Statistics for General Systems Theory

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Properties of both objects and relationships which show qualitative features	Attributes	100%
A real goal requires all other goals to be sacrificed	Churchman's Principle of Primacy	100%
Compares condition and determines if corrective action is necessary	Comparator	100%
Three types of outputs	Consumed by other systems, consumed by focal system, waste	100%
Implies the ability to make an object do as you desire	Control	100%
Used on system components within the system boundary	Control Theory	100%
Result of systems operations	Output	100%
Two modes of Environmental Scanning	Passive (surveillance), active (search)	100%
Subsystem that takes corrective action	Effector	100%
Outside focal system, not controllable by focal system	Environment	100%
Input came from current system	Feedback	100%
Current system	Focal system	100%
Ability to exert pressure on decision-makers without guaranteed results	Influence	100%
Three types of objects	Inputs, processes, outputs	100%
Seeking info about a topic with a goal	Investigating	100%
Focused on achieving effectiveness and efficiency	Mechanistic Organization	100%
Deviation counteracting	Negative feedback	100%
Elements of the system	Objects	100%
Purpose for which systems exist	Output	100%
Deviation amplifying	Positive feedback	100%
Output from multiple prior systems is selected	Probable	100%
Factors that alter conditions and rate of alternation	Rates	100%
Duplicate existing systems as a backup	Redundant	100%
Bonds between objects	Relationships	100%
Structured approach to address carefully defined problem or info needed	Research	100%
Output of prior system becomes input	Serial	100%
Three types of inputs	Serial, probable, feedback	100%
Three degrees of change	Stable, dynamic, turbulent	100%
Condition of a system	State/level	100%
Systems smaller than and contained by focal systems	Subsystems	100%
Systems that are larger than and contain the focal system	Suprasystems	100%
Reassembly of parts previously broken down	Synthesis	100%
Structurally and functionally complete	Whole	100%
Not essential towards identity of object or relationship	Accompanying	0%
A control subsystem must be at least as complex as the system it is trying to control	Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety	0%
Four parts of a Control System	Control Object, detector, comparator, effector	0%
Factor to be controlled	Control Object / variable	0%
Essential to the identity of the object or relationship	Defining	0%
Two types of attributes	Defining, accompanying	0%
Characteristics of System Complexity 4	Degree of organization	0%
Senses state of control object	Detector	0%
Characteristics of System Complexity 2	Attributes of elements	0%
West Churchman's environmental determination Question 1	Is the factor system relevant?	0%
Determines if an object belongs to a system	Set	0%
Systems work together at higher efficiency	Synergistic	0%
Used on factors outside the system boundary	Environmental Scanning	0%
Basic functions performed by the parts	Functional viewpoint	0%
Characteristics of System Complexity 3	Interactions among elements	0%
West Churchman's environmental determination Question 2	Is the factor system controllable?	0%
Taking notice of information that is found with a goal	Monitoring	0%
Characteristics of System Complexity 1	Number of elements	0%
Focused on achieving adaptability	Organic Organizations	0%
Parts of the system	Static viewpoint	0%
Systems cannot function alone	Symbiotic	0%
Three types of relationships	Symbiotic, synergistic, redundant	0%
Examination of the whole and how a system functions in a goal directed manner with its environment	Systems Approach	0%
Taking notice of information that is found without a goal	Viewing	0%