What are effective approaches used by the VM facilitator during the Evaluation Phase? Choose 2 answers.
Correct Answer: A,B
The correct answers are A and B . During the Evaluation Phase , the VM facilitator's role is to preserve structure, discipline, and decision quality while the team screens creative ideas for value-improvement potential. SAVE's Value Methodology Standard defines the Evaluation Phase as a structured evaluation process used to select ideas that can improve value while still delivering required functions and respecting performance requirements and resource limits. ( ) Therefore, the facilitator must recognize when discussion becomes off-topic and redirect the group toward the agreed evaluation criteria, study objectives, required functions, and constraints. This prevents the phase from becoming another brainstorming session or an unstructured debate. The facilitator must also establish a clear context for the session , meaning the team understands what is being evaluated, against which criteria, and for what decision purpose. Option C is incorrect because evaluation may include clarification, combination, or refinement of ideas; useful modifications should not be automatically blocked. Option D is also incorrect because VM allows tailored application of methods, and the facilitator should select techniques appropriate to the study rather than force one universal technique. ( ) References/topics: Evaluation Phase; VM Facilitation; Idea Screening; Evaluation Criteria; Team Focus and Direction.
Question 7
A team wants to skip Function Analysis because the design solution already appears obvious. What is the best CVS-level response?
Correct Answer: C
The correct answer is C . Function Analysis is not an optional administrative exercise. SAVE's VM Standard states that, for a study to qualify as a Value Study, the team must follow an organized Job Plan and perform Function Analysis as defined in the standard. It also states that the team defines functions using active verb /measurable noun language and analyzes them to determine which need improvement, elimination, or creation. Option A is wrong because expert confidence does not replace the VM process. Experts are valuable, but they often carry design bias. Option B destroys the logic of the Job Plan because Development should refine selected ideas, not bypass function understanding. Option D may provide useful cost intelligence, but benchmarking does not identify required functions or function relationships. The disciplined CVS answer is that Function Analysis protects the team from solution fixation. It reveals what must be accomplished, which functions consume resources, and where value mismatches exist. Skipping it reduces VM to ordinary design review. References/topics: Function Analysis Phase; Valid Value Study; VM Job Plan Discipline.
Question 8
Which of the following actions demonstrate brainwriting during the Creativity Phase?
Correct Answer: A
The correct answer is A . Brainwriting is an idea-generation technique in which participants first develop ideas individually and silently in written form before the ideas are shared, reviewed, or expanded by the group. This fits the Creativity Phase because the purpose of that phase is to generate a quantity of ideas related to alternative ways of performing required functions. The SAVE Study Guide identifies the Creative Phase purpose as generating "a quantity of ideas" and asks the fundamental question: "How else may the functions be performed?" It also emphasizes establishing rules that protect the creative environment and using group idea-stimulation techniques. ( ) Option B describes verbal brainstorming, not brainwriting. Option C is incorrect because feasibility screening belongs later in the Evaluation Phase; limiting ideas during creativity suppresses innovation. Option D contains a partial brainwriting concept, because some brainwriting methods allow participants to build on others' ideas, but the wording "instead of developing their own" is too restrictive and does not represent the core method. Brainwriting begins with silent individual idea capture. References/topics: Creativity Phase; Idea Generation; Creativity Ground Rules; Group Idea-Stimulation Techniques; Brainwriting.
Question 9
On the Function Logic Path, how do prescription eyeglasses correct vision?
Correct Answer: D
The correct answer is D. Align focus . In Function Analysis, the team defines what the subject must do, not what its parts are. SAVE's study guidance states that functions are described using two-word active verb /measurable noun pairings, and FAST is used to show how project functions relate to each other. ( ) For prescription eyeglasses, the basic function is correct vision . On the Function Logic Path, the "how" question asks: How do eyeglasses correct vision? The best functional answer is align focus because prescription lenses bend and direct light so the image focuses correctly for the user. This directly supports the basic function. The other choices are supporting or secondary functions. Secure position helps hold the glasses properly on the face, but it does not itself correct vision. Minimize weight improves comfort, and improve durability supports dependability, but neither explains the direct functional mechanism of vision correction. FAST logic is specifically used to map these function relationships through How/Why reasoning, making align focus the correct lower-order function linked to "correct vision." ( ) References/topics: Function Analysis Phase; FAST Diagramming; Function Logic Path; Basic Function; Lower-Order Function.
Question 10
Innovation styles, also known as creativity types, include
Correct Answer: A
The correct answer is A. Visioning, modifying, and experimenting . In the VM Creativity Phase, the facilitator must help the team generate a broad quantity of ideas and alternative ways to perform required functions. The SAVE Study Guide places creativity within the certification body of knowledge and emphasizes divergent thinking, unrestricted idea generation, brainstorming techniques, and suspending judgment until the Evaluation Phase. ( ) Innovation styles, also called creativity types, describe how different people naturally approach idea generation and change. The recognized Innovation Styles model includes Visioning, Modifying, Exploring, and Experimenting . Visioning focuses on ideal future possibilities; modifying improves or refines what already exists; experimenting combines and tests different factors; and exploring seeks new or novel possibilities. ( TrainingEdge ) Option A is the best match because all three listed terms are recognized innovation styles. Option B includes "exploring," but "adapting" and "brainstorming" are not innovation styles; brainstorming is a creativity technique. Option C and D mix problem-solving or analysis activities with non-style terms. References/topics: Creativity Phase; Innovation Styles; Divergent Thinking; Team Creativity; VM Facilitation.
