Quiz – Systems Thinking Mastery

Question 1 of 6

1. Question

Systems thinking asks you to focus on what, rather than isolated events?

Interconnections, feedback loops, and structures

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Single dramatic incidents

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Individual blame

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Quarterly targets only

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Question 2 of 6

2. Question

Which two loop types help you anticipate how a system will behave?

Reinforcing and balancing loops

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Forming and storming loops

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Tacit and explicit loops

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Push and pull loops

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Question 3 of 6

3. Question

Finding leverage points helps you build solutions that address what?

Root causes instead of symptoms

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Symptoms instead of causes

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Only short-term wins

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Individual performance scores

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Question 4 of 6

4. Question

Which perspective supports sustainable systemic solutions?

A long-term perspective

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A short-term perspective

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An individual-blame perspective

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A rigid-rules perspective

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Question 5 of 6

5. Question

Match each systems-thinking concept to its description.

Sort elements

Amplifies change in the system
Stabilizes the system toward a goal
A place to intervene for big impact
A surface symptom, not a root cause

Reinforcing loop

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Balancing loop

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Leverage point

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Isolated event

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Question 6 of 6

6. Question

What does systems thinking help you see that event-focused analysis misses?

The bigger picture and patterns over time

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Daily task lists

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Who to blame this week

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This month’s targets only

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