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SRG Critical Thinking

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Question 1 of 10

1. Question

In practice, Critical Thinking involves:
A) Running “explanation autopsies” on failed projects
B) Avoiding critique to protect morale
C) Generating as many ideas as possible without testing them
D) Persuading staff with motivational slogans

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Question 2 of 10

2. Question

David Deutsch argues that a good explanation is:
A) A guess about reality
B) Hard to vary, describes observed facts, and widely applicable
C) Easy to adjust to fit any situation
D) Based on metaphorical causes

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Question 3 of 10

3. Question

Critical Thinking is the discipline of:
A) Generating new ideas without limits
B) Testing the quality of explanations and avoiding flimsy reasoning
C) Persuading staff to commit to change
D) Prioritising ROI above all else

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Question 4 of 10

4. Question

A good explanation is characterised by being:
A) Vague, metaphorical, and endlessly adjustable
B) Hard to vary, mechanistic, and widely applicable
C) Easy to change without losing meaning
D) Focused only on one narrow problem

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Question 5 of 10

5. Question

A bad explanation often collapses under pressure because it is:
A) Deep and widely applicable
B) Vague, circular, or invokes untestable causes
C) Mechanistic and predictive
D) Grounded in evidence

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Question 6 of 10

6. Question

Which of the following is a good explanation?
A) Seasons explained by Earth’s axial tilt
B) Illness caused by imbalanced humours
C) Earthquakes happen when the Earth is angry
D) Seasons explained by “the gods did it”

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Question 7 of 10

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Why is germ theory considered a good explanation?
A) It can be endlessly adjusted to fit symptoms
B) It explains a vast range of illnesses and predicts contagion patterns
C) It relies on metaphorical causes
D) It only applies to one narrow disease

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Question 8 of 10

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Plate tectonics is a good explanation because:
A) It accounts for earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain formation
B) It can be varied endlessly without losing meaning
C) It invokes untestable causes like “continental feelings”
D) It only explains one phenomenon

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Question 9 of 10

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A litmus test for a bad explanation is:
A) Changing details breaks its logic and predictive power
B) Changing details doesn’t affect its ability to “fit” the facts
C) It accounts for more than the original problem
D) It survives scrutiny and predicts outcomes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Question

Critical Thinking protects organisations from:
A) Strategic drift caused by comforting stories or ad hoc justifications
B) Innovation and experimentation
C) Staff mobilisation
D) ROI calculations

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