Question: You're the head of sales in an electronics manufacturing company, and you're trying to come up with ideas to boost sales.Match the techniques you could use for enhancing creativity with examples of how to execute them.Instruction: For each option, select the best answer choice. Answer ChoicesA:Draw ideas from different sourcesB:Use analogiesC:Think outside the boxD:Listen to your unconscious mindOptionsWhile listening to music, you remember something you used to play with as a childABCDYou read about birds flying using the earth's electromagnetic force, and get ideas for a navigation systemABCDYou ask why the customer has to come to the product, and think of putting salespeople on buses to let bus riders see and feel the productsABCDYou compare electronics to science fiction, and get ideas for a line of retro-futuristic productsABCD

Question: Match each stage in the creative process to the description of its purpose.Instruction: For each option, select the best answer choice. Answer ChoicesA:ImplementB:ResearchC:Verify workabilityD:GenerateE:IncubateOptionsWork at this stage entails taking a break from thinking and letting your subconscious mind process ideasABCDEWork at this stage helps you come up with several possible ways to address the problem or opportunityABCDEWork at this stage puts ideas into actionABCDEWork at this stage helps you understand the issue at handABCDEWork at this stage is done to determine whether ideas are suitable, and new ideas may now be generated or existing ideas built uponABCDE

2. Which of the following is an effective technique for promoting creativity in problem-solving?Question 1Answera.Avoiding experimentation and taking risksb.Incorporating diverse perspectives and ideasc.Focusing exclusively on the most obvious solutiond.Approaching the problem from a narrow perspective

_________________ is a method of generating new ideas using suggested problems of known products.Question 15Answera.Focus groups problem solving methodb.Brainstorming problemsc.Problem inventory analysisd.Creative problem solving

Generate ideas (choose your own approach)It is now time for some creative ideation to come upwith products or services that your startup can bebased around.Each team must produce at least 15 ideas per teammember.We are aiming for quantity not quality at this stage soideas can be quick and rough.Ideas must be both written and visual, though you canchoose how they are generated.Think back to across the prior activities in this unit.Did you feel that you were more creative workingindividually, collaboratively or with AI? Draw on theseexperiences to choose your own approach for how togenerate ideas in class this week.Some suggestions for approaches are:Individual: Generate written and visual ideasindividually and then compare with teammatesCollaborative: Generate written and visual ideascollaboratively with others (e.g. teammates)AI: Generate written and/or visual ideas with AI andthen compare with teammates.Mixed: Some team members take one approach andothers take another. Then you compare outcomes as ateam.

Which of the following best describes a creative mind?*1 pointConceptualizes and designs a product that consumers find some use for comfortTechnology originatorTechnology adaptorHarness the potentials of new products by creating the market space