CFDLMM - Quiz
  • 1. Jorge makes decisions to avoid anxiety and to
    feel accepted by others. His choices are influenced by?
A) Disposition models
B) Cultural pressure
C) Internal norms and meaning
D) A desire for closeness and self-esteem
  • 2. A team member struggles with productivity
    unless working in a fun, engaging group
    environment. This suggests that?
A) Their personality functions best with collaboration
B) They lack discipline
C) They need strict structure
D) They should avoid teams
  • 3. A manager observes that her staff come from
    different cultures and approach decisions differently. To understand these differences, she should study?
A) The Universal Model only
B) Personality tests only
C) The heart-gut theory
D) Decision-making models in cross-cultural contexts
  • 4. A student realizes he often makes impulsive
    decisions because he seeks immediate pleasure.To make better decisions, the text suggests he should?
A) Avoid stressful situations
B) Continue relying on impulse
C) Develop rational thinking and slow down choices
D) Reduce self-awareness
  • 5. Making choices that align with one's personality helps to?
A) Increase indecision
B) Improve overall life satisfaction
C) Limit personal growth
D) Reduce quality of life
  • 6. Administration is primarily defined as the process of?
A) Selling products to customers
B) Entertaining the public
C) Avoiding organizational responsibilities
D) Directing, coordinating, and controlling people and resources
  • 7. Administration mainly focuses on?
A) Producing goods
B) Planning and guiding the overall direction of an organization
C) Daily technical tasks
D) Random decision-making
  • 8. In government, administration refers to the work of officials who?
A) Write textbooks
B) Advertise programs
C) Manufacture goods
D) Implement laws and policies
  • 9. In a school setting, administration involves?
A) Students managing their own grades
B) Principal and staff ensuring smooth operations and learning
C) Random assignment of duties
D) Teachers competing for positions
  • 10. One key difference between administration and management is that administration is?
A) Handles what should be done (policy-making)
B) Focuses on daily supervision
C) Manages short-term tasks
D) Works only with low-level employees
  • 11. Which level of authority is associated with administration?
A) Middle-level only
B) Community-level
C) Maintenance-level
D) Top-level executives or officials
  • 12. Management differs from administration
    because it concentrates on?
A) Policy creation
B) Hiring politicians
C) Making national laws
D) Implementing policies and managing daily operations
  • 13. An administrator is someone who?
A) Focuses only on paperwork
B) Avoids leadership roles
C) Plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates organizational functions
D) Works without making decisions
  • 14. Integrity as a quality of an administrator means?
A) Preferring popularity
B) Showing honesty and moral uprightness
C) Acting based on emotions
D) Avolding accountability
  • 15. Competence refers to an administrator's ability to?
A) Rely only on guesses
B) Ignore responsibilities
C) Control others unfairly
D) Use skills and knowledge effectively
  • 16. One challenge administrators face under “ethical dilemmas” is?
A) Zero responsibility
B) Excessive resources
C) Too much free time
D) Pressure to bend rules or show favoritism
  • 17. Resource constraints refer to?
A) Limited funds, staff, or materials
B) Lack of supervision
C) Excessive equipment
D) Unlimited staff and funds
  • 18. When administrators make decisions under uncertainty, they should?
A) Make choices without consultation
B) Gather facts and use ethical judgment
C) Decide based purely on instinct
D) Avoid making any decision
  • 19. Communication gaps occur when?
A) Meetings are canceled
B) Rules are too simple
C) Departments or staff misunderstand one another
D) Everyone fully understands instructions
  • 20. Balancing authority and empathy means?
A) Avoiding discipline
B) Always choosing sides
C) Being strict only
D) Being firm while understanding people's needs
  • 21. A school principal allocates limited classroom supplies fairly among teachers. This reflects?
A) Miscommunication
B) Corruption
C) Resource constraint management
D) Avoiding responsibility
  • 22. A government administrator refuses a bribe
    and follows proper procedures despite pressure. This demonstrates?
A) Objectivity
B) Competence
C) Integrity
D) Resource allocation
  • 23. A department head struggles with
    miscommunications among staff. To solve this, the best administrative response is to?
A) Allow rumors to spread
B) Punish everyone
C) Promote open communication and teamwork
D) Ignore the issue
  • 24. A newly appointed supervisor must make a quick decision with incomplete information.What should he do?
A) Choose the option that benefits himself
B) Decide without thinking
C) Consult others and gather as many facts as possible
D) Avoid the decision
  • 25. A school administrator notices two teachers in
    conflict because of unclear guidelines. This problem is caused by?
A) Resource surplus
B) Communication gap
C) Decision-making pressure
D) Ethical dilemma
  • 26. A major risk of overusing analytic decision-making is?
A) Improvisation
B) Decision paralysis
C) Impulsive behavior
D) Excessive intuition
  • 27. Conceptual decision-making is best used when?
A) Solutions are predictable
B) Errors cannot be tolerated
C) Situations involve conflicting ideas and unpredictability
D) Only one correct answer exists
  • 28. Conceptual decision-making promotes a leadership approach that?
A) Encourages innovative thinking, considers multiple perspectives, and values collaborative input for long-term solutions
B) Relies on making decisions in isolation without input from others
C) Avoids teamwork and discourages sharing ideas
D) Focuses on quick, rigid choices without exploring alternatives
  • 29. Behavioral decision-makers primarily
    emphasizes that?
A) Fostering group harmony, encouraging open discussion, and considering the opinions of all members to reach a decision that benefits the community or organization
B) Promoting individual independence and decision-making without input from others
C) Disregarding past solutions and starting from scratch for every decision
D) Avoiding the sharing of opinions or perspectives during the decision-making process
  • 30. A sign that behavioral decision-making is not working is when?
A) Teams collaborate actively
B) People freely disagree
C) A leader facilitates discussion
D) New ideas never arise and no one questions views
  • 31. A team is evaluating several possible solutions using data, expert input, and deep analysis before acting. This scenario illustrates what style of decision making?
A) Directive decision-making
B) Behavioral decision-making
C) Analytic decision-making
D) Random choice
  • 32. A police officer must make a life-or-death
    decision within seconds. They rely on training,
    experience, and instinct rather than full analysis. This demonstrates what style of decision making?
A) Directive decision-making
B) Analytic decision-making
C) Behavioral style
D) Conceptual decision-making
  • 33. A leader gathers a group to brainstorm
    creative ideas and look at long-term
    implications for an unpredictable situation.This reflects what style of decision making?
A) Directive style
B) Conceptual decision-making
C) Behavioral style
D) Impulsive style
  • 34. A department discusses options that have
    worked in the past and considers the pros and cons of available choices together. This best represents what type of decision?
A) Conceptual
B) Directive
C) Analytic
D) Behavioral
  • 35. Personality influences decision-making
    because it affects a person in what way?
A) Ignores consequences
B) Responds to their environment and processes information
C) Copies other people's choices
D) Avoids responsibility
  • 36. A supervisor realizes they are overthinking details, delaying action, and struggling to decide despite having all the data. This
    indicates a warning sign of overusing in what style of decision making?
A) Directive style
B) Conceptual style
C) Behavioral style
D) Analytic style
  • 37. People who struggle to make decisions but stay committed once they do are described as?
A) Impulsive
B) Indecisive
C) Adventurous
D) Analytical
  • 38. Individuals who make choices too quickly
    without considering consequences are called?
A) Cautious planners
B) Impulsive decision-makers
C) Rational thinkers
D) Strategic leaders
  • 39. Based in Decision-making concept, decisions are “all tough decisions" because?
A) People dislike responsibility
B) All decisions involve pressure
C) Everyone has the same decision style
D) No decision is truly important
  • 40. Responding from the brain, heart, or gut suggests that decisions may come from?
A) Entirely logical
B) Taken without awareness
C) Rational or emotional depending on personality
D) Physical reactions only
  • 41. What does factoring personality into decision making means?
A) Understanding how one's personality affects choices
B) Relying only on experience
C) Denying emotional influence
D) Ignoring intuition
  • 42. According to Decision-making concept, no
    two people make identical decisions because?
A) Everyone has a unique personality and process
B) People copy each other
C) Culture makes decisions predictable
D) Decisions are random
  • 43. Decision-making is described as “multiply determined" because?
A) Personality is the single strongest force
B) Only logic determines decisions
C) It is based only on culture
D) Many factors influence the process simultaneously
  • 44. Personality influences decision-making along with?
A) Physical health only
B) Maturity, experience, and ego qualities
C) Environment alone
D) Budget and stress only
  • 45. Individuals motivated by pleasure-seeking tend to make decisions that are what?
A) Dependent on group approval
B) Emotionally detached
C) Impulsive and lacking logical thought
D) Highly rational
  • 46. Why self-awareness is important and valuable in decision making?
A) Hides unconscious motivations
B) Limits creativity
C) Prevents decision-making
D) Expands opportunities and improves choices
  • 47. What is the main focus of decision-making mode?
A) Why decisions should be identical across cultures
B) How people from different cultures make choices
C) Only financial decisions
D) Why some people never make decisions
  • 48. Among the choices below, what is the result of understanding the personal needs of people in decision making?
A) Label themselves as good or bad
B) Become overly dependent on others
C) Function at their highest level
D) Avoid teamwork
  • 49. The Universal Model under Decision-making Models explains that?
A) People across cultures make decisions similarly
B) All decisions are random
C) Culture changes constantly
D) Cultural differences strongly determine decisions
  • 50. Maria usually thinks through every detail
    before making a decision. Her friend, who is
    very adventurous, decides quickly based on gut
    feel. According to the text, Marid's style is influenced by?
A) Pleasure-seeking behavior
B) Impulsivity
C) Random decision-making
D) Rational personality tendencies
  • 51. Flipping a coin" best represents which decision-making approach?
A) Rational approach
B) Random or Chance approach
C) Intuitive approach
D) Scientific method
  • 52. The Random or Chance approach is sometimes called a dependent style because it?
A) Encourages responsibility
B) Follows strict procedures
C) Always results in success
D) Can lead to denial of responsibility
  • 53. The decision-making approach a person prefers generally comes from?
A) Intelligence alone
B) Personality
C) luck
D) Social status
  • 54. Rational or analytical decision makers are encouraged to prepare for?
A) analysis An emotional support group to consult
B) A clear decision-making process they can follow
C) Quick shortcuts that skip detailed
D) A tool for making random choices
  • 55. Personality is connected to the way people
    make decisions because the text explains that
    personality is?
A) Remains the same throughout life
B) Is permanently fixed and unchangeable
C) Only affects a person's career choices
D) Continues to develop and evolve over time
  • 56. Intuitive decision makers should ask broad questions because?
A) It eliminates uncertainty
B) It allows the unconscious mind to work in the background
C) It reduces responsibility
D) It entertains the conscious mind
  • 57. Intuition tends to function most effectively when a person is?
A) Is feeling stressed or pressured
B) Has minimal experience in the situation
C) Has a high level of expertise in the area
D) Lacks important information
  • 58. Random decision makers can improve by?
A) Making decisions faster
B) Increasing awareness and appreciation
C) Ignoring positive results
D) Completely avoiding risks
  • 59. Increasing reflection helps intuitive decision-makers because it?
A) Makes insights more credible
B) Creates confusion
C) Avoids subconscious processing
D) Removes the need for intuition
  • 60. Knowing the risks and uncertainties helps random decision makers to?
A) Maximize positive results
B) Avoid all decisions
C) Depend more on chance
D) Ignore responsibilities
  • 61. A person creates a checklist of success
    factors, gathers data, and analyzes
    consequences before choosing a solution. This reflects what decision making approach?
A) Random approach
B) Impulsive approach
C) Rational/Analytical approach
D) Intuitive approach
  • 62. A student says, “I don't know why, but I feel this is the right choice." No data or analysis is used. This demonstrates what type of decision?
A) Rational thinking
B) Systematic planning
C) Intuitive decision-making
D) Random decision
  • 63. A manager plays strategy games to improve
    insight and pattern-recognition. This is a recommended improvement for?
A) All decision-makers
B) Random decision-makers
C) Rational decision-makers
D) Intuitive decision-makers
  • 64. A random decision maker begins studying risks
    to choose options with higher chances of success. This shows improvement in?
A) Emotional decision-making
B) Avoidance of responsibilityAvoidance of responsibilityAvoidance of responsibility
C) Awareness of risk and uncertainty
D) Personality inconsistency
  • 65. Criminal justice professionals often struggle with decision-making during when?
A) Predictable events
B) Routine tasks
C) Administrative duties
D) Over-exposure events with high stress
  • 66. Someone cannot decide what to eat and spins a "decision wheel" to choose. This uses what decision-making approach?
A) Rational approach
B) Analytical approach
C) Random or Chance approach
D) • Intuitive approach
  • 67. In criminal justice, decision-making is based mainly on?
A) Group voting
B) Strict rule application
C) Discretion and human judgment
D) Avoiding responsibility
  • 68. One consequence of making the wrong decision in criminal justice is?
A) Increased public trust
B) More vacation time
C) Guaranteed promotion
D) Loss of life
  • 69. A major factor that may negatively affect a police officer's willingness to decide is?
A) New policies
B) Psychological prisons
C) Media interviews
D) Weather conditions
  • 70. Leaders must adapt their decision-making strategy because?
A) Personality should dictate decisions
B) Decision-making has no structure
C) All decisions require the same method
D) Situations vary and demand different responses
  • 71. Effective criminal justice leadership must provide what strategy?
A) Fewer rules
B) Training for reliable, ethical decisions
C) More paperwork
D) Personal rewards
  • 72. Directive decision-makers typically make choices by relying on?
A) Long-term predictions
B) Trial and error
C) Group discussions
D) Their own knowledge and experience
  • 73. A strength of directive decision-making is that it is?
A) Slow and careful
B) Very collaborative
C) Focused on creativity
D) Fast with clear ownership
  • 74. Analytic decision-makers make well-informed choices by relying primarily on?
A) Personal emotions and gut feelings
B) Careful analysis of data, direct observation, and factual information to support their decisions
C) Random chance or impulsive actions
D) Immediate impulses without reviewing the details
  • 75. A warning sign that directive decision-making should change is?
A) High employee energy
B) Increased teamwork
C) Too much communication
D) Complacency during changing conditions
  • 76. Management is defined as the process of
    planning, organizing, leading, and controlling
    organizational resources to achieve goals. This
    means management aims to achieve goals in what way?
A) Through trial and error
B) Slowly but creatively
C) With strict punishment
D) Effectively and efficiently
  • 77. Management is considered both a science and an art because it involves what?
A) Methods plus human judgment and moral integrity
B) Creativity without structure
C) Principles and rules only
D) Guessing and experimenting
  • 78. In character formation, good management begins with?
A) Managing other people first
B) Self-management and discipline
C) Technical skills
D) Organizational structure
  • 79. A student balancing study, family, and social life shows?
A) Responsibility and integrity
B) Heavy workload pressure
C) Poor time management
D) Lack of discipline
  • 80. Activity management refers to?
A) Designing company logos
B) Planning, scheduling, monitoring, and evaluating tasks
C) Managing people's emotions
D) Hiring employees
  • 81. Planning as a management function means?
A) Giving rewards
B) Observing employee performance
C) Assigning tasks randomly
D) Setting goals and deciding how to achieve them
  • 82. Organizing refers to?
A) Measuring performance
B) Arranging resources and tasks
C) Hiring new staff
D) Motivating and guiding people
  • 83. Technical skills refer to?
A) Knowledge of specific tasks
B) Understanding people's feelings
C) Seeing the organization as a whole
D) Being creative
  • 84. The managerial function "Leading" talks about?
A) Checking attendance
B) Preparing financial statements
C) Motivating and guiding people
D) Setting deadlines
  • 85. Human skills refer to the ability to?
A) Analyze data
B) Work with people
C) Handle machines
D) Create budgets
  • 86. Which managerial role involves communication of vision and updates?
A) Technical
B) Conceptual
C) Interpersonal
D) Informational
  • 87. Decision-making is described as?
A) Method with no logical basis
B) Problem-solving process to generate acceptable solutions
C) Strictly emotional reaction
D) Random trial-and-error activity
  • 88. Values such as honesty, fairness, and empathy are important because?
A) They make managers popular
B) They prevent managers from making decisions
C) They increase salary
D) They make management true leadership, not manipulation
  • 89. Environmental complexity affects decision-making because?
A) Simple environments improve cognition
B) Decision making is always unaffected by surroundings
C) Environments never influence decisions
D) More complex environments can increase cognitive performance
  • 90. One characteristic of a good decision is that it is systematic, meaning?
A) Follows logical steps and structure
B) Made without analysis
C) Followed by sudden actions
D) Based on emotions
  • 91. A leader adjusts plans because the workplace
    environment becomes more complex and uncertain. This shows awareness of?
A) Random decision behavior
B) Time management
C) Emotional intelligence
D) Environmental influence on decision- making
  • 92. A manager listens to employee feedback before finalizing a project plan. Which decision characteristic does this show?
A) Decisions are emotional
B) Decisions include others
C) Decisions avoid responsibility
D) Decisions exclude others
  • 93. A group of employees collaborates to propose
    solutions and reaches a final decision together. This is an example of?
A) Individual decision-making
B) Unethical leadership
C) Unstructured decision-making
D) Group (Collaborative) decision-making
  • 94. A student sets goals for the week, organizes
    resources, monitors progress, and adjusts. This best demonstrates?
A) Activity management
B) Emotional control
C) Leadership failure
D) Poor management
  • 95. Decision-making approaches help individuals improve decisions by focusing on:
A) The emotions felt during decisions
B) How a decision is made
C) The opinions of other people
D) The outcome only
  • 96. A manager chooses an option that meets all objectives, evaluates its consequences, and then takes action. This describes?
A) Steps in the decision-making process
B) Emotional-based decisions
C) Uninformed decision-making
D) The characteristics of bad leadership
  • 97. The text states that decision outcomes are often unclear, so individuals must?
A) Depend on others’ choices
B) Avoid making decisions
C) Make decisions quickly
D) Concentrate on the decision-making process
  • 98. The Rational or Analytical approach is described as?
A) Dependent on external approval
B) Systematic and objective
C) Based on trial and error
D) Impulsive and emotional
  • 99. The Intuitive approach relies mainly on?
A) External consultation
B) Mathematical formulas
C) Facts and data
D) Emotions and “gut feeling"
  • 100. Which approach defines success factors before making a decision?
A) Intuitive approach
B) Emotional approach
C) Rational or Analytical approach
D) Random approach
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