Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions

question 43

Multiple Choice

Case-Based Critical Thinking Questions
Case 8-3
Javier tells you that your work in Excel will go a lot faster if you start using defined names instead of cell and range addresses.You believe him but you have been frustrated by defined names in the past because you did not know the rules for naming them and you have run into errors as a result.Javier offers to help you.
-Which of the following is a valid defined name Javier can provide to you?

• A) FY2010
• B) F-Y2010
• C) FY2010.
• D) FiscalYear2010

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Definitions:

Self-Handicapping

A strategy where people avoid effort in the hopes of keeping potential failure from hurting self-esteem.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A belief or expectation that causes itself to become true due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency for observers to underestimate situational influences and overestimate dispositional influences upon others' behaviors.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias where individuals attribute their successes to personal factors and their failures to external factors.