2019 Weekly Quizzes:

"Q5. Which statement below about the TRIZ design methodology is incorrect?
1. TRIZ uses a table of ""technical contradictions"" to check which principles of design may
be applicable to improve one aspect of a design without making another aspect worse.
2. TRIZ uses a checklist of 40 design principles, which are ideas to think about.
3. One of the 40 principles of TRIZ is to consider ease of assembly.
4. One of the 40 principles of TRIZ is to consider use of asymmetry on purpose."

"What is the incorrect statement about PMBOK below?

PMBOK means the project management book of knowledge.
PMBOK discusses topics such as cost management and project quality management.
PMBOK identifies nine areas of project management.
The full title of PMBOK is ""A guide to the project management body of knowledge""."

What is the incorrect statement about project work in MECH3600 below.

Projects are not intended to involve too much detailed calculation or simulation.
A key deliverable in each project is to demonstrate good planning.
Good teamwork is the key to project success.
Teams are free to choose their own project.
Pick the incorrect statement below.
A work breakdown structure is a way to organize packets of work that can help create a
Gantt chart.
A work breakdown structure indicates the time dependency of tasks.
A Gantt chart is useful for revealing a critical path with tasks that cannot begin before the
previous task is finished.
A Gantt chart implies a work breakdown structure and a network diagram.

Jean and Bob are reviewing the status of a project schedule and find a variance on
the critical path.
This will have a direct impact on the number of stakeholders
the project end date
both answer 1 and answer 2
neither answer 1 or answer 2

A project manager is preparing the work breakdown structure for a new project.
The WBS is typically used for explaining the scope of the project relevent to the client.
a basis to organize and to define the total scope of the project.
showing the resource conflicts that exist in the project.
the logical relationship between tasks in the project.

A project manager meets with the project team to review lessons learned from
previous projects. In what activity is the team involved?
Scope specification
Performance management
Risk identification
Project team status meeting

What is the incorrect statement below about conflict within a team?

Conflict is unusual
Conflict can be caused by a member dominating, or by a member loafing
Good communication is one key to avoiding conflict
Absence of trust within a team can lead to conflict

Which is the incorrect statement about KPI's below.

KPI's should avoid overly broad statements.
KPI's should reflect critical success factors.
KPI's are used by many businesses, not just engineering ones.
All KPI's must be able to be expressed as a single number measurement, like a percentage
or fraction.

Which is the incorrect statement about risk below?

Risk is not just about human health and safety.
A designer is legally a PCBU.
A hazard is legally either a thing or a behaviour that could cause harm.
A risk analysis, once done, can be filed away and forgotten.

Which is the incorrect statement about quality in design?

can show problems that are typically only 15% due to bad workmanship.
involves good reliability and durability.
does not involve how a product looks.
has improved dramatically in Japan since the 1930's.

Which is the incorrect completion of the statement below?

Principles on which project quality management described in ISO10006 is based include
obtaining engagement of people in the task of ensuring quality.
continually seeking improvement.
decision making based on the boss's intuition.
relationship management with parties involved in manufacture such as suppliers.

Which of the following is an incorrect statement about the acronym DMAIC?

It is part of the Six Sigma approach to quality adopted by General Electric.
It describes a process of continual improvement of quality.
The letters mean define, measure, analyse, improve, control.
It is used to guide improvement of a process, but not for design of a process.

In manufacturing, we wish to avoid processes that fail to add value to a product.

Which of the below is not such an operation?
Transport of materials.
Defects that need reworking.
A delay due to waiting for a process to finish.
A quality assessment.

Which statement below is incorrect.

A review of technical specifications or a study to identify potential problems with a
manufacturing process is best done with a cross-functional team to get different
perspectives.
An appearance approval report is unrelated to quality.
Root cause analysis to identify recurring problems is adopted in the automotive industry to
maintain quality.
A successive inspection with a different set of eyes or with different technology aids quality
control.

Spot the incorrect statement below.

The functional analysis system technique (FAST) extends Toyota's 5 Whys technique by
asking How as well as Why.
A value management study follows an investigation procedure which is quite different to the
PDCA (plan, do, check, act) cycle used for product planning.
FMEA (failure mode effects analysis) and PFMEA (process failure mode effects analysis)
both incorporate a risk analysis.
A fishbone diagram aims to let you to see all potential problems that could occur in one
diagram.

"Which statement is incorrect below.

A trade mark is not just the name of a company.
The tune ""Happy little vegemites"" is an Australian trade mark.
A trade mark cannot be the shape of a product.
A trade mark can be a valuable marketing tool."

Which is the incorrect statement below?

Assertiveness is bad when combined with cooperation.
If assertiveness and cooperation are both only medium in members of a team, one danger is
that the team could return a fine example of a consistent slack effort.
Other priorities of a team member may make them contribute too little too late.
People tend to ignore information that does not support their case.

Spot the incorrect statement below.

Is is very important to document and date work on a new invention to prove that you thought
of it first when there is a rival claim to a patent.
A device cannot be patented if examiners find evidence of very similar prior art.
Cyright in Australia now applies for 50 years after the death of the creator of a work.
The show 'Opera Galactica' gives new English lyrics to 19th century operatic arias. This
does not violate copyright. However, its creators had to be careful that Disney Corporation
did not get upset by a resemblance to Star Wars.

"Spot the incorrect statement below about the scrum philosophy of project
management.
Workers in a team pick a work package to work on, often displayed on a ""scrum wall"".
There is a short planning meeting each day at which members of a team report on what they
are working on, and their progress.
The short planning meeting is the ""daily scrum"".
A sprint to achieve an intermediate goal could be up to a fortnight in length."

Spot the incorrect statement.

According to the PMI code of ethics (on Blackboard), respect in project management
should include the following.
We inform ourselves of the norms and customs of others.
We avoid those persons with whom we have a conflict or disagreement.
We do not act in an abusive manner.
We conduct ourselves in a professional manner, even when it is not reciprocated.

Which of the following is not an HR task required of an engineering project manager?

Identifying resources for a project
Determining what staff are needed to work on a project
Training the project team
Determining OH&S requirements for the project

Which statement about negotiation below is incorrect?

A negotiator should know the alternatives to a negotiated settlement
A negotiator should focus on the interests of parties involved, rather than the positions they
take
An interest is a concern about the present situation
A negotiator should know when to walk away and abandon negotiation
A negotiator should know the best outcome attainable
2020 Weekly Quizzes:

1. Pick the incorrect statement below. (dot points)

Ornate bullet points are preferred

2. Spot the incorrect completion of the statement.

An engineering report can be

normally written in past tense.

3. Spot the incorrect answer.

Questions to ask when assessing if team members will be motivated to get a task
done could include the following.

Does the task avoid the need for a range of skills?

4. Spot the least correct answer.

Factors to consider when designing an organisational structure for an engineering

enterprise could include the following.

Whether to blend organization by function and by region.

5. Spot the least statement about communication below.

A project plan need not include a communication plan.

6. Which is the incorrect statement about KPI's below?

KPI's must be able to be expressed as a single number, like a percentage.

7. What is the incorrect statement about risk below?

A risk analysis can be done once and filed

8. What statement about risk below is incorrect?

A risk that is severe but manageable is a low priority to deal with.

9. Which statement about requirements is incorrect?

People looking at detailed requirements of a sub-system need not concern themselves with
the higher-level requirements of major stakeholders.
 10. Which statement about negotiation below is incorrect?

A negotiator should peg the negotiation with an opening bid, being the upper limit of their
ZOPA.

11. What do good leaders do?

They prepare organisations for change.

12. What do managers do?

All of the above: plan, organise, coordinate and control

13. Leaders are alike in one respect. They all have:

A high degree of emotional intelligence.

14. In a two party distributive negotiation, what happens to the pie?

It is split in a win-lose zero sum way

15. In two-party negotiation, what is your BATNA?

Best alternative to a negotiated agreement.

16. Spot the incorrect completion of a statement below. Quality management of a

project involves

Exceeding customer expectations.

17. Which is the incorrect statement about quality in design?

Does not involve how a product looks.

18. Which is the incorrect completion of the statement below? Principles on which
project quality management described in ISO10006 is based include

Decision making based on the boss's intuition.

19. Which of the following is an incorrect statement about the acronym DMAIC?

It is used to guide improvement of a process, but not for design of a process.

20. Which of the following is an incorrect statement about quality?

The cost of poor quality is only a small portion of a company's cost structure.
 21. The ....... is a document which describes how the project management team
will implement the organization's quality policy.

Quality management plan

22. In manufacturing, we wish to avoid processes that fail to add value to a

product. Which of the below is not such an operation?

A quality assessment.

23. The economic useful life of an asset determines the point at which an asset
should be disposed and/or replaced. It is calculated when

The total per unit owning and operating costs of an asset are minimised

24. Which of the following should be considered when calculating operating

costs?

All of the above: Labour costs, materials, energy, services, general and administrative

25. In real life, early replacement and mid-term replacement options may be
available for assets. What are the advantages of early replacement?

All of the above: reduced maintenance labour costs, higher equipment resale value, reduce
spare parts holdings.

26. Which statement about IP below is incorrect?

Works of art cannot be considered IP

27. Which statement below is incorrect?

The QANTAS trademark of a kangaroo jumping means that you cannot put a picture of a
kangaroo jumping on clothing

28. Which of the following is an incorrect statement?

You have to apply to obtain copyright

29. Which statement is incorrect below?

trade mark cannot be the shape of a product.

30. Spot the incorrect statement below.

Copyright in Australia now applies for 50years after the death of the creator of work

31. Spot the incorrect statement below.

Assertiveness is bad when combined with cooperation.

 32. Pick the incorrect statement about teams below.

A team is not a good environment for generating ideas.

33. Which is the incorrect statement about the acronym PACE?

Escalate means to continue to pick an argument that you started.

34. What is the incorrect statement below about conflict within a team.

Conflict is unusual.

35. Which statement is incorrect below?

A work breakdown structure indicates the time dependency of tasks

36. During a project, an earned value analysis gives the following numbers. EV
523000, PV 623000, AC 643000. Which of the conclusions below is correct?

CV = -120000, SV = -100000.

37. = $14500000. Which

The project is on budget and ahead of schedule

38. During a process of procurement, it is found that sellers vary dramatically in

their prices. What is the most sensible first course of action to address this
situation?

Investigate whether the statement of work given to suppliers was deficient or ambiguous

39. What is the estimated cost accuracy at the Concept stage of a project?

+/- 25%

40. Which of the following is TRUE?

All of the above

41. If the capital cost of a project is $100000 and it results in a positive cash flow
each year of $30000 over 5 years, then the return on investment over the 5 years is

50%

42. If the EV of a project is $365000 and the PV is $500000, are we ahead of

schedule or behind schedule?

Behind

43. incorrect? According

Level 3 project management success depends most on organizational support factors, such
as support from top management.

44. A cost management plan is a component of a

A project management plan

45. In the context of supply chain management, what does BoM stand for?

Bill of Materials

46. What is lead time?

The time between ordering and arrival on site of a good

47. When evaluating make or buy decisions, when should a company consider
making components?

Answers (a) and (b) above combined: When company expertise, resources and machinery
are available and underutilized, When internal costs are less than those of contractors

48. Integrated supply chains seamlessly connect

Suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and customers

49. What is takt time?

The rate at which a finished product needs to be completed to meet customer demand

50. Production capacity is the product of:

Production time and mean production rate

51. A hospital maintains 2 emergency generators in case of mains power failure,

each with R(t) =95%. When a power failure occurs, the hospital requires at least 1
of the generators to be operational. The main switch gear to the hospital has a
reliability of R(t) = 98%. Calculate the overall system reliability.

(1 - (1 - 0.95)2) X 0.98 = 0.978

52. Which of the following statements are correct?

All of the above

53. Which of the following three elements will a court look for to determine a valid
contract?
Offer, acceptance and consideration

54. A cost-plus contract is one where:

Costs are reimbursed to the contractor at a fixed rate plus profit margin

55. Which of the following is a correct statement? An EPCM contract is

A and B only: a contract to manage engineering, procurement and construction, as service

based contract

56. Which of the following statements are correct. A contract variation is an

agreement to alter

The scope of the contract but not the duration

57. Spot the incorrect statement below.

Agile management may be less appropriate when it is hard to foresee the scope of a project.

58. Spot the incorrect statement about the scrum philosophy of project
management.

The sprint to achieve an intermediate goal could be up to a fortnight in length

59. You are the project manager for a project that has high visibility. Your
manager wants you to prepare a presentation for him to present at a conference.
Most of the material in the presentation will be facts that are the results of your
project. Your manager intends to present the material under his own name. Your
name will not appear. Which of the responses below is most consistent with
professional ethics expected?

Refuse to work on the presentation unless you are listed as a co-author

60. Which of the following is the clearest and least debatable example of a conflict
of interest?

You are the owner of another company that is supplying parts to a project that you are
managing for your current company

61. The Project Management Institute (PMI) code of ethics distinguishes between
aspirational and mandatory standards of conduct. The difference is explained as
follows.

Aspirational standards are required but we cannot easily measure your performance at trying
to achieve them, while with mandatory standards compliance is assessable, and disciplinary
action will be taken for non-compliance.
 62. A feature of the validate phase of the seven step design process is to

run acceptance tests of the prototype

63. Which of the following is not a principle of embodiment design identified in

the text by Pahl and Bietz?

Principle of local quality

64. Which is the incorrect statement about the "capture" stage of the seven-
step design process?

It is the last stage not to be done until after the other six stages

65. A feature of the synthesis phase of the seven step design process is

To consider the manufacturability of the proposed dseigns

66. Which statement below about the TRIZ design methodology is incorrect?

One of the 40 principles of TRIZ is to consider ease of assembly

67. Physical asset management differs from asset maintenance in which of the
following aspects?

It forms a part of the business plan

68. What are the four maintenance strategies that are commonly employed?

Preventative, predictive, reactive and reactive strategies

69. Good asset management starts by:

Asking why an asset is required and how it relates to the business plan

70. Which of the following best describes the four principal maintenance tactics?

Preventative, predicate, proactive and reactive strategies

71. Which of the following is correct? Good asset management starts by:

Asking why an asset is needed

 72. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Asset Management?

It concerns maintenance and repairs only

73. "P-F" in the P-F curve refers to

Point of degradation to functional failure

74. What is a "configuration"?

A baseline design having agreed attributes

75. Which of the following elements should be included in a Configuration

Management plan?

All of the above

76. An engineering change management process:

All of the above

77. PCA and FCA stand for:

Physical and functional configuration audits