Writing Multiple Choice Questions – Week 1 Assignment This course will use multiple-choice questions for weekly quizzes, in-class Kahoots and on the final exam. To help build out the test bank, students in the course will be asked to write 3 M-C questions each week. Please review the article “Best Practices when Creating Effective Multiple Choice Questions” for instructions on how to create a good M/C question. Below please find 11 M/C questions taken from the assigned readings for Week 1. Notice that all questions are missing one distractor (incorrect) answer. Please choose any 3 questions and add a good distractor answer in the “D” position. Create a document with the 3 questions for which you provided the distractor. Upload the document into this drop box. (Assignment Hack: 1) Save this document. 2) Add your 3 distractor answers in the shaded boxes 4) Delete all questions you did not answer. 5) Upload the document to blackboard. This assignment is due on Sept 11, 2019 at 4:00 pm. Q1 A B C D Auto-pilot thinking is a result of evolution always correct best used for important decisions Letting other people come up with conclusions for you Question Root Correct Answer Incorrect Answer Incorrect Answer Your distractor Q2 Critical thinking is A slow thinking B fast thinking C automatic for smart people D Question Root Correct Answer Incorrect Answer Incorrect Answer Your distractor Q3 When going through the decision making process, it is best to A remove our emotion from the decision B go with your gut C ask a friend for help D Question Root Correct Answer Incorrect Answer Incorrect Answer Your distractor Q4 The key to problem analysis is A determine the issues that must be addressed B generate many alternative solutions C trying the first solution then testing for success D Question Root Correct Answer Incorrect Answer Incorrect Answer Your distractor Q5 The skill of evaluating alternatives involves A establishing priorities and differentiate the quality of every alternative. B identify critical data C identifying the source of each alternative D Q6 Contexts are important when thinking critically about a problem because A some alternatives will work better in some contexts and not so well in other contexts B it will help to communicate the idea to superiors for approval C attributes from the environment can dilute an idea Question Root Correct Answer Incorrect Answer Incorrect Answer Your distractor Question Root Correct Answer Incorrect Answer Incorrect Answer D It makes the problem easier to understand Your distractor Q7 A B C D When thinking critically in ambiguous contexts the goal is to find the solution with the highest probability of success inductive reasoning will not help remove the ambiguity before making a decision Question Root Correct Answer Incorrect Answer Incorrect Answer Your distractor Q8 A B C D If the problem to be solved is quantitative the key is interpreting and evaluating vital data a vision of the application of the solution is paramount. all the data needs to be analyzed Question Root Correct Answer Incorrect Answer Incorrect Answer Your distractor Q9 A B Confirmation bias is people observing what they expected to observe when the person who makes the right decision rubs it into other people's faces when people make a large number of similar decision then confirm they are great decision makers. Question Root Correct Answer C D Q10 A B C D Biases such as belief bias, hindsight bias, and confirmation bias survive because they often lead to good decisions are excuses for a bad decision they always result in sub-optimal decisions. Q11 Past experiences are poor guides for current decisions when A when underlying contexts differ B C D when different people are making the decision when important contextual variables are different Your emotions take over Incorrect Answer Incorrect Answer Your distractor Question Root Correct Answer Incorrect Answer Incorrect Answer Your distractor Question Root Correct Answer Incorrect Answer Incorrect Answer Your distractor
