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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the anesthesiologist who intervened regarding physicians' and midwives' clinical judgment to determine whether a baby faced breathing distress?
(a) Malcolm Gladwell.
(b) Virginia Apgar.
(c) Danny Oppenheimer.
(d) Baruch Fischhoff.

2. In discussing vacations, the author presents the assertion that tourism is about what?
(a) Helping people erase memories of their home lives.
(b) Helping people create a world of fallacies.
(c) Helping people construct stories and collect memories.
(d) Demonstrating commercialism for economic gain.

3. Who are the authors of Built to Last?
(a) Keith Stanovich and Richard West.
(b) Baruch Fischhoff and Gary Klein.
(c) Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons.
(d) Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras.

4. How many fatalities came about as a result of bus bombings in Israel between December 2001 and September 2004?
(a) 23.
(b) 236.
(c) 135.
(d) 366.

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

6. Where was John von Neumann originally from?
(a) France.
(b) Israel.
(c) Austria-Hungary.
(d) Spain.

7. Who is the author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street?
(a) Burton Malkiel.
(b) Malcolm Gladwell.
(c) Baruch Fischhoff.
(d) Jim Collins.

8. Who is the author of Clinical vs. Statistical Prediction: A Theoretical Analysis and a Review of the Evidence?
(a) Baruch Fischhoff.
(b) Jerry I. Porras.
(c) Malcolm Gladwell.
(d) Paul Meehl.

9. The author offers a scenario in which a subject purchases a $200 concert ticket to see their favorite band. They find that others are offering $3,000 for the ticket, but they do not sell it. What is this an example of?
(a) Theory-induced blindness.
(b) Narrative fallacy.
(c) Endowment effect.
(d) The availability cascade.

10. 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) Richard Thaler.
(b) Gary Klein.
(c) Bruno Frey.
(d) John Gottman.

11. Who coined the term "Econs and Humans"?
(a) Richard Thaler.
(b) Gary Klein.
(c) John Gottman.
(d) Bruno Frey.

12. To whom is the following quote attributed: "The agent of economic theory is rational, selfish, and his tastes do not change" (525)?
(a) Gary Klein.
(b) Richard Thaler.
(c) John Gottman.
(d) Bruno Frey.

13. Consider the following sentence from Chapter 19 where the author describes people who "knew well before it happened that the 2008 financial crisis was inevitable" (385). What objectionable word does the author point out in this sentence?
(a) Crisis.
(b) Before.
(c) Knew.
(d) Inevitable.

14. How many bus bombings occurred in Israel between December 2001 and September 2004?
(a) 9.
(b) 12.
(c) 23.
(d) 16.

15. In the author's description of the cold-pressor experiment, how many cold-hand trials were the participants told they would experience?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. What psychologist demonstrated disgust by relating that one cockroach could ruin the appeal of a bowl of cherries, but that one cherry would not do anything for a bowl of cockroaches?

2. In discussing the stock market, the author states that if all the assets in a market are correctly priced, it leaves no scope for cleverness but it also does what?

3. The author points out in Chapter 31 that professional golfers putt more successfully when doing what?

4. The author asserts that errors of prediction are inevitable for what reason?

5. How many pairs of competing companies are analyzed in Built to Last?

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