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GInI CInP Certified Innovation Professional (CInP) Exam Practice Test

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Certified Innovation Professional (CInP) Questions and Answers

Question 1

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:

Options:

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.

Question 2

The third step in the GInI Breakthrough Innovation Method—Oblique Examination—involves both divergent and convergent processes.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Fast / slow

B.

Divergent / convergent

C.

Problem / solution

D.

Internal / external

Question 3

Evaluation and Selection often happens at two or more levels. The second level is generally run by executives from across the business.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Qualitative analysts

B.

Innovation Managers

C.

Executives

D.

Various volunteers

Question 4

Design Methods can be broadly grouped into four categories. The first of these is what?

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

Observe

B.

Experiment

C.

Question

D.

Study

Question 5

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

Options:

A.

the predictive analytics

B.

the coin toss process

C.

the selection process

D.

the evaluation process

Question 6

Throughout Stage 5 of the GInI InMS, the organization will have many opportunities for feedback loops (just as in Stage 4), where their learnings help them to either reinforce, redirect, or kill each project.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Reinforce, redirect, or kill

B.

Reimagine, renew, or accelerate

C.

Remove, restore, or monitor

D.

Reinstate, refocus, or ignore

Question 7

In order to manage the different stakeholders to a given Innovation Project, the Project Leader must figure out what each stakeholder’s motivations are, and how to thereby leverage those to achieve, overall, what needs to be accomplished.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Thoughts

B.

Motivations

C.

Favorite things

D.

Breaking points

Question 8

Taking a portfolio approach to using Mechanisms of Engagement produces outcomes that impact what?

Options:

A.

The business ' underlying cost structures, and thus profit margins.

B.

How lean the business is able to operate.

C.

The business ' immediate bottom line.

D.

The short, medium, and long-term time horizons for the business.

Question 9

Coming out of the Level 2 E & S Process, the overall size of a business’ Pipeline, including resources, capacities, growth demands, and the relative scope of each project, will dictate what?

Options:

A.

How many new projects get initiated each period.

B.

How many new launches the business must complete in each period.

C.

How many new projects must get killed each period.

D.

How many new projects will have to sit waiting their turn in queue.

Question 10

Package Innovation is the use of a new package design to do what?

Options:

A.

Create perceived new value and appeal to certain consumer preferences.

B.

Create real new value and drive consumer tastes.

C.

Create the perception of a totally new product.

D.

Create no net new value but appeal to certain consumer vanity.

Question 11

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:

Options:

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

Question 12

The three phases of Innovation Projects is a concept used to categorize __________ within specific phases of an innovation project.

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

the level of risk incurred

B.

the types of work to be done

C.

the types of insight needed

D.

the amount of cost incurred

Question 13

A Core Innovation Team is a special dedicated team whose sole job is to carry out _____ in the business, doing so one at a time to ensure focus.

Options:

A.

process-improvement initiatives

B.

innovation projects

C.

design and branding studies

D.

research studies

Question 14

" ______ are team sprints organized to build something entirely new in a highly-compressed timeframe, producing highly useful outcomes often in record time, which in turn become inputs for the Innovation Funnel to consider carrying further. "

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Design Sprints

B.

Hackathons

C.

Flash Builds

D.

Innovation Jams

Question 15

The fifth step in the Design Thinking process serves as the junction between the Front End and Back End of Innovation.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

The Front End and Back End of Innovation

B.

The Front End and Mid Zone of Innovation

C.

The Mid Zone and Back End of Innovation

D.

The Fuzzy Front End and the Messy Back

Question 16

Problem Reframing is the process of restating a problem from how it was originally encountered to what?

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

A more enjoyable type of problem to solve.

B.

A more strategically significant type of problem.

C.

An opportunity to apply new technologies.

D.

A more correct understanding of the problem.

Question 17

Innovation Professionals are called upon to use their creativity in order to resourcefully arrange things in new ways to arrive at some desired new end point.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Their analytical abilities

B.

Their imagination

C.

Connecting the dots

D.

Their creativity

Question 18

Design Thinking ask 3 fundamental questions about each proposed solution. The first of these - the Human element - asks what?

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

Is it acceptable to our managers?

B.

Is it viable to the business?

C.

Is it desirable to users?

D.

Is it feasible technologically?

Question 19

When finished with a particular brainstorming session, a group would typically cluster the resulting ideas and concepts using Affinity Analysis.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Cluster

B.

Critique

C.

Evaluate

D.

Rank

Question 20

In the GInI Innovation Management System, the concept of " Innovation Velocity " refers to the speed at which a business can move an idea from initial conception through to market launch. What is the primary factor that Program Leaders must optimize to enhance Innovation Velocity across all phases of the innovation process?

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Resource allocation to ensure adequate funding and staffing

B.

Cross-functional collaboration to reduce silos and accelerate decision-making

C.

Rapid prototyping to test ideas quickly and refine them iteratively

D.

Executive sponsorship to secure top-down support and remove roadblocks

Question 21

To craft a compelling story, Innovation Teams must skillfully weave together a narrative around their challenge that does what to the listener?

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Stimulates them intellectually and moves them emotionally.

B.

Keeps their minds from wandering elsewhere.

C.

Educates them academically and trains them practically.

D.

Invokes neuroelectrical stimulation and frontal cortex processing.

Question 22

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:

Options:

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

Question 23

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:

Options:

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

Question 24

Projects in the Back End must ultimately take all of the upfront work done in the Front End and Mid Zone and, via a carefully managed development process, turn that into _______________.

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

new insights the team can use to further refine its Innovation Intent.

B.

a precision-engineered offering that performs better than any other competing offering on the market

C.

a product or service design that in theory should be able to deliver on its Innovation Intent

D.

a well-designed product or service that delivers on its Innovation Intent

Question 25

Rewards generally involve either cash prizes or high-value material prizes.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

cash prizes / high-value material prizes

B.

promotions / salary raises

C.

letters of appreciation / certificates of accomplishment

D.

new cars / vacation homes

Question 26

The starting point for producing relevant innovations is ____ about problems, not ____ about solutions.

Options:

A.

insights / insights

B.

questions / answers

C.

hypotheses / ideas

D.

theories / thoughts

Question 27

When the third step in the GInI Breakthrough Innovation Method - Oblique Examination - is used to address the problem space, it begins with one fundamental question, namely ______.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

What new idea is the market really excited about, and thus what new experience is it seeking, along with how that experience transcends all current experiences.

B.

What opportunity is the market unaware of, and thus what new innovation will it embrace, along with what new " jobs " that innovation can do for them.

C.

What problem is the market needing to be solved, and thus what value, experience, or other outcome is it seeking, along with what " jobs " are needed to achieve that outcome.

D.

What new technology is the market wanting to employ, and thus what breakthrough new product is it seeking, along with what " jobs " that product needs to accommodate.

Question 28

Stage 4 of the GInI Innovation Management System is called _____ and defines the business’ _____.

Options:

A.

Selection / Innovation Funnel

B.

Initiation / Innovation Pipeline

C.

Capture / Innovation Dragnet

D.

Structure / Innovation Framework

Question 29

Coming out of a brainstorming session, a group should carry forward a wide-ranging selection of ideas for subsequent evaluation and potential prototyping. This ensures they preserve the full breadth of concepts they generated and do not revert back to the obvious " safe " choices.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Get too carried away with crazy, radical ideas

B.

Get too far away from who the business is

C.

Revert back to the blue sky dreaming that so many of them are prone to

D.

Revert back to the obvious " safe " choices

Question 30

Innovators are commonly known to have a disdain for what?

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Lean thinking.

B.

Making a profit.

C.

The status quo.

D.

Other people.

Question 31

As a Program Leader, you would be charged primarily with what?

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Helping to drive the business ' Innovation Program.

B.

Helping the business apply Design Methods to its challenges.

C.

Setting the business ' Innovation Strategy.

D.

Leading individual Innovation Projects for the business.

Question 32

Several very large businesses have in recent years turned to running campaigns on crowdfunding sites—platforms traditionally reserved for entrepreneurs trying to raise funding to launch modest businesses. The main reason these large businesses use such platforms is that it allows them to market-test some of their more radical innovations by seeing how much attention, excitement, and buzz they generate on these sites.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Market-test some of their more radical innovations by seeing how much attention, excitement, and buzz they generate on these sites

B.

Give their brand " street cred " for being truly innovative

C.

Gain extensive free marketing for their radical new innovations

D.

Generate extra revenue on the side to augment their main sources of revenue

Question 33

For projects developing products in the Back End, the Operations team will plan out all of the necessary details for manufacture, assembly, supply-chain, and quality assurance.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Component manufacture, sub-assembly manufacture, and final assembly production

B.

Manufacture, assembly, supply-chain, and quality assurance

C.

Manufacture, distribution, sales, and marketing

D.

Production, distribution, quality, and sales

Question 34

" In constructing their story, an Innovation Team can draw directly from their Empathy Map, in which case the customer ' s unmet needs (pains and gains) defines what? "

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

What the conflict in the story is.

B.

Who the character is.

C.

What the transformation in the story is.

D.

Where the story takes place.

Question 35

Whenever an Innovation Team must eventually hand off its project to another team somewhere down the road, if they do not first get upfront alignment from this downstream team and its leadership, that downstream team is likely to refuse to own the project, and thus drop it and let it die.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Refuse to own the project, and thus drop it and let it die

B.

Complain to the business’ senior leadership

C.

Decide that innovation just doesn’t work

D.

Charge the Innovation Group for its time

Question 36

_____ is a useful tool for helping a business understand the forces at play in the world and the different ways these forces may play out and interact to shape their future reality.

Options:

A.

Porter’s 5 Forces

B.

Scenario Planning

C.

Strategic Planning

D.

Trendcasting

Question 37

Organizations should be aware that in the Evaluation process of Stage 3 of the GInI InMS, the confidence level around certain metrics can be low given how far out in time they are from the present, and thus a certain amount of subjectivity and judgment will be inherent in the process.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Guessing

B.

Mostly unknowns

C.

A certain amount of subjectivity and judgment

D.

A certain amount of optimistic speculation

Question 38

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:

Options:

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

Question 39

In the Mid Zone of an innovation project, being able to develop a compelling business case for an opportunity with an accurate financial and strategic picture of it is important because such business cases get used by businesses for what?

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Their strategic priority decision making—whether to continue investing in innovation or not

B.

Their proceed/pivot decision gating—whether or not to believe the data the team is presenting

C.

Their operational decision making—whether to launch the new innovation in one market versus a different one

D.

Their go/no-go decision gating—whether or not to move forward with executing the project

Question 40

To be productive, an Innovation Management System must have an effective Assimilation Process. That process will involve three activities, namely challenging, accumulating, and aggregating.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Mocking, choosing, and lumping

B.

Asking, gathering, and sorting

C.

Challenging, accumulating, and aggregating

D.

Provoking, picking, and clustering

Question 41

Although the idea capture aspect of Stage 2 of the GInI InMS is an ongoing process, the best results usually happen when the organization is focused on a particular area, which is usually done by running what?

Options:

A.

Challenge campaigns.

B.

Secret projects.

C.

An internal ad featuring an inspirational speech.

D.

Games and other fun activities.

Question 42

All good innovations start their life as a hypothesis and therefore teams—if they are to explore a particular situation in their search for a new innovation opportunity—can thus engage in hypothesis forming.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

hypothesis

B.

need

C.

idea

D.

question

Question 43

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

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

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

Question 44

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

Options:

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.

Question 45

One of the Program Leader ' s jobs in relation to Engagement is to select and deploy the engagement mechanisms most suited to special needs that arise from different functional groups and/or business units in the business.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

anyone, working anywhere

B.

deep deficiencies

C.

surprising new opportunities

D.

different functional groups and/or business units

Question 46

The difference between an invention and an innovation is that an innovation must be capable of what?

Options:

A.

Generating lots of market buzz.

B.

Being used to create more value for users.

C.

Being used to build a business’ brand.

D.

Generating lots of revenue.

Question 47

Subject Matter Expert Platforms are a lighter approach to Open Innovation where engagements are curated with SMEs, thus allowing a business to gain access to a wide variety of insights and learn critical information about a particular industry, market, technology, or business process.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Subject Matter Expert Platforms

B.

Crowdsourcing Platforms

C.

Open Innovation Brokerage Platforms

D.

Cross-Industry Lateral Innovation Panels

Question 48

For those projects launching a new brand or a new offering that will impact a brand, the second step in the Mid Zone is to develop what?

Options:

A.

A Brand Playbook

B.

A Brand Persona

C.

A Brand Name

D.

A Brand Image

Question 49

Open Innovation is a concept that deals with the strategic philosophy around where and how a business goes about developing and commercializing new innovations.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

When a business should develop and commercialize new innovations

B.

Where and how a business goes about developing and commercializing new innovations

C.

Where and how a business goes about finding new customers

D.

Where and how a business goes about branding and marketing new innovations

Question 50

Rewards generally involve either _____ or _____.

Options:

A.

new cars / vacation homes

B.

cash prizes / high-value material prizes

C.

promotions / salary raises

D.

letters of appreciation / certificates of accomplishment

Question 51

Because " The Researcher " has a propensity to research all the possible go-to-market strategies and evaluate the supporting intelligence around those, they are usually best suited for which phase of innovation work?

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

The Mid Zone

B.

The Back End

C.

All phases

D.

The Front End

Question 52

The title " Intrapreneur " first appeared in a 1978 paper by Gifford and Elizabeth Pinchot, who defined an Intrapreneur as dreamers who do.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Tinkerers who believe

B.

Winners who dream

C.

Creatives who act

D.

Dreamers who do

Question 53

Good Innovation Teams - those populated with the right types of individuals - should be given what in their work?

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

Latitude and autonomy.

B.

Lots of opportunities to play and have fun.

C.

Detailed instructions and clear guidance.

D.

A strict, well-defined mandate with predefined plans.

Question 54

Immersing oneself in radically different environments, thinking about unrealistic scenarios, and asking ' What If ' questions are all means of doing what?

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Getting the creative juices flowing.

B.

Firing up the analytical mind.

C.

Sparking the imagination.

D.

Connecting the dots.

Question 55

The fifth step in the Design Thinking process is defining the plan to move forward with what?

Options:

A.

The winning solution concept.

B.

The winning business experiment.

C.

The winning strategic direction.

D.

The winning customer hypothesis.

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