CF Study Guide 2026
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📚 CF Topics to Study (69)
✍️ Sample CF Questions & Answers
1. What is the PRIMARY reason facilitators use icebreaker activities at the start of a meeting?
Icebreakers lower social inhibition and create a climate conducive to open participation.
2. After a collaborative decision is made, which action most strengthens long-term commitment from participants?
Public personal commitment activates psychological ownership, making participants more likely to act on and defend the group's decision.
3. A facilitator notices the group is about to choose an option without considering potential downsides. Which tool is most appropriate?
Force field analysis explicitly surfaces both the forces supporting and opposing a decision, ensuring balanced evaluation.
4. When a facilitator paraphrases a participant's statement, the primary goal is to:
Paraphrasing checks comprehension and validates the speaker, which builds trust and encourages further participation.
5. The Johari Window model is MOST useful for facilitators when helping groups:
The Johari Window maps known and unknown aspects of self and others, making it a powerful tool for building openness and trust within groups.
6. A facilitator wants to help a dispersed virtual team use visual facilitation. What is the MOST important adaptation to make?
Collaborative digital whiteboards (e.g., Miro, MURAL) replicate the shared physical wall experience, enabling real-time co-creation in virtual settings.