Digital Assignment-2

IIP (PHY1999), Class Nbr. VL2018195006185, Slot: TC1, Venue: SJT201

Submission Deadline: 11 Feb 2019

Total Marks: 20

Please READ THE INSTRUCTIONS carefully

1. Give a short description of de Bono’s 6 thinking hat technique. You may write it in a tabular form with
each of the different colour hats in the left hand side and on the right side write what they signify?
10 Marks
2. Try to answer following puzzles using lateral thinking

a) There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Every day he gets the elevator down to
the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel
half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! Why?

b) A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, but the child is rushed to the
hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says, "I can't operate on this boy, he is my son! " How can this be?

c) A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, lumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down
a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow
manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

d) Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?

e) A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points
it at the man. The man says 'Thank you' and walks out.
5 Marks
3. Watch the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e20lpMyXFj4) and write the summary in not more
than 500 words.
5 Marks
Instructions:

1. Please stick to deadline. There will be penalty for late submission.

2. COPYING IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. IF ANY MATCH IS FOUND, YOU WILL BE PENALISED WITH
50% OF THE ALLOTED MARKS.

DO NOT COPY BLINDLY FROM INTERNET.

3. Handwritten documents are not allowed. Neatly type your answer in MS Word and convert it
to PDF and then upload.

4. You are responsible for the proper uploading of the document. If the uploaded file is
corrupted, then your answer file may be rejected.