Deck 5: Innovation: the Creative Pursuit of Ideas

Question 1

Synthesis is the combining of existing concepts into a new formulation.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The incubation process involves which of the following?

A)working harder
B)letting the subconscious work
C)talking with friends
D)changing jobs

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true?

A)The right brain helps people analyze and verbalize.
B)The right brain helps people understand analogies and imagine things.
C)The left brain helps people understand analogies and imagine things.
D)Right and left brain concepts are meaningless.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Many inventions and innovations are a result of inventors seeing new and different relationships among objects,processes,materials,technologies,and people.

Question 5

Looking for different or unorthodox relationships among elements and people is one way to develop creativity. How might a person develop this capacity?

A)by perceiving in a relational mode
B)by perceiving in a restraining mode
C)by perceiving in a restructured mode
D)by perceiving in a retinal mode

Question 6

Which of the following is a characteristic of creative people?

A)bright but not necessarily brilliant
B)poor image of themselves
C)rigid and dogmatic
D)unmotivated by challenging problems

Question 7

Which of the following mental habits inhibit creativity and innovation?

A)either/or thinking, stereotyping
B)functional perspective, mind-sets
C)security hunting, risks
D)stereotyping, incubation

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true?

A)Innovation is the specific function of entrepreneurship.
B)Innovation is the process by which entrepreneurs consume marketable ideas.
C)Innovation does not involve change.
D)Innovation is the government's responsibility.

Question 9

The four phases of the creative process are knowledge accumulation,incubation,idea experience,and evaluation.

Question 10

The left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for logical and analytical skills.

Question 11

One of the most helpful avenues for developing one's own creative talents is to be aware of the habits and mental blocks that stifle creativity.

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true?

A)The right brain is more important in the creative process than the left brain.
B)The left brain is more important in the creative process than the right brain.
C)Both sides of the brain are important to the creative process.
D)Motivation, not the brain is the key to the creative process.

Question 13

Creativity,in the entrepreneurial context,is the generation of ideas that result in the improved efficiency or effectiveness of a system.

Question 14

Which of the following is not one of the phases in the creative process?

A)background or knowledge accumulation
B)evaluation and implementation
C)the incubation process
D)preliminary investigation

Question 15

Logical and analytical skills are developed in the

A)left hemisphere of the brain.
B)right hemisphere of the brain.
C)central hemisphere of the brain.
D)anterior hemisphere of the brain.

Question 16

The four basic types of innovation are invention,extension,duplication,and synthesis.

Question 17

The cognitive ability of entrepreneurs to acquire and transform information has yet to be studied.

Question 18

The four phases in the creative process in order are

A)background or knowledge accumulation, incubation, idea experience, and evaluation and implementation.
B)idea experience, background or knowledge accumulation, incubation, and evaluation and implementation.
C)incubation, background or knowledge accumulation, idea experience, and evaluation and implementation.
D)evaluation and implementation, idea experience, incubation, and background or knowledge accumulation.

Question 19

Incongruities are gaps or differences between expectations and reality.

Question 20

Innovation is the process by which entrepreneurs convert opportunities into marketable ideas.

Question 21

Creative talents can be improved through practice and awareness of habits that can cause problems. However,there are ways to increase creativity; one area is to recognize relationships. Explain what is meant by this.

Question 22

List and briefly explain each of the phases in the creative process.

Question 23

Overnight package delivery is illustrative of which source of innovation?

A)incongruities
B)unexpected occurrences
C)process needs
D)change in perception

Question 24

The combination of existing concepts and factors into a new formulation would define which of the following terms?

A)synthesis
B)extension
C)invention
D)analysis

Question 25

Which of the following are sources of innovation?

A)unexpected occurrences and incongruities
B)duplication and processes
C)synthesis and technology
D)industry changes and extension

Question 26

The phase of the creative process when the idea or solution the individual is seeking is discovered is the

A)background or knowledge accumulation.
B)incubation process.
C)idea experience.
D)evaluation and implementation.

Question 27

What are the four types of innovation?

A)invention, extension, synthesis, duplication
B)extension, retention, analysis, duplication
C)synthesis, extension, retention, analysis
D)analysis, synthesis, duplication, retention

Question 28

Creativity is most likely to occur when the "climate" is right. The text listed several important characteristics of this climate. What is the right climate?

Question 29

Describe the innovation process.

Question 30

Identity and describe two arenas of creativity.