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Learning Brainstorming LinkedIn Learning Answers Quiz 1

Question 1 of 2

You are leading your first brainstorming session with a new team. You know the importance of defining clear goals. How will you define the goals of this brainstorming session?

  • Develop possibilities.
  • Devise solutions.
  • Think convergently.

Question 2 of 2

You are leading a new team in its first brainstorming session. What type of environment should you strive to cultivate?

  • an environment in which individual perspectives are discouraged
  • an environment in which agreeing with other team members is encouraged
  • an environment in which everyone on the team is equal

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Learning Brainstorming LinkedIn Learning Answers Quiz 2

Question 1 of 14

A fact of the brainstorming process is that ideation will slow down after a while. How can you keep your team moving forward with new ideas?

  • Reframe the problem to give the team a new, yet related problem to solve.
  • Create an activity that is fun and unrelated to the problem at hand.
  • End the session because it is clear that all possibilities have been presented.

Question 2 of 14

You know your top-flight team is going to have dozens of good ideas in the brainstorming session. How should you handle documentation of their ideas?

  • Write down the ideas yourself as they are presented, so your team can concentrate on brainstorming more ideas.
  • Appoint one team member as scribe to write down the ideas as they are presented.
  • Have team members write down their ideas when they have finished sharing them with the entire team.

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Question 3 of 14

You are surprised when George shares an idea in the brainstorming session because you know he prefers to work alone. As a true leader, what should you do in this situation?

  • Recognize George in front of the team for sharing his idea.
  • Put George’s idea up for discussion and critique by the rest of the team.
  • Sternly inform George that group participation is part of his job.

Question 4 of 14

How should you deal with residual ideas from team members?

  • Hold a follow-up brainstorming session, so the team members’ residual ideas can be presented.
  • Discard residual ideas, as they were not important enough to be presented during the brainstorming session.
  • Provide a mechanism for residual ideas to be presented, even a few days after the brainstorming session.
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Question 5 of 14

During a brainstorming session, you notice that one of your best team members, Magdalena, has not said anything. What should you do?

  • Tell her you will provide immediate feedback to any of her ideas.
  • Provide her space to share her thoughts.
  • Assure her that nothing she offers is going to be judged.

Question 6 of 14

Neuroscience research has identified _____ as something that intensifies an individual’s emotions by more than 400 percent.

  • routine
  • surprise
  • enjoyment

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Question 7 of 14

Your company TourSpokes sells custom-made touring bicycles. In a brainstorming session for potential new models, should you ask your team members where customers like to tour with their bicycles?

  • Yes, it puts team members inside the minds of their customers.
  • No, team members already know how customers use their bicycles.
  • Yes, provided your team has not been involved in projects with touring bicycles.

Question 8 of 14

From the perspective of team members, why is it important for you cultivate a playful environment during a brainstorming session?

  • It encourages team members to express their creativity without worrying about mistakes.
  • It provides team members with a necessary break during a long brainstorming session.
  • It helps team members accept you as the leader of their team.

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Question 9 of 14

Before you begin a brainstorming session on determining the number of cupholders to include in a new minivan, you tell your team to share stories about the worst trip they can imagine. Why would you do this?

  • to provide a creative match between what your team worked on before and what they will be working on
  • to provide your team with a few minutes of relaxation before the brainstorming work begins
  • to provide your team with an opportunity to share thoughts about the importance of cupholders on a trip

Question 10 of 14

You bring in employees from the warehouse and clerical department to join a brainstorming session that usually only the creative department attends. How should you respond when your manager asks why?

  • Tell your manager that it is imperative to have a wide range of ideas rather than ideas from only one department.
  • Tell your manager that the warehouse and clerical employees want to get more involved in brainstorming.
  • Tell your manager that you were unable to find enough employees from the creative group to form a brainstorming session.
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Question 11 of 14

You have the opportunity to choose the number of participants in a brainstorming session. In order to have the most effective brainstorming session, how many participants should you choose?

  • five to seven
  • three or four
  • at least ten

Question 12 of 14

Your brainstorming session is meant to devise a solution for a problem plaguing a project. What should you AVOID doing?

  • State that the goal of the session is to find a viable solution.
  • Allow the brainstorming session to last more than one hour.
  • Set a time limit for the brainstorming session.

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Question 13 of 14

You want to have a brainstorming session for a new project. In order to have the best flow of ideas, how should you approach your team members?

  • At least two days ahead of time, provide them with as much detail about the project as you have and do not allow any members to opt-out.
  • At least two days ahead of time, provide them with as much detail about the project as you have and then give them the choice to opt-out.
  • Avoid giving them any detail about the project, so ideas can flow freely, and then give them two days to opt-out.

Question 14 of 14

In which of the three sessions of brainstorming planning do leaders prepare themselves for the unpredictability of subjective problem-solving?

  • post-session
  • pre-session
  • mid-session

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Learning Brainstorming LinkedIn Learning Answers Quiz 3

Question 1 of 6

Your top-selling product is showing its age, and sales have dropped. Using the language of “stories,” why are team members not sharing new ideas?

  • The character has not been fully developed.
  • The plot is in a state of conflict.
  • The plot has not been set up properly.

Question 2 of 6

Jean is the most creative member of your team, but he has difficulty working with others. Which simple technique can you use to draw out Jean’s ideas in an atmosphere that is comfortable for him?

  • Promote Jean to team lead and evaluate him based on the contributions he makes in brainstorming sessions.
  • Pair Jean with another team member to brainstorm all possibilities for addressing an overarching problem.
  • Pair Jean with another team member to work through ideas for solving an overarching problem.
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Question 3 of 6

In a brainstorming session of how to get more customers interested in your company’s residential cleaning service, you decide to change the team members’ point of view. How can you achieve this?

  • Shift their perspective to the number of cleaners your company can add with an increase in customers.
  • Shift their perspective to a married couple coming home from work to a sparkling clean kitchen and living room.
  • Shift their perspective to visualizing a cleaner who is making a kitchen and living room sparkling clean.

Question 4 of 6

How can idea webs advance your team’s ideation?

  • They provide an opportunity to combine seemingly disparate ideas into something that had not been previously considered.
  • They provide the starting point for any brainstorming session, regardless of the problem or purpose of the session.
  • They provide a boundary to keep team members from trying to combine disparate ideas that will never work together.

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Question 5 of 6

Your small company provides residential cleaning services. You begin a session with an input exercise that asks team members to contribute descriptive words for your company’s services. Why might you do this?

  • so you can define the output that the brainstorming session is intended to provide
  • so you can create advertising materials to attract more customers to your service
  • so your team members can latch on to the central ideas of your service

Question 6 of 6

In your brainstorming session, the team must develop an entirely new design for your company’s washing machines. How does the psychology of reaction relate to this situation?

  • If you provide your team free rein to create something from scratch, it is better than something they are prompted to build on.
  • If you provide your team a prompt, it is easier for them to react to the prompt than to create something from scratch.
  • If you explain the urgency of developing a new design, your team will react with better ideas than they would have otherwise.

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Learning Brainstorming LinkedIn Learning Answers