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23-Mechatronics-B8 Product Design and Development: December 2019

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  1. Question 1 Updating a 50-Year-Old Aircraft Design
  2. Question 2 Government Regulation and Automotive Design
  3. Question 3 Recognizing and Correcting a Design Process Going Off Track
  4. Question 4 Non-Disclosure Agreements and Patents
  5. Question 5 Functional Versus Aesthetic Design
  6. Question 6 Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly
  7. Question 7 Stages of a Product Development Process

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National Exams, 16-Mex-B8, Product Design and Development — December 2019, 3 hours, open-book examination (Casio or Sharp approved calculator only). Question 1 (40 marks) is mandatory; candidates choose 4 of the remaining 6 questions (15 marks each, only the first five questions as they appear in the answer book are marked, for a total of 100%). This is an essay/design-methodology paper with no numerical calculations. All seven questions are answered below for completeness.

Reference texts: Ulrich, Eppinger & Yang, Product Design and Development, 7th ed. (generic product-development process, concept generation and selection, Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, intellectual-property strategy); Government of Canada, Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), A Guide to Patents (Patent Act novelty/ utility/non-obviousness requirements, first-to-file rule, maintenance fees); Transport Canada, Motor Vehicle Safety Act and Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS).

The wording of Question 1 parts A, D and E is assumed from the sub-part labels. Question 1 is an open-ended design-process question (the paper states that following a defined design process matters more than the actual design), so it is answered as: pick a team; state objectives; propose competing solutions; select the best; write specifications. Question 5 parts B and C are answered from their stems, which are clear. Question 7's sub-parts are taken to be the text printed under Question 6 part C; see the check note on Question 7 for the reasoning.