Chapter 2 MCQs
Chapter 2 MCQs
Chapter 2 MCQs
1. According to Siegel at al. (2007) the technology transfer objectives of TTOs is to:
a) Seek profits
b) Share and disseminate their knowledge
c) To protect and generate revenue for IP
d) None of the above
5. According to Siegel et al. (2003) the role taken by most TTOs is:
a) To facilitate technological diffusion through the licensing to industry of inventions or
intellectual property resulting from university research
b) To facilitate ‘mega agreements’ between individual companies and universities
c) To facilitate the licensing of university-owned intellectual property to existing companies
d) To facilitate university support for start-up companies
6. The sequencing of events in terms of university technology transfer usually begins with:
a) Invention disclosure
b) Scientific discovery
c) Evaluation of the commercial potential
d) Filing a patent
7. Which of the following enabled universities and public reseach laboratories to patent their
own inventions?
a) The Bayh-Dole Act 1980
b) European Patent Convention
c) Patent Cooperation Treaty
d) US Patent and Trade Mark Office
8. Which of the following can influence whether TTO will patent a technology:
a) When there is a possible cost benefit
b) If the TTO has a high level of investment
c) If the TTO has the support of research councils
d) When there is a clear cost benefit
10. Which of the following is not a macro level factor that influences technology transfer?
a) Proximity to industrial clusters
b) Support of developmental agencies/research councils
c) Quality of Technology Transfer Office
d) Government support and investment
11. Which of the following is not an inhabitor that is experienced by publicly funded principal
investigators/scientists?
a) Political and environmental factors
b) Institutional inhabitors
c) Project inhabitors
d) Social and economic factors
15. According to Harman (2010) the most important perceived barrier by technology transfer
specialists was:
a) Distance from reseach clusters
b) Lack of funds to support commercialisation activities
c) Lack of governmental support
d) Competing stakeholder interests