Student ID______________ Quiz 1(a) MGMT 252
1. Which of the following are characteristics of
critical thinking?
a) Precision and Accuracy
b) Relevance
c) Fairness.
d) Completeness
e) All of above.
2. Which of the following are examples of mindless
conformity? Check all that apply.
a) Not smoking where there is a non-smoking
sign.
b) Stopping when a traffic warden signals you to
stop
c) Believing that moral relativism is better than
absolutism because your teacher told you so.
d) Voting for a party because your family has
always voted for them
e) Wearing the same track suit as everyone in your
cricket team
3. Musharraf to traffic police officer: Why are you
giving me a challan? I didn’t do anything wrong.
You are a moron who can’t do his job. Musharraf’s
response is an example of:
a) Self-serving bias.
b) Egocentrism.
c) Wishful thinking.
d) Both a and b (Only this answer must be marked
correct)
e) Both b and c
4. I am a university professor. I would like to arrange
my own schedule, have fewer tenure
requirements and few students in my class, so I
don’t have to grade so many assignments. I am
voting for a future dean, who is good for my
needs. My behavior is an example of:
a) Group thinking
b) Self-serving bias
c) Stereotyping
d) Socio-centrism
e) Wishful thinking
5. Yesterday, I was making tea and it boiled over
when I turned my head. It happened today as
well. Now I think, whenever my head turns, it
causes the tea to boil over. What can be wrong
with my thinking?
a) I am mistaking a co-incidence for causation
b) Nothing is wrong. This is a famous saying “A
watched pot never boils.”
c) I may be on to something. These events are co-
related.
d) I am being silly.
e) Nothing is wrong. According to JTB theory, I
have a justified true belief. My knowledge is
correct.
6. Which of the following are important steps to
improve quality of your opinions? Check all that
apply.
a) Know how your opinions are formed
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b) Resist the urge to treat opinions as facts
c) Ask for experts’ opinions and follow them
d) Always think critically Full marks only if all three
are marked
e) Do not act on your opinions.
7. Zain is in a meeting, where people are discussing
an important policy matter related to company’s
work schedule. Most people are voting for the
proposed measures. Zain is not sure if he
understands what the policy means, or how it will
affect all the employees in the long run. But he
votes for it because many other colleagues
including Zain’s boss are doing as well. All of them
cannot be wrong, right?
Zain’s behavior is an example of:
a) Sociocentrism
b) Conformity
c) Wishful thinking
d) Self-serving Bias
e) Un-warranted assumption
8. Zoya works in a company where one employee is
elected as president of labor union to talk to
company’s owners about working conditions etc.
There are two candidates for the position. One
candidate explains her future plan. She intends to
ask for better pay and improved safety
inspections. However, Zoya says that she will
vote for the other candidate, since belongs to
“wesia”, a minority identity group like Zoya.
Zoya’s thinking is an example of:
a) Sociocentrism
b) Conformity
c) Wishful thinking
d) Self-serving Bias
e) Un-warranted assumption
9. Zain is a Muslim, who thinks that Muslims should
only eat halal food. Zoya also says that she is a
Muslim, but she eats everything, because she
thinks being Muslim is more than eating choices.
The view that both are entitled to their choice is
called?
a) Relativism.
b) Absolutism.
c) Empiricism.
d) Idealism.
e) Rationalism.
10. Zain has a beard. Of course, it stands to reason
that he would be very religious.
Which of the following uses the same line of
reasoning as above argument;
a) Of course, if a person lies to me I am never
going to trust that person again.
b) Following his conscience, MNA Abbas voted
against the bill, even though he knew it would
destroy his chance of re-election.
c) Pakistan’s cricket batting line has almost always
failed on Australian pitches. It is safe to assume
that this time will be no different.
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d) General Shami was once a four-star general in
army. He must support martial law.
e) You cannot shame me for not paying taxes. You
don’t even pay your maid.
11. Which of the following would you rate as most
important in forming a reliable opinion?
a) Seek reasons to support your opinions
b) Distinguish between input from experts and
input from others
c) Disregard others’ opinion
d) Subject opinions to ongoing re-examination
based on new evidence. Either of these two
are correct. Full marks if one of them, or both
of them are marked
12. Please indicate which of the following count as
“Knowing” according to JTB theory:
a) I have read about theory of relativity, but I
don’t believe that it is true.
b) I know that John is an actor because I saw him
on TV last night.
c) I know that Hillary Clinton did not win 2016
presidential election.
d) I know that this neighborhood is dangerous
because I saw a black cat crossing the road.
13. My father tells me to be truthful and honest
always. Why, even last night he told me stories
about a famous scholar who always told the truth,
even when he was about to be robbed. Today, we
were a bit late in leaving for school. Light was
orange, but he sped up and went through the
signal just as it turned red. His behavior does not
display which quality of critical thinking?
a) Precision
b) Accuracy
c) Completeness
d) Fairness
e) Logical correctness.
14. Harry and Wendy are arguing about the existence
of God. Harry says that he knows that God is real
because whenever he prays hard for anything,
God grants his wish. He has always believed in it,
and his belief have always worked out for him.
Wendy counters that she knows that God cannot
be true because we have never received any
evidence about any such omnipotent entity, that
God is just an idea that does not corresponds to
any reality. Fill the following blanks about this
argument:
For Harry, truth is Pragmatic, but for Wendy, truth is
corresponding to reality.
15. Which of the following barrier to critical thinking
results from sociocentrism:
a) Self-serving bias
b) Conformity
c) Self-interested thinking
d) Moral relativism
e) Subjectivism
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16. Which of the following can be caused by
egocentrism (check all that apply)?
a) Over-confidence in one’s abilities
b) Considering that one’s culture is superior to
others
c) Voting for candidates that favor one’s personal
agenda
d) Over-rating one’s performance
e) Inability to accept responsibility for mistakes
(Full marks only if all three are marked)
17. You are an archaeologist digging up the site of an
ancient culture. You have uncovered human
skeletons which seem to be of children who,
evidence suggests were ritually sacrificed. Some
of them were bound and gagged. Other have
fractured skulls, probably because they were hit
on head by a heavy object. One of your colleagues
suggests that this indicates the degree of
brutality in this culture and wants to write a paper
detailing these barbaric customs.
You counter by suggesting that these customs
should be understood within their cultural
context, and not judged by modern standards.
Your response is an example of:
a) Wishful thinking
b) Self-serving bias
c) Logical incompleteness
d) Historical relativism
e) Subjectivism
18. Please indicate which type of knowledge are the
following:
a) Blue is the color of light between 450-500 nm.
Analytic/synthetic.
b) Two and two equals four. Analytic/synthetic.
c) My sister’s son is my nephew.
Analytic/synthetic.
d) Sun will rise tomorrow. Analytic/synthetic.
19. According to class’s syllabus, what is weightage
for final exam?
__________20%___________________________
20. What is the weightage of this quiz?
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21. On a scale of 1 to 4 (1 being the easiest) how
difficult was this quiz?
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