Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Products are designed, developed, and manufactured to perform intended functions.
2. A product can be described in terms of (1) its physical elements or (2) its functional elements.
3. Functional elements of a product are individual operations and transformations that contribute to the overall performance of the product.
4. Functional decomposition breaks down a system by functions into subsystems and sub-subsystems.
5. Abstraction is the process of stopping subdividing at some stage because the functions below that are easily understood at that level.


1. True
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True

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