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Why would a team appoint someone as the devil's advocate?
1. to question the effectiveness of team members' ideas
2. to avoid feelings of personal anger when someone's ideas are challenged
3. to encourage quick consensus among team members
4. to protect team leaders' ideas from opposition
5. to push team members to expand and refine their thinking
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Correct answers: 1, 2, and 5.
- 1: A devil’s advocate deliberately questions the effectiveness and assumptions of ideas to expose weaknesses.
- 2: Assigning the role depersonalizes critique, reducing personal resentment when ideas are challenged.
- 5: Challenging ideas pushes the team to expand, refine, and strengthen their thinking.
Options 3 and 4 are incorrect: the devil’s advocate typically slows quick consensus (by design) and does not protect leaders’ ideas from opposition.
- 1: A devil’s advocate deliberately questions the effectiveness and assumptions of ideas to expose weaknesses.
- 2: Assigning the role depersonalizes critique, reducing personal resentment when ideas are challenged.
- 5: Challenging ideas pushes the team to expand, refine, and strengthen their thinking.
Options 3 and 4 are incorrect: the devil’s advocate typically slows quick consensus (by design) and does not protect leaders’ ideas from opposition.
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