CS30A1372 - Creative Design and Problem Solving [EXAM 2022 - 5]

Question 1

what are the 6 types of 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬?

Answer 1

• Questions about the question/𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
• Questions for 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
• Questions about 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬
• Questions that 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
• Questions that 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
• Questions that 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬

PCV-ARI+pec

Question 2

What is a 𝐝𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦? Give an example of an application

Answer 2

-the dunker diagram analyzes 2 pathways:
𝟏.possible paths to the desired state
𝟐.possible paths to make the present state okay

-three elements;
𝟏. General solution
𝟐. What to do
𝟑. How to do it

example; prevent children from getting to chemicals & make it okay for children to get to chemicals

Question 3

What are the basics of 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 method ?

Answer 3

-ideation technique that combines & alters existing elements of a system to synthesize new ideas. there’s 7 categories [SCAMPER]

𝟏. 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞- components, materials, people
𝟐. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞 - mix, combine with other assemblies or services
𝟑. 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭 - alter, change function, use part of another element
𝟒. 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐲 - increase or reduce in scale, change shape, modify attributes
𝟓. 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐞
𝟔. 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 - remove elements, make as simple as possible
𝟕. 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 - turn inside out or upside down

Question 4

What is the 𝐃𝐒𝐌? and give an example of an application

Answer 4

• The Design Structure Matric (DSM) is a tool used to represent a system’s structure
• The DSM is a N * N matrix, mapping the interactions among the system elements
• the DSM can represent various systems; product, organization, process [POP]

-example; V8 engine team meetings

Question 5

What are the principles of 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠? What are the steps in this method ?

Answer 5

-A methodology of solving new problems by
adapting the solutions of previous similar problems

𝟏. 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - a new problem to be solved is positioned in the
problem space
𝟐. 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 - actual problem is matched against old problems by
computing similarity function, and the most similar problem and its stored solution are found
𝟑. 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - and its stored solution are found
𝟒. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 - and its stored solution are found