This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Ethics > Commercialization – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Commercialization Quiz 2 (21 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the development of an entire new technology, never heard or seen before? A) Innovation. B) Invention. C) Engineering. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invention. 2. What change in the 1920s caused cities to expand outward? A) More automobiles. B) More immigrants. C) More skyscrapers. D) Taller skyscrapers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More automobiles. 3. What invention allowed the railroads to stay on schedule and factory orders to be placed more quickly? A) The establishment of time zones. B) The incandescent light bulb. C) The telegraph. D) The typewriter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The telegraph. 4. The process of creating and planning a product or system is best described as what? A) Innovating. B) Designing. C) Engineering. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Designing. 5. What was the name of the first programmable computer? A) Chromebook. B) Dell. C) Apple. D) Z3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Z3. 6. Product innovation is A) What is made and how value is added to it. B) Changes to how a product or service is made. C) Changes to both the product and the process of how it is made. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is made and how value is added to it. 7. How did Henry Ford's assembly line change manufacturing the United States? A) It led to more people attending college to learn the skills needed to work on the assembly line. B) It caused a shortage of goods since factories could not produce them as quickly. C) It made it faster, cheaper, and easier to mass produce goods. D) It caused the price of goods to go up since it was expensive to manufacture them this way. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It made it faster, cheaper, and easier to mass produce goods. 8. Which of the following are strategies that encourage innovation? A) Open Communication. B) Risk taking must be rewarded. C) Develop a tolerance to risk and failure. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. What were two major problems faced by people living in cities? A) Too many jobs to choose from and overcrowding. B) Healthy living conditions and people did not shower. C) Overcrowding and sanitation problems. D) Animals on the loose from the zoo and insects and rats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overcrowding and sanitation problems. 10. Which development was a major result of the 1956 Interstate Highway Act? A) Population shift to the Northeast. B) Revitalization of family farms. C) Migration to the suburbs. D) Higher unemployment for the nation's autoworkers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Migration to the suburbs. 11. Why were more people able to own automobiles, radios, washing machines, and other goods in the 1920s? A) Because of advertising. B) Because of lower taxes on imports. C) Because of installment buying. D) Because the trucking industry grew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because of installment buying. 12. Which factor directly contributed to the growth of suburban communities after World War II? A) Mass transit systems closed. B) Property taxes were eliminated in many towns. C) Returning veterans created a demand for housing. D) Widespread mortgage foreclosures caused farmers to leave rural areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Returning veterans created a demand for housing. 13. Which of the following was most important in the development of a national market? A) The sewing machine. B) The Bessemer process. C) The incandescent light bulb. D) The transcontinental railroad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The transcontinental railroad. 14. Branding does not A) Allow firms to charge a premium. B) Allow firms to charge lower prices to attract more sales. C) Give a unique association to a product. D) Encourage customer loyalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allow firms to charge lower prices to attract more sales. 15. What was the result of the development of the Bessemer process? A) Steel was used in many tall building and skyscrapers. B) Oil became the most common source of power. C) Coal mining became less economically important. D) JP Morgan became rich and famous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steel was used in many tall building and skyscrapers. 16. Process innovation is? A) New creations or the development and improvement of existing products. B) Improved processes that reduce the cost of production for a business or industry. C) Changes to the way production takes place. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changes to the way production takes place. 17. Where were most of the nation's early factories built? A) New England. B) The Midwest. C) The West. D) The South. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New England. 18. Which of the following statements describe Bureaucracy A) Gives a business a competitive advantage. B) Speeds up action and encourages innovation. C) Slows down action and is a serious impediment to innovation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slows down action and is a serious impediment to innovation. 19. IRIS is responsible for observing how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as it travels through the Sun's atmosphere. What does IRIS stand for? A) Inner Rotating Image Spectrograph. B) Inter Regional Intergalactic Spacecraft. C) Innerspace Region Image Spacecenter. D) Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph. 20. Which of the following had the greatest influence on entertainment and the arts during the 1920s? A) Television. B) Automobiles. C) Radio. D) Newspapers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radio. 21. What other industry grew because of increase in automobile sales in the 1920s? A) Service stations. B) Farm machinery. C) Air travel. D) Radio broadcasting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Service stations. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesCommercialization Quiz 1Copy Right QuizEthical Issues QuizImpact Factor Of A Journal QuizIntellectual Property Rights And Patent Law QuizResearch Ethics Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books