Identify a Disadvantage of Using Brainstorming to Generate Ideas in a Group

question 4

Multiple Choice

Identify a disadvantage of using brainstorming to generate ideas in a group.

• A) Hearing one or two ideas may send the group down the wrong track.
• B) Brainstorming inevitably leads to groupthink.
• C) An illusion of invulnerability is created during brainstorming sessions.
• D) Brainstorming diminishes the role of the supervisor in groups.

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Definitions:

Equivalent Units

A concept in cost accounting used to allocate production costs between completed and partially completed goods.

FIFO Method

First-In, First-Out method, an inventory valuation technique where goods first added to inventory are assumed to be the first ones sold.

Cost Per Equivalent Unit

A calculation used in process costing to allocate costs equally among produced units.

Weighted-Average Method

An accounting method used in inventory valuation or cost accounting that averages the costs of all goods available for sale based on their weights.