Critical Thinking exercise

1.

Critical Thinking
exercise

2.

How do you put a giraffe
into your refridgerator?

3.

The correct answer is:
Open the fridge, put in the giraffe,
close the door.
This question tests if you tend to do simple
things in an overly complicated way.

4.

How do you put an elephant
into your refridgerator?

5.

Did you say: Open the fridge,
put in the elephant, close the door?
The correct answer is:
Open the fridge, take out the giraffe,
put in the elephant, close the door.

6.

The Lion King is hosting
an animal conference.
All the animals attend – except one.
Which animal does not attend?

7.

The correct answer is:
The elephant. The elephant is in the fridge.
You just put him there.
This tests your memory

8.

There is a river you must cross,
but it is used by crocodiles.
You do not have a boat.
How do you manage it?

9.

The correct answer is:
You jump into the river and swim across.
Have you not been listening?
All the crocodiles are at the animal conference!
This tests your ability to learn quickly from
your mistakes

10. Role-play

You are an employee in a company.
Next weekend your best friend is
having a party. You have to ask your
boss for personal days-off on
Monday and Tuesday. Your boss will
probably reject the request if
he/she knows you are going to a
party.

11. Situation #2

You are a strict parent. Your
son/daughter comes to you with a
request about the weekend.

12. Situation #3

The family next to your house has a
dog. The dog barks loudly every
night, and you can’t sleep. Try to
solve the problem

13. Situation #5

You’re a doctor. Your patient is very
unhealthy due to excessive drinking
and smoking. She also eats
unhealthily and does not exercise
enough. Convince her to change the
way she is living.

14. Situation #4

You are at work. Your lovely boss
has something to talk to you about.

15. Situation #6

You are a student. You are very
intelligent and you work very hard. You
want to be a journalist. You have been
offered a part time job in a national
newspaper. If you take the job you will
have to work from 9am-12am on
Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays but
you have classes on these days. Speak to
your teacher and see if you can find a
solution.