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(Multiple Choice Type Questions) Choose the correct alternatives for the following: Concurrent Engineering means a) Latest Design b) Concept to manufacture c) Product modelling d) Doing design & manufacturing together What the last letter of “PRIDE” principle stands for? a) Excellence b) Enterprise c) Energy d) Eagerness Patent right of a product is a a) Ethical matter b) Legal issue c) Design consideration d) Customer obligation Small car manufacturer planning to produce a SUV can be termed as a) product modification b) variant product c) new product d) none of the above FAST is a method used for finding a) product function b) customer needs c) product assembly steps d) Project facilities In order to make a product more difficult for copying by competitors, the product should have a) Modular architecture b) Integral architecture c) Mixed architecture d) Can have any architecture Memory expansion slots in computers, where more and more memory cards can be inserted is an example of a) Bus modularity b) Sectional modularity c) Mixed modularity d) Manufacturing based modularity Comparing a company’s product’s specification, durability and maintainability with that of competitor’s is called a) Quality function deployment b) Prototype testing c) Market survey d) Benchmarking The first full scale functional prototype of a product, constructed from actual materials as the final product is called a) Alpha prototype b) Beta prototype c) Gama prototype d) DOE prototype

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Which of the following can be categorised as “Design for Assembly” guideline a) Minimize part count b) Maximise part symmetry c) Provide alignment features d) all of the above

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Reverse engineering of a product involves a) Engineering a product by following the steps in reverse b) Designing a product which is reverse of an existing product c) Extracting information from an existing product d) Designing a product from fundamental. Benchmarking is a process for a) customer need identification b) Testing a product on a test bench c) Comparing product’s specification with that of competitor’s d) Earmarking a bench for testing a specific product If a product is designed based on integral architecture, then a) product can become integral part of another product b) change of product design in future becomes easy c) copying the product by competitor becomes difficult d) None of the above Success of a new product will improve if is developed following a) Analytical modelling b) Benchmarking c) Design for assembly d) All of above

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During concept generation and brain storming process a) Too many ideas should not be generated to avoid confusion

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b) Only those ideas that seem feasible should be considered c) The discussion should be completed within a predetermined fixed time. d) None of the above Patent right of a product is a a) Ethical matter b) Legal issue c) Design consideration d) Customer obligation Competitive Analysis is carried out for a) launching a new product before the competitor does b) Product functional modelling c) customer need analysis d) understanding the capability of competitors The process of transforming the product functions to product form is called a) Product specification b) Product benchmarking c) Product prototype d) Product architecture Which one of the following is categorised under Function based modularity a) OEM modules b) Slot modules c) Bus modules d) Both b) & c) Moore’s law states that innovation in computing technology a) remains constant b) increases at a constant rate c) accelerates d) tops out (decelerate) Portfolio planning is a subject of a) Understanding opportunity b) Development of a concept c) Implementation of a concept d) Embodiment engineering The customer need that apply only to a smaller market segment within the entire buying population is called a) Direct need b) Latent need c) Constant need d) Niche need Components of a product designed following the guidelines of DFA will be a) Easy to manufacture b) Easy to sell c) Easy to assemble d) Easy to maintain Parameters that may be benchmarked for a product are a) Availability b) Performance c) Environment friendliness d) All of above

Modelling and simulation of a product by analytical method has the following characteristics. a) Performance is predicted accurately b) Can be completed in short time c) It is expensive d) Any change in the product cannot be analysed easily It becomes easy for competitors to copy a product if the product has a) Modular architecture b) Integral architecture c) Mixed architecture d) any architecture Specification of a product are subject to the following external constraints a) size and weight b) cost & schedule c) environmental regulations d) all of the above What characteristic is represented by the letter “R” of “PRIDE” principle? a) Right b) Respect c) Reason d) Robust “Marketing Department” gets involved in product development process a) after the product is launched b) at the beginning of product development c) throughout the development process d) need not get involved. Which of the following is a customer need gathering method, a) Affinity diagram method b) Customer sort method c) Conducting interviews d) Cluster analysis method Interview data method is used for, a) Determining need importance b) Grouping of customer needs c) Gathering customer needs d) Documentation of customer needs Top asymptote of an S-curve depicts, a) lesser competition in the market b) development with the existing technology saturates c) lesser demand for the product d) all of these Which of these is a Product development planning tool, a) P-chart b) C-chart c) Gantt chart d) PI-chart s-curve relates to, a) innovation life cycle b) need analysis c) product demand cycle d) customer feedback analysis

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Combining technical expertise in variety of fields in a team is called, a) competence b) consensus c) synergy In FAST method, the critical path starts with a a) higher order function b) basic function c) assumed function function

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