multiple choices

All of the following are characteristics of an effective design process except

	increasing the design time for new products and services
	meeting customer requirements in the least costly manner

	matching product or service characteristics with customer requirements
	minimizing the number of revisions needed to make the design workable

Question 21 pts

_________________ is used to compare customer perceptions of different products on two different dimensions.

	A perceptual map
	Benchmarking

	Robust design
	Reverse engineering

Question 31 pts

_______________ yields a product or service designed to withstand variations in environmental and operating conditions.

	Quality function deployment
	Robust design

	Concurrent design
	Computer-aided design

Question 41 pts

Carefully dismantling and inspecting a competitor’s product to look for design features that can be incorporated into your own product is known as

	Concurrent design
	Benchmarking

	Reverse engineering
	Design for manufacture

Question 51 pts

All of the following can improve a product’s reliability except

	simplifying product design
	improving individual component reliability

	changing the product warranty
	adding redundant components

Question 61 pts

Quality function deployment (QFD) is

	a software systems that uses computer graphics to assist in designing products
	a systematic approach to analyzing the causes and effects of product failures

	a visual method for analyzing the interrelationships among failures
	a structured process that translates the voice of the customer into technical design requirements

Question 71 pts

Modular design involves

	reverse engineering
	designing a product so that it can be produced easily and economically

	minimizing the number of parts and subassemblies
	combining standardized building blocks in a variety of ways

Question 81 pts

Simultaneously designing new products and the processes to produce them is known as

	standard design
	modular design

	concurrent design
	functional design

Question 91 pts

________________ is a procedure, used by multifunction design teams, to eliminate unnecessary features and functions from a product design.

	Failure mode and effects analysis
	Value analysis

	Fault tree analysis
	All of these answer choices are correct

Question 101 pts

___________________ is a concept where companies are held responsible for their product even after its useful life.

	Design for disposal or reuse
	Sustainability

	Extended producer responsibility
	Environmental safety