Simplexity

The science of maximizing workplace efficiency is also known as...

• Ergonomics

• Fluid Dynamics

• Space physics

• Simplex reasoning

The main idea in Kluger's article is...

• How to make things easier

• Why complex things become simple

• Why simple things become complex

• How humans complicate everything

The expression en masse means

• Together as one

• Doubled up

• Separated from

• Non-existent

A(n) _______________ is an event that leads another event to happen;

• cause

• effect

The __________ is the event that results from something

• effect

• cause

Re-read lines 81-82. Is the use of the word 'particle' functional or technical in this paragraph?

• Functional

• Technical

In lines 138-141 the phrase 'the towers themselves turned into ticking clocks' is...

• a hyperbole

• a simile

• an allegory

• a metaphor

According to the text, a(n) ____________ can help people evacuate a building more easily

• Clearance

• Wide door

• Obstacle

Re-read line 53 and state whether the use of the word 'noise' is literal or metaphorical.

• Metaphorical

• Literal

Which is the correct order?

• -Workers stampede the stairway

  -Workers are ordered to evacuate a building .

  -Everyone heads for the stairway at once.

• -Workers are ordered to evacuate a building .

  -Everyone heads for the stairway at once.

  -Workers stampede the stairway

• -Workers stampede the stairway

  -Everyone heads for the stairway at once.

  -Workers are ordered to evacuate a building .

• -Everyone heads for the stairway at once.

  -Workers are ordered to evacuate a building .

  -Workers stampede the stairway