Product Design and Development - Industrial Engineering - Production & Industrial Engineering Previous Year Questions

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2007 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2007

A product is made by mixing three raw materials 1, 2, 3 in varying proportions, where material 1 must account for not more than 50% of the total. If x, y and z are the amounts of raw materials 1, 2, 3 respectively, this constraint can be modeled as

A

x ≤ 0.5

B

x ≤ 0.5(x + y + z)

C

0.5x ≤ x + y + z

D

x ≥ 0.5(y + z)

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2007 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2007

Given
Assertion [a]: Value engineering of a new product is to be done after the original design concept is nearly ready for release for manufacture.
Reason [r]: Value engineering aims at reducing the cost of manufacture of a new product.

A

Both [a] and [r] are true and [r] is the correct reason for [a]

B

Both [a] and [r] are true, but [r] is not the correct reason for [a]

C

Both [a] and [r] are false

D

[a] is true but [r] is false

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2007 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2007

Given
Assertion [a]: There is a continuous reduction of life cycles of modern day products
Reason [r]: Product life cycle management reduces to a large extent the new product development time from concept to production

A

Both [a] and [r] are true and [r] is the correct reason for [a]

B

Both [a] and [r] are true, but [r] is not the correct reason for [a]

C

Both [a] and [r] are false

D

[a] is true but [r] is false

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2009 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2009

For a granted patent to last for 20 years, the patent must be

A

owned by the inventor

B

renewed and maintained

C

novel

D

non-obvious

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2009 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2009

Match the following:

Group I (Protection type)	Group II (Example in the Indian context)
P. Patent	1. Manual of a product
Q. Trademark	2. Appearance of an MP3 player
R. Copyright	3. Logo of a company
S. Industrial design	4. Microprocessor

A

P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1

B

P-4, Q-1, R-3, S-2

C

P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1

D

P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-2

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2009 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2009

Match the following:

Group I (Design aspect)	Group II (Description)
P. Form design	1. Introduction, growth, maturity and decline
Q. Concurrent engineering	2. Determines cost of each function of the design
R. Value analysis	3. Integration of product design and manufacturing
S. Product life cycle	4. Appearance, shape, colour and size of product

A

P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3

B

P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1

C

P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1

D

P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-1

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2010 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2010

Which one of the following intellectual properties can be classified as copyrights?

A

Patents and Trademarks

B

Industrial Designs

C

Trade Secrets

D

Literary and Artistic Expressions

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2011 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2011

A system that acquires knowledge, creates a knowledge base and applies a large but standard set of probability based rules to make a decision in a specific problem setting, is termed as

A

an expert system

B

a management information system

C

a database management system

D

a probabilistic assessment system

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2011 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2011

In a value analysis exercise, the cost of a product has come down by 20% without any change in its quality. The product value has improved by

A

15 %

B

20 %

C

25 %

D

30 %

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2011 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2011

In a value analysis exercise, the cost of a product has come down by 20 % without any change in its quality. The product value has improved by

A

15 %

B

20 %

C

25 %

D

30 %

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2012 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2012

Which one of the following is NOT associated with the process of new product development?

A

QFD

B

FEMA

C

KANBAN

D

DFMA

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2013 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2013 [Session 1]

Which one of the following is modeled based on adaptation capabilities of biological systems?

A

Relational database

B

Fuzzy system

C

Simulated annealing algorithm

D

Genetic algorithm

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2017 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2017

In Value Engineering approach, the value of the product is

A

inversely proportional to its functions and directly proportional to its cost

B

directly proportional to its functions and inversely proportional to its cost

C

inversely proportional to its functions as well as its cost

D

directly proportional to its functions as well as its cost

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2020 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2020

An approach used in the product development which combines the efforts of design, manufacturing, and other functions to reduce the total time in introducing a new product in the market is

A

Concurrent engineering

B

Lean manufacturing

C

Value engineering

D

Break-even analysis

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2020 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2020

The figure shows revenue generated over different product life cycle stages marked as P, Q, R and S. Group I lists these product life cycle stages. Group II lists typical efforts leading to revenue maximization during a stage. Match the stage with the efforts. Group I P. Introduction Q. Growth R. Maturity S. Decline Group II 1. Efforts to enhance the production capacity 2. Efforts to rejuvenate the product 3. Efforts to maximize the product performance 4. Efforts to explore other markets

A

P-3; Q-4; R-2; S-1

B

P-1; Q-4; R-2; S-3

C

P-1; Q-3; R-4; S-2

D

P-3; Q-1; R-2; S-4

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2021 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2021

In a typical product development process under concurrent engineering approach, all elements of product life cycle from conception to disposal are considered at

A

Product design stage

B

Process design stage

C

Manufacturing stage

D

Disposal stage

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2022 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2022

Which one of the following statements is TRUE?

A

Concurrent engineering is a non-integrated approach for designing a product.

B

Concurrent engineering carries out all product development functions in a sequential manner.

C

Concurrent engineering reduces the lead time for the product development.

D

Concurrent engineering increases the lead time for the product development.

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2022 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2022

Match the processes of product development with their characteristics.

Process	Characteristic
P	Product synthesis	1	Process of conversion of conceptual design into engineering science based model
Q	Product simplification	2	Process related to design conceptualization
R	Product analysis	3	Process of maintaining uniformity and consistency
S	Product standardization	4	Process of reducing the number of parts without losing the functionalities

A

P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3

B

P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-4

C

P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-2

D

P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1

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2024 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2024

Which of the following concepts is not closely inter-related with INTERCHANGEABILITY in the context of product design?

A

Standardization

B

Simplification

C

Diversification

D

Specialization

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2024 · Production & Industrial Engineering · Industrial Engineering · Product Design and Development

Production & Industrial Engineering (PI) 2024

Match the configurations of the listed 3 degrees-of-freedom industrial robots with the type of joints.

Configuration		Type of joints
P	Cartesian	1	One prismatic and two rotary
Q	Cylindrical	2	Three rotary
R	Spherical	3	Two prismatic and one rotary
S	Articulated	4	Three prismatic

A

P-3, Q-1, R-2, S-4

B

P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-2

C

P-4, Q-2, R-1, S-3

D

P-3, Q-1, R-4, S-2

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