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1. Whatgstatementgisgtruegregardinggdecisiongmaking?
A) Itgisganganalysisgofgagsituation
B) Itgisgcloselygrelatedgtogevaluation
C) Itginvolvesgchoosinggbetweengcoursesgofgaction
D) Itgisgdependentgupongfindinggthegcausegofgagproblem

Ans:gC

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Decisiongmakinggisgagcomplexgcognitivegprocessgoftengdefinedgasgchoosinggagparticulargcoursego
fgaction.gProblemgsolvinggisgpartgofgdecisiongmakinggandgisgagsystematicgprocessgthatgfocusesgong
analyzinggagdifficultgsituation.gCriticalgthinking,gsometimesgreferredgtogasgreflectivegthinking,gis
grelatedgtogevaluationgandghasgagbroadergscopegthangdecisiongmakinggandgproblemgsolving.

2. Whatgisgagweaknessgofgthegtraditionalgproblem-solvinggmodel?
A) Itsgneedgforgimplementationgtime
B) Itsglackgofgagstepgrequiringgevaluationgofgresults
C) Itsgfailuregtoggathergsufficientgdata
D) Itsgfailuregtogevaluategalternatives

Ans:gA

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Thegtraditionalgproblem-
solvinggmodelgisglessgeffectivegwhengtimegconstraintsgaregagconsideration.gDecisiongmakinggcan
goccurgwithoutgthegfullganalysisgrequiredgingproblemgsolving.gBecausegproblemgsolvinggattempts
togidentifygthegrootgproblemgingsituations,gmuchgtimegandgenergygaregspentgongidentifyinggthegre
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algproblem.

3. Whichgofgthegfollowinggstatementsgisgtruegregardinggdecisiongmaking?
A) Scientificgmethodsgprovidegidenticalgdecisionsgbygdifferentgindividualsgforgthegsamegproblems
B) Decisionsgareggreatlyginfluencedgbygeachgpersonsgvaluegsystem
C) Personalgbeliefsgcangbegadjustedgforgwhengthegscientificgapproachgtogproblemgsolvinggisgused
D) Pastgexperienceghasglittlegtogdogwithgthegqualitygofgthegdecision

Ans:gB

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Values,glifegexperience,gindividualgpreference,gandgindividualgwaysgofgthinkinggwillginfluencega
personsgdecisiongmaking.gNogmatterghowgobjectivegthegcriteriagwillgbe,gvaluegjudgmentsgwill
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,alwaysgplaygagpartgingagpersonsgdecisiongmaking,geithergconsciouslygorgsubconsciously


4. Whatginfluencesgthegqualitygofgagdecisiongmostgoften?
A) Thegdecisiongmakersgimmediatesuperior
B) Thegtypegofgdecisiongthatgneedsgtogbegmade
C) Questionsgaskedgandgalternativesggenerated
D) Thegtimegofgdaygthegdecisiongisgmadeg
Ans:gC
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Theggreatergthegnumbergofgalternativesgthatgcangbeggeneratedgbygthegdecisiongmaker,gthegbettergt
hegfinalgdecisiongwillgbe.gThegalternativesggeneratedgandgthegfinalgchoicesgareglimitedgbygeachgp
ersonsgvaluegsystem.

5. Whatgdoesgknowledgegaboutggoodgdecisiongmakinggleadgonegtogbelieve?
A) Goodgdecisiongmakersgaregusuallygright-brain,gintuitivegthinkers
B) Effectivegdecisiongmakersgaregsensitivegtogthegsituationgandgtogothers
C) Goodgdecisionsgaregusuallygmadegbygleft-brain,glogicalgthinkers
D) Goodgdecisiongmakinggrequiresganalyticalgrathergthangcreativegprocesses

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Goodgdecisiongmakersgseemgtoghavegantennaegthatgmakegthemgparticularlygsensitivegtogothergpeo
pleg andg situations.g Left-braing thinkersg areg typicallyg betterg atg processingg language,
logic,gnumbers,g andg sequentialg ordering,g whereasg right-
braing thinkersg excelg atg nonverbalgideationandgholisticgsynthesizing


6. Whatgisgangimportantgtaskgthatgreliesgheavilygongcriticalgthinkinggandgclinicalgreasoninggskillsgisgthegbestgd
efinitiongofgdecisiongmaking?
A) Thegplanninggprocessgofgmanagement
B) Thegevaluationgphasegofgthegexecutivegrole
C) Onegstepgingthegproblem-solvinggprocess
D) Requiredgtogjustifygthegneedgforgscarcegitems

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Decisiongmakinggisgagcomplex,gcognitivegprocessgoftengdefinedgasgchoosinggagparticulargcours
egofgaction.gDecisiongmaking,gonegstepgingthegproblem-
solvinggprocess,gisgangimportantgtaskgthatgreliesgheavilygongcriticalgthinkinggandgclinicalgreasoni
nggskillsgisgthegbestgdefinitiongofgdecisiongmaking?
7. Ifgdecisiongmakinggisgtriggeredgbygagproblemgwithgwhatgdoesgitgend?

, A) Angalternativegproblem
B) Agchosengcoursegofgaction
C) Angactiongthatgguaranteesgsuccess
D) Agrestatementgofgthegsolution

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Agdecisiongisgmadegwhengagcoursegofgactionghasgbeengchosen.gProblemgsolvinggisgpartgofgdecisio
ngmakinggandgisgagsystematicgprocessgthatgfocusesgonganalyzinggagdifficultgsituation.gProblemgsol
vinggalwaysgincludesgagdecision-makinggstep.

8. Whygdogourgvaluesgoftengcausegpersonalgconflictgingdecisiongmaking?

A) Somegvaluesgaregnotgrealisticgorghealthy
B) Notgallgvaluesgaregofgequalgworth
C) Ourgvaluesgremaingunchangedgovergtime
D) Ourgvaluesgoftengcollidegwithgoneganother

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Values,glifegexperience,gindividualgpreference,gandgindividualgwaysgofgthinkinggwillginfluencega
personsgdecisiongmaking.gNogmatterghowgobjectivegthegcriteriagwillgbe,gvaluegjudgmentsgwillgal
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waysgplaygagpartgingagpersonsgdecisiongmaking,geithergconsciouslygorgsubconsciously.

9. Whichgstatementgisgtruegconcerninggcriticalgthinking?
A) Itgisgagsimplegapproachgtogdecisiongmaking
B) Itgisgnarrowergingscopegthangdecisiongmaking
C) Itgrequiresgreasoninggandgcreativeganalysis
D) Itgisgagsynonymgforgthegproblem-solvinggprocess

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Criticalgthinkingghasgagbroadergscopegthangdecisiongmakinggandgproblemgsolving.gItgisgsometim
esgreferredgtogasgreflectivegthinking.gCriticalgthinkinggalsoginvolvesgreflectinggupongthegmeanin
ggofgstatements,gexamininggthegofferedgevidencegandgreasoning,gandgforminggjudgmentsgaboutg
facts.
10. Howgdogadministrativegmangmanagersgmakegthegmajoritygofgtheirgdecisions?

1. A)g Afterggatheringgallgthegfacts
2. B)g Ingagmannerggoodgenoughgtogsolvegthegproblem
3. C)g Ingagrational,glogicalgmanner