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1. Whatstatementistrueregardingdecisionmaking?

A) Itisananalysisgofasituation

B) Itgiscloselygrelatedtoevaluation

C) Itinvolvesgchoosingbetweencoursesgofaction

D) ItisdependentuponfindingthegcauseofaproblemAns:CFeedback:

Decisionmakinggisagcomplexgcognitivegprocessoftendefinedgasgchoosinggagparticulargcoursegofgaction.g
Problemgsolvinggisgpartgofgdecisiongmakinggandgisgagsystematicgprocessgthatgfocusesgonganalyzinggagdif
ficultsituation.Criticalthinking,sometimesreferredtoasreflectivethinking,isrelatedtogevaluationgandghasg
agbroadergscopegthangdecisiongmakinggandgproblemgsolving.



2. What



1. A)Itsneedforimplementationtime

2. B)Itsglackgofasteprequiringevaluationofresults

3. C)Itsfailuretogathersufficientdata

4. D)gItsfailuretogevaluategalternatives



Ans:AFeedback:

Thegtraditionalgproblem-
solvingmodelislesseffectivewhentimeconstraintsareaconsideration.gDecisionmakingcanoccurwithoutth
efullanalysisrequiredinproblemsolving.Becauseproblemgsolvinggattemptsgtogidentifygthegrootgproblemg
ingsituations,gmuchgtimegandgenergygaregspentgongidentifyinggthegrealgproblem.



3. Whichofthefollowingstatementsisgtrueregardingdecisionmaking?

,1. A)Scientificmethodsprovideidenticaldecisionsbydifferentindividualsforthesameproblems



2. B)Decisionsaregreatlyinfluencedbyeachpersonsgvaluesystem

3. C)Personalbeliefsgcanbeadjustedforgwhenthescientificapproachtoproblemsolvingisused

4. D)Pastexperienceghaslittletodogwiththequalitygofthedecision



Ans:BFeedback:

Values,glifegexperience,gindividualgpreference,gandgindividualgwaysgofgthinkinggwillginfluencegagpersons
gdecisionmaking.Nomatterhowobjectivegthecriteriawillbe,valuejudgmentswillalwaysplayapartingagperso
nsgdecisiongmaking,geithergconsciouslygorgsubconsciously.



isaweaknessofthetraditionalproblem-solvingmodel?gPage1

4. Whatinfluencesthegqualitygofadecisionmostoften?A)Thedecisionmakersimmediategsupe
rior

B) Thetypeofdecisionthatgneedsgtogbegmade

C) Questionsaskedandalternativesgenerated



D) ThegtimegofdaygthegdecisionismadegAns:

CgFeedback:

Theggreaterthenumberofalternativesthatcanbeggeneratedbygthedecisionmaker,thebetterthefinalgdecisio
ngwillgbe.gThegalternativesggeneratedgandgthegfinalgchoicesgareglimitedgbygeachgpersonsgvaluegsystem.



5. What



1. A)Gooddecisionmakersareusuallyright-brain,intuitivethinkers

2. B)Effectivedecisionmakersaresensitivegtothesituationandtoothers

3. C)Gooddecisionsaregusuallymadegbygleft-brain,logicalthinkers

4. D)Gooddecisionmakingrequiresanalyticalratherthancreativeprocesses

, Ans:BFeedback:

Gooddecisionmakersseemtoghaveantennaethatmakethemparticularlysensitivetoother



peopleandsituations.Left-
brainthinkersaretypicallybetteratprocessinglanguage,logic,numbers,andgsequentialgordering,gwhereasgright-
braingthinkersgexcelgatgnonverbalgideationgandgholisticgsynthesizing.



doesknowledgeaboutgooddecisionmakingleadonetogbelieve?



6. What



1. A)Theplanningprocessofmanagement

2. B)Theevaluationphaseoftheexecutiverole

3. C)Onestepintheproblem-solvingprocess

4. D)Requiredtojustifytheneedforgscarceitems



Ans:CFeedback:

Decisionmakingisacomplex,cognitiveprocessoftendefinedaschoosingaparticularcourseofaction.gDecisio
ngmaking,gonegstepgingthegproblem-
solvinggprocess,gisgangimportantgtaskgthatgreliesgheavilygongcriticalgthinkinggandgclinicalgreasoninggskills
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isthebestdefinitionofdecisionmaking?Page2

7. Ifdecisionmakingistriggeredbyaproblemwithwhatgdoesitend?



1. A)Analternativegproblem

2. B)Achosengcoursegofaction

3. C)Anactionthatguaranteessuccess

4. D)gAgrestatementofthesolution



Ans:BFeedback: