Many Years Ago, Honda Motor Car Company Designed an Automatic

Multiple Choice

Many years ago, Honda Motor Car Company designed an automatic transmission that could only be assembled and installed in a vehicle in one way. Any departures from the design would prevent a worker from completing installation. This design led to a zero initial failure rate for the transmission. The investments in engineering costs to design this transmission best illustrate:

A) Prevention cost.
B) Detection cost.
C) Internal failure cost.
D) External failure cost.