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WorksheetsAssessment: The Design Thinking Process
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
What is the purpose of their first step in the Design Thinking process?
To come up with innovative solutions
To conduct interviews and empathize with students and staff
To define the problem statement
To test the prototype with actual users
What is the main focus of step three in the design thinking process?
Building a real prototype
Testing the prototype with actual users
Coming up with ideas to solve the problem
Analyzing the interviews and defining the problem
Michael, Abigail, and Avery are working on a group project to design a new mobile app. After reflecting on the different ideas, what should they do in step four?
Connect the dots and sketch up the final solution
Test the prototype with actual users
Conduct interviews with many people
Formulate a problem statement
Arjun, Emma, and Luna are working on a project together to design a new mobile app. They present their prototype to their classmates, including Daniel and Aria. What should they do if people don't like their prototype?
Defend their idea and convince them
Ignore their feedback and move on
Learn from their feedback and make improvements
Conduct more interviews to understand their needs
Restate, in your own words, the problem statement you came up with for your project.
Priya is starting a new business and wants to understand her target audience and intended user. What should she focus on?
Customer
Materials
Function
Environment
Evelyn, Abigail, and Rohan are working on a project. They are following the design thinking process. What should be their first step?
Define the problem
Empathise with the users
Ideate solutions
Prototype their ideas
3. In your own words, explain the purpose of generating several designs during the Ideate stage.
Abigail, Luna, and Mia are working on a project using the design thinking process. They have empathized, defined, and ideated. What should they do next?
Ideate
Define
Prototype
Test
Which of the following is NOT a good strategy to employ during the Empathy step of the interview?
Encourage Avery to talk about her experiences related to the project topic.
Ask follow-up questions to Avery to get more information.
Try to uncover needs Avery may or may not be aware of related to the project topic.
Encourage Avery to give short answers that get right to the point.
In a group project, Abigail, Liam, and Elijah are in the Test step of their project. Which is NOT true about this Test step?
It is an opportunity for Abigail, Liam, and Elijah to refine their solution.
Abigail, Liam, and Elijah should come up with new ideas during the Test step.
They should only consider positive feedback to get the best result.
Abigail, Liam, and Elijah should assume that their solution can be made better.
During which step do you build a vast depository of suggestions to work with?
Test
Empathise
Ideate
Prototype
4. What was your final design choice (insert a screenshot/picture below), and why did you select it over others?
During which step do you allow an authentic audience to interact with your proposed solution?
Prototype
Ideate
Empathise
Test
After Oliver, Abigail, and Ava understood the task in their engineering class, they should
save an STL file
create a 3D model
sketch their designs
solve the problem
Henry and Harper are planning to design a treehouse for their friend Liam. What plan should they follow when they start designing?
3 Dimensional
3D design
Design thinking process
Work
5. How did you empathize with your users during your project? Please provide examples. (think about your empathy map.)
20. What were some of the collaboration challenges your team faced while working on this project? How did you work around or manage these challenges?
Ethan, Mason, and Noah are working on a project. They decide to interview people to gain an understanding of how they feel. During which stage of Design Thinking would this occur?
Prototype
Define
Ideate
Empathize
Samuel has an idea for a new mobile application. He has brainstormed and defined the requirements. Now, he needs to:
Create a model of his solution. Which stage is he in?
Prototype
Define
Ideate
Test
7. What is the difference between the Design Cycle and the Design Thinking Process?
Elijah, Michael, and Emma are working on a project using design thinking. They are discussing the five stages of design thinking. Can you help them identify the correct sequence of stages?
empathise - define - make - create - test
empathise - define - try - ideate - test
empathise - define - prototype - ideate - test
empathise - define - ideate - type - test
empathise - define - ideate - prototype - test
11. How would you articulate your invention's main goal or function?
In a group project, Hannah, Nora, and Scarlett are in the Ideate stage. This stage involves:
Thinking of an idea to create the project
Determining how they can solve the problem
Thinking of an idea to fix the problem
Deciding what tools they can use to fix the problem
17. Which aspect of the design thinking process did you find most challenging, and why?
