Quiz Instructions
Question 1 2 pts
Purpose Assess your understanding of critical thinking, creative thinking, and problem solving.
Directions To prepare for the quiz, you need to make sure to review all of the assigned module content.
There are 19 questions in the quiz. You can attempt the quiz only twice. The quiz must be completed in one sitting. Reflect on how you did on the quiz and review the concepts and information that you have missed.
Grading This quiz is worth 50 points toward your course grade.
Assessing, making judgements, and drawing conclusions from ideas, information, or data is identified as the evaluating thinking skill.
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Question 2 2 pts
Question 3 2 pts
Question 4 2 pts
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Critical thinking requires you to use bias and assumptions to evaluate evidence or information to make a decision or reach a conclusion.
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When considering options, it is not important to have all of the information at that time.
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One should learn to identify fallacies in their own thinking so they can strengthen their positions, as well as in the arguments of others when evaluating their strength.
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False
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Appealing to Authority [ Choose ]
Personalizations [ Choose ]
Everyone Does It [ Choose ]
Weak Analogy [ Choose ]
Question 5 2 pts
Question 6 2 pts
Question 7 8 pts
Question 8 2 pts
You are generalizing if you are making assumptions about a whole group of people based on an inadequate sample.
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Using irrelevant similarities in two objects to draw a conclusion is called a false cause.
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Match the fallacy with how best to avoid it.
Knowing the source of your information will help you to evaluate the strength of information you want to use to support your argument.
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Question 9 2 pts
Question 10 2 pts
Question 11 2 pts
Question 12 2 pts
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Considering the URL can give you a sense behind the motivation for publishing the material.
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The URL, “.org” is normally used by commerical enterprises.
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Looking for an “About Us” or “Biography” tab will tell you about the objective of a web site.
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False
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Question 13 2 pts
Question 14 2 pts
Question 15 2 pts
Quoting authorities is a valuable tool to build an argument; but they do not have to be true subject matter experts on the issue you are discussing.
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Creative thinking is an inherited skill.
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Creative thinking involves ignoring existing ideas and only creating a new solution.
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Metaphors are useful in making problems more familiar and generating possible solutions.
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False
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Question 16 2 pts
Question 17 2 pts
Question 18 2 pts
Question 19 8 pts
Defining the problem, narrowing the problem, generating possible solutions, and redefining the problem are the four basic steps of problem solving.
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When working in teams, defining the decision maker upfront is not necessary.
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When making decisions, input is often sought or given due to experience or expertise; and once input is given, the person giving the input must support the other’s decision, whether or not the input is actually used.
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Watch the following Big Bang Theory video clip; then, match the problem(s)/solution(s) with the correct problem solving step.
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Where to go to the movies. [ Choose ]
Times in which the move is playing.
Cinemas with no ICEE machines.
Sells Twizzlers instead of Red Vines.
[ Choose ]
The Big Bang Theory, going to the moviesThe Big Bang Theory, going to the movies
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Eat after the movie.
Visit a 7-Eleven and eat at one of three restaurants near one of the cinemas.
Buying a Slurpee instead of an ICEE.
[ Choose ]
Leave Sheldon at home. [ Choose ]
