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P C TRAINING INSTITUTE, AP BLOCK, DDA COMMERCIAL COMPLEX,PITAMPURA, DELHI-110034

SIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITYBBA-V BB0026

Introduction to Technology management

1-Marks questions

Q1) The World Technology comes from ______ world.

a. Greekb. Latinc. Italiand. None

Q2) Technology is embodied in various forms such as

a. Machineryb. Equipmentc. Documentsd. Processors

e. Skills

What are right forms from above?

1) A, B 2) A, B, C 3) B, C 4) ALL

Q3) Hardware technology can be of how many types

A 1B 2C 3D 4

Q4) --------- must go beyond the traditional use in manufacturing.1. Projects2. Innovation3. Invention4. Designation process

Q5) According to ________technology is very under-defined and is about competitor

A Peter DuckerB TaylorC FayolD Porter

Q6) According to Betz _______ develops business by providing technical knowledge for thegoods & services.

A InnovationB TechnologyC InventionD Research


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Q7) True or False

A) Invention is technological break through new product.B) Innovation is a new combination of preexisting knowledge.

1) True, True 2) False, False 3) True, False 4) False, True

Q8) _________ involves of degree of creativity and ______ involves supervising the assignedactivities.

A Management, AdministratorB Administrator, ManagementC Research, ManagementD Technology, Management

Q9) MOT, TM Means

1. Managing Information2. Managing Research

3. Managing Development4. Managing Activities

a) 1,2 b) 3,4 C) 1,3 D) All

Q10) There is one key word that must b emphasized in MOT.

A InventionB InnovationC IntegrationD Intellectual

Q11) _____ can be described as the process of integrating the business unit recourses.

A MOTB ManagementC NoneD Administrator

Q12) Many factors make up the technology development frames. These are:

A ObjectiveB Productivity gainC Self RelianceD Constraints

a) 1,4 b) All c) 1,2 d) 3,4

Q13) True or False

1) Phase one does not involve managing technology2) Phase two does not add design and manufacturing to research development and at least.

Links the product side of the business with the process side.

1) True, False 2) False, False 3) False, True 4) True, True


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Q14) The basic considerations for stating a new firm based on technology enable are:

A The idea for a technological innovation.B A potential market.C Team works in both technological and business expertise.D Administrative functions to the integration process.

a) a,b,c b) c,d c) None d) All

Q15) Technology innovations can be integrated with ____, _____ and _____ to make thebusiness system a balanced system.

A New ventures, Innovation & Research.B Production, Marketing & financeC None

Q16) Basics to commercialize the technology.

A High CostB Elements of ReliabilityC Case of MaintainedD Capacity LimitationE Durability

1) All 2) A, B 3) C, D 4) D, C

Q17) True or False

a. The process of technological change is clearly linked to innovation.b. Simplest form of substitution is when a new technology does not capture over a period of

time.

1) True, True 2) False, False 3) True, False 4) False, True

Q18) _________ include more than people, plant, equipment, and money.

a. Resourcesb. Land & Buildingc. Moneyd. None of the above

Q19) If the infrastructure support innovation and accept the associated risk will not be able to addvalue to the process.

A TrueB False

Q20) MOT includes three main internal organizational units.

A Product genesisB DistributionC Administration


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D Design

1) B, C, D 2) C, D, B 3) ABC

Q21)________ provides the creativity and innovation for new products.

A Products genesisB ResearchC DesignD None of the above

Q22) _______ comprises the functions of marketing, sales physical distribution and customerservices.

A Product genesisB DevelopmentC DistributionD Production

Q23) Administration technologies are more difficult to identify than the technologies of the product

and distribution functions

A TrueB False

Q24) It is a means for accomplishing a task more effectively. What does it stand for?

A Paictos RuleB Peters RuleC Druckers RuleD None of the above

Q25) The stage of technology life cycle is

A InnovationB SyndicationC DiffusionD SubstitutionE ResearchF Production

a. A, B, Cb. D, E, Fc. A, B, C, Dd. None

Q26) Match the Following

Innovation Stage This stage REPRESENTS thedemonstration.

Syndication Stage THIS stage REPRESENTS thedecline in the use of a


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technology.

Substitution Stage This stage represents the birthof a new product.

Diffusion Stage This stage represents themarket penetration of a newtechnology.

A 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-dB 1-c, 2-a, 3-b. 4-dC 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-cD 1-d, 2-b, 3-a, 4-c

Q27) The time taken in the substitution stage depends on the market dynamics.

A TrueB False

Q28) The hardware intensive technology diffusion process consists of five phases.

1. Incubation2. Introduction3. Growth4. Maturity5. Decline6. Demonstration

a) 1,3,4,5,6b) 1,2,3,4,6

c) 1,3,4,5,6d) None of the above

Q 29) consider the following major categories of operational issues that must be resolved

a. Ideal and concept generationb. Evaluatingc. Justifying investment

1) A, B, C 2) A, C 3) A, B 4) All

Q30) Match the Following

Idea & Concepts Generation Forecasting, Technologies, Product,Markets

Evaluating Infrastructure recourses, productivity,process

Justifying Investment Resources business function

Planning Management Up front work, Process-thought


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process with thought

A 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-dB 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-cC 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a

Q31) -------- has been broadly defined as the process by which economics change over time inrespect of the products and services they produce

1. Technological improvement2. Technological innovation3. Technological research4. Technological change

Q32). Technological change may involve a change in output, raw material, and work organizationof mgmt. technique but in all cases it would affect the relationship between----------, ---------- and --------------

1. Labors, capital and other factors

2. Production, research and development3. Innovation, invention and other4. Process, distribution and research

Q33). Technologies can be classified according to any of the following categories

1. State of the art technologies2. Proprietary technologies3. Known technologies\4. Core technologies5. New product requirements6. Management seldom

a. 1,2,3,4b. Allc. 2,3,4,5d. 5,6

Q34). Technologies used by competitors are classified as

1. Proprietary2. Supporting technology3. Known technology4. Leveraging technology1. 1,22. 3,43. 1,44. 2,4

Q35). Match the following:

1) Core technologies a) Most Important2) Supporting technologies b) Core technology3) Emerging Technology c) Planned on the basis of business4) Scouting technology d) Represent future technology opportunity1. 1-a,2-b,3-c,4-d


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2. 1-c,2-a,3-d,4-b3. 1-b,2-c,3-b,4-a4. 1-d,2-d,3-a,4-c

Q36). Match the following

a) Me too 1) Process Improvementb) Minor product 2) Processesc) Major product 3)Improvementd) New to the market 4)processese) Break through products 5) Processes

1.a-2,b-1,c-3,d-4,e-52. a-1,b-2,c-4,d-3,e-53. a-3,b-5,c-1,d-2,e-44. a-4,b-3,c-2,d-1,e-55. a-5,b-4,c-3,d-2,e-1

Q37). Freeman has categorized technological change into the following four categories

a. Incremental innovationb. Knowing innovationc. Radical Innovationd. New technological Innovatione. Technological Revolution

1. 1,2,3,42. 1,3,4,53. 1,4,5,24. None

Q38). Development in Information Technology has already produced vast gains in productivityresulting in counter inflationary trends in

1. Price2. Products3. Services4. All

Q39). Services can divide into four categoriesa. Stagnant Personal servicesb. Substitutable personal servicesc. Progressive servicesd. Explosive servicese. Trade services

1. a,b,c,d2. a,c,d,e3. a,b,d,e4. a,b,c,e

Q40). ---------- are the Links between the expressed purpose and the results that are secret inpractice.

1. Policy Instruments


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2. Trade instruments3. Product instruments4. Transport instrument

Q41) DST stands for

1. Department of Science and technology2. Dept. of Standard Technology3. Deemed Standard technology4. None

2-Marks Questions

Q1. (i) Technology mgmt. is rapidly emerging as a discipline combining the elements(ii) The research and education in how to ---------

1. (i)Business management (ii) Manage the technology component of individual product lifecycle

2. (i)Engineering,(ii) capitalize on process technology to gain a competitive advantage3. (i) None of the above (ii) Relate and integrate product and process technology4. (i) Business management and Engineering (ii) all of the above

Q2. National Research council task force report on management of technology include--------------------- Formal knowledge of technology management is valuable not only for managersof R & D -------

1. Research management, product planning and development, project mgmt. integratedmanufacturing process, None

2. Production control, quality assurance, information system design and use, softwaredevelopment, Cannot say

3. Product venturing, corporate technology integrate of technical with business and financialdecision making, False

4. All of the above, True

Q3. To survive a business must be profitable ----------. It must be responding --------- to thedemand of its product and service.

1. True, Positive2. False. Negative3. This statement is incorrect, positive negative4. None of the above, none of the above

Q4. Technology are ------------- Technology is the means of solving the customers problems fortwo primary reasons ------------

1. Researched, to help them become more efficient2. Developed, to help them grow3. Procured, None of the above

4. All of the above, Both 1 and 2

Q5. -------- that follows shows the major functional steps in research and development with theircorresponding examples of business parameters. Goals and strategies used to achieve thesegoals

1. Technical, False2. Business views, Incorrect statement3. Business Architecture, True


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4. Industrial sector, None of the above

Q6. ---------- should focus on significant areas of organizational needs. --------------- is a guide toaction or a channel of thinking , a general director employed to achieve specific goals.

1. Strategy, Goal2. Goal, Strategy3. Both 1. and 2. , Dont say4. None of the above, None of the above

Q7. The overall architecture is in two phases ----------- . The research and technology processbegin with ---------- and closed with successful technology transfer to the product developmentphase.

1. Technology research and transfer, Development2. Product development and segment, Concept3. Research and Technology, Research4. None of the above, idea

Q8. The step includes ------------. One standard definition states that research is an -------- basic

science or a -------------- or applied science.

1. The research and Development of the idea or concept, None2. An analysis of competition relates to the idea, both3. The creativity and Innovation to develop, directed / undirected4. Technology (s) derived from the idea , undirected / directed

Q9. ---------- is an idea that must next be reduced to practice. Competitive analysts verifies thatthe ------------

1. Innovation, Innovation is valid2. Invention, all are correct3. Technical idea, timely4. R & D, Responsive to competition

Q10. Technology management is instrumental when applied through ----------- for competitiveadvantage. Competitive advantage views ---------

1. Forecasting / assessment/ implementation, All are correct2. Assessment/ forecasting / implementation, Improving a process3. Implementation / assessment / forecasting, Reducing cost4. None of the above, providing customers with a best of breed benefit

Q11. Creativity process contains --------- and innovation processes contains ------ steps

1. 6 steps, 5 steps2. 5 steps, 6 steps

3. 4 steps, 3 steps4. 8 steps, 4 stepsQ12. (1)Creativity

(2) Innovation

a) The perception of the problemb) Inability to solve itc) Relaxation on the problemd) Pre-project stage


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e) Project possibilityf) Execution, outcome

1. (1)- d,e,f (2) a,b,c2. (1)- a,b,c (2) d,e,f3. (1)- a,b,e (2) b,c,f4. (1)- b,e,f (2) a,b,d

Q13. ----------- as a collection of formalized processes or method of future technology evolutioncaused by development in ----------- and society and the interaction between there development.

1. Technology forecasting, science2. Technology Research, home science3. Technology Development, history4. Technology Innovation, maths

Q14. Fill in the blanks:

(i) Two major types of technology forecasting ----------(ii) ---------Begins with todays knowledge and is oriented to the future

1. Research and development, normative technology2. Creativity and innovation, technology forecasting3. Exploratory and normative, exploratory forecasting4. None of the above, none of the above

Q15. ----------- Forecasting finest assesses future needs of society and market potential andanalyses these for their technological potential. Two major concerns in technology transferviewed in two dimensions -----------

1. Exploratory forecasting, surveys & innovation2. Normative forecasting, , technology and people3. Surveys, exploratory and normative

4. Innovation, none of the above

Q16. The first dimension is the -------------problem of transferring information about physicalphenomena, equipment, analytical and manipulative techniques terminology associated with thetechnology. The second dimension concerns the feelings and attitudes in both organization of R& D and product development engineering the two sets of people with different skills, values andpriorities to become successful.

1. People, Technology2. Innovation both people and technology3. Technology, people4. None of the above, none of the above

Q17. -------- of a timely technology can make a firm gain a market edge by lowering price evenwith a strategy that places it below production cost.. --------- is a common instrument used bymanagement to review and considered a new product or major enhancement in the product line.

1. Product development, technology2. Product research, product3. The pay off, product and technology proposal4. None of the above, none of the above


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Q18. Objectives of manufacturing and software development are ---------CIM stands for --------1. Volume, None2. Performance, capital integrated manufacturing3. Quality, cost innovation manufacturing4. All of the above, Computer integrated manufacturing

Q19 the final steps ------that leads the product to the market place. The term technologymanagement and management of technology are used interchangeably ----

1. Marketing, False2. Service product, statement is incorrect3. Market release, True4. None of the above, None of the above

Q20. --------- is the means by which a tangible or intangible product is produced in themarket.--------- challenges enterprises to the aware of all the available resources and to make themost of the available while designing technological system

1. Technology, total system approach2. Management, technology mgmt.

3. Administration, technology flaw4. All of the above, none of the above

4- Marks Question

Q1 Match the following

Awareness phase Every enterprise ends up adopting anacquired technology for its particularneeds.

Acquisition phase It becomes impecative to improvisethe acquired technologies for one

home needs.Adaptation phase This is the first phase of the

technology cycle in which a companyhas formal mechanism.

Advancement phase In collaboration with industrialengineering group.

Abandonment phase Where decision are made concerningthe obsolescence of particulartechnology.

A 1-a, 2-b, 3-c , 4-d, 5-eB 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b, 5-eC 1-d, 2 a , 3-b, 4-e, 5-cD 1-a ,2-c , 3-d , 4-b , 5-e



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Economic Needs of people affected by thetechnology

Social Controlled by the policies

Political Short term or long term

Ecological Balance between natural andsynthetic or artificial system

A 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-dB 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-dC 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-cD1-d, 2-c. 3-a , 4-b


Nature Imposed Proficiency in skills acquire

Technical Emotional and natural statesEducation Strictly imposed or controls

Psychological Level of performance

Personal Wealth Health safety & general

A 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d, 5-eB 1-b, 2-e, 3- c, 4-a, 5-dC 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b, 5-eD 1-e, 2-a , 3-d, 4-c, 5-b

Q4 ______basic tenets for the management of technology

(ii) ________ to the improvement of stock holders investment in a company(iii) ________acquired ROLM Corporation many years ago.

A Five, Quick fix solution, TM

B Six, Manufacturability, MOT

C Ten, Value diversification, IBM

D Seven, Quality product, CIM

Q5. (i) TM/MOT has a formal focus to nature and cultivates _______ and ______(ii) Technology management result in long-term gains in term of both_____ and ____

Core technologies, Financial ConsiderationB Core Competencies, Product longevityC Both A & B, Both A & BD None of the above, None of the above

Q6 (i) In manufacturing function often find they coping with increasingly aggressive_______&_____


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(ii) The non-traditional total productivity management approach to competitiveness force fullyargues that ---------

Marketing Strategies, QualityB Design Strategies, PriceC Both A & B, All of the aboveD None of the above, mTie

Q7. (i) Process flow is important in every

(ii)--------requires disciplined decision making followed by providing the resources and theinfrastructure(iiii) Support staff projects provide the greatest challenge to management(iv)-------must go beyond the traditional use in manufacturing

1. Function, invention, true, designation process2. Process, integration, false, projects3. Line, innovation, false, innovation4. None, information, true, invention

Q8. Initiation and strategic planning, implementation and control etc. Are----------. Technology issaid to be -------- if it is fully understood so that it is in a position to be further optimized andupgraded. One major constraint in absorption of technology is ------------------.

1. Steps in project implementation, , innovated, that the demand of products whoseproduction is influenced by scale factors of latest technologies has generally been verylarge in our country

2. Govt initiatives for tech. Absorption, deployed, that industry has given adequate attentionto technology absorption

3. Phases in tech. Adoption, absorbed, that choice and use of imported technologyby most Indian industries have not been at international levels.

4. Benefits of technology adoption, adapted, that India is a democratic nation

Q9. Technology strategy is ---------product project are probably the best examples of ------------licensing or acquiring technology is also known as -----innovation that involves generation ofcompletely new ideas, is known as ---- innovation.

1. Production tool, innovation, link aging, marginal2. Planning document, project process, external tech. Sourcing, radical3. Mathematical approach, invention, leveraging, substantial4. Long term investment, continuous system, R&D, incremental

Q10. Innovation process based on the pioneering work of Edward b. Roberts has ----stages. TheEgyptian pyramids, the Great Wall of China navigational methods, are examples of ------------

1. 6, technological innovation

2. 4, recent advances in technology3. 5, discovers by human being4. 3, scientific mgmt.

Q11. ------- is the last stage of a comprehensive innovation / diffusion processThe people or organizations, whose information and views are sought on subjects of theirexpertise, are known as --------. The term --------- refers to the spread of a new idea from the timeof its invention or creation to its ultimate adoption by an increasing number of users , in differentcircumstances.----------


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Perspective focuses on how the various channels and modes of communication can be used toinfluence a diverse group of potential customers to adopt a technological innovation.

1. Full scale diffusion, opinion leaders, diffusion, adoption2. Partial scale diffusion, change agents, renovation, technological3. Incubation, technology champions, assessment, infrastructure4. Externalization, technology drivers, transfer, traditional

Q12 state true / false1. Regular innovations preserve production competencies and market competencies2. Niche-certain innovations preserve production competencies but disrupt market

competencies3. Revolutionary innovations obsolete production competencies but preserve market

competencies4. Architectural innovations obsolete production competencies and disrupt market

competencies1. T, F, F, F2. F, F, F, F3. T, T, T, T

4. F, T, T, T

Q13. Match the category with the factorsCategory factors

a. Economic 1. Amounts of each of the solid, liquid, gaseous and noisePollution levels

b. Social 2 govt. Regulationsc. Political 3. Capital cost, royalty or tech know-how cost, operation

And maintenance cost etc.d. Environmental 4.employement potential, safety associated with that

Technology1. 1-3, 2-4,3-2,4-12. 1-2,2-3,3-4,4-1

3. 1-4, 2-3,3-2,4-14. 1-1,2-2,3-3,4-4

Q14. Expand the following

S&T the development of science and technology

AT- appropriate technology

NISTADS-national institute of science, technology and development studies

TIFAC-technology information, forecasting and assessment council

1. T, T, T, T2. F, F, F, F3. T, F, T, F

4. F, T, T, F

Q15. Managing R & D projects requires attention to performance, timing, cost, and personal.(ii) Performance is the measure of a product or process to accomplish a specific function orapplication.(iii) Progress in R & D projects can be watched by monitoring technical performanceparameters against time, cost and cumulative cost against time(iv) Timing is important to the success of a project since -------- time created from timelyinnovation provides a competitive advantage.


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1. T, T, T, lead2. F, F, F, lag3. T, F, T, lead4. F, T, F, lag
