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BUS 475 Week 1 Knowledge Check: Business Ethics, Organizational Behavior, and Communication

This knowledge check tests understanding of business ethics, organizational behavior, and communication.

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BUS 475 Week 1 Knowledge Check: Business Ethics, OrganizationalBehavior, and CommunicationBUS 475 week 1 knowledge check1.Reaching a valid decision is based on the evaluation of arguments. If we know that avalid argument has truepremises, then a decision based on the argument______________.A.must be soundB.might be soundC.is strongD.might have a false conclusion2.Identify the fallacy in the following piano storeadvertisement: “Pianos are our onlybusiness. You’ll get the best deal at the Piano Experts.”A.Ad hominemB.Straw manC.Hasty generalizationD.Red herring3.Which of the following statements describes creativity correctly?A.Only highly intelligent people are capable of generating creative ideas.B.Creative people are born with the trait.C.Anyone can become more creative.D.Children are more creative than adults.4.How would you assess the following statement? Consider both the nature of the claimand the source. “Lottery director Mark Michalko said Thursday that allegations that Californiansare squandering money they once used for food to buy lottery tickets ‘are just not correct.’. . .California Grocers Association president Don Beaver raised the issue earlier in the week, sayingfive supermarket chains had complained that grocery sales dropped about 5 percent after lotterytickets went on sale October 3.”—Sacramento BeeA.Probably trueB.Probably falseC.Requiring further documentationD.Claim that cannot be properly evaluated5.The Sarbanes–Oxley Act was created in 2002 to improve and maintain investorconfidence. The act includes which of the following:A.senior managers sign off on financial resultsB.privately held companies must report to the publicC.officers are exempt if they were not aware of a misrepresentationD.company insiders maycompose the entire Board of Directors6.Organizational behavior is examined at three main levels.A.Traits, behaviors, and resultsB.Affective, cognitive, and behavioralC.Individual, organizational, and societalD.Individual, group, and organizational7.Employees who have intrinsic work values will be motivated byA.challenging assignmentsB.status in the workplace

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BUS 475
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