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Wk 1 – Apply: Week 1 Assignment
1.
Economic analysis of product development projects
must evaluate which of the following?
o
Planned profitability of the product
o
Expected market share to be attained
o
Net present value of profits
o
Timing and amount of net cash flow
o
Demand elasticity of the product
2.
What dimension of competitiveness does quality in
product design affect?
Multiple Choice
o
Engineering hours per project
o
The cost of ongoing service
o
Responsiveness to customer needs
o
Aesthetics of design
o
None of these
3.
A reason that firms must develop more new products
than ever is which of the following?
Multiple Choice
o
Product life cycles are shorter
o
Commitments to joint venture partners
o
They are replacing old customers with
new ones
o
To amortize heavy investments in
development labs
o
The increased difficulty of defending
patents and trade names
4.
Economic analysis of product development projects is
useful in which of the following circumstances?
Multiple Choice
o
Factory location
o
Distribution decisions
o
Go/no-go milestones
o
Demand estimation
o
Pricing
5.
The aim of quality function deployment (QFD) is:
Multiple Choice
o
To facilitate house of quality analysis
o
To provide value analysis/value
engineering input
o
To integrate design for manufacturing
and assembly (DFMA)
o
To facilitate better cooperation between
business functions
o
To get the voice of the customer into
the design of a product
6.
DFMA stands for design for manufacturing and
assembly.
o
True
o
False
7
Sensitivity analysis of the base-case financial
model is a useful tool for which of the following reasons?
o
To determine how long the development
process can profitably last
o
To understand how many technical people
are needed to make the project a success
o
To help understand the basic trade-offs
of resources committed and cash received
o
To identify the necessary product launch
date
o
To set marketing and sales budgets
8
Which of the following is primarily used to help
design products that will connect product attributes with customer desires?
o
House of quality matrix
o
Value analysis/value engineering
o
Concurrent engineering
o
System-level design
9.
One goal of having a core competency is to do
something better than anyone else.
o
True
o
False
10
Designing a new product for aesthetics and for the
user is generally termed industrial design.
o
True
o
False
11.
Ecodesign replaces one or more of the other
requirements considered in the design process.
o
True
o
False
12
A competency is not core if it is easy for
competitors to imitate.
o
True
o
False
13.
The "house of quality" matrix is a
technique that relates customer requirements to concrete operating or
engineering goals.
o
True
o
False
14.
The main purpose of concurrent engineering is to
improve product quality.
o
True
o
False
15.
The ecodesign approach focuses exclusively on the
design and commercial launch phases of the product's life cycle.
o
True
o
False
16.
Which of the following is a characteristic of
concurrent engineering?
Multiple Choice
o
Integrated computer-assisted design
o
Using automated guided vehicles
o
Separate development teams working at
once
o
Having an excellent forecasting system
o
The design-build-test cycle
17.
Incorporation of environmental considerations in the
design and development of products or services is called ecodesign.
o
True
o
False
18.
A key tool of a quality function deployment team is
the house of quality matrix.
o
True
o
False
19
In the generic product development process,
collecting customer needs is accomplished during phase 0 (planning).
o
True
o
False
20.
Specialized design firms tend to have highly
developed processes that support the needs of particular industries.
o
True
o
False
21.
Target customers are specified during "Phase 0:
Planning" of the generic product development process.
o
True
o
False
22
Performance measures discussed for development
projects does not include
Multiple Choice
o
Frequency of new product introductions
o
Yield
o
Percentage sales coming from very old
products
o
Cost of materials and tooling
o
conformance - reliability in use
23.
The generic development process outlined in the
textbook is followed by many, if not most, of the firms in the Fortune 500.
o
True
o
False
24.
Early prototypes of a new product, using the same
geometry and material processes as the production versions, are usually
constructed during the concept development phase of the product development
process.
o
True
o
False
25
Which of the following is a time-to-market
performance measure used in judging product development performance?
o
Frequency of new-product introductions
o
Product reliability
o
Customer loyalty
o
Yield
o
Value analysis
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