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Functional performance
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The most important category of customer requirements is: constraints, functional performance, appearance, reliability
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Strategy
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All of the following are types of customer requirements except: robustness, strategy ease-of-use, geometry
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Robustness
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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: reliability, maintenance, robustness, human factors
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Formulation
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The secret to the successful solution of a design problem is a sound: project plan, concept design, design variable, formulation
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Benchmark studies
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Assessments of competitive products are called: focus groups, observation studies, market studies, benchmark studies
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Engineering characteristics
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Measures that help us quantify how well a product performs customer and company requirements are called: importance weights, constraints, engineering characteristics, variables
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Constraints
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Restrictions on the function or form of a design candidate are called: importance weights, variables, engineering characteristics, constraints
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Benchmark is best
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Customer satisfaction curves tend to fall into the following types except: more is better, target is better, benchmark is best, less is better
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Customer satisfaction
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An estimate of how well an engineering characteristic fulfills a customer's expectations is called: goodness unit, constraint, customer satisfaction, parameter
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Easy to maintain
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According to the Time magazine survey, a quality product is one that: works as it should, lasts a long times, and is: reliable, easy to maintain, durable, low-cost
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Demographics
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An engineering design specification includes the following except: constraints, engineering characteristics, demographics, importance weights
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Sales volume
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The HoQ for product planning includes all of the following except: sales volume, customer requirements, importance weights, benchmark performance
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All of the above
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Information sources include: surveys, literature, observation studies, all of the above
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Engineering characteristics
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Customer satisfaction curve illustrate the relationship between customer satisfaction and: profit, engineering characteristics, function
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Illicit
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Constraints can be all of the following except: explicit, illicit, restrictions on form or function, implicit
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Design concept
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The abstract of embodiment of a physical principle, material and geometry is called: synthesis, activity, synectics, design concept
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Physical principle
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The means by which some physical effect is caused is called a: design concept, motion principle, physical principle, function
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Function decomposition
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Diagrams that help to identify critical product functions and subfunctions are called: Pugh's method, brainstorming, function decomposition, physical principle
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Activity analysis
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Examining how a customer will use and ultimately retire a product is called: geometry analysis, physical analysis, activity analysis, decomposition analysis
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Inversion
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All of the following methods may be used to clarify the productions functional requirements except: activity analysis, function structures, inversion, functional decomposition
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Grind coffee
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All of the following are functions performed by an electric coffee maker except: store water, convert electricity, grind coffee, warm pot
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Synthesis
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Another word used for the process of generating alternatives is: synectics, synthesis, inversion, brainstorming
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Synectics
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A method that required a problem solver to view the problem from the four perspectives - analogy, fantasy, empathy and inversion is: brainstorming, archives, synthesis, synectics
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Matter
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As a function is performed, the following states may be changed except: matter, energy, time, signal
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Brainstorming
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The group method that takes advantage of team members' diverse skills, experience and personalities to generate innovative ideas is: internet archives, brainstorming, empathy
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All of these
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A feasible alternative concept design will likely: satisfy customer requirements, satisfy company requirements, not violate laws of nature, all of these
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Importance weights are not considered
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A drawback of the original Pugh's method is: criteria are not evaluated, importance weights are not considered, concepts are identified in columns, the team is unable to obtain a consensus
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Hooke's
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Concept evaluation methods to determine the relative worthiness of feasible alternatives include all of the following methods except: weighted rating, Pugh's modified Pugh's, Hooke's
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Morphological matrix
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A matrix used to form combinations of concepts into an alternative design is called: manufactured matrix, morphological matrix, concept matrix, mini matrix
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Trade secret
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The method of intellectual protection that can last an indefinite period of time is a: trademark, trade secret, contract, copyright
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Trademark
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A symbol, design, word or combination thereof, used by a manufacturer to distinguish its products from those of its competitors, is a: trade, copyright, trademark, trade dress
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Patent
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A document granting legal monopoly rights to produce, use, sell or profit from an invention, process, plant (biological) or design is a: trademark, trade dress, contract, patent
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Copyright
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Authors of creative literary, musical or artistic works have their work protected with a: contract, copyright, patent, trade dress
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Contract
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A written or verbal agreement between two parties is a: trademark, litigation, deal, contract
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Sprinkler systems
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Intellectual property is best protected by all of the following except: contracts, sprinkler systems, copyrights, trade secrets
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All of these
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A physical principle acts on a working geometry composed of surfaces and motions including: translation, rotation, non-motion, all of these, none of these
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Superior feasible concept
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The final output of the concept design phase is a: concept, infeasible design, configuration, superior feasible concept
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Pugh's
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Creative methods to generate novel concepts include all of the following except: Pugh's, checklists, brainstorming, synectics
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Verbs
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A way to help us define product functions is that functions are: adverbs, verbs, nouns, adjectives
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Concepts
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A product concept design differs from a concept design in that it includes a combination of specific: principle, concepts, materials, geometries
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Mechanical property
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The quantity that characterizes the behavior of a material in response to an external, or applied, force is called: strength, material property, mechanical property, physical property
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Strength
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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, weight, intensity, hardness
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Stiffness
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The resistance to stretching, bending or twisting loads is called: ductility, impact strength, compressive strength, stiffness
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Fatigue strength
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The ability of a material to undergo a number of cyclical loads without fracturing is called: impact strength, compressive strength, fatigue strength, yield strength
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Ductility
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The ability of a material to plasticity deform is called: ductility, hardness, stiffness, impact
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Creep resistance
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The ability of a material to resist stretching under loads over long time periods at elevated temperatures is called: impact strength, creep resistance, comprehensive strength, ductility
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Hardness
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The ability of a material to resist localized surface indentation or deformation is called: ductility, stiffness, yield, hardness
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Density
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The amount of matter per unit volume is called: connectivity, melting point, conductivity, density
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Thermal conductivity
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The measure of the rate of heat flow between two surfaces, per unit area, per unit time, per unit of thickness, per degree of temperature difference is called: corrosion resistance, specific heat, coefficient of thermal expansion, thermal conductivity
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Melting point
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The temperature at which a solid changes to a liquid is called: melting point, specific heat, thermal expansion, thermal conductivity
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Bronze
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All of the following are classes of ferrous metals except: cast iron, alloy steel, bronze, stainless steel
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Thermoplastic
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Polymeric materials can be repeatedly softened by heating and hardened by cooling are called: thermoplastic, acrylic, thermoset, polystyrene
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Composites
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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: ceramics, thermoplastics, polymers, composites
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Carbon fiber
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All of the following are ceramics except: zirconia, magnesia, silicon nitride, carbon fiber
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All of these
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Production function is interdependent on: material properties, product geometry, manufacturing processes, all of these
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Functional
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The materials first approach screens out those materials that do not meet which requirement: functional, marketing, manufacturing, aesthetic
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Part weight
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The manufacturing process first approach considers all of the following except: shape compatibility, part weight, production volume, part size
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Production volume
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Performance indexes are derived from all of the following except: production volume, functional requirements, material properties, product geometry
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Yield plasticity
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Ductile materials subjected to increasing loads are elastic then: melt, freeze, fracture, yield plasticity
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Fracture
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Brittle materials subjected to increasing loads are elastic then: fracture, melt, freezes, recrystalize
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Tertiary
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Manufacturing processes that relate to surface treatments such as polishing, painting, heat treating and joining are: primary, secondary, tertiary, initial
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Secondary
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Manufacturing processes that are used to add to or remove geometric features from the basic forms are called: primary, secondary, tertiary, initial
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Shearing
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All of the following are examples of bulk deformation except: forging, rolling, bar drawing, shearing
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Deformation
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Changing the shape or form of bulk from materials caused by compressive or tensile yielding is called: casting, machining, deformation, assembly
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Casting
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The process in which molten metal is poured into a cast to solidify is called: polymer processing, casting, machining, finishing
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Forging
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The process of plastically compressing material between two halves of dies set by hydraulic pressure or the stroke of a hammer is called: casting, assembly, deforming, forging
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Investment casting
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The process of solidifying molten metal in a ceramic cast made with wax patterns is called: investment casting, die casting sand casting, polymer casting
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Blow
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Which of the following polymer molding methods is used to produce hollow parts with thin walls: blow, injection, compression, transfer
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Compression molding
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Charge of thermoset or elastomeric is formed between heated mold halves under pressure while polymer cure is called: extrusion, injection molding, compression molding, die casting
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Injection moldin
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Manufacturing very complex shapes, including internal and external undercuts, is possible using: extrusion, injection molding, compression molding, transfer molding
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Shearing
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Cutting or seperating sheet metal along a straight line is called: shearing, blanking, drawing, bending
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Embossing
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Forming plastic indentations to form ribs, beads or lettering on surface of metal is called: punching, blanking, shearing, embossing
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Bending
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Plastic deformation of sheet metal using matched punch-and-die set is: punching, blanking, bending, shearing
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Drawing
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Which of the following processes is used to produce products such as soda cans, cartridge castings and pots and pans: drawing, embossing, blanking, punching
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Shearing
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Which of the following processes is used to size sheets for subsequent operations: drawing, shearing, bending, punching
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Machining
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Removing material from the workpiece by using a sharp cutting tool that shears away chips of material to create desired from or features is called: machining, casting, polymer processing, anodizing
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Machining
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Which of the following is often used as a secondary process to true up critical dimensions or surfaces, or to smooth the surface finish: deformation, casting, polymer processing, machining
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Milling
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Removal of material from a flat surface by using a rotating cutter tool is called: planing, sawing, milling, grinding
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Planing
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Removing material using a translating cutter as a workpiece feeds is called: planing, sawing, milling, grinding
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Shaping
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Removing material from a translating workpiece and stationary cutter is called: planing, shaping, grinding, milling
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Boring
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Increasing diameter of an existing hole with a cutting tool by rotating the workpiece is called: drilling, boring, reaming, facing
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Grinding
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The removal of material from a surface using an abrasive spinning wheel is called: turning, grinding, shaping, facing
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Boring
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Which machining process produces the smoothest surface: drilling, boring, turning, milling
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Shipping
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Handling actions, during assembly, include all of the following except: moving, orienting, placing, shipping
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Blooms
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Structural steel shapes result from rolling: blooms, slabs, sheet, billets
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Billets
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Bar and rod shapes results from rolling: blooms, slabs, sheet, billets
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Component types
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When configuring a product, we need to decide: geometric features, component types, design variables, all of the above
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All of the above
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When configuring a special-purpose part, our goal is to determine: type and number of features, their arrangement or connectivity, their dimensions relative to each other, all of the above
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Type of component
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When configuring a standard component we consider the: type of component, cost, vendor, all of the above
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Chunks
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Functional and physical elements arranged as a physical building block of a product are called: clumps, clusters, chunks, colletion
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All of these
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The steps to develop a product architecture include: create a schematic, cluster elements into chunks, make a rough geometric layout, identify the fundamental and incidental interactions, all of these
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Both a and b
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Examples of part features are: bosses, chamfers, both a and b, neither a nor b
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All of these
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A configuration requirements sketch includes: forces, energy flows, mating parts, supports, all of these
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Marketability
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A configuration analysis checklist includes all of the following criteria except: DFM, design for function, DFA, marketability
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Fastening
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Handling activities include all of the following except: orienting, fastening, moving, grasping
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Fabricating
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Design for assembly includes methods to improve all of the following except: fastening, fabricating, inserting, handling
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DFM
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A set of practices that aim to improve the fabrication of individual parts is: DFA, CAD, DFM, CAE
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Coffee cup
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All of the following are examples of modular architecture except: office partitions, coffee cup, personal computers, track lighting
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All of these
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Design for molding/casting includes: avoiding undercuts, adding stiffening ribs, avoiding thick walls, all of these
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Minimizing manufactured scrap
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Design for sheet metalworking includes: avoiding undercuts, minimizing manufactured scrap, avoiding thick walls, all of these
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All of these
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Design for machining includes: using standard parts, specifying liberal tolerances, using standard features, all of these
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Using standard parts
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Design for function includes all of the following except: safety, strength, using standard parts, ease of use
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Arcs/lines
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Feature-based modeling creates parts using all of the following except: chamfers, fillets, arcs/lines, ribs
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Solid modeling
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CAD software that provides for significant downstream benefits: solid modeling, 2D, surface modeling, wireframe
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A wide selection of alternatives
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To be selective we need: a wide selection of alternatives, weights, criteria, standards
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Complex
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Product development is almost always: linear, simple, complex, inexpensive
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Detail design
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We complete product specifications, drawings, performance tests and bills of materials in: detail design, configuration design, parametric design, concept design
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Concept design phase
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We make decision about the physical principles, geometry and material in the: detail design phase, configuration design phase, parametric design phase, concept design phase
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Configuration design
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We decide the type of geometric features on a part, their arrangement and their relative dimensions in: detail design, parametric design, configuration design, concept design
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Evaluate
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In which parametric design step do we assess feasible designs to determine the best design: analyze, refine, evaluate, generate
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Formulate
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In which of the five steps or parametric design do we gather appropriate data, clarify important details, consider different analytical and experimental analyses and then plan and decide how to complete the project: generate, analyze, evaluate, formulate
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Generate
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In which of the five steps of parametric design do we select different values for the design variables to synthesize different candidate designs: formulate, generate, evaluate, refine
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Infeasible
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Values of the design variables that do not satisfy the constraints are said to be: feasible, non-optimal, inaccurate, infeasible
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Are under the control of the design engineer
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Design variables are parameters that: describe specific conditions of use, are under the control of the design engineer, measure product performance, measure customer satisfaction
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Design for robustness
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Methods aimed at reducing the sensitivity of product performance to variations are called: Weighted rating, design evaluation, design for robustness, optimal performance
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Optimal design
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Methods to automate the generation of design variable values are: design robustness, safe design, optimal design, synthesis
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FEA
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Software that analyzes the motion and the forces of moments that cause motion: CAD, dynamics, FEA, QFD
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Coupling
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Trade-offs result in SEP compromises because of: coupling, variation, errors, constraints
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Inverse analysis
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Finding the values of design variables by algebraically juggling an equation is called: QFD, inverse analysis, variation analysis, optimization
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Design load
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A factor of safety for loads is the ratio of allowable load divided by: desirable force, design load, maximum load, minimum load
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PDPs
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Constraint can be all of the following except: limits on design variables, inequality relations, equality relations, PDPs
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Product concept
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Which of the following tests are usually done early in the developmental cycle to make sure that the product will have the right appearance and have the right combination of features: beta-prototype, preproduction-prototype, product concept, alpha-prototype tests
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Alpha-prototype
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Tests which use a prototype having the same geometric features, material and layout as the intended final assembly, but not the final manufacturing processes: alpha-prototype, virtual prototype, beta-prototype, preproduction-prototype
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Beta-prototype
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Tests in which a full-scale, functional part or product is prototyped using material and manufacturing processes that will be used in production is called: alpha-prototype, virtual-prototype, beta-prototype, preproduction-prototype
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Preproduction-prototype
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Tests in which a full-scale part or product is made and assembled with the final materials and actual production processes are called: visual-prototype, proof-of-concept, alpha-prototype, preproduction-prototype
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Rapid prototyping
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A technology that uses computers and computer-controlled equipment to automatically fabricate prototypes is called: rapid prototyping, alpha-prototyping, visual prototyping, beta-prototyping
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Stereolithography
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The rapid-prototyping process that uses a high-power laser to selectively solidify a liquid photopolymer, layer by layer, into the shape of the finished prototype is called: fused-deposition modeling, laminated-object manufacturing, selective laser sintering, stereolithography
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Fused-deposition modeling
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The rapid-prototyping process that deposits a thin filament of melted material on a horizontal layer, using numerically controlled positioners, is called: laminated-object manufacturing, fused-deposition modeling, CNC prototyping, stereolithography
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Laminated-object manufacturing
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The rapid-prototyping process that builds each prototype by laminating together thin layers of material, which have been cut using a numerially controlled laser, is called: laminated-object manufacturing, CNC prototyping, 3D-Inkjet prototyping, fused-deposition modeling
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Selective laser sintering
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The rapid-prototyping process that uses a high-power laser to sinter together fusible materials, such as powdered metals, layer by layer, is called: laminated-object manufacturing, selective laser sintering, fused-deposition modeling, stereolithography
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3D-Inkjet prototyping
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The rapid-prototyping process that selectively deposits a glue-like binder onto a layer of dry powder, layer by layer, which dries into a solid prototype is called: CNC prototyping, fused-deposition modeling, laminated-object manufacturing, 3D-Inkjet prototyping
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NC machining
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The rapid-prototyping process that begins with the creation of a virtual part created in the memory of a computer is called: overall rapid-prototyping process, fused-deposition modeling, stereolithography, NC machining
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Low capital equipment cost
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All of the following are advantages of rapid prototyping except: rapid tooling, low capital equipment cost, duplication ease and costs, flexibility
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Production
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All of the following are basic components in a product development test plan except: production, work space, objectives, schedule
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Sintering
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The heating and fusing of small particles resulting in a hard bonded material block is called: deposing, laminating, sintering, modeling
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Virtual prototype
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Non-real, electronic replica of a part or product is called: physical prototype, virtual prototype, scale model, NC/CNC
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Form
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Type of test to determine whether a part and/or product will have an acceptable appearance is: form, fit, safety, function
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Fit
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Type of test to determine whether a part and/or product will fit the user, with an acceptable precision is: form, fit, safety, function
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Additive
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A process that builds a part by adding layers of material is: subtractive, additive, gluing, machining
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NC/CNC
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Traditional prototyping does not include: clay modeling, NC/CNC, cardboard mock-ups, balsa wood scale-models
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Function
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Type of test to determine whether a part and/or product will perform as required is called: form, fit, safety, function
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Cause
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In the failure modes and effect analysis method, the reason why a part fails owing to a defect in design or manufacture is called the: effect, cause, severity, detection
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Effects
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The adverse consequences that the customer might experience is called: severity, causes, effects, detection
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Defects
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The risk priority number is the product of the following factors except: severity rating, defects, occurrence rating, detection rating
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Rotating
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All of the following are examples of prevailing part failure modes except: binding, rotating, leaking, fracturing
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Expected
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What "likelihood" would rate a 10 on the occurrence rating chart? occasional, remote, expected, improbable
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All of these
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At what stage in the life of a product may injuries occur to employees or customers: manufacture, use, retirement, all of these
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Contact hazards
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Injuries received by touching hot surfaces, sharp edges or electrically charged parts are caused by: contact hazards, entrapment hazards, impact hazards, entanglement hazards
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Impact hazards
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Injuries received from hammer blows are called: contact hazards, impact hazards, ejection hazards, entanglement hazards
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Safety hierarchy
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The design method that establishes priorities for risk reduction is called: safety alternatives, hazard reduction, safety hierarchy, hazard hierarchy
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Dual use
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The fundamental design principles used to design safe products and systems include all of the following except: dual use, safe-life, redundant design, fail-safe
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Ejection hazards
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Particles flung from moving machinery are called: contact hazards, impact hazards, ejection hazards, kinetic hazards
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Civil actions
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Legal actions taken to recover damages for personal injury or physical damage to property are called: civil actions, criminal actions, products liability actions, legal proceedings
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Employees
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Occupational Health and Safety Act protects: vendors, customers, employees, shippers
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Eliminate the hazard
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The highest priority design effort should be to: provide training, protect against the hazard, eliminate the hazard, provide warnings
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Clearance fit
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Which type of fit specifies a deliberate space between mating parts: interference fit, worst-case fit, clearance fit, statistical fit
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Working drawings
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Production drawings are also called: detail drawings, graphic drawings, working drawings, design drawings
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Detail drawings
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Orthographic projection views of a part, showing its geometric features drawn to scale along with full dimensions, tolerances, manufacturing-process notes and title block, are called: assembly drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, diagrams
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Bill of materials
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A table of part information, organized with column headings for part number, part name, material quantity used in assembly and other special notes, is called: parts bill, piece invoice, resource invoice, bill of materials
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Schematics
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Diagrams of electrical or mechanical systems using abstract symbols are called: charts, figures, schematics, sketches
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Charts
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Illustrations that portray relationships among numerical data, for example, sales versus time, are called: charts, figures, schematics, sketches
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Sketches
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Hand-drawn rough drawings, drawn without the use of drawing instruments are called: schematics, sketches, figures, charts
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Memoranda
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Communications, three to nine pages long, sent to a broad audience, and covering many topics are called: test reports, progress reports, memoranda, letters
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Test reports
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Technical reports detailing engineering or scientific tests on materials, prototypes and/or products are called: memoranda, test reports, letters, progress reports
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Letters
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Brief communications sent to a few selected individuals on a specific topic are called: letters, memoranda, progress reports, test reports
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Design-project report
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A formal report prepared at the conclusion of a design project, summarizing the work tasks undertaken and discussing their recommended design in detail is called: progress report, design-project report, test report, design report
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Research report
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A technical report, similar to a test report, but broader in coverage, including additional sections such as an abstract, literature review, laboratory/test program description and bibliography, is called: design-project report, progress report, research report, project-progress report
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Excellent preparation
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An excellent presentation requires: excellent preparation, good refreshments, professional speakers, audio/visuals
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Both a and c
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Q & A following a presentation should be: encouraged, discouraged, prepared for, both a and c
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All of these
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When giving a presentation we should: start on time, stick to the schedule, end on time, all of these
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Simple
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Product data management systems can be all of the following except: simple, secure, facilitating, fast
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Empathy
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The four elements of teamwork include all of the following except: collaboration, empathy, communication, decision making
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"Twittering"
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We can practice effective listening by doing all of the following except: asking questions, showing respect, "twittering", stop talking
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Norming
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At this stage of team development, standards are established and a team spirit emerges: forming, storming, norming, performing
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All of these
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An effective meeting agenda includes: topic to be discussed, estimated time for each topic, person assigned to facilitate the topic discussion, all of these
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All of these
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A code of ethics: establishes ethical standards of professional conduct, establishes rules to assist our decision making, encourages value-laden decision making, all of these
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Safety
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Values associated with professional ethics include all of the following except: honesty, safety, fidelity, integrity
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Storming
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At this stage of team development, members begin to realize the enormity of the project and recognize differences in individual abilities, personalities and work styles: norming, forming, storming, performing
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