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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

Brokerage Search is an activity used in Intellectual Property Research in which IP Brokers and Agents are retained to help the business find new patents they can license or buy to use in their business.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

IP Operative Retention

B.

Brokerage Litigation

C.

Brokerage Search

D.

Field Agent Scanning

Question 2

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 3

The third step for projects in the Mid Zone is for teams to craft a winning Go-To-Market Strategy. This strategy addresses when, where, how, and by whom the offering will be ______ so that it is able to optimally connect with a particular market and that market's need.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

produced, marketed, sold, and distributed

B.

sponsored, promoted, endorsed, and otherwise marketed

C.

made, advertised, listed, and shipped

D.

manufactured, assembled, inspected, and approved

Question 4

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 5

In the overall E&S Process, there may be any number of what feeding into the Level 2 stream of evaluations and selections?

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

Super special innovation initiatives.

B.

Different Level 0 streams.

C.

Secret skunkworks campaigns.

D.

Different Level 1 streams.

Question 6

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:

Options:

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

Question 7

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 8

In the fourth step of the GInI Breakthrough Innovation Method—Synthesis & Capture—teams will generate as many new value models as makes sense for the situation. They can then use preliminary filtering to select the most promising models to move forward with.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Select the most technologically-exciting models to move forward with

B.

Select new models to move forward with that will ensure they are as good as their competitors

C.

Select the most promising models to move forward with

D.

Eliminate all but the most certain-to-be-approved models

Question 9

"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 10

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:

Options:

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

Question 11

Brainstorming, also known as Structured Ideation, is a process where teams do what to generate novel new ideas?"

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Tell compelling stories to one another.

B.

Challenge each other to individually come up with the best ideas.

C.

Pool their collective intelligence.

D.

Crowdsource new ideas from the public.

Question 12

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 13

For projects developing products in the Back End, once final funds are released and capital equipment has been procured, the Operations Team will begin preparations to ready the product for pilot and eventual launch.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Start helping the marketing team produce effective marketing collateral for the product

B.

Begin their production planning work

C.

Start production

D.

Begin preparations to ready the product for pilot and eventual launch

Question 14

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:

Options:

A.

Super-Industry Horizontal Thinking Labs

B.

Intra-Industry Lateral Thinking Teams

C.

Cross-Industry Lateral Innovation Panels

D.

Extra-Industry Horizontal Innovation Forums

Question 15

Innovation is defined as doing something in a new or novel way that delivers more value and/or better experiences to customers and markets.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Better branding and/or better advertising

B.

More value and/or better experiences

C.

Lower prices and/or easier access

D.

Newer technology and/or more features

Question 16

In selecting new ideas in Stage 3 of the GInI InMS, the organization must make every effort possible to use real data in their decision-making, as this forces them to accept reality as it really is.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Make fiscally conservative assumptions

B.

Accept reality as it really is

C.

Fall back on statistics, which they can easily frame to their needs

D.

Choose whichever ideas they feel will sell the most

Question 17

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:

Options:

A.

clearly articulated

B.

highly visual

C.

profusely described

D.

very colorful

Question 18

Market Scouting is used to search out and find new markets where a business can do what?

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

Apply its existing technology and offerings.

B.

Sway people to buy its brand.

C.

go in and dominate the market.

D.

spread itself out so as to play things safe.

Question 19

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 20

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 21

In the long run, what is more expensive than innovating?

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Not controlling your costs

B.

Issuing stockholder dividends that are too large

C.

Not innovating

D.

Marketing too many brands

Question 22

Innovation Kits are an activity where people from across the organization are provided with carefully-designed starter kits containing certain paraphernalia intended to serve as thought-starters, which the individuals are then challenged to use to spark innovative new thinking around a particular business challenge, and to consider how the different pieces and parts can be recombined in novel ways to generate innovative new opportunities for the business, all of which end up being fodder for the Innovation Funnel.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Ideation Bundles

B.

Imagination Care Packages

C.

Innovation Kits

D.

Creativity Starter Packs

Question 23

________________ 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

Options:

A.

Looks-Like Prototypes

B.

Works-Like Prototypes

C.

Feels-Like Prototypes

D.

Sounds-Like Prototypes

Question 24

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:

Options:

A.

Building solution prototypes

B.

Ideating / brainstorming solutions

C.

Testing hypotheses

D.

Testing solution prototypes

Question 25

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 26

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:

Options:

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

Question 27

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 28

In the second major step of the Design Thinking process, the activity associated with "Empathize" is what?

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

Testing hypotheses.

B.

Prototyping new ideas.

C.

Developing hypotheses.

D.

Running business experiments.

Question 29

Why do we tell stories within our businesses?

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

To influence a particular outcome.

B.

To ensure our voices have been heard.

C.

Because it gives us a creative outlet.

D.

Because it allows us to change the world.

Question 30

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

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

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

Question 31

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 32

In the fourth step in the GInI Breakthrough Innovation Method—Synthesis & Capture—teams conceptually define and document the details around any number of new solution concepts, including any feature mixes they require.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

New value propositions, including any market niches they are aimed at

B.

New value models, including any technologies they rely on

C.

New business models, including any regulatory approvals they require

D.

New solution concepts, including any feature mixes they require

Question 33

In a given Innovation Project, the motivations that each stakeholder brings to the effort are known colloquially as what?

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Their WDALYIC.

B.

Their WILCO.

C.

Their WIIFM.

D.

Their WAEF.

Question 34

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:

Options:

A.

key ideas, themes, assessments, and final outcomes

B.

most creative ideas

C.

final idea selected

D.

purpose

Question 35

As a Project Leader, the Innovation Manager typically drives focused innovation work inside of a portfolio of projects.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Secret skunkworks projects that few know about

B.

A portfolio of projects

C.

Individual projects

D.

The business' innovation program

Question 36

As an Innovation Professional contributing to a program of sustained innovation output in your business, you are constantly feeding what?

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

The business' bottom line.

B.

The business' Sales Pipeline.

C.

The business' competitive intelligence.

D.

The business' Innovation Pipeline.

Question 37

Customer Experience Innovation involves ______ to produce a greater sense of value by those encountering it.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

The staging of a purposefully-designed and orchestrated new customer experience.

B.

The delivery of a new product that delivers a much better product experience.

C.

The use of marketing to tell the world yours is a much better experience.

D.

The delivery of a new service that delivers a much better service experience.

Question 38

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

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

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

Question 39

In order for the business' Evaluation Group to be able to evaluate new innovation ideas and opportunities in Stage 3 of the GInI InMS, they must have what, so that they can know whether or not an idea has potential merit?

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

Ownership over the business' Innovation Strategy.

B.

Knowledge of the Chief Innovation Officer's favorite types of projects.

C.

Fresh market intelligence.

D.

A well-defined technology roadmap

Question 40

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 41

For projects in the Mid Zone that pass the final decision gate, they will pass from the Mid Zone to the Back End, where they will enter into a completely different set of activities.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

An accurate Gantt Chart

B.

A project post-mortem

C.

Pass the final decision gate

D.

A highly detailed project plan with several layers of approvals

Question 42

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 43

Wizard of Oz Prototypes are prototypes used to emulate the automated functionality of an artifact even though said functionality happens as a result of a person making it happen manually behind the scenes.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

User Experience Prototypes

B.

Looks-Like Prototypes

C.

Wizard of Oz Prototypes

D.

Works-Like Prototypes

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