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    Sample Questions - Chapter 4-5

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    The document contains 17 multiple choice questions about technology S-curves, drivers of performance improvement, the introduction of new technology, opportunities for new products and processes, types of complementary technologies, general purpose technologies, social and demographic trends, federal funding of research fields, the process of technological invention and investment in R&D, types of research (basic, applied, developmental), benefits and policies to encourage links between research and development, forms of innovation, and technological innovation in nonassembled products. It also provides the answers to each multiple choice question.

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    The document contains 17 multiple choice questions about technology S-curves, drivers of performance improvement, the introduction of new technology, opportunities for new products and processes, types of complementary technologies, general purpose technologies, social and demographic trends, federal funding of research fields, the process of technological invention and investment in R&D, types of research (basic, applied, developmental), benefits and policies to encourage links between research and development, forms of innovation, and technological innovation in nonassembled products. It also provides the answers to each multiple choice question.

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    The document contains 17 multiple choice questions about technology S-curves, drivers of performance improvement, the introduction of new technology, opportunities for new products and processes, types of complementary technologies, general purpose technologies, social and demographic trends, federal funding of research fields, the process of technological invention and investment in R&D, types of research (basic, applied, developmental), benefits and policies to encourage links between research and development, forms of innovation, and technological innovation in nonassembled products. It also provides the answers to each multiple choice question.

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    The text discusses technology adoption curves, different types of research including basic, applied and developmental research, and policies to encourage collaboration between research and development.

    S-curves graphically represent the relationship between performance and effort over time. They show that once the key drivers of performance have been identified, improvement occurs rapidly for each unit of effort until leveling off again.

    Basic research aims to understand scientific principles without a specific commercial goal. Applied research applies existing knowledge to develop something commercially useful, while developmental research uses technical knowledge to create commercial products.

    Sample Questions Chapter 4-5

    MULTIPLE CHOICE

    1. Technology S-curves are graphic representations that compare:


    a. performance and cost
    b. performance and effort
    c. cost and effort
    d. profit and effort

    2. What is most likely to occur once the key drivers of performance have been
    identified?
    a. very little performance improvement for each unit of effort
    b. rapid improvement for each unit of effort
    c. constant improvement for each unit of effort
    d. decreasing improvement for each unit of effort

    3. How can the introduction of new technology be best depicted?


    a. a movement up the S-curve
    b. a movement down the S-curve
    c. a shift of the S-curve
    d. could be any of the above

    4. Opportunities to create new products and processes typically emerge from


    changes in which of the following?
    a. technology
    b. politics and regulation
    c. social and demographic factors
    d. all of the above

    5. What types of technology are used along with the focal technology?
    a. supplementary technologies
    b. fixed technologies
    c. complementary technologies
    d. variable technologies

    6. If a technology makes possible the creation of a wide range of new products, it


    would most likely be considered?
    a. general purpose technology
    b. supplementary technology
    c. complementary technology
    d. fixed technology

    7. The increasing number of women in the workforce would most likely be


    classified as a change in which factor?
    a. technological
    b. political and regulatory
    c. social and demographic
    d. all of the above
    8. The creation of Welcabs specially designed cars with wheelchair ramps and
    special seats that make it easier for the elderly to get in and out were a result
    of a change in which trend?
    a. political
    b. regulatory
    c. social
    d. demographic

    9. Which field has the largest share of federal funding?


    a. engineering
    b. physical sciences
    c. life sciences
    d. mathematics and computer sciences

    10. Which of the following has to come before technological invention in the process
    model underlying investment in R&D?
    a. technology innovation
    b. new or improved products or processes
    c. investment in R&D
    d. all of the above precede technological invention

    11. Which type of research is conducted in an effort to understand the technical or


    scientific principles in a field?
    a. applied research
    b. basic research
    c. quantitative research
    d. qualitative research

    12. What type of research is conducted in an effort to understand technical or


    scientific principles with a specific commercial goal in mind?
    a. basic
    b. applied
    c. developmental
    d. descriptive

    13. What type of research uses technical knowledge to produce something of


    commercial use?
    a. basic
    b. applied
    c. developmental
    d. descriptive

    14. Which of the following is not a benefit associated with R&D?


    a. creates products and services that meet customer needs
    b. locks companies into particular strategies
    c. creates a strong intellectual property position
    d. differentiates products form those of competitors
    15. Which of the following polices could be used to encourage productive links
    between research and development?
    a. having different laboratories for researchers and product development
    b. giving researchers incentives to develop new products
    c. exposing basic researchers to development
    d. giving development personnel incentives to develop new products

    16. Which form of innovation would be most closely associated with using genetic
    engineering to develop synthetic insulin?
    a. new product or service
    b. new way of organizing
    c. new market
    d. new method of production

    17. Technological innovation in nonassembled products is most likely to take the


    form of:
    a. improved materials
    b. product performance
    c. production scale
    d. all of the above

    Solution

    1) b
    2) b
    3) c
    4) d
    5) c
    6) a
    7) c
    8) d
    9) c
    10) c
    11) b
    12) b
    13) c
    14) b
    15) c
    16) a
    17) d

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