WRS - Creativity and Resourcefulness

Which of the following does NOT demonstrate creativity and resourcefulness?

• Contributing new ideas from improving products and procedures

• Displaying initiative readily, independently and responsibly

• Making a decision quickly

• Developing operational policies and procedures that use resources in a sustainable manner

Which of the following is NOT an example of creativity and resourcefulness?

• Handling new situations and obstacles effectively

• Allowing others to solve difficult problems instead of trying yourself

Information about the outcomes of past or present activities or a system's operations results is best described as _.

• knowledge

• feedback

• data logging

• progress

What is creativity?

• Focusing on your personal development instead of helping others improve their personal abilities

• Being really skilled at doing the same thing over and over again (repetitive tasks)

• The act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality

• Allowing others on your team to complete projects but getting the praise for being part of a team

"Creativity is natural, developmental and lifelong. The only barriers to it in organizations are contentment and fear." What's the best answer to this statement?

• Definitely True

• Definitely Not True

• Creativity is not natural

"Being open minded about new possibilities is critical to putting resourcefulness into action." What does it mean to be "open minded"?

• Being a good listener

• Being willing to consider new ideas

Resourcefulness is defined as the ability to deal creatively and effectively with problems. Which of the following is an example of resourcefulness?

• Cooking on a charcoal grill after you realize you ran out of cooking gas.

• Leave work for the day after you get stressed out on a job.

• Focus on passing your favorite class instead of all of your 5 classes.

• Buying new tools each time you are missing one.

To try the same strategy, intervention or effort repeatedly to solve the same problem without any solution is best described as _.

• chaotic

• creative

• resourceful

• unwise

Before you can effectively resolve a problem on the job you have to first do this?

• Propose different solutions

• Clearly identify the problem

To effectively resolve conflict with other staff members before job assignments is both being resourceful and creative.

• True

• False

• Not in all cases

• Conflicts don't occur at work