9/19/25, 9:35 AM Design Thinking - A Primer - - Unit 7 - Week 4
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Week 4: Assignment 4 (Test)
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Due on 2025-08-20, 23:59 IST.
Course Assignment submitted on 2025-08-16, 19:28 IST
outline
1) When should a design thinker work towards making a prototype? 1 point
About After Identification of conflicts of interest
NPTEL () After mapping the customer journey for the prospective app
After feeling satisfied with the EAS stages
How does an
NPTEL After applying the TRIZ methodology
online No, the answer is incorrect.
course Score: 0
work? () Accepted Answers:
After feeling satisfied with the EAS stages
Week 1 ()
2) What materials qualify for prototyping for any specific problem? 1 point
Week 2 ()
Clothes
Week 3 () Cardboards
Softwares and Screenshots
Week 4 () All of the above
Elephant and Yes, the answer is correct.
blind men Score: 1
(unit? Accepted Answers:
unit=44&lesso All of the above
n=45)
3) What is the correct way to treat a prototype? 1 point
Test - Lecture
01 (unit?
Mass-Produce and sell to the general public
Test it with a group of people and get feedback
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unit=44&lesso Keep in the lab till the problem resurfaces
n=46)
Test it yourself and then launch
Test -
Yes, the answer is correct.
Workshop 01
Score: 1
(unit?
Accepted Answers:
unit=44&lesso
Test it with a group of people and get feedback
n=47)
4) Select the correct order of activities based on the Test Stage. 1 point
Test -
Customer
Launch → Gain market response → Alter product accordingly
reactions to
prototype Self-approve prototype → Launch to market → Advertise → Earn profit
(unit? Make prototype → Gain public feedback → Make required changes → Launch in market
unit=44&lesso
Hype up the prototype → Market launch → Earn profits from early birds
n=48)
Yes, the answer is correct.
The END - Score: 1
Part 1 (unit? Accepted Answers:
unit=44&lesso Make prototype → Gain public feedback → Make required changes → Launch in market
n=49)
The END - 5) State whether true or false: It is not advisable to revert to E, A, or S stages once we 1 point
Part 2 (unit? have progressed to the Test Stage
unit=44&lesso
n=50) True
Finale &
False
Appeal for Yes, the answer is correct.
proposals Score: 1
(unit? Accepted Answers:
unit=44&lesso False
n=51)
Week 4: 6) Test is considered to be ________ phase in design thinking 1 point
Design
Thinking
Divergent
Project Convergent
Proposal
Open-ended
Submission
(unit? Open-source
unit=44&lesso Yes, the answer is correct.
n=95) Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 4
Convergent
Feedback
Form: Design
Thinking - A 7) While testing the prototype with a group of people, what should you NOT do? 1 point
Primer (unit?
unit=44&lesso Let your users compare alternatives
n=132) Ask users to talk through their experience
Quiz: Week 4: Explain at length what the prototype is supposed to do
Assignment 4 Show, don’t tell: let your users experience the prototype
(Test)
(assessment?
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
name=154)
Accepted Answers:
Explain at length what the prototype is supposed to do
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9/19/25, 9:35 AM Design Thinking - A Primer - - Unit 7 - Week 4
8) Which of the following is the wrong way of setting a target customer for your 1 point
Text
product?
Transcripts
() Check out your competition.
Analyzing your product/service.
Download
Videos () Analyzing demographics.
Assuming a market based on your team’s opinion alone
Books () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Live Accepted Answers:
sessions () Assuming a market based on your team’s opinion alone
9) If your prototype is a success during the test run, will it be guaranteed success 1 point
when exposed to the actual market conditions?
Yes
No
Highly likely but can’t claim success until it happens
Can’t comment. It is impossible to know.
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Highly likely but can’t claim success until it happens
10) According to the Professor’s correlation between Buddhist principles and Design 1 point
Thinking. Which one of the four noble truths is mapped to the Test phase in Design Thinking?
Nirodha
Samudaya
Marga
Dukkh
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Marga
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