Engineered lifespan and maintenance

Select the correct definition.

Engineered lifespan

• Activities that extend the life of a product

• Carrying out actions to prevent a product from failing

• The amount of time a product is designed to last

• Designing a product so that it deliberately has a limited lifespan

• Repairing broken parts

Select the correct definition.

Planned obsolescence

• Activities that extend the life of a product

• Carrying out actions to prevent a product from failing

• The amount of time a product is designed to last

• Designing a product so that it deliberately has a limited lifespan

• Repairing broken parts

Select the correct definition.

Maintenance

• Activities that extend the life of a product

• Carrying out actions to prevent a product from failing

• The amount of time a product is designed to last

• Designing a product so that it deliberately has a limited lifespan

• Repairing broken parts

Select the correct definition.

Reactive maintenance

• Activities that extend the life of a product

• Carrying out actions to prevent a product from failing

• The amount of time a product is designed to last

• Designing a product so that it deliberately has a limited lifespan

• Repairing broken parts

Select the correct definition.

Proactive maintenance

• Activities that extend the life of a product

• Carrying out actions to prevent a product from failing

• The amount of time a product is designed to last

• Designing a product so that it deliberately has a limited lifespan

• Repairing broken parts

Planned ____________ is when a product is designed deliberately to have a limited _______________.

• obsolescence

• accessed

• lifespan

• replace

• fashion

Manufacturers often design the products to have planned obsolescence so that users will have to buy a new product after a certain product. This means the manufacturer ________ more products.

• accessed

• replaced

• headphone

• sells

• sealed

Mobile phone manufacturers often design new models with planned obsolescence. Often parts are enclosed in _________ compartments that cannot be easily _________ by the user.

• accessed

• fashion

• headphone

• sealed

• replace

On a mobile phone if a part in a sealed compartment breaks it is not easy to __________ or repair it. Connections and accessories are designed to have a limited lifespan. For example________ may work for one model but not for newer models.

• replace

• fashion

• headphone

• lifespan

• sells

When mobile phone manufacturers release a new model into the market with improved features customers are likely to want the new product older models will be out of ____________.

• sells

• lifespan

• fashion

• sealed