Lesson T&EE:A9-7
Engineering Design Management
 
CD T&EE.  Technology & Engineering Education
Unit A.  Technology
Problem Area 9.  Systems Thinking
Lesson 7.  Engineering Design Management
 
 

1. What is the systematic integration of technical, human, and financial resources to achieve goals and objectives?

a. engineering design

b. product development

c. project management

d. systems thinking

Answer: c

2. __________ involves arranging and relating work so that it can be done efficiently by the appropriate people.

a. Controlling

b. Dictating

c. Mastering

d. Organizing

Answer: d

3. What is an organization’s process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue that strategy?

a. line organization

b. staff organization

c. strategic planning

d. SWOT analysis

Answer: c

4. What is risk management?

a. the probability that the quality of the product or service, either in terms of the product specification itself or customer satisfaction, will not be delivered

b. the probability that the project estimates for financial performance are accurate

c. the probability that the task duration estimates are incorrect and that the project will experience negative schedule variance

d. the process of measuring, or assessing, risk and developing strategies to manage it

Answer: d