53) What is the group technology component of a CAD system?
54) Explain concurrent engineering and state its benefits.
55) State the importance of complementary products.
56) State any three considerations in a design.
57) Explain the over-the-wall syndrome.
58) State the importance of the product data management (PDM) tool?
59) The acronym QFD stands for ________.
A) Quality Function Deployment
B) Quality Feasibility Development
C) Quality Function Design
D) Quality Factors for Development
E) Quality Feasibility Data
60) ________ describes a method for translating customer requirements into functional design.
A) Manufacturing system design
B) Final product definition
C) Quality function deployment
D) Product design specification
E) Customer future projection
61) What is the first step in performing quality function deployment?
A) Prioritize technical requirements.
B) Identify the correlations between design elements in the roof of the house.
C) Prioritize customer requirements.
D) Develop a listing of technical design elements along the roof of the house.
E) Develop a list of customer requirements.
62) A particular customer requirement has a strong association with a technical requirement, an
importance of 6, a target value of 3, and a sales point value of 2. The absolute weight of this
customer requirement is ________.
A) 1
B) 6
C) 9
D) 18
E) 36
63) A particular customer requirement is associated with a technical requirement, has an
importance of 3, a target value of 5, and a sales point value of 2. The absolute weight of this
customer requirement is ________.
A) 15
B) 30
C) 6
D) 10
E) 25
64) A particular customer requirement is associated with a technical requirement, has an
importance of 3, a target value of 1, and a sales point value of 3. The absolute weight of this
customer requirement is ________.
A) 9
B) 45
C) 6
D) 90
E) 81
65) A particular customer requirement has a strong association with a technical requirement, an
importance of 9, a target value of 3, and a sales point value of 1. The absolute weight of this
customer requirement is ________.
A) 1
B) 3
C) 9
D) 27
E) 243
66) Quality function deployment (QFD) describes a method for translating customer
requirements into functional design.
67) The first step in performing quality function deployment is to develop a listing of technical
design elements along the roof of the house.
68) Customer requirements with high competitive assessments and low importance are
candidates for improvement.
69) What is quality function deployment (QFD)?
70) What are the steps in performing quality function deployment?
71) During the prioritization of technical requirements step of Quality Function Deployment,
how are the values for absolute and relative weights established?
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72) ________ reliability is defined as the propensity for a part to fail over a given time.
A) System
B) Concurrent
C) Component
D) Process
E) Perpetual
73) In 1972, Congress created the ________ to protect citizens from unreasonable risks of injury
and death due to defective products or components.
A) Customer Product Safety Council
B) Consumer Product Safety Commission
C) Consumer Protection Safety Council
D) Customer Product Safety Commission
E) Council for Product Safety Components
74) Which of the following is an analytical tool that graphically renders the combination of faults
that lead to failure in a system?
A) System failure diagram
B) Decision-tree analysis
C) Fault-tree analysis
D) Product traceability matrix
E) FMEA flowchart
75) Which design methodology includes design concepts such as easily replaceable components,
safe maintenance, and nondestructive disassembly?
A) product life-cycle design
B) complementary product design
C) design for maintainability
D) design for reliability
E) design for manufacture
76) Designing for reliability means standardizing parts, modularizing, and using as few parts as
possible in a design.
77) System reliability is defined as the propensity for a part to fail over a given time.
78) Component reliability is computed from the aggregation of multiple components.
79) Failure modes and effects analysis is an analytical tool that graphically renders the
combinations of faults that lead to failure of a system.
80) Product traceability increases product liability relating to safety hazards.
81) Differentiate between component reliability and system reliability.
82) What is the first step in failure modes and effects analysis?
A) Assign each component an identifier.
B) List functions for each part.
C) Identify highest risks.
D) List one or two failure modes for each function.
E) Estimate likelihood of failure.
83) What is the final step in failure modes and effects analysis?
A) Describe effects of each failure mode.
B) Estimate likelihood of failure.
C) Eliminate or reduce highest risks.
D) Estimate failure detection.
E) Determine hazard likelihood and categorize.
84) ________ refers to how often a failure will occur, how easy it is to diagnose, and whether it
can be fixed.
A) Reliability
B) Criticality
C) Traceability
D) Feasibility
E) Maintainability
85) Failure modes and effects analysis begins at the highest level of detail to which the system is
designed and works downward.
86) Failure modes and effects analysis results in reduction in product development cost.
87) The first step in failure modes and effects analysis is to estimate the likelihood of failure.
88) The primary goal of failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis is to develop priorities for
corrective action based on estimated risk.
89) Criticality prioritizes how the design team should be spending its resources.
90) What are the benefits of using failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)?
91) State the nine-step process of failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA).
92) Describe the failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA).
93) A method of manufacturing that minimizes waste and pollution is referred to as ________.
A) renewable manufacturing
B) clean manufacturing
C) green manufacturing
D) ecofriendly manufacturing
E) sustainable manufacturing
94) The life-cycle approach to product design has led to practices known as ________.
A) design for aesthetics, design for performance, and design for quality
B) design for ease of manufacture, design for optimal pricing, and design for quality
C) design for cost containment, design for quality, and design for conformance
D) design for reuse, design for disassembly, and design for remanufacture
E) design for reliability, design for dependability, and design for conformance
95) The move to green manufacturing began in ________.
A) Germany
B) Australia
C) Japan
D) United States
E) China
96) A major goal of product traceability and recall procedures is to be able to ________.
A) implement green manufacturing
B) get listed on the CPSC Web site
C) prioritize how the design team should spend its resources
D) trace products with a minimum cost
E) avoid lawsuits
97) Which of the following is not a green design concept?
A) Avoid waste
B) Avoid costs associated with reuse and recycling
C) Use reusable energy when possible
D) Make products durable
E) Use nonhazardous materials if possible
98) The principles for ________ include using fewer parts and fewer materials, and using snap-
fits instead of screws.
A) design for disassembly
B) design for conformance
C) design for reuse
D) design for remanufacturing
E) design for performance
99) A method of manufacturing that minimizes waste and pollution is referred to as green
manufacturing.
100) The principles for design for reuse include using fewer parts and fewer materials, and using
snap-fits instead of screws.
101) Differentiate between design for reuse and design for disassembly.