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,Creative Approaches to Problem Solving: A Framework for Innovation and Change, Third Editionby Scott G. Isaksen, K. Brian Dorval, and Donald J. Treffinger
Instructor Support: Test File Chapter 1
Note: Bold type designates keyed correct response in all multiple-choice questions.
Chapter One
1. The authors’ definition of creative thinking emphasizes:
a. the strange and unpredictable nature of the creative experience.
b. inventing novel ideas that no one else ever considered before.
c. generating many, varied, unusual, and detailed options.
d. using the imagination to produce artistic or musical works.
2. Four basic elements of creative thinking are:
a. fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration.
b. imagination, fantasy, discovery, and inventiveness.
c. preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification.
d. comprehension, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
3. Creative and critical thinking are:
a. opposites that are incompatible.
b. two different terms to describe the same cognitive process.
c. complementary cognitive processes that work in harmony.
d. two separate stages of problem solving.
4. The “4 Ps” of a systemic approach to creativity are:
a. Principle, Praise, Products, Profit.
b. Person, Process, Product, Principle,
c. Person, Process, Product, Press,
d. Preparation, Playfulness, Pattern, Prize,
5. Which choice presents Besemer’s three categories of creative products ?
a. Novelty, Style, and Resolution,
b. Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation,
c. Style, Usefulness, and Acceptance.
d. Organic, Manufactured, and Abstract,
,6. How are the criteria, logical, useful, and valuable related to creativity?
a. They are criteria in the same dimension of Besemer’s product categories.
b. They are criteria representing all three of Besemer’s product dimensions.
c. They are criteria for critical thinking in creative process.
d. They are negatively related to the concept of creativity.
7. When generating ideas, “originality” refers to:
a. Generating different categories or themes of ideas.
b. Generating novel or unusual ideas.
c. The quantity or total number of ideas generated.
d. Generating ideas that are practical and immediately useful.
8. Which statement is true about the relationship between innovation and creativity:
a. You can’t have one without the other.
b. You can’t have creativity without innovation.
c. They are separate and unrelated concepts.
d. You can’t have innovation without creativity.
9. According to Dr. Ruth Noller, creativity is a function of which three?
a. Creative thinking, imagination, and motivation.
b. Knowledge, imagination, and evaluation.
c. Fluency, flexibility, and originality.
d. Attitudes, ability, and personality.
10. What are the four stages in Wallas’ model of the creative process?
a. Preparing, generating, focusing, and action.
b. Thinking, Feeling, Doing, and Improving.
c. Preparation, Illumination, Verification, and Implementation.
d. Preparation, Incubation, Illumination, and Verification.
, Creative Approaches to Problem Solving: A Framework for Innovation and Change, Third Edition
by Scott G. Isaksen, K. Brian Dorval, and Donald J. Treffinger
Instructor Support: Test File Chapter 2
Note: Bold type designates keyed correct response in all multiple-choice questions.
Chapter Two
1. CPS can best be described as:
a. The same as the scientific method.
b. Rules to follow carefully in the correct order.
c. A structured framework to help you manage change and solve problems.
d. The six most important steps to help you become a creative person.
2. CPS is a framework that was created and developed
a. In the mid-1990’s by an eccentric computer geek.
b. Through more than five decades of work.
c. By the military during World War II for officer training.
d. By a university-based team of engineers and psychologists.
3. Why are the CPS stages divided into four main components?
a. To make CPS move faster.
b. To help groups work in a more creative way.
c. Because people only remember three steps.
d. To represent a natural and flexible approach to solving problems creatively.
4. One major distinction between the CPS management component and the three process
components is:
a. The management component assesses whether CPS is appropriate to use for a task;
the process components guide you in applying CPS to a task.
b. You must always use all the process components, but often you may not need the
management component.
c. You will use the process components first and the management component later.
d. Only the management component involves metacognition.
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