Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
Pass the .........: Pass off the responsibility of making the decision to someone else; do not make decisions by yourself, but bring in someone to blame if things go wrong.
A -
baton
B -
buck
C -
torch
D -
tray
2-
Have second thoughts: Second thoughts have ......... more useful decisions than all the difficult circumstances and overwhelming obstacles fate could ever throw at you; and undermining your authenticity by succumbing to someone else's second thoughts is a subtle and seductive form of self-abuse.
A -
abhorred
B -
aborted
C -
abused
D -
abutted
3-
Succumb to failure: Believe that the choices you will make are predestined and you are ......... to fail (one gets used to failure) versus the result of hard work and thought.
A -
bound
B -
determined
C -
expected
D -
seen
4-
set up a committee: A committee is a ......... down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled; the greatest things are often accomplished by individual people, not by committees.
A -
coq au vin
B -
corps d'elite
C -
coup de grace
D -
cul-de-sac
5-
False decentralization: this could take place when an authoritative manager assigns accountability to a new 'director of' for every new decision-making problem, but does not ......... any authority.
A -
delegate
B -
derogate
C -
indicate
D -
instigate
6-
Commonsense-based decisions: If you start making decisions on the basis of ......... wisdom or chatter in the hall, generally speaking, you will make the wrong decision; what is called common sense is almost always uncommon.
A -
conventional
B -
conversational
C -
individual
D -
institutional
7-
Failure to understand the problem: This is caused by, among other things, subjectivity, irrational analysis, lateness or ........., lack of sensitivity, and lack of focus.
A -
predestination
B -
preoccupation
C -
procrastination
D -
proliferation
8-
Rationalization to limit the course of actions: This strategy is very popular — ......... the cards to make one alternative clearly right and remove all risk.
A -
cut
B -
deal
C -
shuffle
D -
stack
9-
Information: Some information gathered is not valid — decisions are often made first and information sought to support the solution, or much of the information gathered is ......... to the decision-making.
A -
inconsequent
B -
incorrigible
C -
irrelevant
D -
irreverent
10-
False alternative: This attempts to ......... the decision-maker into a corner from which there is no escape except to accept the alternative.