Deck 6: Collaborating With Engineers: Prototyping and Manufacturing

Question 1

Your main role as a corporate innovator is to be a facilitator.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

If managers are going to succeed in this new economic reality, they must be able to work in technical and artistic domains.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Most inventions and new products are never a new combination of what already exists.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Computer engineering combines electrical engineering with computer science to develop new computer systems.

Question 5

As the home prototyping machines increase in size and capability and lower in price, we expect the personal manufacturing movement to impede.

Question 6

A prototype is the original or model on which something is based or formed.

Question 7

If you want to get great feedback on your idea, building a prototype is not recommended.

Question 8

A revolution is taking place in D. I.Y. manufacturing similar to the one that took place in the 1970s with computers

Question 9

Apple is no longer the leading innovator of hardware today, as is Microsoft in software.

Question 10

Experiences are memorable encounters a company provides to its customers

Question 11

A major reason most people are pessimistic and apathetic is because they don't possess ____________skills.

A) Creative Strategizing
B) Collaborative Problem Solving
C) Entrepreneurial and Innovative
D) Tactical and Inventive

Question 12

What is one way business people can become better designers?

A) be a better planner
B) be proficient in technology
C) be an effective communicator
D) be innovative

Question 13

_______________ is the profession that designs, builds, and maintains the objects in our world.

A) Architecture
B) Manufacturing
C) Entrepreneurship
D) Engineering

Question 14

Scientists focus on discovery in the natural world whereas engineers are trained to utilize a______________ process to address issues in the constructed world.

A) Problem Solving
B) Investigative
C) Methodical
D) Diagnostic

Question 15

___________________design the infrastructure that supports our communities.

A) Chemical Engineers
B) Electrical Engineers
C) Civil Engineers
D) Industrial Engineers

Question 16

A physical representation of your idea that is useful for attaining more in-depth feedback is referred to as a _____________.

A) Sample
B) Product
C) Idea
D) Prototype

Question 17

_____________are experiences that help customers realize their aspirations and dreams products.

A) Transformations
B) Experiences
C) Transitions
D) Revolutions

Question 18

Resources that are obtained from the natural world, and are typically utilized to manufacture products.

A) Nonentity
B) Merchandise
C) Commodities
D) Assets

Question 19

________________enables you take an idea and, with a moderate investment in machinery, prototype a fairly sophisticated model in your home or office.

A) Industrialization
B) Desktop Manufacturing
C) Creation Reconstruction
D) Idea Fabrication

Question 20

As the home prototyping machines increase in size and capability and lower in price, we expect the ______________movement to accelerate.

A) Public Creation
B) Private Engineering
C) Local Market
D) Personal Manufacturing

Question 21

List and define different types of prototypes.

Question 22

List and describe the five steps that provide guidance on how to take your idea through the various stages of prototyping.

Question 23

Discuss and explain the D.I.Y movement "Desktop Manufacturing".