Higher Quiz 1

What are two benefits to the manufacturer of using standard components?

• Might not meet you quality assurance & can be bought in bulk

• Allows JIT to be used & simplifies assembly

• Will need to deal with 3rd party & if you have some left over then you can use them for other products

Which manufacturing process allows you to create hollow parts with an even wall thickness?

• Blow moulding

• Rotational moulding

• Injection moulding

Name 3 people in the design team

• Mass production technician, lawyer and materials technologist

• Lawyer, materials technologist and market researcher

• Project manager, sub-contractor and CEO market researcher

How do retailers have influence over the design of a product?

• Supplies the feedback on the design

• Chooses how it looks

• Creates the main design of the product

Which of the statements below are benefits of using CAD in the design process?

• More accurate than drawing by hand

• Designs can be produced into the pattern then removed to leave a cavity all done by hand.

• Gets ideas down quickly with as much information as needed

Which of the following are Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)?

• property rights, land rights, trade rights

• bill of rights, property rights, civil rights

• design rights, copyrights, patents

What do designers do as part of the design team?

• Ensure that the product can be manufactured

• Develop the marketing strategies that that are used to promote the product

• Provide the initial ideas

Describe a method that could be used to gather market research information for a game for children

• Go around asking people if they like existing games and see what they like or don't like

• Gather a group of children together as a focus group and ask them to describe the types of games & activities that they enjoy

• Make a quiz and ask people to complete it

Most manufacturers create products with planned obsolescence in mind.

What does this mean and why do they use it?

• Planned obsolescence involves designing products that can be used for a long time without the product eventually going out of date. This is done to ensure that people that use the products get the most out of them.

• Planned obsolescence involves products being made with the best manufacturing processes to ensure that there is less materials wasted after being made.

• Planned obsolescence involves giving products built in life expectancy so that more people will be more willing to purchase newer products.

3 properties of aluminium are......

• High strength, superior malleability, magnetic

• Low weight, easy machining, brittle

• Conducts electricity, high strength, low weight