Question: In a structure chart, the element that is drawn as an empty circle with an attached arrow is known as a(n):
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Answer: Data couple
Question: Processes from logical DFDs might show up on a physical data flow diagram as:
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Answer: HTML screens or Visual Basic forms
Question: Justyne supervises several employees who seem to have low self-efficacy. To improve this situation, she should do all the following EXCEPT
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Answer: (A) avoid rewarding small successes.
Question: Which of the following is NOT one of the main ways to reduce cognitive dissonance?
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Answer: (A) Complete an emotional intelligence assessment.
Question: _______ is the process of interpreting and understanding one’s environment.
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Answer: (A) Perception.
Question: While a moderate amount of stress can have some health and behavioral benefits, excess stress can reveal itself in all of the following ways EXCEPT
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Answer: (A) Jaundiced speech.
Question: If a manager knows one of her employees has low self-esteem and wishes to enhance it, she should
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Answer: (A) reinforce the employee’s positive attributes and skills. Question 940 (Quiz 2 – Chapter 7) Question: Rosie, the sales manager for a software development firm, is working on the problem of how to increase the productivity and morale of her salespeople. In the first step she identified the problem of her employees needing more training. In the second step she thought of alternative solutions and in the third step, she evaluated the solutions and selected a solution. Rosie needs to ______ in the final step. Answer Options: (A) Implement and evaluate the training program chosen. (B) Do nothing; no more steps are necessary. (C) Determine how costly the solution will be. Correct Answer: (A) Implement and evaluate the training program chosen.
Question: Christin, the CEO of a national IT manufacturer, was approached by Ultimate Phones, a new company that is marketing a new type of phone, to partner with the company on a project. The results of the partnership are uncertain because the company (Ultimate Phones) and its technology are new. Christin is uncertain what to do because she is limited by numerous constraints, such as the uncertainty and complexity of the technology, the management success of Ultimate Phones, and time (because other companies are interested in the partnership). Christin is experiencing _______.
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Answer: (A) bounded rationality.
Question: A person’s ______ reflects the combination of how he or she perceives and responds to information.
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Answer: (A) decision-making style.
Question: If you rely on intuition and have a long-term perspective, you most likely have a _______ style of decision making.
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Answer: (A) Conceptual.
Question: A decision tree is
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Answer: (A) a graph of decisions and their possible consequences.
Question: When people seek out information to support their point of view and discount data that does not support it, they are falling prey to which bias?
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Answer: (A) Confirmation Bias.
Question: Dale, the owner of a local real estate agency, is even more committed to making the used copier, which he recently purchased, work even though it keeps jamming, and his employees have been telling him about other problems they have been having with the copier. This is an example of _______ effects on Dale’s decision making.
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Answer: (A) escalation of commitment bias.
Question: Which of the following is NOT an advantage of group decision making?
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Answer: (A) Satisficing.
Question: What is the role of the devil’s advocacy in the decision-making process?
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Answer: (A) to be the critic.
Question: _______ is a technique used to help groups generate a multitude of ideas and alternatives to a given problem.
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Answer: (A) Brainstorming
Question: A group is defined as two or more freely interacting individuals who share norms, share goals, and have a common identity.
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Answer: (A) True.
Question: A moderate level of conflict can induce creativity and initiative, thereby raising performance.
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Answer: (A) True.