Operations And Supply Chain Management 9th Edition by Roberta Russell – Test Bank

Operations And Supply Chain Management 9th Edition by Roberta Russell – Test Bank

Chapter 4:
Product Design

True/False

1. 1. Product design has a tremendous impact on the quality of a manufactured good or service.

Ans: True

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1

Bloom’s: Comprehension

1. 2. Dismantling and inspecting a competitor’s product to identify design features that might be used to improve your own product is known as reverse engineering.

Ans: True

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1

Bloom’s: Knowledge

1. 3. An effective design process matches product characteristics with customer requirements.

Ans: True

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1

Bloom’s: Knowledge

1. 4. Comparing a product or process against the best-in-class is known as reverse engineering.

Ans: False

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1

Bloom’s: Knowledge

1. 5. Creating preliminary design models that are quickly tested and either discarded or further refined is known as rapid prototyping.

Ans: True

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1

Bloom’s: Knowledge

1. 6. Form design refers to the physical appearance of a product.

Ans: True

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: LO 1

Bloom’s: Knowledge