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Critical Thinking

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1. Which is the best definition of critical thinking?

A. The process of deciding you need more information to solve a problem

B. The process of analyzing information when you need to make a decision

C. The process of evaluating information when you need to solve a problem quickly

D. The process of analyzing and evaluating information to solve problems or make decisions

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Critical thinking is the process of analyzing and evaluating information to solve problems and make decisions.

2. What is the primary benefit of critical thinking?

A. Critical thinking can help you make better decisions about every aspect of your life

B. Critical thinking can help you make better financial decisions

C. Critical thinking can help you make better career decisions

D. Critical thinking can help you make better moral decisions

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Critical thinking applies to every aspect of your life, from financial decisions, to moral decisions and voting, and even to your

relationships.

3. Which of the following would be the best definition of information literacy?

A. The ability to take in all the information that surrounds you every day

B. The ability to know when information is needed, to find it, to evaluate it, and to apply it

C. The process of analyzing and evaluating information and using it to solve problems

D. The ability to gather all the information available about your favorite hobby

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Information literacy is the ability to know when information is needed, to find it, to evaluate it, and to apply it.

4. What is the primary benefit of developing information literacy?

A. You will know when you need more information and how to find, evaluate, and apply information.

B. You will be able to win more debates with your friends.

C. You will know when you need more information.

D. You will know how to use information to solve problems.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: The primary benefit of developing information literacy is that you will have the ability to know when information is needed, where to find

it, how to evaluate and apply it.

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McGraw-Hill Education.5. One of the standards of journalism is that an editor will use critical thinking and information literacy to review and approve a story before it is

published. Many websites don’t follow the standards of journalism, though. On the web, anyone can buy a domain (web address) and build a website

to publish story. What does this fact mean to you as a student?

A. You need to avoid the web because it contains too much information from unverified sources.

B. You need to use critical thinking and information literacy to review information from the web.

C. You need to do research in the library before you do any research on the web.

D. You need to validate all information on the web against at least two printed sources.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: A website’s owner may not use information literacy and critical thinking to review a story before it is published.

6. What is the best definition of an argument?

A. A disagreement between you and your roommate about the internet bill

B. A point of view, supported by examples and/or evidence that proves or disproves a point

C. A point of view, repeated often and supported by statements found on the web

D. A generalization based on your personal observations and experiences

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: An argument is a point of view, supported by examples and/or evidence that proves or disproves a point.

7. How is an argument like a stool?

A. A stool has a seat, which represents the main idea or viewpoint of the argument.

B. A stool’s seat is supported by legs, which represent details and evidence that support the main idea of the argument.

C. A stool has a seat, which contains details and evidence that support the argument.

D. A stool has a seat, which represents the main point of the argument, and legs, which represent details and evidence that support the main point of

the argument.

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Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Like a stool, an argument must have both a seat, a main idea, and legs, details and evidence that support the main idea.

8. You’re excited to buy a product demonstrated in an informercial, a longer television commercial that looks like a segment on a news magazine.

Why should you hesitate before you call the telephone number shown on the screen?

A. You may be able to find a better price at a local store.

B. Informercials often present one argument or point of view, so you should research other viewpoints before you buy.

C. Infomercials present multiple points of viewso you need to list each argument and analyze the supporting evidence.

D. You want to ask a friend’s advice about this type of product.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 2 Medium

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Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Commercials typically present one argument or point of view. Before you buy, you need to research other points of view, such as customer

comments posed to a product review site.

9. Which of the following is the best definition of an assumption?

A. An assumption is a conclusion about what is true, based on your feelings.

B. An assumption is a generalization based on day-to-day observations.

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McGraw-Hill Education.C. An assumption is an unexamined judgment, generalization, or conclusion influenced by observations, experience, and values.

D. As assumption is a judgment based on facts and figures that are known to be true.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: An assumption is an unexamined judgment, generalization, or conclusion that is influenced by observations, experience, and values.

10. Why is it risky to base a decision on an assumption?

A. The assumption may be influenced by one person’s experiences.

B. The assumption may be based reasoning and truth.

C. The assumption may be based on unexamined judgments or generalizations.

D. An assumption may be based on evidence and facts.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Assumptions are often unexamined. Keep that in mind when you listen or gather information. If you notice an assumption the person is

making, consider if they are aware of that assumption, and what it is based on.

11. Which is the best definition of an inference?

A. An inference is a point of view that is supported by assumptions.

B. An inference is a conclusion that is based on reasoning and evidence.

C. An inference is an unexamined judgment that has been influenced by observations and values.

D. An inference is a conclusion that is based on observations and experience.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: An inference is a conclusion based on reasoning and evidence.

12. Why is it important to understand the difference between an assumption and an inference?

A. Understanding the difference will help you evaluate how people draw conclusions and build arguments.

B. Both assumptions and inferences are used in creating arguments.

C. Are good arguments are based on assumptions.

D. Understanding the difference will help you identify inferences.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Understanding the difference between an assumption and an inference will get you to start looking at how people draw their conclusions

and how they build their arguments.

13. Bias is defined as

A. as assumption that supports neutral judgment.

B. a preference or assumption that prevents neutral judgment.

C. a shortcut in the critical thinking process, based on personal preferences.

D. a useful way to summarize common attitudes and values.

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Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

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McGraw-Hill Education.Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Bias is a preference or assumption that prevents neutral judgment, which is essential to critical thinking.

14. Why is bias often considered a flaw in an argument?

A. Bias is often based on one viewpoint and does not acknowledge the existence of other viewpoints.

B. Bias is based on experiments and evidence.

C. Using bias is an essential tool in building a strong argument.

D. Arguments that lack bias are considered incomplete.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Bias is considered a flaw in an argument because it is based on one viewpoint and does not acknowledge the existence of other

viewpoints.

15. How does a police detective use evidence from a crime scene?

A. The detective uses the evidence and assumptions from past cases to solve the crime.

B. The detective uses the evidence and reasoning to make inferences about the crime.

C. The detective uses the evidence and community values to identify a suspect.

D. The detective uses the evidence and generalizations about other crimes to solve the crime.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: The detective uses the evidence and reasoning to make inferences about the crime.

16. List at least three personal biases a doctor might need to be aware of when treating a new patient.

A young doctor who feels rushed might be biased toward a retired patient who wants to spend time talking. A very athletic doctor might be biased

toward a middle-aged overweight patient who complains of exhaustion. A doctor who favors nice clothes and shoes might be biased against a patient

who wears ragged clothes and rundown shoes.

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Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: manual

Learning Objective: Explain the concepts of information literacy, critical thinking, and the importance of questioning information.

Topic: Information Literacy and the Critical Thinking Process

17. The six basic steps of critical thinking include

A. understand the information, gather more information, analyze the information, apply the information, evaluate the information, create something

new.

B. create something new, gather information, understand the information, analyze the information, apply the information, evaluate the information.

C. gather information, understand the information, analyze the information, evaluate the information, apply the information, create something new.

D. plan the information, understand the information, evaluate the information, apply the information, analyze the information, create something new.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Identify the steps in the critical and creative thinking process.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: The six basic steps in critical thinking are gather information, understand the information, analyze the information, evaluate the

information, apply the information, create something new.

18. When you are gathering information, why is it important to be skeptical about your sources?

A. The source may be a duplicate of information you already have.

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McGraw-Hill Education.B. The source may not be valid, accurate, or respected.

C. The source may be a popular and well-respected newspaper.

D. The source may be known for getting page views and likes.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify the steps in the critical and creative thinking process.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Just because you find information on the internet or on TV does not mean the source is valid, accurate, or respected. Remember to look

for the argument, the assumptions, and potential biases.

19. What is the best explanation of understanding a piece of information?

A. Gathering at least six articles on a topic

B. Asking a librarian to help you perform research

C. Using the internet to see what most web sites say about the same topic

D. Identifying the main ideas and supporting points to ensure comprehension

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Identify the six basic steps in the critical thinking process.

Learning Objective: Identify the steps in the critical and creative thinking process.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Understanding is defined as the process of identifying the main ideas and supporting points in a piece of information to ensure

comprehension.

20. What is the best way to test your understanding of information you’ve gathered?

A. Look for examples of assumptions and biases.

B. Rephrase the information in your own words.

C. Explain the information to a friend.

D. Make an outline of the information.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify the steps in the critical and creative thinking process.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: The best way to test if you’ve understood the information you’ve gathered is to rephrase it in your own words.

21. In the critical thinking process, how is application defined?

A. The act of taking information you have learned and using it somewhere else

B. The act of rephrasing information in your own words

C. The act of reading a map to find a location

D. The act of listing the main ideas and supporting ideas in an article

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Identify the steps in the critical and creative thinking process.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: An application of information is the act of taking information you have learned and using it somewhere else.

22. A busy professor is advertising for a research assistant and you’d like to apply. You’ve been using information literacy and feel confident in your

skills. How could your knowledge give you an advantage over other applicants?

A. You can apply analyses to the professor’s research.

B. You can apply your information literacy to the professor’s research.

C. You can understand the information you are gathering for the professor.

D. You can analyze each article for assumptions and biases.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify the steps in the critical and creative thinking process.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Because you know how to use information literacy in your own research, you should be able to apply your information literacy skills to

the professor’s research.

23. You have learned the rules for typing questions into a library’s online catalog. List three other applications for this knowledge.

You could apply this skill to performing searches on the web, searching a kiosk in a store, or typing a query into an online database.

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Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: manual

Learning Objective: Identify the steps in the critical and creative thinking process.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

24. Which is the best definition of analyses?

A. Taking an action step in understanding a piece of information

B. Listing the assumptions used in the information

C. Breaking information into smaller parts to understand their relationships and connections

D. Using a table to compare features of a cell phone

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify the steps in the critical and creative thinking process.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Analyses is defined as the act of breaking information into smaller parts to understand their relationships and connections.

25. Define evaluation as a part of critical thinking.

A. Judging information to determine which is most reliable, most relevant, and most helpful in meeting your end goal

B. Breaking information into smaller parts to understand their relationships and connections

C. Making a decision about the completeness of information you have gathered

D. Using existing information to make a decision or create an action plan

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify the steps in the critical and creative thinking process.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Evaluation is the act of judging information to determine which is most reliable, which is most relevant, and which is most helpful in

meeting your end goal.

26. The definition of creativity is

A. studying the work of someone else to identify missing evidence.

B. breaking information into smaller parts so that you can see the biases and assumptions.

C. rephrasing information in your own words.

D. building something new that did not exist before.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify the steps in the critical and creative thinking process.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Creativity is the process of building something new that did not exist before.

27. How can critical thinking and creativity help you in the workplace?

A. Employers are impressed by employees who can suggest major changes to current processes.

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McGraw-Hill Education.B. Employers want employees who can think critically and creatively.

C. Employers want to hire employees who bring creative new ideas to a company.

D. Employers want to hire employees who can understand large amounts of information.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify the steps in the critical and creative thinking process.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Employers will expect you to bring critical thinking and creativity to the workplace.

28. You want to buy a new car and have been gathering information about various makes and models. Your main concerns are initial price,

reliability, safety, and economy. Which types of information will be most useful to you during the analyses phase of critical thinking?

A. Brochures and handouts from the manufacturers

B. Commercials and advertisements for the cars

C. Customer testimonials that explain why they like the make and model of car they drive

D. Articles in magazines that publish objective and fact-based reviews of the new car models

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify strategies for solving problems and making better decisions.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: To make the best decision about your new car, you need to consult sources that have a reputation for publishing objective and fact-based

reviews of new cars.

29. You are studying for an essay test on a textbook chapter that is difficult for you. How can you be sure you understand the chapter?

A. Read the chapter another time and make notes in the margins of your text.

B. Create an outline of the chapter’s headings and then look for missing viewpoints and information.

C. Ask a friend to ask you questions about the main points of the chapter.

D. Research the topic on the web to see if you can find information that is easier to understand.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify strategies for solving problems and making better decisions.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Understanding is the process of identifying the main ideas and supporting points of information to ensure comprehension. The outline lets

you see the main ideas, so that you can look for supporting evidence and missing viewpoints or information.

30. Which is the best definition of analyses?

A. Transferring your knowledge about one area of knowledge to another

B. Breaking information into smaller parts so that it is easier to understand their relationships and connections

C. Examining information to be sure it is complete and does not contain biases

D. Studying the source of the information to be sure it is valid and popular on the web

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify strategies for solving problems and making better decisions.

Topic: The Critical Thinking Process

Feedback: Analyzing information means to break it into smaller parts to understand their relationships and connections.

31. What is the best definition of a decision?

A. The ability to solve a problem for today and the future

B. The ability to analyze information for biases and assumptions

C. A well thought out choice among several options

D. The first step in the process of critical thinking

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Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify strategies for solving problems and making better decisions.

Topic: Making Better Decisions and Solving Problems

Feedback: A decision is a well thought out choice among several options.

32. How can emotions affect decision making?

A. Emotions help us make decisions that will lead to long-term happiness.

B. Emotions may prompt us to make hasty decisions that skip steps in critical thinking.

C. Emotions play an important role in understanding assumptions and biases.

D. Emotions lead us to think with precision about our wants and needs.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify strategies for solving problems and making better decisions.

Topic: Making Better Decisions and Solving Problems

Feedback: One of the tips for better decision making is to base your decision on reason and evidence and not emotion. Emotions may prompt us to

make hasty decisions that skips steps in critical thinking.

33. The common saying “Marry in haste, repent in leisure” refers to which tip for better decision making?

A. The best decisions are based on emotion instead of evidence and reason.

B. Good decisions are often based on assumptions and biases.

C. Take your time to consider options and possible solutions instead of deciding on impulse.

D. Details and evidence are not important in making better decisions.

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Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify strategies for solving problems and making better decisions.

Topic: Making Better Decisions and Solving Problems

Feedback: One of the tips for better decision making is to take your time to consider options and possible solutions instead of deciding on impulse.

34. Your friends want you to go with them on a Spring Break trip to Florida. You want to go but don’t have enough money to pay your share of the

expenses. List three solutions to your problem and, for each solution, decide whether the solution might cause a new problem.

Deciding without thinking critically can often lead to poor outcomes, misunderstandings, and sometimes unwanted consequences.

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Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Identify strategies for solving problems and making better decisions.

Topic: Making Better Decisions and Solving Problems

35. Your family wants you to pursue a career in business because the salaries are good, there are lots of opportunities, and you can apply your

learning to many industries. You’re more drawn to scientific research and teaching at a university. List three ways you could gather information and

personal experience that will help you make a good career choice.

Applying critical thinking skills will help you make decisions effectively and solve problems in a more efficient way.

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Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Identify strategies for solving problems and making better decisions.

Topic: Making Better Decisions and Solving Problems

36. Congratulations! You’ve been offered an unpaid internship at a Fortune 500 company located in the heart of a big city. You’re from a small town,

though, so you aren’t sure you like big cities or sharing a tiny apartment with a roommate. List three things you can do to help yourself make a better

decision.

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McGraw-Hill Education.When possible, make your decision based on reason and evidence, not emotion. Gather, analyze, and evaluate all relevant information before making

a decision.

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Blooms: Apply

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: manual

Learning Objective: Identify strategies for solving problems and making better decisions.

Topic: Making Better Decisions and Solving Problems

37. Some online dating sites match customers based on answers to lengthy questionnaires. This approach shows which tip for making good

decisions?

A. When possible, delay making decisions until you gather more information.

B. When possible, make your decisions based on reason and evidence, not emotion.

C. Try to avoid making decisions on assumptions or biases.

D. Once you have made a decision, ask yourself if you have solved the problem.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Identify strategies for solving problems and making better decisions.

Topic: Making Better Decisions and Solving Problems

Feedback: The dating sites are gathering information and making matching decisions based on reason and evidence, not emotion.

38. The seven standards of a critical thinker are

A. clarity, precision, analysis, accuracy, relevance, depth, breadth, and logic.

B. clarity, precision, accuracy, relevance, depth, breadth, and logic.

C. literacy, understanding, clarity, precision, relevance, depth, and breadth.

D. clarity, analysis, assumptions, biases, evidence, precision, depth, and logic.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Identify common standards for critical thinking.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

Feedback: The seven standards of a critical thinker are clarity, precision, accuracy, relevance, depth, breadth, and logic.

39. We say information has clarity when it is

A. paraphrased in your own words.

B. made up of carefully chosen words.

C. clear and understandable, free of confusion or extra information.

D. based on critical thinking about assumptions.

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Learning Objective: Identify common standards for critical thinking.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

Feedback: Clarity is when something is clear and understandable, free of confusion or extra information.

40. The critical thinking standard of precision means you

A. use generalizations and vague wording.

B. are exact with words and information.

C. leave out details that might reveal your bias.

D. include precise measurements in your information.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify common standards for critical thinking.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

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McGraw-Hill Education.Feedback: Precision means you are exact with the words and information you choose when communicating.

41. The critical thinking standard of accuracy means your information is

A. clear and based on commonly accepted assumptions.

B. easy to paraphrase because it is based on generalities.

C. made up of clear assumptions and accurate measurements.

D. reliable, correct, and without errors.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify common standards for critical thinking.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

Feedback: Accuracy means that what you are saying is reliable, correct, and without errors.

42. The critical thinking standard of relevance means your information is

A. a difference topic that needs further study.

B. related to your current project.

C. based on an assumption that you not evaluated.

D. proof that your information is reliable, correct, and without errors.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Identify common standards for critical thinking.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

Feedback: Information has relevance when it relates to your current project.

43. Depth of thinking is defined as

A. applying critical thinking to popular topics and problems.

B. discussing assumptions and superficial facts with your friends.

C. focusing on just one side of an argument.

D. thinking through the complexity of a topic and not just the superficial facts.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

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Learning Objective: Identify common standards for critical thinking.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

Feedback: Depth of thinking is the act of thinking through the complexity of a topic and not just the superficial facts.

44. Breadth of thinking means you have

A. considered a topic from a wide perspective, considering other points of view, and alternative approaches.

B. thought through the complexity of a topic and relevant facts.

C. made accurate statements about assumptions and biases that are applied to your topic.

D. been exact in the way you think about the primary aspect of the topic.

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Blooms: Remember

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify common standards for critical thinking.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

Feedback: Breadth of thinking is the act of considering topic from a wide perspective, considering other points of view and alternative approaches.

45. If a professor says your information has logic, it means your thoughts and arguments

A. have clarity and contain a discussion of contradictions and assumptions.

B. demonstrate a depth of thinking but lacks breadth of thinking.

C. your thoughts and argument are reasonable, consistent, supported by evidence, and make sense when put together.

D. contain information that is relevant but lacks accuracy.

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Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify common standards for critical thinking.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

Feedback: Logic means that your thoughts and arguments are reasonable, consistent, supported by evidence, and make sense when put together.

46. You have an idea for creating a YouTube video to support a local animal shelter. Before you ask your friends for help, what should you do?

A. Practice your request in front of a mirror until you feel comfortable.

B. Think critically about the main idea and supporting ideas you need to include to be sure your request has clarity.

C. Make a timeline for shooting the video.

D. Research tips for creating a YouTube video so that you can answer your friends’ questions.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify common standards for critical thinking.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

Feedback: To achieve clarity, start at the beginning and think critically about the message you want to communicate.

47. You are walking down the street when a man grabs an old lady’s purse. What should you do?

A. Run after the man to see if you can get the purse back.

B. Stop to see if the old lady is injured and call an ambulance.

C. Try to remember details about the man’s height, weight, and clothing, so that you can describe the man to the police.

D. Stop a police car, tell them a man snatched the purse, and lead them to the old lady.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify common standards for critical thinking.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

Feedback: You need to be precise in your description of the man, to be sure the right person is arrested and charged with the crime. If your

description is too vague or general, the police will waste time looking for the purse snatcher

48. Your roommate gets a free table and wants to add it to your study room. You think the table will block the doorway. What should you do before

you agree?

A. Suggest you go shopping together for a table.

B. Work with your roommate to create a floorplan that uses accurate measurements for the room, the existing furnitureand the new table, as well as

walkways between the furniture.

C. Create a plan to sell the new table if it doesn’t fit.

D. Suggest you rearrange the study room to create a new place for the table.

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify common standards for critical thinking.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

Feedback: An accurate floorplan will ensure that both you and your roommate are supporting your views with verifiable facts and information.

49. You’re a volunteer counselor at a day camp for city childrenand you are proposing the camp add a gardening project. What kind of information

would have relevance to your proposal?

A. Information about an experiment that taught children to swim

B. Information about cities that added dog parksto city neighborhoods

C. Information about another city that opened farmer’s markets in local neighborhoods

D. Information about three other day camps that run successful gardening projects for city children

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

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Feedback: Information about gardening experiments at similar camps will have relevance for your proposal and help everyone make a good

decision.

50. A fast food restaurant wants to open a new location near a local wetlandowned by a university that studies migrating birds. As a member of the

city council, which standard of critical thinking is most important in deciding whether to approve the new restaurant?

A. Depth of thinking in calculating the increased tax revenues the city will get from the fast food restaurant

B. Precision in wording the rules and regulations the restaurant must follow before and after it opens

C. Breadth of thinking will allow you to consider all points of view such as the potential increase in tax revenues, traffic congestion caused by other

fast food restaurants, the potential pollution of the wetland, and the university’s threat to sue for protection of its wetland

D. Logic in describing all the reasons the restaurant will add value to the city and the surrounding area

Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation

Blooms: Understand

Difficulty: 1 Easy

Gradable: automatic

Learning Objective: Identify common standards for critical thinking.

Topic: Standards of Critical Thinking

Feedback: The village needs to use breadth of thinking to consider all points of view before making a decision.

Category # of Questions

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Blooms: Apply 5

Blooms: Remember 25

Blooms: Understand 20

Difficulty: 1 Easy 49

Difficulty: 2 Medium 1

Gradable: automatic 45

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