Operations Management 1. For a patent to benefit from legal protection it must have (a) A scientific basis (b) Non-Industrial application (c) Market research potential (d) Been approved by scientific peers (e) None of the above 2. Rogers (1962), classified adopters segment as: (a) Inventors (b) Early minority (c) Late minority (d) Entrepreneurs (e) None of the above 3. Pearson’s Uncertainty Map in quadrant 3 stated: (a) Exploratory research (b) Development engineering (c) Combining market opportunities with technical capabilities (d) Applications engineering (e) None of the above 4. Process industries are characterised by: (a) High production speed (b) Few processes control (c) Shortening product life cycles (d) Huge number of products (e) Low capital investment 5. As an innovation manager, it is important to understand the interaction between development activities and design environment. Therefore, the spectrum of design environment activities in the ‘form concept’ consists of: (a) mechanical (b) ergonomics (c) industrial design (d) consumer expectation (e) emotions

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1. For a patent to benefit from legal protection it must have

(a) A scientific basis
(b) Non-Industrial application
(c) Market research potential

(d) Been approved by scientific peers

(e) None of the above

2. Rogers (1962), classified adopters segment as:

(a) Inventors
(b) Early minority
(c) Late minority

(d) Entrepreneurs
(e) None of the above

3. Pearson’s Uncertainty Map in quadrant 3 stated:

(a) Exploratory research
(b) Development engineering
(c) Combining market opportunities with technical capabilities

(d) Applications engineering

(e) None of the above

4. Process industries are characterised by:

(a) High production speed
(b) Few processes control
(c) Shortening product life cycles

(d) Huge number of products

(e) Low capital investment

5. As an innovation manager, it is important to understand the interaction between development activities and design environment. Therefore, the spectrum of design environment activities in the ‘form concept’ consists of:


(a) mechanical

(b) ergonomics
(c) industrial design
(d) consumer expectation

(e) emotions

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