Republic of the Philippines

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION COLLEGE

Tacloban City

MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

I. True or False
Directions: Each question is of multiple-choice or "true or false" format. Read each
question carefully, and click on the button next to your response that is based on the
information covered on the topic in the module.
1. First introduced in 2009, the term knowledge asset refers to an organization’s
accumulated intellectual resources. F
2. Proper knowledge asset management is key to creating value for your stakeholders
and sustaining organizational performance. T
3. A model-driven knowledge management method permits not only a better
explanation of what is currently happening but also they aid in providing a better
recommendation for realizing organizational objectives. T
4. Many social constructivist theorists believe that managing knowledge is excellent for
learning because it helps students develop neural pathways. F
5. Philosophers such as the existentialists and humanists tend to believe that posteriori
knowledge is superior to theoretical knowledge. T
6. The system with organizational knowledge possessing functionalities using self-
service is cognitive epistemology. T
7. Knowledge assets are developed via investments with the expectation that this
investment enhances potential income earning of the organization. T
8. Learning by doing, experiencing and discovering is also popular in 21st Century
educational approaches such as phenomenon based learning, problem posing
education and play based learning. T
9. The Nonaka and Takeuchi KM model of knowledge conversion typically invokes
four different knowledge conversion modes in the knowledge management. T
10. A knowledge means ‘that which comes before’ in Latin. F
11. A Priori knowledge is a superior form of knowledge because it is objective and can
be derived dependently, without context or bias. F
12. Externalization is an innovative platform to convey tacit knowledge into explicit
concepts. T
13. In order to decode the knowledge, computer software is required to turn those binary
1s and 0s back into a code we can understand, such as written words, spoken words,
or images. T
14. Proper knowledge asset management is key to creating value for your stakeholders
and sustaining organizational performance. T
15. To handle knowledge as a strategic asset, you need to be able to quickly identify,
capture, and make accessible the knowledge that matters. T
16. A person with priori knowledge has usually had that knowledge for so long that they
cannot remember how they learned it or why it is true. F
17. Imperative knowledge is ‘knowing how’. T
18. Internalization is a responsive manner to consolidate explicit knowledge into tacit
knowledge. T
19. Systemic knowledge assets include the codified explicit knowledge of the
organization which is stored e.g. in documents or databases. T
20. To illustrate, Theirauf (1999) defines the three components as follows: data is the
lowest point, an unstructured collection of facts and figures; information is the next
 level, and it is regarded as structured data; finally knowledge is defined as
"information about information". T
II. Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the statements thoroughly and carefully. Choose your answers by
writing the letter.
1. This is knowledge that no single person has the capacity to see in its entirety.
A. Dispersed knowledge C. Empirical Knowledge
B. Domain or Expert Knowledge D. Encoded Knowledge
2. This is knowledge that has been recorded in symbolic codes.
A. Dispersed knowledge C. Empirical Knowledge
B. Domain or Expert Knowledge D. Encoded Knowledge
3. A person with this, is incredibly knowledgeable within their discipline but may just
have general knowledge about everything else.
A. Dispersed knowledge C. Empirical Knowledge
B. Domain or Expert Knowledge D. Encoded Knowledge
4. This is the knowledge that has been recorded in symbolic codes.
A. Dispersed knowledge C. Empirical Knowledge
B. Domain or Expert Knowledge D. Encoded Knowledge
5. This is deep knowledge about a particular domain or discipline.
A. Dispersed knowledge C. Empirical Knowledge
B. Domain or Expert Knowledge D. Encoded Knowledge
6. Knowledge that no single person has the capacity to see in its entirety.
A. Dispersed knowledge C. Empirical Knowledge
B. Domain or Expert Knowledge D. Encoded Knowledge
7. It is knowledge that can be easily explained to outsiders.
A. Explicit knowledge C. Descriptive knowledge
B. Metaknowledge D. Situated knowledge
8. Knowledge that emerges out of a specific context, community or culture.
A. Explicit knowledge C. Descriptive knowledge
B. Metaknowledge D. Situated knowledge
9. Anything we know about knowledge (such as how it works, how to classify it, how
we lose it, how to gain it) is considered as part of this.
A. Explicit knowledge C. Descriptive knowledge
B. Metaknowledge D. Situated knowledge
10. They are simply aware that it is useful, accurate knowledge that exists in their mind.
A. Explicit knowledge C. Descriptive knowledge
B. Tacit knowledge D. Situated knowledge
III. Enumeration
Write at least 5 Models of Knowledge Management