Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. When monetary value is not the sole measure of the true worth of the outcome to the decision maker, monetary value should be replaced by utility.
2. Utility is the term for a measure of the total worth or relative desirability of a particular outcome.
3. As long as the monetary value of payoffs stays within a range that the decision maker considers reasonable, selecting the decision alternative with the best expected value usually leads to selection of the most preferred decision.
4. The expected utility is the utility of the expected monetary value.
5. A risk avoider is a decision maker who would choose a guaranteed payoff over a lottery with a superior expected payoff.


1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True

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