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120 Cards in this Set
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That which a product should do or perform is called: |
Function |
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Take Down, Disassemble, Recycle, and Dispose occur during which stage of life of a product? |
Retire |
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State the features and processes that characterize the "form" of a product in engineering design. |
Shape, configuration size, materials, and manufacturing processes |
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What is the specific aim of concurrent engineering? |
To achieve superior product designs |
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The field service engineer of a company: |
Installs and maintains equipment at the customers state |
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List the four principal business functions of a processing company. |
Operations, engineering, administration, Sales & Marketing |
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Describe the responsibility performance by the design engineer. |
Decide part or product form |
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Which of the following is not one of the 5 phases of design? |
Preliminary Design |
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Describe the responsibility performance by the manufacturing engineer. |
Develops the manufacturing tools and fixtures. |
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What are the roles of stockholders? |
Elect the board of directors |
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What type of decisions are made during conceptual design? |
Evaluating and select one of the concepts for future development. |
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The stages in the life of a product include all of the following except |
Integrate |
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Describe the responsibility performance by the test engineer. |
Design and conducts performance and safety tests |
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Why do businesses organize their employees along functional lines? |
Facilities the management of employees and coordination on its operation. |
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Describe responsibility performance by the project engineer. |
Coordinates, project work tasks, budged, and schedules. |
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Listthe five principal business function of a manufacturing company. |
Purchasing, Manufacturing, R&D, Sales & marketing,and FinancefW |
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Describethe responsibility performance by the industrial engineer. |
Design fabrication, assembly, and warehousing systems. |
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Listthe four phases in the life of a product and the activities that occur in eachphase Introduction. |
Growth, Maturity, Saturation, Decline |
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Describethe responsibility performance by the plant engineer. |
Design and maintains processing plant facilities. |
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Describehow company funds flow in or out during a product’s cycle |
Product development- Manufacturing- Distribution- Service-Disposal |
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Describethe responsibility performance by the materials engineer. |
Investigates and develops improved materials. |
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Namethe four stages of the design process. |
Formulating, Generating, Analyzing, and Evaluating |
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What are the difference between preliminary design and embodiment design? |
Preliminary design is often referred to the collection ofactivities relating to concept design, configuration design and parametricdesign, and Embodiment design refers to those design activities relating toconfiguration design and parametric design activities. |
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What are the roles of the board of directors? |
Oversee the activities of the president. |
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A collection of two or more parts is called an |
Assembly |
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A single-piece component requiring no assembly is called |
Both A and B |
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An item that is purchased and used as a unit is called a |
product |
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Component complexity refers to all of the following except: |
Color |
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Which of the following is not a system of a frozen vegetable plant |
Inspect |
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Modifying the performance of an existing product by changing parameters is |
Variant design |
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Modifying the performance of an existing product by change parameters is |
Manufacturing |
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The most important category of customer requirements is |
functional performance |
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All of the following are types of customer requirements except |
strategy |
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The performance of a product in spite of variations in its material properties, how it is manufactured, or how it is used is called: |
Robustness |
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The secret to the successful solution of a design problem is a sound |
formulation |
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assessments of competitive products are called |
benchmark studies |
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Measures that help us quantify how well a product performs customer and company requirements are called: |
Engineering Characteristics |
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Restrictions on the function or form of design candidate are called |
constraints |
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customer satisfaction curves tend to fall into the following types except |
benchmark is best |
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an estimate of how well an engineering characteristic fulfills a customers expectations is called |
customer satisfaction |
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according to time magazine survey, a quality product is one that |
works as it should, lasts a long time, and is easy to maintain. |
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An engineering design specification includes the following except |
demographics |
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design may also be characterized by the timing and type of information being processed |
configuration, concept, parametric, and detail design |
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which of the statements is true? |
Products may be composed of parts and subassemblies, which may be standard or special-purpose. |
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Which of the following design types is not engineering design? |
Manufacturing |
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To obtain the improvements we usually modify parts, or sub assemblies, or combinations thereof by changing their shapes, sizes, configurations, and materials. |
Redesign |
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Adapting a known solution to accomplish a new task is |
adaptive design |
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which of the following statements is true? |
A process plant is an integrated arrangement of systems and pieces of equipment used to process energy or materials. |
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Conceiving and embodying an original, innovative concept for a given task is |
original design |
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Is a part designed and manufactured for a specific custom application |
special purpose part |
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the abstract embodiment of a physical principle, material, and geometry is called: |
design concept |
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the means by which some effect is caused is called a |
physical principle |
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diagrams that help to identify critical product functions and subfunctions are called |
function decomposition |
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examining how a customer will use and ultimately retire a product is called |
activity analysis |
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all of the following methods may be used to clarify the products functional requirements except |
inversion |
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another word used for the process of generating alternatives is called |
synthesis |
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a method that requires a problem solver to view the problem from the four perspectives: analogy, fantasy, empathy, and inversion is called |
synectics |
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a group method that takes advantage of team members diverse skills, experience, and personalities to generate innovative ideas is called |
brainstorming |
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a feasible alternative concept design will likely |
all of these |
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a drawback of the original pughs method is |
importance weights are not considered |
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concept evaluation methods to determine the relative worthiness of feasible alternatives include all of the following methods except |
hookes |
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a matrix used to form combinations of concepts into an alternative design is called |
morphological matrix |
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the method of intellectual protection that can last an indefinite period of time is called |
trade secret |
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a symbol, design, word, or combination thereof, used to distinguish its products from those of its competitors, is called a |
trademark |
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a document granting legal monopoly rights to produce, use, sell, or profit from an invention, process, plant, or design is called a |
patent |
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authors of creative literary, musical, or artistic works have their work protected with a |
copywright |
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a written or verbal agreement between two parties is called a |
contract |
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intellectual property can be protected by using all of the following except |
sprinkler systems |
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a hierarchical block diagram of major work tasks is called a |
work breakdown structure |
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a project schedule illustrates |
all of these |
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a project responsibilities table shows |
all of these |
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to illustrate the name and function of each project team member we use a |
organizational chart |
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the four elements of teamwork include the following except |
empathy |
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we can practice effective listening by doing the following except |
interrupting |
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at this stage of team development team standards are established and a team spirit emerges: |
norming |
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An effective meeting agenda includes |
all of these |
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a code of ethics includes |
all of these |
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values associated with professional ethics include all of the following except |
safety |
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The quantity that characterizes the behavior of a material in response to an external or applied force is called |
mechanical property |
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A measure of the amount of force per unit area that a material can withstand before it fails is called |
strength |
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the resistance to stretching, bending, or twisting loads is called |
stiffness |
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the ability of a material to undergo a number of cyclical loads without fracturing is called |
fatigue strength |
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the ability of a material to plastically deform is called |
ductility |
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the ability of a material to resist stretching under loads onver long time periods at elevated temperatures is called |
creep resistance |
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the ability of a material to resist localized surface indentation or deformation is called |
hardness |
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the amount of matter per unit volume is called |
density |
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the measure of the rate of heat flow between two surfaces |
thermal conductivity |
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the temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid is called |
melting point |
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all of the following are classes of ferrous metals except |
bronze |
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polymeric materials that can be repeatedly softened by heating and hardened by cooling are called |
thermoplastic |
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materials that are heterogeneous mixtures of polyester or epoxy resins and fibers made from materials, including glass carbon and kevlar, are called |
composites |
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all of the following are ceramics except |
carbon fiber |
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product function is interdependent on |
all of these |
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the materials first approach screens out those materials that do not meet which requirement |
functional |
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performance indexes are derived from the following except |
production volume |
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ductile materials subjected to increasing loads are elastic |
yield plastically |
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Brittle materials subjected to increasing loads are elastic then |
fracture |
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manufacturing processes that relate to the surface treatments |
tertiary |
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manufacturing processes that are used to add or remove geometric features from the basic forms are called |
secondary |
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all of the following are examples of bulk deformation except for |
shearing |
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the process of solidifying molten metal in ceramic cast made with wax patterns is called |
investment casting |
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which of the following molding methods is used to produce hollow parts with thin walls |
blow |
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charge of thermoset or elastomeric is formed between heated mold valves under pressure while polymer cures is called |
compression molding |
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manufacturing very complex shapes including external and internal undercuts, is possible using |
injection molding |
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cutting or separating sheet metal along a straight line is called |
shearing |
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forming plastic indentations to form ribs, beads, or lettering on surface of metal is called |
embossing |
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Plastic deformation of sheet metal using matched punch and die set is called |
bending |
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which of the following processes is used to size sheets for subsquent |
shearing |
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removing material from the workpiece by using a sharp cutting tool that shears away chips of material to create desired form or features is called |
machining |
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which following is often used as a secondary process to true up critical dimensions or surfaces, or to smooth the surface finish |
machining |
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removing of material from a flat surface by using a rotating cutter tool is |
milling |
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removing of material using a translating cutter as the workpiece feeds is |
planing |
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removing material from a translating work piece and a stationary cutter |
shaping |
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the removal of material from a surface using an abrasive spinning wheel |
grinding |
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which machining process produces the smoothest surface |
milling |
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structural steel shapes result from rolling |
blooms |
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bar and rod shapes result from rolling |
billets |
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processing cost per part is proportional to |
cycle time
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tolling cost per part is reduced by |
increasing the run quantity |
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manufacturing costs should be minimized by reducing |
total costs. |