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2. Whatisaweaknessofthetraditionalproblem-solvingmodel?
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C) Itsfailuretogathersufficientdata
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B) Thetypeofdecisionthatneedstobemade
C) Questionsaskedandalternativesfgenerated
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6. Whatisthebestdefinitionofdecisionmaking?
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C) Onestepinthefproblem-solvingprocess
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8. Whydoourvaluesfoftencausepersonalconflictindecisionmaking?
A) Somevaluesarenotrealisticorhealthy
B) Notallvaluesfareofequalworth
C) Ourvaluesremainunchangedovertime
D) Ourvaluesoftencollidewithonean
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9. Whichstatementisftrueconcerningcriticalthinking?
A) Itisasimpleapproachtodecisionmaking
B) Itisnarrowerinscopethandecisionmaking
C) Itrequiresreasoningandcreativeanalysis
D) Itisasynonymfortheproblem-
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