INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS THINKING PRACTICE TEST WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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cfeedback cloop, cthroughput, cenvironment, cboundaries, cequilibrium, cconstraints
What cis cthe cfunction cof cany csystem? c- ccorrect canswers✔✔to cprocess cenergy,
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ccomponents, cand can cability cto cadapt cto cchanging ccircumstances c(adaptable)
What care csome cexamples cof cconstraints? c- ccorrect canswers✔✔educational,
csociocultural, clegal/political, ceconomic
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System c- ccorrect canswers✔✔A cset cof cinteracting cor cinterdependent ccomponents
cforming can cintegrated cwhole.
What care ccommon celements cof call csystems? c- ccorrect canswers✔✔input, coutput,
cfeedback cloop, cthroughput, cenvironment, cboundaries, cequilibrium, cconstraints
What cis cthe cfunction cof cany csystem? c- ccorrect canswers✔✔to cprocess cenergy,
cinformation, cor cmaterials cinto ca cproduct cor coutcome cfor cuse cwithin cthe csystem c-
cor coutside cthe csystem c(environment), cor cboth
What cis cnecessary cfor ca csystem cto cbe cviable? c- ccorrect canswers✔✔strongly cgoal-
directed, cgoverned cby cfeedback, cinterdependent cand cstrongly ccoordinated
ccomponents, cand can cability cto cadapt cto cchanging ccircumstances c(adaptable)
What care csome cexamples cof cconstraints? c- ccorrect canswers✔✔educational,
csociocultural, clegal/political, ceconomic
What care cexamples cof cresources? c- ccorrect canswers✔✔capital, cpeople, cknowledge
cand ctechnology
Feedback cLoop c- ccorrect canswers✔✔input c--> cthroughput c--> coutput c(repeat) cwith
cinfluences cfrom cconstraints cand cresources
The cMajor cInputs c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Environment, cResources, cHistory
Environment c- ccorrect canswers✔✔which cimposes cconstrains cand copportunities
cabout cwhat cthe corganization ccan cor ccan cnot cdo
Resources c- ccorrect canswers✔✔capital, cpeople, cknowledge, cand ctechnology
History c- ccorrect canswers✔✔which cconsists cof cmemories cof cpast csuccesses,
cfailures,
throughput c- ccorrect canswers✔✔multiple cprocesses
What cinfluences cthroughput? c- ccorrect canswers✔✔constraints cand cresources
System cthinking cfocuses con ccyclical crather cthan cwhich ceffect? c- ccorrect
canswers✔✔linear
What cwas cDeming's cConcept? c- ccorrect canswers✔✔Profound cKnowledge
