A Member of a Project Team Has Recently Experienced a Computer

question 14

Multiple Choice

A member of a project team has recently experienced a computer system failure that shut down his previous company's operations for a week. He directs the team's attention to this possibility on a new project and becomes concerned that the team is not taking this risk as seriously as he is. Although he might be correct to be so concerned, he also might be subject to which of the following biases?

• A) Gambler's fallacy
• B) Availability heuristics
• C) Risky shift
• D) Conjunctive event bias
• E) High anxiety bias

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