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onMonday, April 13, 2015, 01:44 PM Completed onMonday, April 13,
2015, 02:41 PM Time taken56 mins 42 secs Marks27/50 Grade5.4 out of
a maximum of 10 (54%) Quiz Section Summary 58%10 of 17 correct in
Unit 1 56%9 of 16 correct in Unit 2 47%8 of 17 correct in Unit 3
Question1 Marks: 1 All of the following are potentially challenging
hurdles in new business development, EXCEPT: Choose one answer. a.
Underestimating the competition b. Exploring additional
capabilities c. Relying on technological superiority d. Not
fulfilling customer needs Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question2 Marks: 1 Why is an analysis-based design approach
important? Choose one answer. a. It proves you have learned the
material in previous engineering courses. b. It allows you to
demonstrate the validity of a design, both internally and to your
customer. c. It is time consuming and provides a billable expense
to charge your customer. d. It allows you to step back and reflect
on various design ideas. Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question3 Marks: 1 When creating a progress report, which of the
following is not good advice? Choose one answer. a. Dont address
problems encountered unless they will require you to adjust
deliverables. b. Be sure to include the project description even if
it is a later progress report. c. Be willing to propose changes in
the project requirements if necessary. d. Beware of promising early
completion of deliverables even if they appear easy to meet.
Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question4 Marks: 1 A good
team leader: Choose one answer. a. must be willing to countermand
marginal decisions. b. must never override his or her own thoughts
and opinions in favor of the rest of the groups. c. must act as
both a buffer and interface between his or her team and those the
team is working with and/or for. d. must not hold a different
position in the decision-making process. Correct Marks for this
submission: 1/1. Question5 Marks: 1 Which of the following is not a
responsible action taken by a team leader to encourage quality?
Choose one answer. a. Enabling failure within the group b.
Encouraging lighthearted laughter at other team members actions c.
Using plural pronouns to describe decisions, such as we decided and
our decision d. Establishing rules the group should adhere to
Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question6 Marks: 1 Which of
the following is not a major component of a design report? Choose
one answer. a. Problem definition b. Methodology c. Design
description d. Evaluation Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question7 Marks: 1 Which of the following is not a valid way to
deal with an impossible deadline? Choose one answer. a. Extending
the deadline b. Getting the deliverable redesigned to something
practical to achieve c. Pursuing, or even demanding, more resources
to scale up efforts d. Pushing forward with a delivery that does
not meet criteria but is accomplished on time Incorrect Marks for
this submission: 0/1. Question8 Marks: 1 Which of the following is
not a positive team member motivator? Choose one answer. a. The
work itself. b. Recognition of ones work. c. The ability to present
problems to authority. d. Opportunity for advancement. Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question9 Marks: 1 Which of the
following is not good advice for writing a design report? Choose
one answer. a. The report can use passive or active voice, as long
as it is kept consistent. b. Writing should be done at roughly an
eighth-grade level for clarity. c. The report should be broken up
into sections and subsections, with at least one heading per page.
d. Paragraphs should have only one idea unless they appear too
short. Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question10 Marks:
1 What is engineering design? Choose one answer. a. The production
of a drawing, which shows the function and workings of a thing or
device to be built or made b. A systematic process for
things/devices whose form and function achieve stated objectives
given certain constraints c. The thought process of an engineer
when formulating an idea to pursue d. A loose set of rules meant to
constrain the decision making process to guarantee a predetermined
outcome Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question11 Marks:
1 What are the two main skill sets that a group must develop to
function properly? Choose one answer. a. Managerial skills and
interpersonal skills b. Individual autonomy skills and
interpersonal skills c. Individual autonomy skills and managerial
skills d. Interpersonal skills and task devotion skills Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question12 Marks: 1 Engineering
drawings are important because they: Choose one answer. a. produce
an artistic interpretation of a design for marketing. b. convince
customers that work is being done. c. fully and clearly define
requirements for engineered items. d. help the brainstorming
process by taking engineers away from calculations and thinking
artistically. Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question13
Marks: 1 What does good project planning involve? Choose one
answer. a. Identifying early the tasks that must be achieved and
keeping steadfast to your approach b. Understanding the resources
(money, personnel, facilities, and time available), but being
willing to ignore those resources to achieve the perfect design c.
Making sure that there is an overlap of tasks by different team
members to insure things are always accomplished d. Identifying the
specific tasks that must be accomplished for each element of the
project Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question14 Marks: 1
Personal time management is a set of tools that allows for: Choose
one answer. a. monitoring project progress. b. eliminating wastage.
c. Both A and B d. None of the above Correct Marks for this
submission: 1/1. Question15 Marks: 1 Which of the following is NOT
a part of the design process? Choose one answer. a. Marketing the
final product b. Generating design concepts c. Prototyping and
simulating a design d. Identifying the problem Correct Marks for
this submission: 1/1. Question16 Marks: 1 All of the following are
possible items to include in a progress report except: Choose one
answer. a. the current activities and goals being engaged. b.
tabulated testing data results showing performance of design. c.
the impact of events on work schedule and deadlines. d. additional
resources wanted or needed to complete the project. Incorrect Marks
for this submission: 0/1. Question17 Marks: 1 Which of the
following is not a valid way of documenting your design? Choose one
answer. a. Design notebooks. b. Phone calls with customer. c.
Presentations with customer. d. Final report. Correct Marks for
this submission: 1/1. Question18 Marks: 1 Product costs are: Choose
one answer. a. equivalent to the cost of materials plus the cost of
labor. b. variably defined company to company. c. never calculated
using nonmanufacturing costs. d. driven mainly by clerical and
administrative costs. Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question19 Marks: 1 Which of the following is the least likely
source to yield information for final materials selection? Choose
one answer. a. Manufacturers literature b. Textbooks c. Databooks
d. Internet sites Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question20 Marks: 1 Which of the following is not a valid factor in
processing selection? Choose one answer. a. The capability of a
given material to be shaped to a geometry b. The ability of two
materials to be joined at given geometries c. The environmental
resistance of a chosen material d. The necessity and capability of
surface treating of materials Correct Marks for this submission:
1/1. Question21 Marks: 1 Which of the following is not a way
engineers can uphold their ethical responsibilities? Choose one
answer. a. Using their knowledge and skills for the enhancement of
human welfare b. Being honest and impartial and serving with
fidelity the public, their employers, and clients c. No matter the
circumstances, maintaining a principled duty of obligation to a
client or employee when in contract d. Striving to increase the
competence and prestige of the engineering profession Correct Marks
for this submission: 1/1. Question22 Marks: 1 Materials design
charts: Choose one answer. a. allow for final selection of
materials. b. show balances of material properties. c. usually only
show particular material subsets. d. All of the above Incorrect
Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question23 Marks: 1 Which of the
following is not a type of patent? Choose one answer. a. Copyright,
which protects against the unauthorized copying of an expression b.
Plant, which protects against any new and distinct variety of plant
life c. Design, which protects the ornamental appearances of an
article d. Utility, which protects the utility of an article
Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question24 Marks: 1 What is
a life cycle assessment? Choose one answer. a. An attempt to
calculate the life span of a product in operation b. An attempt to
describe the environmental consequence of the activity being
studied c. An attempt to determine the effect (if any) a product
has on general public life expectancy d. An attempt to determine
the financial costs of a product, from initial development through
manufacturing and repair Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question25 Marks: 1 Which of the following is most true when
choosing the material and processing method? Choose one answer. a.
There is normally a perfect material for every design, although it
may take a great deal of research to find. b. The selection
procedure should not start until a preliminary design has been
finalized. c. Priorities will need to be ranked and trade-offs will
have to be made. d. Constraints should come from cost alone.
Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question26 Marks: 1 ASME,
SAE, and AIAA are acronyms of various: Choose one answer. a.
environmental regulation groups. b. professional engineering
societies. c. standards within the code of engineering ethics. d.
materials selection databases. Incorrect Marks for this submission:
0/1. Question27 Marks: 1 What would be a valid reason to consider
using a trade secret instead of a patent? Choose one answer. a. It
prevents competitors from reverse engineering your products. b. It
provides legal protection from others attempting to replicate your
product. c. It protects confidential information from being
disclosed. d. It guarantees a longer time period of protection.
Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question28 Marks: 1 Which
of the following is not a way engineers can design to reduce the
social effects of materials usage? Choose one answer. a.
Dematerializing a part b. Changing societal expectations as to
environmental and social impacts c. Substituting materials d.
Sourcing recycled or scrapped materials rather than virgin ones
Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question29 Marks: 1
Designing for assembly is a process that includes all but which of
the following? Choose one answer. a. Minimizing tolerances b.
Identifying part relevance c. Identifying the assembly process
steps d. Estimating the cost of assembly Correct Marks for this
submission: 1/1. Question30 Marks: 1 Unidirectional assembly
entails: Choose one answer. a. assembling a product by adding parts
one by one from the same direction. b. designing parts that have
symmetry so orientation during assembly is less crucial. c. Both A
and B d. None of the above Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question31 Marks: 1 Manufacturing costs include all of the
following except: Choose one answer. a. components. b. assembly. c.
overhead. d. distribution. Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question32 Marks: 1 When is it alright to omit data from a set that
is an outlier of expectation? Choose one answer. a. When the data
can be experimentally determined as nonrepeatable and
nonrepresentative b. When the data points are nonnumerous and
detract from the message trying to be presented c. Both A and B d.
None of the above Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question33 Marks: 1 All of the following should be considered when
establishing a product price except: Choose one answer. a. pricing
and value of similar products. b. a maximum payback period required
to ensure a return on the investment. c. the personal finances of
the individuals designing the product. d. the products image and
potential popularity. Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question34 Marks: 1 Which of the following is an accurate
description about a Statement of Work? Choose one answer. a. It
should not include figures or diagrams. b. It should be descriptive
and complete in breadth. c. It should include definitions for all
technical terms. d. All of the above Incorrect Marks for this
submission: 0/1. Question35 Marks: 1 Which of the following needs
to be defined or given in order to perform a size optimization of a
structure? Choose one answer. a. Shape b. Topology c. Both A and B
d. None of the above Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question36 Marks: 1 Which of the following would not be considered
an effective way of learning customer needs? Choose one answer. a.
Interviews with customers directly b. Engineering comprehension and
intuition c. On-site observations d. Surveys and focus groups
Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question37 Marks: 1 Which
of the following would not be considered good advice for
brainstorming? Choose one answer. a. Accept all ideas without
providing feedback. b. Generate a large number of ideas. c. Do not
worry about the feasibility of the ideas. d. Do not build on other
ideas; only present new ones. Incorrect Marks for this submission:
0/1. Question38 Marks: 1 Target values for the metrics as defines
the product design specifications should be derived from all but
which of the following? Choose one answer. a. Benchmarked
competition b. Expected competitors future capabilities c. The
target market segment d. None of the above Correct Marks for this
submission: 1/1. Question39 Marks: 1 Design requirements in product
design specifications must: Choose one answer. a. reflect the
customers needs. b. differentiate the product for the competition.
c. be technically and economically feasible. d. All of the above
Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question40 Marks: 1 Which
of the following is not included in the background section of a
Statement of Work? Choose one answer. a. A description of the
problem and context b. A description of why the problem exists c. A
description of how the end result will be used d. A description of
the defined needs of the customers as researched Incorrect Marks
for this submission: 0/1. Question41 Marks: 1 What should be done
with collected customer needs after a research period? Choose one
answer. a. Hold until later design stages for comparison to the
initial prototype b. Organize into a hierarchy based on difficulty
to incorporate, so that the most challenging tasks can be ignored
c. Organize into a hierarchy alphabetically, so as not to impart
bias on importance d. Organize into a hierarchy with a numerical
ranking system related to importance Correct Marks for this
submission: 1/1. Question42 Marks: 1 Genetic algorithms, simulated
annealing, and tabu searches are all examples of what? Choose one
answer. a. Gradient-based optimization methods b. Heuristic
optimization methods c. Both A and B d. None of the above Correct
Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question43 Marks: 1 Which of the
following are not steps taken in the engineering design process?
Choose one answer. a. Developing a marketing model for selling a
product b. Conducting research c. Defining a problem d. Analyzing
possible solutions Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1.
Question44 Marks: 1 The concept screening process should entail
which of the following? Choose one answer. a. Developing a
selection matrix b. Rating and ranking the concepts c. Selecting a
concept for further refinement d. All of the above Correct Marks
for this submission: 1/1. Question45 Marks: 1 All of the following
are questions an engineer should be asking while conducting
research except: Choose one answer. a. what is wrong with the way
things are currently being done? b. will people pay more money for
a better solution than currently exists? c. can the customer be
convinced the problem is completely solved when a solution only
partially fixes it? d. what has been written about the problem we
are attempting to solve? Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1.
Question46 Marks: 1 A prototype is best defined as: Choose one
answer. a. a physical representation of a completed final design.
b. anything that approximates any aspects of your final product or
design. c. Both A and B d. None of the above Incorrect Marks for
this submission: 0/1. Question47 Marks: 1 Which of the following is
most true about engineering estimates? Choose one answer. a. They
are often more useful than exact answers. b. They are useful
through every aspect of the design stage except concept generation
and selection. c. They should be used minimally throughout a design
project because they lack an absolute solution. d. None of the
above Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question48 Marks: 1
Which of the following is not a true statement about estimations
and modeling? Choose one answer. a. The two approaches are closely
related. b. Estimations should not be used when modeling and
exploring the validity of results. c. The accuracy and fidelity of
necessary results will determine whether to estimate or model. d.
Engineering modeling can be used in the estimation process.
Incorrect Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question49 Marks: 1
Evaluation methods include all of the following except: Choose one
answer. a. metric derivation. b. a review of the drawings and
simulations. c. physical inspections of a prototype. d. operational
tests of a physical prototype Correct Marks for this submission:
1/1. Question50 Marks: 1 Design metrics should: Choose one answer.
a. only be expressed as objective points with unit-based numerical
ranges b. include both practical and impractical considerations c.
incorporate only the most important design criteria d. be derived
from customer needs Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1. Finish
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