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Event or Pattern?

Systems Thinking Difficulty 2 5 questions by Marco DeLuca

Systems thinkers learn to look beyond isolated incidents and identify the correct level of explanation. In each scenario, determine which framework rule best applies.

Instructions For each scenario, identify the systems-thinking rule that best fits the situation. Choose between Event-Level Explanation (a single incident), Pattern Recognition (a recurring non-cyclical pattern), or Cyclical Behavior (a repeating time-based cycle). Briefly explain why.
Question 1 of 5
Yesterday the school cafeteria ran out of pizza during lunch.
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Question 2 of 5
For the past five Fridays, the school cafeteria has run out of pizza during lunch.
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Question 3 of 5
During a school power outage last month, the cafeteria ran out of pizza because the ovens shut down and lunch was delayed. Some students now assume this always happens when pizza is served.
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Question 4 of 5
Every winter for the last ten years, electricity use in the city increases sharply during cold weeks.
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Question 5 of 5
After every new phone update, a school's IT help desk gets a surge of password-reset requests for two or three days, and then the requests slowly return to normal.
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