MSSC-Safety-22&23

What is the process of building ideas into other ideas called?

• Backtracking
• Snowballing
• Piggybacking
• Associating

What is the name of the technique used to generate ideas as quickly as possible regardless of whether or not they can work?

• Drafting
• Outlining
• Brainstorming
• Nucleation

One person has absolute decision-making authority for the entire group in a(n) __________.

• Unanimity
• Consensus
• Dissention
• Autocracy

Which of the following is the ultimate job of a work team?

• To solve problems
• To create data
• To reduce individual workloads
• To promote specialization

How can teamwork help improve the operation of an industrial plant?

• It reduces production by making employees more social.
• It helps profitability by giving employees more work to complete.
• It gives employees a voice against management.
• It produces more unique ideas than a single person could.

The first step of solving a problem is to __________.

• Propose solutions
• Determine the cause
• Work out the process
• Define the problem

To maintain __________ standards, you must recognize that change is constant.

• Business
• Legal
• Individual
• Work

Why should you begin the consensus process by restating the goal?

• Members can begin to lose sight of the goal or its criteria.
• To maintain a formal process for the group's structure.
• This ensures that the goal has not changed during the problem solving process.
• The group cannot measure the success of its solution without the goal in mind.

A(n) __________ is the fundamental problem that causes other problems to occur.

• Source problem
• Root cause
• Basis
• Basic problem

When assigning brainstorming responsibilities, the team should have a(n) __________.

• Facilitator
• Process table
• Data source
• Outline