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What are the four main ways firms try to appropriate the value of innovation?
Secrecy, lead time, complementary assets, and intellectual property
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Define the first derivative of a function.
The first derivative of a function at a particular x-value is the slope of the line tangent to the graph at that x-value.
Which tablet was introduced by Apple in 2010?
The IPad
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What is the title of the book Neil Gaiman wrote in collaboration with Terry Pratchett?
Good Omens
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What did the Interstate Highway Act provide?
It created a 41,000-mile system of highways which improved safety, and decreased traffic jams.
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In which story does one character say, “Charlie, I’m going to die of fun”?
“Snow”
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Which president signed the largest public works program in U.S. History in 1956?
President Dwight Eisenhower
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During an MRI scan, the patient is placed where?
inside a strong magnetic field
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What technique does the “Dream is Collapsing” cue in Inception demonstrate?
Minimalism
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What is lead time?
The window of time between when rival firms learn how to produce a new technology from an original inventor, and the original inventor keeps its lead over rival and charge a higher price
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How many conceptual suites of music did Zimmer create for Inception by the time the film was finished and what were they titled?
four – “Time,” “Kick-It,” “Mombasa” and “Riff”
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What is an obvious way to stop competitors from stealing an idea?
Keep it a secret
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According to the power rule, what is the derivative of y = xn?
y' = n · xn-1
What is Microsoft’s version of the IPad?
The Microsoft Surface
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Which of the shorter selections was first published 44 years after it was written?
“Childfinder”
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Which category of device was created that was an extension of the iPhone?
The tablet
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Which of the shorter selections was published most recently?
“The Mushroom Hunters” (2017)
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What is the name of the program?
The Interstate Highway Act
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What is the radio frequency (RF) pulse?
the pulse used in MRIs that is applied for a few milliseconds to disturb the alignment of atoms from the main magnetic field
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Who wrote the musical score for Mars Attacks! (1996)?
Danny Elfman
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How are MRIs used in research studies?
to better understand the human body and various medical conditions
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Who completed dubbing the music into Inception?
Nolan and his team; Zimmer was not allowed to see the movie while it was being cut.
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When surveyed, what did manufacturing firms say was most effective at protecting half of innovations?
Secrecy
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What if the first derivative of y = x3?
y' = 3x2
What programming language do software developers use for the iPhone and iPad apps?
The signal detected by the MRI scanner and the frequency information from each location in the imaged tissue can be converted into a map of signal strength or intensity levels, which are often represented as shades of what colors?