MSL 202 Mid-Term

Critical thinking is a ________ process of analyzing and evaluating thought with a view to improve it.

• Deliberate

• Analogical

• Quick

• Deductive

_________ indicates a preconceived notion about someone or something.

• Information

• Biases

• Fallacies

• Relevence

Answer explanation

MS202L02 Analytical Skills Avoid Pitfalls SR; .pptx Slide 11; ATP 2-33.4 10 Jan 2020, p. B-12

__________ involves something new or original.

• Reasoning

• Critical thinking

• Creative thinking

• Analogies

Answer explanation

MS202L03 Creative Thinking SR; .pptx Slide 4; ATP 2-33.4, 10 Jan 2020, APP B, p. B-3

______ is a deliberate process of thought whose purpose is to improve our thought.

• Creative thinking

• Reasoning

• Analogies

• Critical thinking

Answer explanation

MS202L03 Creative Thinking SR; .pptx Slide 4; ATP 2-33.4, 10 Jan 2020, APP B, p. B-3

An ______ is information that is accepted as true in the absence of facts; but cannot be verified and used in decision-making

• problem

• evaluation

• assumption

• observation

______ are verifiable pieces of information that have objective reality and form the foundation of which leader's base solutions to problems.

• assumptions

• problems

• facts

• opinions

Step 1 of the Army Problem Solving Process is ______.

• gather information and knowledge

• compare possible solutions

• identify the problem

• make and implement the decsion

Answer explanation

L04: Army Problem Solving Process

Represents the mission variables leaders use to analyze and understand a situation in

relationship to the unit’s mission. _______________

• ASCOPE

• OAKOC

• METT-TC (I)

• METT-CC

Answer explanation

MS202L05 Troop Leading Procedures SR; FM 5-0, Plans and Orders Production, 16 May 2022 (w/C1 4 Nov 2022); App. A p. A-2, para. A-5; .pptx Slide 4

Civil consideration of others is analyzed by applying _______________.   

• ASCOPE

• OAKOC

• METT-TC

• METT-CC

Answer explanation

MS202L05 Troop Leading Procedures SR; FM 5-0, Plans and Orders Production, 16 May 2022 (w/C1 4 Nov 2022); App. A p. A-6, para. A-26; .pptx Slide 6

The effects of terrain and weather are analyzed by applying _______________.

• ASCOPE

• OAKOC

• METT-TC

• METT-CC

Answer explanation

MS202L05 Troop Leading Procedures SR; FM 5-0, Plans and Orders Production, 16 May 2022 (w/C1 4 Nov 2022); App. A p. A-5, para. A-17; .pptx Slide 5