Chapter 6: Decision Making and Problem Solving Quiz

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What is the primary difference between decision making and problem solving?

Decision making involves generating ideas, while problem solving focuses on evaluating options

Decision making and problem solving are essentially the same process

Decision making involves choosing from alternatives, while problem solving requires finding the answer to a question (correct)

Decision making requires finding the answer to a question, while problem solving involves choosing from alternatives

Which approach to decision making is focused on making choices that are consistent and value-maximizing within specified constraints?

Behavioral approach

Creative approach

Intuitive approach

Rational approach (correct)

What are the primary behavioral aspects of decision making?

Satisficing, anchoring, and framing

Heuristics, brainstorming, and escalation of commitment

Overconfidence, availability heuristic, and confirmation bias (correct)

Cognitive biases, groupthink, and risk aversion

In organizations, what form of decision making involves multiple individuals working together to reach a conclusion?

Collaborative decision making Signup and view all the answers

How does creativity relate to decision making and problem solving?

Creativity is essential for generating alternatives in decision making and finding innovative solutions in problem solving Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a characteristic of problem solving?

Focused on finding the answer to a question Signup and view all the answers

What type of decision recurs often enough to develop decision rules?

Programmed decision Signup and view all the answers

In which type of decision are the outcomes known with enough information to determine the probabilities of various outcomes?

Decision of risk Signup and view all the answers

What type of decision recurs infrequently and involves unique situations?

Nonprogrammed decision Signup and view all the answers

Which type of decision has insufficient information to estimate the probability of possible outcomes?

Decision of uncertainty Signup and view all the answers

What type of decision involves outcomes that are known with enough information to determine the probabilities of various outcomes?

Decision of certainty Signup and view all the answers

In which type of decision is judgment and creativity required due to new and unusual situations?

Nonprogrammed decision Signup and view all the answers

What type of decision recurs often enough to develop set procedures and decision rules?

Programmed decision Signup and view all the answers

In which type of decision are the outcomes unclear, channels vague, and relatively long time for solution required?

Nonprogrammed decision Signup and view all the answers

What type of decision involves well-structured, repetitive, and routine goals with readily available information?

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Chapter 6: Decision Making and Problem Solving Quiz

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What is the primary difference between decision making and problem solving?

Which approach to decision making is focused on making choices that are consistent and value-maximizing within specified constraints?

What are the primary behavioral aspects of decision making?

In organizations, what form of decision making involves multiple individuals working together to reach a conclusion?

How does creativity relate to decision making and problem solving?

Which of the following is a characteristic of problem solving?

What type of decision recurs often enough to develop decision rules?

In which type of decision are the outcomes known with enough information to determine the probabilities of various outcomes?

What type of decision recurs infrequently and involves unique situations?

Which type of decision has insufficient information to estimate the probability of possible outcomes?

What type of decision involves outcomes that are known with enough information to determine the probabilities of various outcomes?

In which type of decision is judgment and creativity required due to new and unusual situations?

What type of decision recurs often enough to develop set procedures and decision rules?

In which type of decision are the outcomes unclear, channels vague, and relatively long time for solution required?

What type of decision involves well-structured, repetitive, and routine goals with readily available information?

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