Review Test Submission: Week 11 Final Exam
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User Walter Powell
Course Tech & Innov in Entrepreneursh
Test Week 11 Final Exam
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Review Test Submission: Week 11 Final Exam
Content
User Walter Powell
Course Tech & Innov in Entrepreneursh
Test Week 11 Final Exam
Status Completed
Attempt Score 144 out of 150 points
Time Elapsed 1 hour, 6 minutes out of 2 hours
Instructions This Final exam consists of 50 multiple choice questions and covers the material in
Chapters 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, and 17.
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Question 1
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following is NOT a strategy for picking up weak signals about
discontinuities?
Selecte
d
Answer
:
Competitor
analysis and
benchmarkin
g of their
products
Correct
Answer
: Competitor
analysis and
benchmarkin
g of their
products
Response Feedback:Good
work
Question 2
3 out of 3 points
Discontinuous shifts in technology always favor newcomer firms and established firms
inevitably fail to take advantage of them.
Selecte
d
Answer
:
Fals
e
Correct
Answer
: Fals
e
Response Feedback:Good
work
Question 3
3 out of 3 points
The growing success of low cost airlines in the travel market is an example of disruptive
innovation.
Selecte
d
Answer
:
Tru
e
Correct
Answer
: Tru
e
Response Feedback:Good
work
Question 4
3 out of 3 points
A dominant design is one imposed by the largest firm in a sector on the rest of that
industry.
Selecte
d
Answer
:
Fals
e
Correct
Answer
: Fals
e
Response Feedback:Good
work
Question 5
3 out of 3 points
The 'fluid' pattern in Abernathy and Utterback's model is characterized by incremental
product and process innovation.
Selecte
d
Answer
:
Fals
e
Correct
Answer
: Fals
e
Response Feedback:Good
work
Question 6
3 out of 3 points
The focus of innovation for sustainability is different to that of innovation for
competitiveness, except for:
Selecte
d
Answer
:
conservatio
n, rather
than change
Correct
Answer
: conservatio
n, rather
than change
Response Feedback:Good
work
Question 7
3 out of 3 points
Innovation in socio-technical systems has a number of distinctive characteristics
which make it impossible to manage. Which of the following is not a characteristic of
innovation in such systems?
Selecte
d
Answer
:
Users'
needs are
less
important
than
technolog
y trends.
Correct
Answer
: Users'
needs are
less
important
than
technolog
y trends.
Response Feedback:Good
work
Question 8
3 out of 3 points
Identifying novel niches is more difficult than conventional marketing or new
product development because:
Selecte
d
Answer
:
Segmentatio
n provides
limited
insights.
Correct
Answer
: Segmentatio
n provides
limited
insights.
Response Feedback:Good
work
Question 9
3 out of 3 points
Which characteristics are not positively associated with the rapid diffusion and
widespread adoption of an innovation?
Selecte
d
Answer
:
Complexit
y.
Correct
Answer
: Complexit
y.
Response Feedback:Good
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Question 10
3 out of 3 points
Innovation can contribute to sustainability in a number of ways. Which of the
following is not an example of a positive contribution?
Selecte
d
Answer
:
Faster
replacemen
t of
obsolete
products.
Correct
Answer
: Faster
replacemen
t of
obsolete
products.
Response Feedback:Good
work
Question 11
3 out of 3 points
Firms join innovation networks primarily to reduce their costs. Selecte
d
Answer
:
Fals
e
Correct
Answer
: Fals
e
Response Feedback:Good
work
Question 12
3 out of 3 points
Open innovation is Selecte
d
Answer
:
a model
for
organizin
g the
process
where
firms
seek to
source
ideas
from
inside
and
outside
Correct
Answer
: a model
for
organizin
g the
process
where
firms
seek to
source
ideas
from
inside
and
outside
Response Feedback:Good
work
Question 13
3 out of 3 points
A supplier development program involving a major buyer firm and several of its key
suppliers offers an opportunity for establishing a learning network.
Selecte
d
Answer
:
Tru
e
Correct
Answer
: Tru
e
Response Feedback:Good
work
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