CAPD: Unit Test 3

1. IPPD stands for:

• Integrated Product and Process Development
• Innovative Product and Planning Design
• International Product and Process Design
• Integrated Planning for Product Design

2. The main goal of IPPD is:

• To increase the cost of development
• To reduce cycle time and improve quality
• To separate product and process design
• To delay customer involvement

3. Which of the following is a strategic reason for product development?

• Short-term cost cutting
• Market competitiveness and growth
• Random experimentation
• Reducing teamwork

4. In IPPD, which are key stakeholders?

• Only designers
• Designers, material suppliers, process planners, customers
• Only suppliers
• Only managers

5. Behaviour analysis in product development mainly focuses on:

• Machine tolerance
• Competitor and customer actions
• Design geometry
• Tool wear

6. Which of the following is a method for prompting customer understanding?

• Ignoring feedback
• Market surveys and interviews
• Reducing communication
• Delaying product launch

7. Product design specifications are primarily established to:

• Increase documentation work
• Translate customer needs into technical requirements
• Limit designer creativity
• Remove supplier involvement

8. Managing requirements in product development ensures:

• Customer dissatisfaction
• Meeting stakeholder needs effectively
• Higher cost of production
• Poor documentation

9. The first step in concept generation is:

• Testing
• Task clarification
• Reflection
• Benchmarking

10. Externally sourced concept ideas can come from:

• Patents and competitor analysis
• Designer’s personal experience
• Morphological charts
• Brainstorming within the team