Effective Problem Solving Strategies

What is the purpose of using brainstorming methods in problem solving?

• To generate ideas, encourage creativity, promote collaboration, and explore different perspectives and solutions.

• To stifle innovation and hinder problem-solving

• To promote groupthink and discourage diverse perspectives

• To limit creativity and discourage collaboration

Explain the importance of problem identification in the problem-solving process.

• Problem identification delays the problem-solving process

• Problem identification leads to more problems

• Problem identification sets the foundation for problem-solving by clearly outlining the problem to be addressed.

• Problem identification is irrelevant in problem-solving

Your Wi-Fi isn’t working. You might try different things until it starts working again, like restarting your modem or your devices until you find or resolve the problem. When one solution isn’t successful, you try another until you find what works. This is an example of Creative Problem Solving.

• True

• False

Name the strategy used in the Infographic.

If your child always stays up past their bedtime, you might try different solutions — a visual clock to remind them of the time, a reward system, or gentle punishments — to find a solution that works. This is an example of-

• SWOT analysis

• Trial and Error strategy

• CATWOE strategy

• Brainstorming

Is it important to identify the problem before attempting to solve it in the problem-solving process?

• Yes, problem identification is irrelevant in problem-solving

• No, problem identification leads to more problems

• Yes, problem identification sets the foundation for problem-solving by clearly outlining the problem to be addressed

• No, problem identification delays the problem-solving process

What is an example of Creative Problem Solving?

• Restarting your modem or devices until you find or resolve the problem

• Ignoring the issue and hoping it resolves itself

"I recently saw a client who spoke no English. I was not able to communicate with her, so I thought about how I can solve this problem and decided to use Google Translate. I translated my question into Portuguese and then asked the client to read it." I used Creative Problem Solving.

• True

• False

Which strategy allows you to consider "Sustainability" compulsorily?

• SWOT analysis

• Root cause analysis

• CATWOE

• None of the above

Problem-Solving skills are used only at work.

• True

• False