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CInP Practice Exam Questions with Answers Certified Innovation Professional (CInP) Certification

Question # 6

Cross-Industry Lateral Innovation Panels are private groups of businesses from different industries who from time to time host panel sessions together where each business sends one or more leaders to engage with peers on the panel for the purpose of cross-pollinating ideas with one another. This tends to produce highly lateral thinking around different ways of doing things—aka lateral approaches. These individuals then return to their respective organizations and use their new insights as fresh fodder for the Innovation Funnel.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Super-Industry Horizontal Thinking Labs

B.

Intra-Industry Lateral Thinking Teams

C.

Cross-Industry Lateral Innovation Panels

D.

Extra-Industry Horizontal Innovation Forums

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Question # 7

Design Methods bring Design Thinking to life by allowing teams to study problems and evaluate potential solutions.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Study problems and evaluate potential solutions

B.

Study users and evaluate potential trends

C.

Study markets and evaluate potential strategies

D.

Study markets and evaluate potential opportunities

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Question # 8

As an Innovation Professional, the present and emerging market needs you identify represent what for you personally?

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Major risks you should help the organization suppress

B.

Opportunities to appear innovative to the rest of your organization

C.

Threats to your job that you must steer clear of

D.

Opportunities to define and develop new innovations

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Question # 9

Understanding market problems and delivering successful innovations requires a business to be able to execute all three phases of an innovation project with equal care.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Nail the Back End of Innovation with dialed-in execution that gets the new innovation into the market exactly as planned

B.

Execute all three phases of an innovation project with equal care

C.

Nail the Front End of Innovation with an exact understanding of the issue and a breakthrough new solution

D.

Excel at the Mid Zone of Innovation so they can develop far superior go-to-market strategies than any of their competitors have

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Question # 10

Hard Research generally consists of two areas, namely Technology Research & Development and Intellectual Property Research.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Theoretical Science and Journal Publication

B.

Scientific Discovery and Engineering Design

C.

Technology Research & Development and Intellectual Property Research

D.

Psychology Research & Development and Real Property Research

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Question # 11

Stage 2 of the GInI InMS is where __________ are used to engage the organization for the purpose of having them identify new ideas and opportunities for the business.

Select one correct answer from the list

A.

games

B.

engagement plans

C.

Mechanisms of Engagement

D.

rewards

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Question # 12

In the fourth major step of the Design Thinking process, the activity associated with "Test" is testing solution prototypes.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Building solution prototypes

B.

Ideating / brainstorming solutions

C.

Testing hypotheses

D.

Testing solution prototypes

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Question # 13

Problem Reframing forces us to "start at the beginning" by exploring hypotheses.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Stating Design Principles

B.

Brainstorming solutions

C.

Exploring hypotheses

D.

Prototyping new ideas

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Question # 14

Some of the commonly-used other types of Market Research include Sentiment Analysis, Brand Tracking, and Social Media Listening.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Customer Co-Creation, Kepner-Tregoe Studies, and Time & Motion Studies

B.

Anthropometric Studies, Usability Studies, and Aptitude Studies

C.

Cognitive Task Analysis, Collaborative Mind-Mapping, and Value Web Analysis

D.

Sentiment Analysis, Brand Tracking, and Social Media Listening

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Question # 15

Qualitative studies are generally conducted in one of two ways—either online or as fieldwork. The latter involves going out into the field and talking to certain types of people, often when they are engaged in a particular experience of interest.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Going out into the field and talking to certain types of people, often when they are engaged in a particular experience of interest

B.

Going out into the field and taking pictures of random subjects doing random things

C.

Going door-to-door to conduct user surveys

D.

Setting up kiosks that ask people to answer a survey on the spot

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Question # 16

Throughout a brainstorming session, a Recorder should be assigned to record the ______ of the session. These would subsequently be documented and shared with affected stakeholders."

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

key ideas, themes, assessments, and final outcomes

B.

most creative ideas

C.

final idea selected

D.

purpose

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Question # 17

The fourth step for projects in the Mid Zone is for teams to develop a sound business case for the opportunity. This is important because it will be used for the business’ highly-critical decision on whether or not to make the major investment required to continue moving the project forward toward development and commercialization.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Market this new innovation at such a level that no one can ignore it

B.

Build a new facility to produce this new innovation

C.

Continue moving the project forward toward development and commercialization

D.

Pivot the entire business around this new innovation

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Question # 18

______ engage in a certain amount of their own risk taking within their business to pursue a new innovation they are passionate about, even sometimes when they are not formally sanctioned.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Intrapreneurs

B.

Rebels

C.

Dreamers

D.

Mavericks

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Question # 19

Program Leaders must take explicit steps using reinforcement mechanisms to drive ongoing sustained engagement in the business' innovation program.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

structural mechanisms

B.

reinforcement mechanisms

C.

enabling devices

D.

support structures

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Question # 20

Developing a concept further following its selection by an Evaluation Group often involves the creation of a preliminary business plan/business case for the concept.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

New hypotheses behind its problem

B.

A detailed design of the concept

C.

A preliminary business plan/business case for the concept

D.

A fully-detailed financial forecast for the concept, showing its return on investment with 95% confidence limits

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Question # 21

Design Thinking forces us to "think like a designer" in that it has us constantly in search of better insights.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

More creative ideas

B.

Design solutions

C.

Better insights

D.

New patterns

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Question # 22

Having a proposed new innovation fail is acceptable so long as the Innovation Team is able—through various "stress-test" business experiments—to force it to fail early on, rather than at the Eleventh Hour, so that the team avoids unnecessarily wasting resources.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

convince the business to move forward with it anyway

B.

justify why they pursued the concept in the first place

C.

force it to fail early on, rather than at the Eleventh Hour

D.

eventually get it to work

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Question # 23

Becoming an Innovation Manager gives one a chance to make a name for themselves by ________________.

Select one correct answer from the list

A.

leading the most radical and demanding innovation efforts

B.

showing off how much they know

C.

demonstrating lean thinking skills and financial acumen

D.

demonstrating leadership skills and business acumen

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Question # 24

A group's collective brainstorming work should be ______ as this tends to bring the ideas to life in a way that words never can."

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

clearly articulated

B.

highly visual

C.

profusely described

D.

very colorful

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Question # 25

"Several very large businesses have in recent years turned to running campaigns on crowdfunding sites. One of the more important reasons these businesses use such platforms is that it affords them the opportunity to ______ their concepts, under the assumption that concepts that see good traction on these platforms will see good traction in the general market, and conversely concepts that see poor traction on these platforms will see low demand in the general market and should thus be abandoned."

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

run price elasticity studies on

B.

run technical validation testing on

C.

market test

D.

generate media buzz about

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Question # 26

________________ are prototypes intended to convey the appearance of a particular artifact, even though they may not have the functionality of said artifact.

Select one correct answer from the list

A.

Looks-Like Prototypes

B.

Works-Like Prototypes

C.

Feels-Like Prototypes

D.

Sounds-Like Prototypes

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Question # 27

The second step for projects in the Back End is for teams to quickly undertake any final research needed. This is usually done for what reason?

Select one correct answer from the list

A.

To quell any remaining objections to the endeavor.

B.

To satisfy the various decision-makers and other stakeholders in the business.

C.

To bolster the level of confidence in continuing to move forward with the endeavor.

D.

To ascertain the level of risk the endeavor will encounter once it is launched.

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Question # 28

After having a number of teams conduct further validation and scoping on their respective projects in the Front End, a business is then able to ask of each one "Is it a problem worth solving?"

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

B.

Customer they care about

C.

Problem worth solving

D.

Problem behind a problem

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Question # 29

Innovation Tournaments are internal competitions where teams of peers work together to identify a new opportunity for the business, develop a relatively complete and well-thought-out business plan for it, and then pitch it to an internal venture board, generally in order to get funding for taking the concept further, understanding that concepts which prove strong enough may ultimately make their way all the way through to final implementation, thereby providing an excellent method for surfacing and funding non-core, and potentially breakthrough or disruptive, business innovations.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Hackathons

B.

Business Plan Competitions

C.

Innovation Jams

D.

Innovation Tournaments

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Question # 30

Though __________ is often required, it can be costly. For that reason Innovation Teams must first try to use __________ as much as they can.

Select one correct answer from the list

A.

Primary Research / Secondary Research

B.

Deep Research / Shallow Research

C.

Secondary Research / Primary Research

D.

Initial Research / Follow-on Research

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Question # 31

A seventh step for projects in the Front End is for teams to further validate and scope the opportunity they are pursuing - something they should be in a position to do at this point. This involves the team conducting analyses to understand where they are with their knowledge of the opportunity, including what three considerations?"

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

The amount of media hype involved, the scale a new brand may be able to achieve, and the financial outlay required to realize that.

B.

The number of existing customers involved, the scale a new technology may be able to achieve, and the price that customers will be willing to pay for that.

C.

The scope of the issue involved, the scale a solution may be able to achieve, and the financial return that can be expected from that.

D.

The interest of the stakeholders involved, the scale the business may be able to achieve, and the added brand equity that can be expected from that.

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Question # 32

Innovation Management is largely about two activities, namely driving engagement for bottom-up participatory innovation, and then collecting, evaluating, and selecting the ideas and opportunities that result from this.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Engagement / ideas and opportunities

B.

Fun activities / fun ideas

C.

The business innovation program / improvement ideas

D.

Mandatory participation / new suggestions

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Question # 33

First-Level E&S Teams do two key things that are critical to driving the business' InMS. The second of these is to drive and facilitate __________ for choosing those ideas and opportunities that will ultimately be converted into new innovation projects.

Select one correct answer from the list

A.

the predictive analytics

B.

the coin toss process

C.

the selection process

D.

the evaluation process

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Question # 34

The final step for projects in the Back End is to ramp up production and deliver of the offering. This completes the process of taking a new idea from concept to reality, and - because of scaling up the offering - is where the business will finally begin to do what?

Select one correct answer from the list

A.

Realize its return on the investment.

B.

Reward the team that launched the offering.

C.

Relax and enjoy the benefits for the next several years.

D.

Be able to tout how innovative it is.

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Question # 35

With experience, Project Leaders learn to structure the work of their projects to ensure the necessary actions are taken to follow a good innovation process.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

manage each detail of the work their team does

B.

cast a compelling vision

C.

structure the work of their projects

D.

recruit very capable people

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Question # 36

After having a number of teams conduct further validation and scoping on their respective projects in the Front End, a preliminary business can compare the different opportunities against one another and then ______.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

rank them for later consideration.

B.

report those results to all of the affected stakeholders in the business.

C.

decide whether or not to continue investing in Innovation.

D.

select the most promising ones.

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Question # 37

In order to become an effective innovator, one must embrace which of the following?

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

An eagerness to explore, experiment, and experience

B.

All the answers are correct

C.

A disdain for stasis and the status quo

D.

A sense of entrepreneurialism

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Question # 38

The fifth step for projects in the Front End is for teams to work toward defining an optimal solution to the problem at hand, using different Innovation Methods. Their job is to consider and test many different solution concepts, and ultimately select the concept with the highest probability of being the optimal and ideal solution for the situation.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

The concept with the highest likelihood of being popular among customers

B.

The concept with the greatest financial return to the business

C.

The concept with the highest probability of being the optimal and ideal solution for the situation

D.

The concept with the least amount of risk associated with it

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Question # 39

First-Level E&S Teams do two key things that are critical to driving the business’ InMS. The first of these is to drive and facilitate the evaluation process for reviewing all incoming new ideas for their business and market merit.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

The aggregation process

B.

The evaluation process

C.

The challenge process

D.

The selection process

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Question # 40

A well-developed Opportunity Analysis will uncover for a business both unmet and unarticulated opportunities.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Tangible and intangible opportunities

B.

Good opportunities and bad opportunities

C.

Currently untapped opportunities and future potential opportunities

D.

Unmet and unarticulated opportunities

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Question # 41

In Stage 5 of the GInI InMS, the purpose of a Pilot is to provide a final grand opportunity for commercial validation of the concept, allowing the business to develop greater confidence that its hypothesis and solution were both valid, and thus the offering will be capable of scaling to its full expected potential.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Its problem statement and solution statement were both valid, and thus the offering will be better than its competitors’ offerings

B.

Its postulates and concepts were both valid, and thus the offering will realize substantial media buzz

C.

Its theories and ideas were both valid, and thus the offering will be liked by its customers

D.

Its hypothesis and solution were both valid, and thus the offering will be capable of scaling to its full expected potential

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Question # 42

Stage 6 of the GInI Innovation Management System is called __________ and defines the business' __________

Select one correct answer from the list

A.

Scale / Innovation Payback

B.

Pilot / Innovation Proving Ground

C.

Initiation / Innovation Pipeline

D.

Selection / Innovation Funnel

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Question # 43

For projects in the Back End, once a pilot demonstrates the commercial viability of the offering, the effort is passed on to the next stage, where it is ramped up to full-scale capacity via various capital investments.

Select one correct answer from the list:

A.

Scaled back to fit market demand

B.

Allowed to continue running in pilot mode

C.

Reconsidered by the business’ head decision-makers

D.

Ramped up to full-scale capacity

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