BANGALORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Autonomous Institution, Under VTU, Belagavi.

K. R. Road, V. V. Puram, Bengaluru - 560004

Model Question Paper- I with effect from 2024-25

CBCS SCHEME
First Semester B.E Degree Examination
Innovation & Design Thinking (BIDTK158/258)
TIME: 01 Hour Max.Marks:50

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES:

1. Answer all the fifty questions, each question carries one mark.
2. Use only Black ball point pen for writing/darkening the circles.
3. For each question, after selecting your answer, darken the appropriate circle
corresponding to the same question number on the OMR sheet.
4. Darkening two circles for the same question makes the answer invalid.
5. Damaging/overwriting, using whiteners on the OMR sheets are strictly prohibited.

Q. No.

1. Which of the following principles are not considered for design thinking?
a. Embrace Experimentation
b. Human-centric design
c. Profit-centric
d. Pattern identification for problem solving
2. Which of the following are NOT tools of visualization?
a. Maps
b. Images
c. Stories
d. Videos
3. What happens in the test stage of design thinking?
a. You conduct a written test of your design team.
b. You allow consumers to test a product or service.
c. You engage in internal testing with employees.
d. You test products designed by competitors.
4. Journey mapping is also called ……………… mapping
a. Path
b. Experience
c. Conduct
d. Feedback
5. …………………….is used with the objective of identifying needs that customers are often
unable to articulate.
a. Mind mapping
b. Experience mapping
c. Story telling
d. Rapid Concept Development

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Autonomous Institution, Under VTU, Belagavi.
K. R. Road, V. V. Puram, Bengaluru - 560004
6. A prototype is a simple experimental model of a proposed solution used to
a. test ideas
b. validate ideas
c. Both
d. None of the above
7. A hypothesis is ……………………….
a. a wished-for result that the researcher concludes the research with
b. a complicated set of sentences that pulls variables into proposed complex
relationships
c. a conjecture that is grounded in support background originating from secondary
research
d. None of the above
8. What is your first model/design of a product called?
a. Draft
b. Rough Draft
c. Prototype
d. Practice Design
9. A case study is
a. a research strategy
b. an empirical inquiry
c. a descriptive and exploratory analysis
d. All of the above
10. MVP stands for
a. Minimum viable product
b. Maximum viable product
c. Most viable product
d. None of above
11. Design thinking principles DO NOT include
a. Feasibility
b. Viability
c. Desirability
d. Credibility
12. Design Thinking is best suited to addressing problems at the intersection of
a. business and society
b. logic and emotion
c. human needs and economic demands
d. All of the above
13. Frank Robinson defined and coined the term
a. Design Thinking
b. Mind Mapping
c. MVP
d. Hypothesis

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Autonomous Institution, Under VTU, Belagavi.
K. R. Road, V. V. Puram, Bengaluru - 560004
14. Human-centric design was re-interpreted as an acronym to mean
a. Hear, Create, Deliver
b. Hear, Create, Design
c. Hold, Create, Deliver
d. Hear, Compile, Deliver
15. ............... is the way to narrow down the thoughts to reach at the final solution.
a. Convergent thinking
b. Divergent thinking
c. None of them
d. Both of them
16. Which of the following sequences in correct for Waterfall Methodology?
a. Define – Design – Develop – Test - Deploy
b. Define – Develop – Design - Test - Deploy
c. Define – Design – Develop – Deploy – Test
d. Design - Define – Develop – Test - Deploy
17. You would interview people to gain an understanding of how they feel during the
………… stage of Design Thinking.
a. Test
b. Define
c. Ideate
d. Empathize
18. Which of the below firm is associated the most with Design Thinking?
a. Ikea
b. Ideo
c. Idea
d. Ikei
19. Majority of the top executives regarded ............ as one of the top 3 leadership
qualities?
a) Empathy
b) Creativity
c) Humility
d) Qualification
e) Experience
20. Identify the correct statement:
a. To derive the power of design thinking, individuals, teams, and
organizations must have a leap of faith about the existence of a solution.
b. Leap of faith is the page in the manual of design thinking containing
the core philosophy about design thinking.
c. Design thinking presupposes that some people are inherently creative and
become successful in creative product development. The team should have
at least one such person.
d. None of the above.
21. A college is redesigning its website. Current students are the main users of the
website. Which one of the below elements should definitely be on the website?
a. College rules and regulations b. Information on faculty members
c. Information about courses d. Alumni details
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22. What element of User Experience Design would the design strategy fall under?
a. Interaction Design b. Experience Strategy
c. User Research d. Information Architecture
23. One term for observing and interviewing users where they live/work/play for the sake
of design research is:
a. Human factors b. Contextual inquiry
c. Intercept interview d. Style scouting
24. Design Thinkers create low-fidelity prototypes to:
a. Test concepts quickly and cheaply with potential users
b. Validate concepts for the market
c. Build production-ready products
d. Estimate the price of production
25. Design Thinking is sometimes visualized as a linear process, but it is actually:
a. Impactful
b. Incapacitating
c. International
d. Iterative
26. Which of the following is NOT a mascot to help remind us of what to do during a
contextual inquiry?
a. Silent Sponge
b. Building Beluga
c. Probing Puppy
d. Paraphrasing Parrot
27. Which of the following is NOT part of the idea selection process in Design Thinking?
a. Grouping related concepts together
b. Identifying selection criteria
c. Deliberating
d. Prototyping
28. Rajesh researches statistics about the average age of school dropouts. Which stage is he
in?
a. Empathize
b. Define Problem Statement
c. Ideate
d. Prototype
29. Which stage would you consider to be an experimental phase where you are trying out
solutions you previously brainstormed?
a. Prototype
b. Define
c. Ideate
d. Test
30. Which of the following is a chronological arrangement of the steps in creative process?
a. Rationalization, Recognition, Fantasizing, Realization, Validation
b. Recognition, Realization, Rationalization, Fantasizing, Validation
c. Recognition, Fantasizing, Rationalization, Realization, Validation
d. Recognition, Rationalization, Fantasizing, Realization, Validation

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Autonomous Institution, Under VTU, Belagavi.
K. R. Road, V. V. Puram, Bengaluru - 560004
31. Which of the following is not true?
a. Patent is valid for 20 years from the priority date
b. Copyright is valid for 60 years from the date of expiry of the creator.
c. Patent provides a window of 36 months to decide on filling of patents in different
countries within which period the rights of the patentee is protected in all countries
d. Idea needs to be rendered into a prototype or a design, must have novelty, must
involve inventive steps and should have commercial relevance to be eligible for
grant of patent
32. Which of the following is arranged in correct chronology in the context of applying
Design Thinking?
a. Empathize, Ideate, Define, Prototype, Test.
b. Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test.
c. Empathize, Prototype, Define, Ideate, Test.
d. Empathize, Ideate, Prototype, Define, Test.
33. Which of the following is not one of the profiles of design thinkers?
a. Empathy
b. Simplicity
c. Integrative thinking
d. Experimentalism
34. Design Thinking Approach leads to ……….
a. Technology centric designs
b. Marketing centric designs
c. People centric designs
d. All of the above
35. Design Thinking is …………….
a. Thinking about the final product especially it’s material, form and functionality
b. Thinking outside the box as Designers do, using tools and techniques of Innovation
that include people
c. Thinking about the marketability of the product
36. People Centered Design is ………………..
a. How the product behaves in the real context
b. How a product works on the outside where a person comes into contact with it and
has to use it
c. All of the above
37. Empathy is ……………
a. to understand people and the context of their use of a product
b. to know the way the product works
c. to imagine people’s behavior in different contexts
38. Design Thinking encompasses ………………
a. Desirability
b. Feasibility
c. Viability
d. All of the above

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39. Reframing a Design Challenge ………………..

a. Changes the conceptual viewpoint to an individual perspective
b. Helps us come up with the ‘right’ problem to solve
c. Challenges us to design to a marketing focus
40. Which one of the following is not a phase of Prototyping Model?
a. quick design
b. prototype refinement
c. coding
d. engineer product
41. Which is not one of the types of prototype of Prototyping Model?
a. horizontal prototype
b. vertical prototype
c. diagonal prototype
d. domain prototype
42. What is the role of the Define stage of design thinking?
a. To define the parameters for a prototype
b. To define the audience, you're trying to reach
c. To define the problem that needs to be solved
d. To define all of the ideas for solving a problem
43. What is a problem statement in design thinking?
a. A written expression of problems from the prototype.
b. A written expression of the problem to be solved.
c. A written expression of problems inside the group.
d. A written expression of problems with the target market.
44. Crafting a point of view (POV) requires three key elements including all of
these EXCEPT ______.
a. Design
b. User
c. Insight
d. Need
45. What purpose does point of view (POV) serve in design thinking?
a. It serves as the guide for developing the prototype.
b. It illustrates what your competitors are doing better.
c. It is used in the testing phase for receiving feedback.
d. It provides focus for the design team's brainstorming
46. In this point of view (POV) statement, which part is considered the insight?
''Senior adults with arthritis need easy-open bottles because they struggle to open
childproof lids''.
a. Because they struggle to open childproof lids
b. Need easy-open bottles
c. Senior citizens
d. Arthritis

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Autonomous Institution, Under VTU, Belagavi.
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47. BPM in Design Thinking stands for
a. Building Product Management
b. Business Product Management
c. Business Process Management
d. Basic Product Management
48. The final step in the Design Process is to ………………
a. Test
b. Define
c. Ideate
d. Empathize
49. During which stage would you gather information about people's needs and motivations?
a. Prototype
b. Define
c. Ideate
d. Empathize
50. Design thinking typically helps in ………………………..
a. Innovation
b. Data analytics
c. Financial planning
d. Operational efficiency

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