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GInI CInP Certified Innovation Professional (CInP) Exam Practice Test

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Question 1

A business' Innovation Strategy will - in Stage 1 of the GInI InMS - guide the business' investment priorities for its Innovation Portfolio, thus largely determining the portfolio's what?

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

Boundaries.

B.

Scope, depth and Impact.

C.

Goals.

D.

Size, shape, and speed.

Question 2

Build to Compare is one of the 12 Purposes of Prototyping in which we build prototypes to undertake comparative benchmarking between proposed new solutions and existing solutions, so that we can figure out how to solve our customer’s problem better.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Build to Empathize

B.

Build to Decide

C.

Build to Learn

D.

Build to Compare

Question 3

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

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

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

Question 4

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 5

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:

Options:

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

Question 6

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 7

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 8

Innovation is an acquirable mentality and skillset.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

in-born

B.

extremely common

C.

extremely rare

D.

acquirable

Question 9

Engagement is what speeds up a business' innovation program and connects it with the people who give it life.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

speeds up

B.

democratizes

C.

orients

D.

governs

Question 10

Incentives are used for what purpose?

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

To pressure and coerce people into engaging in the innovation program.

B.

To encourage people to engage in the innovation program in the first place.

C.

To force people to engage in the innovation program even if they do not want to.

D.

To reward people for having engaged in the innovation program.

Question 11

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 12

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 13

"______ 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 14

Stage 1 of the GInI Innovation Management System is called The Innovation Funnel.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

The Innovation Pipeline

B.

The Innovation Funnel

C.

The Innovation Framework

D.

The Innovation Dragnet

Question 15

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:

Options:

A.

structural mechanisms

B.

reinforcement mechanisms

C.

enabling devices

D.

support structures

Question 16

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 17

________________ 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 18

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

Options:

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.

Question 19

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 20

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 21

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 22

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:

Options:

A.

Engagement / ideas and opportunities

B.

Fun activities / fun ideas

C.

The business innovation program / improvement ideas

D.

Mandatory participation / new suggestions

Question 23

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 24

Colloquially, the Front End of Innovation is referred to as Innovation’s First Mile.

Select one correct answer from the list:

Options:

A.

Innovation’s First Mile

B.

Innovation’s Roadmap

C.

Innovation’s Long Road

D.

Innovation’s Last Mile

Question 25

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:

Options:

A.

Hackathons

B.

Business Plan Competitions

C.

Innovation Jams

D.

Innovation Tournaments

Question 26

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 27

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 28

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 29

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 30

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 31

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 32

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 33

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 34

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 35

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:

Options:

A.

Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

B.

Customer they care about

C.

Problem worth solving

D.

Problem behind a problem

Question 36

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 37

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 38

IP Law Firms are often retained to undertake IP Research for firms, for which they tend to employ ________________ for conducting most of the work.

Select one correct answer from the list

Options:

A.

Registered Patent Agents

B.

Certified Patent Analysts

C.

Licensed Patent Attorneys

D.

Law School Interns

Question 39

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 40

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 41

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 42

"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 43

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

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