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Multiple choice question

Flexibility comes from the word flexible which means the ability to adapt or change according to circumstances.

For example:

She enjoys the flexibility of her working hours. She can come to work late or leave early if her child is sick.

unable to move easily

ability to change in order to fit new conditions

ability to adapt

can change easily

Which answers are closest in meaning to flexibility? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

unable to move easily

ability to adapt

ability to change in order to fit new conditions

can change easily
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The exercise below will also help you understand the meaning of flexibility.

Visiting hours are between 19:00 and 20:00 only.

Working hours are 8 hours a day - any time between 06:30 and 20:00.

You can choose to study any arts course and any science course that interest you.

The ticket allows you to go to any opera during the next opera season.

Which answers are examples of flexibility? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

You can choose to study any arts course and any science course that interest you.

The ticket allows you to go to any opera during the next opera season.

Working hours are 8 hours a day - any time between 06:30 and 20:00.

Visiting hours are between 19:00 and 20:00 only.
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Multiple choice question

sometimes allow a child to play with friends before doing homework.

let a child stay home from school when grandparents visit.

always insist that a child finishes all her food before getting up from the table.

agree to a later bedtime on a special occasion.

Which answers best complete the sentence? Choose the 3 correct answers.

 

A flexible parent may...

Response:

always insist that a child finishes all her food before getting up from the table.

let a child stay home from school when grandparents visit.

sometimes allow a child to play with friends before doing homework.

agree to a later bedtime on a special occasion.
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Multiple choice question

Look at the picture below. The man is in charge of a new project, and he is a man with a plan. Before he started to work on the project, he spent a lot of time and energy working out exactly what he thought would be the best way to do the project and exactly what the finished product must look like.

Read this paragraph and answer the question below.

His plan has stopped him from being flexible and seeing better ways to achieve his goal.

The chain is to stop him from running away from the project.

Planning a solution before he starts may make him inflexible and prevent him from seeing additional factors that only come up after he starts working.

Why Is Flexible Thinking Important?

At the 2005 conference of the American Psychologists' Association, Vartanian and his colleagues presented research which focused on flexible thinking as the most basic component of creativity. Flexible thinking enables us to look at a problem or situation in a new way and to come up with an innovative solution or product. According to these researchers, the keys to creativity are conceptual flexibility, divergent thinking and not committing too early to one solution when trying to solve a problem.

After you read the above paragraph, try to answer this question: What do you think the chain in the picture below symbolizes? Choose 2 correct answers.

Response:

His plan has stopped him from being flexible and seeing better ways to achieve his goal.

The chain is to stop him from running away from the project.

Planning a solution before he starts may make him inflexible and prevent him from seeing additional factors that only come up after he starts working.