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BOH4M Decision Making Test
- 1.Personal decision making styles vary on the basis of...
- A.
Level of education and risk averseness
- B.
Value orientation and tolerance for ambiguity
- C.
Ambiguity orientation and level of pay
- D.
Level of education and risk orientation
- 2.When escalation of commitment occurs, individuals tend to:
- A.
Bias facts so that they support the previous decision
- B.
Take more risks when a decision is stated in negative terms (to recover losses) rather than positive ones (to achieve gains)
- C.
Get too ego-involved with the project
- D.
All of the above
- 3.Businesses can reduce the risk of escalation of commitment by:
- A.
Having different individuals make the initial and subsequent decisions about a project.
- B.
Providing more frequent feedback about project completion and costs
- C.
Making decision makers aware of the costs of persistence
- D.
All of these are methods of reducing the risk of escalation of commitment
- 4.Creativity is:
- A.
A process of using intelligence, imagination, and skill to develop a new or novel product, object, process, or thought
- B.
Something which is inherent and cannot be taught
- C.
A quality which very few people have
- D.
Not essential to a business
- 5.Synthesis involves
- A.
Creating something new
- B.
Combining two ideas to get a new one
- C.
Changing an existing idea
- D.
The first book of the New Testament
- 6.All creative processes have these underlying steps:
- A.
Preparation, and concentration
- B.
Incubation, and illumination
- C.
Verification
- D.
All of these are steps in the creative pocess
- 7.Concentration in creativity involves:
- A.
Organizing workers
- B.
Focusing on the problem
- C.
Creating a team
- D.
Ordering coffee
- 8.Illumination in problem solving involves:
- A.
Focusing on the problem
- B.
Starting from a base of knowledge
- C.
Generating remote associations that were developing during incubation
- D.
Going through the process to verify, modify, or try out new ideas
- 9.Some "good" aspects of group decision making are:
- A.
Greater pool of knowledge
- B.
Different perspectives
- C.
Greater comprehension
- D.
All of these are good aspects of group decision making
- 10.Some "bad" aspects of group decision making are:
- A.
Conformity stifles creativity
- B.
Political wheeling and dealing frustrate progress
- C.
Different perspectives
- D.
Both a and b
- 11.Some guidelines for successful group decision making include:
- A.
If additional information would increase the quality of the decision, involve people who can provide the information
- B.
If acceptance is important, involve people whose acceptance & commitment are important
- C.
If people can be developed through their participation, involve those whose development is most important
- D.
All of these can help ensure successful group decision making
- 12.The Delphi Technique is
- A.
A way to generate ideas from closely located experts each of whom is publically attached to the idea
- B.
A way to anonymously generate ideas from physically dispersed experts
- C.
A way to predict the future
- D.
A way to review past mistakes
- 13.The rational model of decision making suggests that managers...
- A.
Are inherently irrational
- B.
Make decisions every day
- C.
Use a rational 4 step model of decision making
- D.
Should avoid making decisions
- 14.The sequence of steps in rational decision making is..
- A.
Evaluating solutions, identifying problems, generating solutions, and selecting solutions
- B.
Identifying problems, generating problems, selecting solution, implementing and evaluating solution
- C.
Avoiding problems, generating solutions, selecting solution, implementing and evaluating solution
- D.
Identifying problems, generating solutions, selecting solution, implementing and evaluating solution
- 15.The bounded rationality model suggests that decision makers are restricted by certain constraints when making decisions such as..
- A.
Unlimited Information Processiong, Judgmental Heuritsics, and Satisficing
- B.
Limited Information Processing, Judgmental Heuristics, and The Inability to get Satisfaction
- C.
Limited Information Processing, Judgmental Heuritsics, and Satisficing
- D.
Limited Information Processing, Non-judgmental Heuristics, and Satisficing
- 16.Value Orientation is the degree to which people focus either on (blank) concerns or (blank) concerns.
- A.
Management, risk
- B.
People, business
- C.
Task, people
- D.
Business, risk
- 17.Tolerance for Ambigiuity is the degree to which people have a high need for...
- A.
Ambiguity or futility index
- B.
Profit making or loss making
- C.
Power
- D.
structure or control
- 18.Managers with a low tolerance for ambiguity and who are oriented towards task concerns may be said to demonstrate this style of decision making:
- A.
Analytical
- B.
Directive
- C.
Conceptual
- D.
Behavioural
- 19.Managers with a high tolerance for ambiguity and who are oriented towards task concerns may be said to demonstrate this style of decision making:
- A.
Analytical
- B.
Directive
- C.
Conceptual
- D.
Behavioural
- 20.Managers with a high tolerance for ambiguity, who are oriented towards people and social concerns may be said to demonstrate this style of decision making:
- A.
Directive
- B.
Analytical
- C.
Conceptual
- D.
Behavioural
- 21.Managers with a low tolerance for ambiguity, who are oriented towards people and social concerns may be said to demonstrate this style of decision making:
- A.
Directive
- B.
Analytical
- C.
Conceptual
- D.
Behavioural
- 22.Escalation of Commitment refers to...
- A.
Being determined to improve performance
- B.
Striving for excellence at all times
- C.
Sticking to an ineffective course of action for too long
- D.
Being committed to riding escalators
- 23.There are three broad types of creativity:
- A.
Creation, genesis, and exegesis
- B.
East, west, and north-south
- C.
Creation, synthesis and modification
- D.
Film, books, and games
- 24.Methods that managers can use to improve employee creativity include:
- A.
Encourage employees to be more open to new ideas and experiences
- B.
Allow employees to have fun and play around
- C.
Avoid a negative mindset when employee brings a new idea
- D.
All of these are methods that managers can use to improve creativity
- 25.Some classic symptoms of groupthink include:
- A.
Illusion of empowerment, self-censorship, and peer pressure
- B.
Illusion of invulnerability, delusional thinking, and mindguards
- C.
Illusion of invulnerability, self-censorship, and peer pressure
- D.
Rationalization, belief in inherent mortality, and persistent delusions
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