TRENDS, NETWORKS AND CRITICAL THINKING OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Name: _______________________ Grade___ Section: _______ Date: _________

Test I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read the following statements below and choose the best answer from the given
choices. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided before each number. Commented [WU1]:

____1. A pattern of gradual change in a condition, output, or process, or an average or general tendency of a series
of data points to move in a certain direction over time.
a. pattern b. trend c. fad d. trend line
_____2.A change that is affected with the factor of duration and only exists in a short period.
a. pattern b. trend c. fad d. development
_____3. It is a characteristic observed in one item that may be repeated in similar or identical manner in other
item.
a. pattern b. trend c. fad d. trend line
_____4.It is a behavior of a growth or of sales of a certain business enterprise as indicated on the charts.
a. pattern b. trend c. fad d. trend line
_____5.“Given some starting information and a rule for how to use it to get new info., the rule is then repeated
using the new information.” This statement is describing a:
a. recursion b. trend c. fad d. development
_____6.What is the act of improving by expanding or refining to a degree of different stage called?
a. recursion b. trend c. fad d. development
_____7.A line indicating the general course or tendency of something, e.g., a geographical feature or a set of
points on a graph.
a. pattern b. trend c. fad d. trend line
_____8. What is the factor on how to properly spot a trend?
a. make it superficial b. don’t find proof c. avoid being self-serving d. don’t collect ideas
_____9. Which of these is not included in the steps of trend spotting?
a. don’t be superficial b. find real proof c. avoid being self-serving d. don’t collect ideas
____10. It is one of the characteristic of trending designs.
a. brand inconsistency b. innovation c. over designed d. overly expensive
____11. An online encyclopedia that is most widely used as a source of unlimited and updated information.
a. amazon b. calbayognon c. wikipedia d. myspace
____12. An online social media famous for its friendly interface and versatile information.
a. facebook b. myspace c. youtube d. amazon
____13. Famous for its number of user accounts that is now over 100 million.
a. facebook b. myspace c. youtube d. amazo
____14. A prominent social media sharing site that has a number of videos now over 6.1 million.
a. facebook b. myspace c. youtube d. amazon
____15. Which of these is the first stage on the life cycle of a trend?
a. rebirth b. birth c. spread d. death
____16. Which of these is the second stage on the life cycle of a trend stating that the trend must have some sort of
value that makes it conducive to replication.
a. rebirth b. recognition c. spread d. death
____17. Another stage on the life cycle of a trend that states that after a trend has been completely obliterated, it
may be reborn in a new form a long time after its last cycle.
a. rebirth b. recognition c. spread d. death
____18. “Once a trend gains considerable significance, people will inevitably begin to monetize it.” What is being
described in this statement?
a. recognition b. spread c. selling d. hitting
____19. Which of the following can be considered as a fad?
a. barong tagalog b. black shoes c. smiley face d. mobile phone
____20. Which of the following is not a fad?
a. smiley face b. hula hoop c. rubik’s cube d. pig farm
____21. A strategic planning method utilized by companies to create long-term plans, involves developing plans
for each scenario.
a. scenario b. intuitive c. future studies d. science fiction
____22. This envisioning helps individuals, businesses, and governments create stronger and sustainable plans and
strategies.
a. scenario b. intuitive c. future studies d. science fiction
____23. It adheres to far less rigorous standards and utilizes own perspectives on current trends to create visions of
the future.
a. scenario b. intuitive c. future studies d. science fiction
____24. They are often paid to endorse specific products-sometimes in the form of advertisements & compensated
outfit choices.
a. celebrities b. reporters c. trend spotters d. all of them
____25. It emerged in early 1990’s, culturally focused trend spotting most commonly used for marketing purpose.
Now, it is commonly done online.
a. trend scouting b. trend spotting c. coolhunting d. any of them
____26. A process of international integration as a product of exchange of world views, products, ideas and other
aspects of culture in which worldwide exchange of national and cultural resources occurs in the process.
a. Interconnectedness b. globalization c. migration d. neither of them
____27. The idea that all things are of single underlying substance and reality, and that there is no true separation
deeper than appearances.
a. Interconnectedness b. globalization c. migration d. neither of them
____28. It is the movement of persons from one country or locality to another in some given time period.
a. globalization b. collaboration c. migration d. all of them
____29. The process of two or more people or organizations working together to realize mutual goals, is called:
a. globalization b. collaboration c. labor force d. all of them
____30. All the members of a particular organization or population who are able to work, viewed collectively.
a. a. globalization b. collaboration c. labor force d. all of them
____31. It is the initial step in strategic analysis as applied in a business organization.
a. review the results b. define the threats c. define your problem d. gather info.
____32. Which of the steps in strategic analysis that includes producing a chart for the findings?
a. review the results b. define the threats c. define your problem d. gather info.
____33. What is the next step after you gather the information needed to assess strengths and weaknesses?
a. review the results b. define the threats c. define your problem d. gather info.
____34. It uses various tools to prepare business strategies by evaluating the opportunities and challenges faced by
the company as it moves forward.
a. scenario b. intuitive thinking c. strategic analysis d. science fiction
____35. Typically, it involves a review of internal strengths and weaknesses as well as factors in the external
environmental that could affect say, a business enterprise.
a. future studies b. strategic analysis c. scenario planning d. intuition
____36. What is the word that describes a perception via the unconscious?
a. future studies b. strategic analysis c. scenario planning d. intuition
____37. A type of analysis that uses sense-perception only as a starting point, to bring forth ideas, images,
possibilities, patterns, ways out of a blocked situation, by a process that is mostly insentient.
a. intuitive thinking b. strategic analysis c. scenario planning d. intuition
____38. Which of these is a phenomenon often linked to the idea that ‘the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.’?
a. positive feedback b. placebo effect c. nocebo effect d. matthew effect
____39. It is the phenomenon in which inert substances or mere suggestions of substances actually bring about
negative effects in a patient or research participant.
a. positive feedback b. placebo effect c. nocebo effect d. matthew effect
____40.A beneficial effect, produced by a drug or treatment, that cannot be attributed to the properties of the
treatment itself, and must therefore be due to the patient’s belief in that treatment.
a. positive feedback b. placebo effect c. nocebo effect d. matthew effect
Test II. ESSAY. Read the following questions carefully and explain.

(41-42). What if there are no trending things in our environment? What would happen?

(43-45). What are some alternative ways to spot the difference of a trend from a fad?

(46-47). What is your position if you will choose between strategic analysis and intuitive thinking? Why?

(48-50). Do you believe that intuitive thinking is a positive or negative influence? Why?