Design Thinking Quiz

What is the nature of engineering design?

• Logical

• Intuitive

• Analytical

• Subjective

What do designers call their thinking process?

• Reflective practice

• Creative brainstorming

• Critical thinking

• Deductive reasoning

What do designers recognize in the process of designing?

• Opportunities and risks

• Constraints and limitations

• Predictability and certainty

• Ambiguity and uncertainty

What activity provides circumstances for sketching in design?

• Problem-solving

• Modeling

• Testing

• Analyzing

What do good designers excel at coping with?

• Uncertainty

• Regulatory requirements

• Predictability

• Consensus

What did Schon establish as a counter to the classic methods of design?

• Reflective practice

• Deductive reasoning

• Inductive reasoning

• Abductive reasoning

What is the logic of science called?

• Deductive reasoning

• Inductive reasoning

• Abductive reasoning

• Logical reasoning

What did Lionel March prefer to call designing instead of 'abductive' reasoning?

• Positional reasoning

• Logical reasoning

• Productive reasoning

• Illogical reasoning

What did Henrik Gedenry provide a comprehensive analysis of?

• The role of intuition in design

• The importance of deductive reasoning

• The limitations of logical reasoning

• The mind working on its own

What is the nature of designing according to Peter Levin?

• Virtual

• Formal

• Systematic

• Unformal