Design and Technology Retrieval Quiz

Design and Technology: Textiles

Core knowledge retrieval quiz

Open Ended

What does the term FMS mean?

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What resources are in abundant supply and are unlikely to run out. They can be grown or replaced at the same rate that they are being used.

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What resources are in limited supply and are being used up more quickly than can be replaced.

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following changes to a product is most likely to be damaging to the environment?

• Making a product more durable

• Changing the design of a product so that it can be taken apart for repair

• Changing a component in the product which gives a higher performance but is less reliable

• Making the product from materials that are all recyclable

Multiple Choice

Designers often create products that they know have a limited life span. What is this called?

• Design for disassembly

• Design for maintenance

• Planning for manufacture

• Planned obsolescence

Open Ended

Give one disadvantage of the JIT production system

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Many people prefer to buy an environmentally friendly product that is sustainable.

What is meant by the term sustainable?

Multiple Choice

Identify which energy source is finite.

• Coal

• Solar

• Tidal

• Wind

Multiple Choice

Identify which resource is non-finite

• Oil

• Cotton

• Gas

• Coal

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Give one effect of global warming on the planet.

Open Ended

What does the term carbon footprint mean?

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is a process of designing products using a computer?

• CAM

• CNC

• CAD

• 3D Printing

Open Ended

Give an example of a CAM device

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is an approach to manufacturing designed to minimise the amount of resources used and waste produced?

• Computer aided design

• Lean manufacturing

• Computer aided manufacturing

• Flexible manufacturing

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements about automation is not true?

• Automation can increase the efficiency of manufacturing

• Automation is the use of machines to carry out tasks automatically

• Automation can be used to manufacture a whole product

• Automation always requires a lot of input from humans

Open Ended

Give one advantage of using robotics in manufacturing

Open Ended

Explain how FMS could be used in manufacturing

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CAM manufacturing is much

than manufacture by hand. This means productivity is increased.

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What is the production method based on providing stock as it is needed?