of goals, assigning priorities, identifying and
eliminating wasted time and using managerial technique to reach goals efficiently?
a.
Budgeting
b.
Reflective Jounalizing
c.
Time Management
d.
Scheduling
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a.
More attention is given to message which come from managers than those from lower levels.
b.
c.
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Under the Principle of Functional Definition, all the functions should be completely and clearly defined
to the managers and subordinates. The purpose of functional definition is:
a.
b.
Clearly defining the duties, responsibilities, authority and relationships of people towards each other
enahnces productivity.
c.
d.
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If you were a Theory X Nurse Manager, what would be your typical perception of your nursing staff?
a.
b.
c.
Coercion, threats or punishment are necessary because people do not like the work to be done.
d.
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You think that the dosage of a medication ordered by a physician is inappropriate. You clarified this with
the physician but he did not change his order. However, you are sure that he gave the wrong dosage.
Following the Chain of Command, whom should you inform first?
a.
b.
c.
Another physician
d.
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A leadership dimension that is highly goal focused on achieving the task and complete the objectives
within specified deadlines.
a.
change-oriented leadersip
b.
external leadership
c.
task-oriented leadership
d.
relations-oriented leadership
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The managerial function of guiding, motivating, leading, supervising the subordinates to accomplish
desired objectives.
a.
Planning
b.
Directing
c.
Staffing
d.
Organizing
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It is a brief statement identifying the reason that an organization exist and its future aim or function.
a.
Mission
b.
Vision
c.
Goal
d.
Philosophy
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a.
b.
c.
Patient needs maximum nursing care with a ratio of 80% professionals and 20% non-professional.
d.
Vital Signs taking is ordered in 3 shifts; with IVF/BT; semi conscious or exhibiting some psychosocial or
social problems.
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b.
c.
d.
leader-follower relationship
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The shared beliefs and values that establishes identity of the organization?
a.
Organizational behavior
b.
Organizational culture
c.
Organizational custom
d.
Organizational tradition
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This dimension of leadership where the leader tries to promote exploration of new and better ways of
doing things, or trying to uncover hidden potential in people, things or situations.
a.
external leadership
b.
change-oriented leadersip
c.
relations-oriented leadership
d.
task-oriented leadership
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a.
b.
c.
d.
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The Nursing Service is required to make a Strategic Plan for a new Geriatric Unit. The Chief Nurse and
Supervisors had their brainstorming and the Chief Nurse insisted that establishing the organizational
structure should be the first line of discussion.The following except One are the elements in planning:
a.
Forecasting
b.
c.
d.
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a.
b.
Strong control over the work group, others are motivated by coercion, directed with commands,
communication flows downward, decision making does not involve others.
d.
Less control is maintained, economic and ego awards are used to motivate, communications flows up
and down, participatory decision making.
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communications flows up and down, participatory decision making.