Read each question carefully and select the best answer.

1		Weick's theory is primarily focused on the _____________ processes of organizations.
			A)	structural
			B)	role
			C)	sensemaking
			D)	rule
2		Organizational Information Theory draws from the _____________ metatheory.
			A)	covering law
			B)	systems
			C)	rules
			D)	critical
3		The _____________, which explains the changes that people make in their social behaviors in order to adapt to their surroundings, is also a foundation of Organizational Information Theory.
			A)	Ecology Theory
			B)	Biology Theory
			C)	Adaptation Theory
			D)	Theory of Sociocultural Evolution
4		Weick distinguishes from the physical environment of an organization and its _____________ environment.
			A)	information
			B)	resource
			C)	contextual
			D)	social
5		Weick assumes that messages in the organization vary in terms of their:
			A)	rules
			B)	rationality
			C)	uniqueness
			D)	ambiguity
6		A(n) _____________ message is complicated, uncertain, and unpredictable.
			A)	personal
			B)	equivocal
			C)	organizational
			D)	poor
7		According to Organizational Information Theory, organizations deal with confusing messages by developing rules of which of the following types?
			A)	comparison, personnel, and alignment
			B)	conflict, personnel, cycles, and failure
			C)	outcome, cycles, personnel, and success
			D)	duration, personnel, success, and effort
8		A rule of _____________ states that the most knowledgeable workers should resolve the issue of equivocality.
			A)	duration
			B)	cycles
			C)	personnel
			D)	success
9		_____________ refer to multiple communication cycles that are used to assist the organization's members in reducing ambiguity.
			A)	Adjustment rules
			B)	Double interact loops
			C)	Cycles
			D)	Response rules
10		The process that organizations go through to reduce ambiguity consists of three stages: enactment, selection, and:
			A)	adjustment
			B)	response
			C)	outcome
			D)	retention