BCOR 370 REVISION EXAMS 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Systematic-based
analysis - ✔✔A method of analyzing a problem that
takes into account the array of all
known variables associated with a
problem and its symptoms, including
behavior over time.
✔✔Groupthink - ✔✔An unconscious mode of group
decision making in which individuals
prioritize agreement over analysis.
✔✔Problems
Resulting From
Groupthink - ✔✔Group members do not feel free to
express their ideas and opinions.
Criticism among the group does not
occur. Group members do not feel able to
speak frankly and are made to feel
uncomfortable if they do speak up.
It creates an illusion of invulnerability and
morality
Although it can result in a unified sense
of purpose, that purpose can become
misdirected.
✔✔Effective
Teams - ✔✔Allow participation of every member
Consider a wide variety of options
before making decisions
Have an awareness of their
operations. That is, they have a selfconsciousness
Use the wisdom of the many, not the
few or the one.
NEW
Embrace change, when appropriate.
Allow for healthy, internal criticism.
✔✔Brainstorming - ✔✔Creating as many alternatives as
possible, without making value
judgments about any idea.
✔✔Production
, blocking - ✔✔A loss in productivity during a
brainstorming session because
individuals are overwhelmed by the
number of possibilities being
generated.
✔✔Delphi
technique - ✔✔A decision making process in
which a group of experts propose
and question ideas until a
consensus is reached. Participants
typically rank potential options
over and over, reducing options
each time, until the "best" choice
is revealed.
✔✔Prior
hypothesis
bias - ✔✔Basing decisions on
beliefs or
assumptions,
despite evidence to
the contrary.
✔✔Ethics and
Morals - ✔✔Ethics are rules from external
forces.
Morals are a person's
principles about what is right
and what is wrong.
✔✔Ethics - ✔✔The moral principles, values, and
beliefs that govern group or individual
behavior according to what is right or
wrong and what contributes to the
balanced good of all stakeholders.
✔✔What are
Stakeholders? - ✔✔Individuals or groups who have a
direct interest in an organization's
behavior and experience the effects
of the company's management
decisions.
✔✔Kohlberg's
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Systematic-based
analysis - ✔✔A method of analyzing a problem that
takes into account the array of all
known variables associated with a
problem and its symptoms, including
behavior over time.
✔✔Groupthink - ✔✔An unconscious mode of group
decision making in which individuals
prioritize agreement over analysis.
✔✔Problems
Resulting From
Groupthink - ✔✔Group members do not feel free to
express their ideas and opinions.
Criticism among the group does not
occur. Group members do not feel able to
speak frankly and are made to feel
uncomfortable if they do speak up.
It creates an illusion of invulnerability and
morality
Although it can result in a unified sense
of purpose, that purpose can become
misdirected.
✔✔Effective
Teams - ✔✔Allow participation of every member
Consider a wide variety of options
before making decisions
Have an awareness of their
operations. That is, they have a selfconsciousness
Use the wisdom of the many, not the
few or the one.
NEW
Embrace change, when appropriate.
Allow for healthy, internal criticism.
✔✔Brainstorming - ✔✔Creating as many alternatives as
possible, without making value
judgments about any idea.
✔✔Production
, blocking - ✔✔A loss in productivity during a
brainstorming session because
individuals are overwhelmed by the
number of possibilities being
generated.
✔✔Delphi
technique - ✔✔A decision making process in
which a group of experts propose
and question ideas until a
consensus is reached. Participants
typically rank potential options
over and over, reducing options
each time, until the "best" choice
is revealed.
✔✔Prior
hypothesis
bias - ✔✔Basing decisions on
beliefs or
assumptions,
despite evidence to
the contrary.
✔✔Ethics and
Morals - ✔✔Ethics are rules from external
forces.
Morals are a person's
principles about what is right
and what is wrong.
✔✔Ethics - ✔✔The moral principles, values, and
beliefs that govern group or individual
behavior according to what is right or
wrong and what contributes to the
balanced good of all stakeholders.
✔✔What are
Stakeholders? - ✔✔Individuals or groups who have a
direct interest in an organization's
behavior and experience the effects
of the company's management
decisions.
✔✔Kohlberg's
