Nurse Executive Board Certification (NE-BC) Free Sample Questions

Human Resource Management · Federal employment laws (eg, Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, National Labor Relations Act)

1. A

   The employee is entitled to up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected medical leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

2. B

   The medical center must grant up to 26 workweeks of job-protected medical leave under standard family care provisions.

3. C

   The employee is eligible only for discretionary personal leave because FMLA mandates a minimum threshold of 1,500 worked hours.

4. D

   The nurse must exhaust all accrued sick time before statutory job restoration protections take effect.

Human Resource Management · Federal employment laws (eg, Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, National Labor Relations Act)

1. A

   4 hours of overtime, calculated by splitting the daily shift overages between pay cycles.

2. B

   16 hours of overtime, because the nurse worked 2 hours in excess of 8 hours during each of the eight 10-hour shifts.

3. C

   8 hours of overtime, representing the standard 40-hour weekly threshold calculation.

4. D

   0 hours of overtime, because the cumulative hours worked over the 14-day cycle did not exceed 80 total hours.

Human Resource Management · Federal employment laws (eg, Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, National Labor Relations Act)

1. A

   An accommodation can only be denied if financial expenditures exceed 10% of the department's annual salary budget.

2. B

   Employee medical restrictions must be accepted exactly as requested without exploring alternative assistive devices.

3. C

   The ADA mandates automatic reassignment to a non-clinical role without engaging in an interactive dialogue.

4. D

   Employers are not legally obligated to eliminate or reallocate essential job functions to provide a reasonable accommodation.

Human Resource Management · Styles of leadership (eg, human-centered, transformational, transactional, situational, coaching)

1. A

   Intellectual stimulation

2. B

   Idealized influence

3. C

   Individualized consideration

4. D

   Inspirational motivation

Human Resource Management · Styles of leadership (eg, human-centered, transformational, transactional, situational, coaching)

1. A

   Contingency management framework

2. B

   McGregor's Theory Y

3. C

   McGregor's Theory X

4. D

   Servant leadership model

Human Resource Management · Styles of leadership (eg, human-centered, transformational, transactional, situational, coaching)

1. A

   The manager delegates full problem-solving authority to frontline staff without setting initial limits.

2. B

   The manager makes a decision and attempts to 'sell' it to subordinates.

3. C

   The manager defines operational boundaries and asks the clinical group to make the final determination.

4. D

   The manager presents a tentative decision that is openly subject to change following staff input.

5. E

   The manager makes a decision unilaterally and simply announces it to the team.