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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What experimental economist conducted an experiment by auctioning sets of ten high-value cards, and identical sets to which three cards of modest value were added?
(a) Max Bazerman.
(b) Christopher Hsee.
(c) John List.
(d) Gary Klein.

2. What are statistical base rates?
(a) Statistics that describe maximum imput.
(b) Facts about the history of a decision.
(c) Observations about a group of people.
(d) Facts about a population to which a case belongs.

3. What well-known expert in marital relations estimated that a stable relationship requires good interactions outnumber bad interactions by at least 5 to 1?
(a) Gary Klein.
(b) John Gottman.
(c) Richard Thaler.
(d) Bruno Frey.

4. In what branch of the military did the author complete service?
(a) U.S. Marines.
(b) French Navy.
(c) Israeli Army.
(d) British Navy.

5. The author notes that in the event that this book were made into a film, what role would System 2 play?
(a) A minor character that knows it is a minor character.
(b) A diva and backstabber.
(c) A supporting character that believes he is the hero.
(d) A leading role while thinking he is a background character.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the 2005 book Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?

2. In the example where the author presents two candidates for a college professorship, which individual is described as recently completing her graduate work?

3. Who is the finance professor at U.C. Berkeley who created a study wherein he examined the trading records of 10,000 brokerage accounts of individual investors over a seven-year period?

4. When did the CIA obtain information that al-Qaeda might be planning a major attack against the United States?

5. Who wrote the bestseller book Blink?

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