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Decision Making & Problem Solving Flashcards

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  1. A marketing officer discovers mid-campaign that click-through rates are 40% below forecast. What is the FIRST step in structured problem solving?

    Answer: Define and scope the problem clearly

    Structured problem solving always begins with clearly defining and scoping the problem before taking any corrective action.

  2. Which decision-making framework involves evaluating options based on Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats?

    Answer: SWOT Analysis

    SWOT Analysis evaluates internal strengths and weaknesses alongside external opportunities and threats to support strategic decisions.

  3. When making a high-stakes marketing decision under time pressure, which cognitive bias most commonly leads to poor outcomes?

    Answer: All of the above

    All three biases—optimism, anchoring, and availability heuristic—can distort judgment under time pressure, collectively leading to poor decisions.

  4. A marketing team is using the '5 Whys' technique. What is its primary purpose?

    Answer: Identifying the root cause of a problem

    The '5 Whys' technique involves repeatedly asking 'why' to drill down to the root cause of a problem rather than treating symptoms.

  5. In a cost-benefit analysis for a new product launch, which factor represents an opportunity cost?

    Answer: Revenue lost from not pursuing an alternative product line

    Opportunity cost is the value of the best alternative foregone, such as revenue from a different product line that wasn't pursued.

  6. Which problem-solving approach is best when a marketing problem has well-defined parameters and a clear solution path?

    Answer: Algorithmic thinking

    Algorithmic thinking applies when a problem has clear parameters and a step-by-step process can reliably lead to a correct solution.

  7. A marketing officer must choose between two campaign strategies with uncertain outcomes. Using expected value analysis, what does 'expected value' represent?

    Answer: The weighted average of all possible outcomes by their probabilities

    Expected value is the probability-weighted average of all possible outcomes, helping marketers compare strategies with uncertain results.