MAY -19 UG Examinations

R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU, Belagavi)
VI Semester B.E (Mechanical Engineering)
Product Design and Development - 16ME6C5
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
Time: 03 Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Instructions to candidates:
1. Answer all questions from Part A, Part A should be answered in first three pages of
answer booklet only.
2. Answer any FIVE questions Part B, In Part B question number 2, 7 and 8 are
compulsory. Answer any one full question from 3 and 4 & one full question from 5 & 6.

PART-A

1 1.1 An example for high risk products is 1

1.2 Strong project links are the part of organization 1
1.3 Alpha prototypes are built with production-intent parts for testing in 1

1.4 In a product development process Dynamics in the environment refers 1

to
1.5 List the types of product development projects 2
1.6 List the general hints for an effective interaction for identifying customer needs 2
1.7 After concept testing, a firm would engage in stage in developing and 1
marketing a new product
1.8 List the methods used for choosing the concept 2
1.9 List the most commonly used purchase intentsacle in concept testing 2
1.10 Define Product Architecture 2
1.11 Industrial Design is used to make simple sketches known as 1
1.12 Mission of Industrial Design is to design the aspects of product that relate 1
to
1.13 List the elements of manufacturing cost 1
1.14 Define Prototyping 1
1.15 The traditional tool for representing the timing of tasks is 1

PART-B

2 a Briefly explain the characteristics of successful product development 10

b List and explain phases of generic product development process 10

3 a List the factors that are used to determine the timing and sequence of
4
projects in product development
b Briefly explain the commonly used methods for documenting interactions
10
with customers to gather raw data
c Explain the guidelines for constructing the matrices in product
6
specifications
OR
4 a List the different competitive strategy to evaluate and prioritize the projects
4
in product planning
b Explain the three common methods used to gather the raw data from
6
customers.
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c Explain the different types of models used to access the technical
10
Feasibility of the product.

5 a Explain the five good ways to gather information from external sources in
10
concept generation.
b Explain the benefits of structured concept selection method. 10
OR
6 a Explain the commonly used formats in concept testing 10
b List and explain types of modular Architecture in product development 10

7 a List and explain the five critical goals of industrial designers for
10
developing new projects
b Explain with a flow chart Design for Manufacturing (DFM) method
10
for product development

8 a Briefly explain the different types of prototypes used for product

10
development
b List the four step development method for economic analysis of product
4
development project.
c Explain the three way to represent the task in a project 6