View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Introduction - Chapter 2).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which team does Daryl Morey work for?
(a) The L.A. Lakers.
(b) The Boston Celtics.
(c) The Miami Heat.
(d) The Houston Rockets.

2. Who did Singh tell Morey and his team were his two favorite basketball players?
(a) Yao Ming and Shaquille O'Neal.
(b) Jeremy Lin and Michael Jordan.
(c) LeBron James and Yao Ming.
(d) Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jordan.

3. Morey said that knowledge is literally which of the following?
(a) Prediction.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Power.
(d) Danger.

4. What did Kahneman's personality test administered to Israeli army recruits reveal about the recruits?
(a) The likelihood a recruit would succeed in any job.
(b) The likelihood a recruit would become a deserter.
(c) The likelihood a recruit would be a good marksperson.
(d) The likelihood a recruit would suffer a mental breakdown.

5. What is hindsight bias?
(a) People's tendency to like big numbers over small ones.
(b) People's tendency to look at an outcome and assume it was predictable all along.
(c) People's tendency to blame their family members after the fact of an event.
(d) People's tendency to think they know more than they do before an event.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Daryl Morey go to college?

2. Why does Morey choose to ban nicknames from use on the NBA team he manages?

3. Where did the Kahnemans move after leaving Europe in the 1940s?

4. In 2008, which player did Morey draft for his team who did not work out very well?

5. What kind of class did Morey enroll in during his time at Harvard Business School?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 291 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample