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What is the primary focus of secondary industries?
What is the primary focus of secondary industries?
- Providing services to consumers
- Converting primary industry outputs into consumer goods (correct)
- Cultivating and exploiting natural resources
- Adding value to materials through assembly operations
What is the key point of manufacturing economically?
What is the key point of manufacturing economically?
- Converting raw materials into consumer goods
- Improving the appearance of the final product
- Using machinery and tools to make products
- Adding value to materials by changing their shape or properties (correct)
What is an example of adding value to a material through manufacturing?
What is an example of adding value to a material through manufacturing?
- Drilling for petroleum
- Refining oil into gasoline
- Converting sand into glass (correct)
- Converting steel into a car
What is the difference between manufacturing and production?
What is the difference between manufacturing and production?
What is the primary intention of a manufacturing process?
What is the primary intention of a manufacturing process?
What is the outcome of an assembly operation?
What is the outcome of an assembly operation?
What is the technological definition of manufacturing?
What is the technological definition of manufacturing?
What type of industry is steel making an example of?
What type of industry is steel making an example of?
Which type of manufacturing process transforms a work material from one state to a more advanced state?
Which type of manufacturing process transforms a work material from one state to a more advanced state?
What is the main focus of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)?
What is the main focus of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)?
What is a manufacturing process typically carried out as?
What is a manufacturing process typically carried out as?
What can manufacturing processes be divided into?
What can manufacturing processes be divided into?
What type of industry is characterized by services such as insurance, car repairs, and banking?
What type of industry is characterized by services such as insurance, car repairs, and banking?
What do the three building blocks of modern manufacturing consist of?
What do the three building blocks of modern manufacturing consist of?
What is an example of a limitation of a manufacturing plant's technological processing capabilities?
What is an example of a limitation of a manufacturing plant's technological processing capabilities?
What is a factor that determines a plant's physical product limitations?
What is a factor that determines a plant's physical product limitations?
What is the common term used for processing plastics in solidification processes?
What is the common term used for processing plastics in solidification processes?
What do the three dimensions of manufacturing capabilities refer to?
What do the three dimensions of manufacturing capabilities refer to?
What is the primary purpose of shaping operations in manufacturing?
What is the primary purpose of shaping operations in manufacturing?
What is the maximum rate of production that a plant can achieve under assumed operating conditions?
What is the maximum rate of production that a plant can achieve under assumed operating conditions?
Which of the following processes involves forcing or pouring a molten material into a mold to form the required shape?
Which of the following processes involves forcing or pouring a molten material into a mold to form the required shape?
What is the criteria for a material to be processed through solidification processes?
What is the criteria for a material to be processed through solidification processes?
Which of the following is NOT a type of shaping operation?
Which of the following is NOT a type of shaping operation?
What is the primary goal of Design for Manufacture (DFM) at a single part level?
What is the primary goal of Design for Manufacture (DFM) at a single part level?
Which of the following is a general principle of DFM?
Which of the following is a general principle of DFM?
What type of energy is used in a processing operation to alter a work part's shape or properties?
What type of energy is used in a processing operation to alter a work part's shape or properties?
What is the purpose of a processing operation?
What is the purpose of a processing operation?
Which category of processing operation involves changing the surface characteristics of a work part?
Which category of processing operation involves changing the surface characteristics of a work part?
What is the benefit of designing parts with tolerances that are within process capability?
What is the benefit of designing parts with tolerances that are within process capability?
