Manufacturing Engineering Vocab Quiz

What is the process of transforming raw materials into finished good through the use of tools, machines, and labor?

• Manufacturing

• Mass Production

• Supply Chain

• 3D Printing

What is the branch of engineering that focuses on improving the production of an item, either through product design changes or creating a more effective manufacturing process?

• Supply Chain

• Mass Production

• Additive Manufacturing

• Manufacturing Engineering

What is the manufacturing of more production than actual demand for a sustained period in order to provide a surplus?

• Lean

• Mass Production

• Efficiency

• Batch

What provides a framework for creating an efficient and effective organization aimed at identifying and improving upon inefficiencies?

• Supply Chain

• Mass Production

• Lean

• Batch

What is a reduction in the amount of wasted resources that are used to produce goods and services?

• Efficiency

• Supply Chain

• Mass Production

• Manufacturing

What is the quantity produced during one operation?

• Subtractive Manufacturing

• Supply Chain

• Batch

• Lean

What is a network of businesses involved in the production and distribution of goods and services?

• Manufacturing

• Efficiency

• Batch

• Supply Chain

What is a fabrication method that creates and 3D form via the accumulation of materials?

• Mass Production

• Additive Manfacturing

• Subtractive Manufacturing

• Supply Chain

What is the manufacturing process implemented when material is subtracted from a starting piece of material?

• Subtractive Manufacturing

• Supply Chain

• Mass Production

• Additive Manufacturing

What is a form of additive manufacturing that creates physical objects layer by layer from a digital design, using materials like plastic, metal, or resin?

• Manfuacturing Engineering

• 3D Printing

• Subtractive Manufacturing

• Lean