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Irons or coffeemakers that shut off if not used for five minutes are examples of which of the following principles of universal design?


A) Flexibility in use
B) Tolerance for error
C) Perceptible information
D) Low physical effort

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Factors such as pre- and post-sale service,warranty,and image are part of _____ design.


A) protocol
B) envelope
C) process
D) concept

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following statements is true regarding product design?


A) It should be considered after the product is about ready to be manufactured.
B) Design-driven innovations come from the market.
C) Excellence in design reduces profit due to R&D expenditure.
D) It is the synthesis of technology and human needs into manufacturable products.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Product designing is used to pretty up a product that is about ready to be manufactured.

A) True
B) False

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A fully functional,full-size product prototype that is essentially ready for examination by potential customers would be best described as a _____ prototype.


A) comprehensive
B) focused
C) limited
D) modified

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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The _____ shows the components and functional elements of the product and how they are interconnected.


A) product derivative
B) product schematic
C) geometric layout
D) chunk map

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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The most important DFM process is _____,which is concerned with checking ease of assembly and manufacturing and encouraging product simplification.


A) computer-aided design
B) design for assembly
C) design for maintainability
D) computer-aided manufacturing

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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The development of the augmented aspects of the product is an activity most often led by marketing people and is called _____.


A) envelope design
B) colocation
C) prototyping
D) ideation

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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A

Ergonomics can be best defined as studying unmet customer needs with the help of perceptual gap mapping.

A) True
B) False

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The creation of a solid object directly from a three-dimensional computer model is called _____.


A) visualization
B) rapid prototyping
C) technological ideation
D) assembly design

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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B

With reference to the product architecture process,the product is arranged in a variety of configurations through simulations,CAD,or other techniques in order to find the "best" solutions during the process of:


A) analyzing interactions between chunks.
B) creating the product schematics.
C) creating geometric layouts.
D) clustering the schematic elements.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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The product's architecture is how the _____ are assigned to the chunks and how the chunks are interrelated.


A) protocols
B) functional elements
C) specifications
D) benefits

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Artwork Corps.new product team is preparing decorative graphics,a brand name,and a logo for its latest potential product.The team is most likely to be in the _____ stage of new product development.


A) design environment
B) prototyping
C) design consolidation
D) concept testing

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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The products based on the same platform as an existing product,but modified incrementally in terms of technology or customer need fulfillment are known as breakthrough products.

A) True
B) False

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By definition,a comprehensive prototype is a fully functioning,full-size product that is essentially complete and ready for examination by potential customers.

A) True
B) False

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Marketing personnel are direct participants in the design process.

A) True
B) False

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_____ design is the term sometimes used to mean the design of products to be usable by anyone regardless of age or ability.


A) Universal
B) Exclusive
C) Individualistic
D) Unique

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Leadership of the design team is usually delegated to industrial designers during the _____ stage of the process.


A) manufacturing process design
B) detail design
C) technical design
D) functional design / styling

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Briefly define product architecture.What steps are involved in this process?

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Product architecture is the process by which a customer need is developed into a product design.In order to accomplish this,a product schematic showing the components and functional elements of the product and how they are interconnected is created.Modules (chunks)are identified and defined.Geometric layouts of various module configurations are developed and evaluated.Finally,the interactions between modules (chunks)are checked for feasibility / effectiveness.

Most of the problems surrounding design have to do with concurrency.

A) True
B) False

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