Creative Thinking

Question 1

________is a deliberate process of thought whose purpose is to improve our thought
a. Creative Thinking
b. Reasoning
c. Critical Thinking
d. Analogies

Answer 1

c. Critical Thinking

Question 2

_____ involves creating something new or original
a. Creative Thinking
b. Reasoning
c. Critical Thinking
d. Analogies

Answer 2

a. Creative Thinking

Question 3

_______ is a group creative thinking technique that uses different perspectives of individuals
in a group to develop and build on ideas; guides further study and planning, and can be used for
discerning and depicting the relationships of relevant variables and actors in an operational environment
and problem
a. Meta-questioning
b. Four Ways of Seeing
c. Brainstorming, Researching, and Mind mapping
d. Questioning of Assumptions

Answer 3

c. Brainstorming, Researching, and Mind mapping

Question 4

_____ is the use of disciplined questions that helps commanders and staffs probe their
own and others’ thinking during throughout the operations process by asking higher order questions.
a. Meta-questioning
b. Four Ways of Seeing
c. Brainstorming, Researching, and Mind mapping
d. Questioning of Assumptions

Answer 4

a. Meta questioning

Question 5

______ is a supposition or presupposition on the current situation or future course of
events
a. Meta-questioning
b. Four Ways of Seeing
c. Brainstorming, Researching, and Mind mapping
d. Questioning of Assumptions

Answer 5

d. Questioning of Assumptions

Question 6

_______allows a richer understanding of an operational environment and problems, for the
planning team to examine the situation from the perspectives of other actors in the operational
environment view a situation or problem
a. Meta-questioning
b. Four Ways of Seeing
c. Brainstorming, Researching, and Mind mapping
d. Questioning of Assumptions

Answer 6

b. Four Ways of Seeing