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Below you can find a list of lectures (an introduction and then five exam topics). The lecture notes are available on ItsLearning.

 - Introduction to capstone course         
- Topic 1 Team and project management     
- Topic 2 Engineering design             
- Topic 3 Engineering constraints        
- Topic 4 Measurement and verification    
- Topic 5 Innovation                     

Please read the lecture notes and express the concepts in your project organization, design process, and in your Project Proposal (Capstone I) and Final Report (Capstone II).
These topics will be examined in the mid-term exam. Details about the exam are given below.

Questions

The midterm exam is based on Topics 1 to 5 in the course lectures.

Six questions will be randomly selected from a pool of 12 in each category (a total of 30 questions). To help you study for the exam, the complete pool of exam questions without the multiple-choice answers are listed below;

Topic 1 – Management
Question: Which view of conflict states that “conflict can be a positive force necessary for a group to perform effectively”?
Question: Which of the following terms indicates the tendency of individuals to spend less effort when working collectively?
Question: Which of the following is *not* one of the characteristics of project objectives?
Question: Which of the following is *not* an objective for the success of a project?
Question: The lowest level in the hierarchical breakdown of the Work Breakdown Structure is
Question: Which of the following is *not* a tool used for project management?
Question: Which of the following best explains the term “synergy”?
Question: Which of the following does *not* encourage cohesiveness within a team?
Question: Which of the following is *not* an attribute of a project?
Question: Project management techniques are applied to avoid project failures by:
Question: Which of the following best defines the Project Network?
Question: Which of the following best defines the Work Breakdown Structure?

Topic 2 – Design
Question: Which of the following best defines the “quality” of a product, service or process?
Question: Which of the following is *not* a step in the design process?
Question: Which of the following is *not* a step in the design process?
Question: Which of the following is *least* important for a designer?
Question: Which of the following best defines “risk”?
Question: Which of the following best defines “factor of safety”?
Question: Which of the following best defines “design”?
Question: Which of the following is an important design consideration?
Question: Which of the following best describes the “Identification” and “Definition” steps of the design process?
Question: Which of the following best describes the “Research” and “Conceptualization” steps of the design process?
Question: Which of the following best describes the “Synthesis” and “Materialization” steps of the design process?
Question: Which of the following best describes the “Evaluation” and “Presentation” steps of the design process?

Topic 3 – Constraints
Question: Which of the following best defines an “engineering constraint”?
Question: Which of the following is *not* one of the four moral theories of ethical thinking?
Question: Which of the following has the *lowest* importance in maximizing the safety of a product?
Question: Which of the following is *not* one of the steps to ensure sustainable design?
Question: Which of the following is *not* a cyber security objective?
Question: What can the engineer do to improve the social impact of their work?
Question: Which of the following is *not* true for a “standard”?
Question: Which of the following is *least* true for a “law”?
Question: Which of the following is *not* a principal source for a standard?
Question: Which of the following best defines “safety”?
Question: Which of the following classifications of standards provides the widest scope?
Question: Which of the following best defines “cyber security”?

Topic 4 – Verification
Question: Which of the following best defines “verification”?
Question: Which of the following best defines “validation”?
Question: In the verification process, which of the following is *not* an example of a “functional objective”?
Question: In the verification process, which of the following is *not* an example of a “performance objective”?
Question: Which of the following is important in a verification experiment?
Question: Which of the following is *not* related to statistical analysis?
Question: Which of the following is *not* an example of an environmental input?
Question: Which of the following is *not* an example of a user input?
Question: Which of the following will reduce statistical uncertainty in a verification experiment?
Question: The mean of a collection of repeated measurements is a measure of
Question: With respect to verification, which of the following best describes the term “tolerance”?
Question: The efficiency E of a process is determined to be in the interval 0.81 < E < 0.93 with a 95% confidence. That is:

Topic 5 – Innovation
Question: Innovation = ?
Question: Which of the following is considered as an attribute of creative thinking?
Question: Which of the following is *not* an attribute of creative thinking?
Question: Which of the following is *not* one of the stages of the creative process?
Question: What is the starting point of innovative ideas?
Question: Which of the following is *not* one of the barriers of creativity?
Question: Which type of innovation involves improvements to existing products, processes or markets?
Question: Which type of innovation creates new markets?
Question: What types of works are protected by copyright?
Question: What type of intellectual property can be used to protect the Nike “swoosh” symbol?
Question: If a company develops a new technology that improves its main product, what type of intellectual property can they use to stop others from copying their invention?
Question: What type of intellectual property can be used to protect internal information that belongs to a business?

If you have any questions relating to the midterm exam then please contact the capstone faculty coordinator, Dr. Bora Büyüksaraç, but if you are looking for answers to the above questions, please refer to the course lecture notes.

Dr. Bora Büyüksaraç (bora.buyuksarac@eng.bau.edu.tr)