Final assessment: model new contexts

Five scenarios and a written model test transfer of systems reasoning.

All scenarios are fictional and need no industry knowledge. Answer independently before viewing explanations. Written work is not automatically scored.

1. A warehouse has 50 items and receives ten per day. Which is a stock? 50 items on hand Ten arrivals per day One week

2. A positive link runs from complaints to improvement effort. Does positive mean good? Yes No: it states an assumed direction It establishes causation

3. Word of mouth brings users who generate more word of mouth. What process? Balancing No loop A possible reinforcing loop

4. Delivery takes three weeks; orders are doubled on day two because nothing arrived. What first? Outstanding orders and delivery delay Only today’s stock Cancel everything immediately

5. Fast line processes twenty with eight returns; slow line sixteen with two. Net exits? 20 and 16 12 and 14 28 and 18

Integrated modeling record

A cafeteria adds ordering counters and the collection area becomes crowded. State the goal, boundary, two possible mechanisms, data needed, and a reversible trial with a stop condition.

State goals, alternatives, future costs, checks and intervention conditions

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