S3 Design & Manufacture

Function is.......

• What a product is designed to do

• How well a product does what it is designed to do

• How a product looks

• Anything else a product can do that is wasn't designed for

Durability and ease of maintenance are issues that come under......

• Function

• Performance

• Aesthetics

• Ergonomics

What is consumer demand?

• When companies release a new product

• Where technology has allowed advancements to be made to a product

• Where the market is asking for a product / update to a product

• When companies withdraw a product as customers don't like it

Which of the following areas would you consider if you were looking into aesthetics?

• Colour, psychology, texture, style

• Colour, shape, psychology, style

• Colour, shape, texture, psychology

• Colour, shape, texture, style

The three areas of ergonomics are......

• Physiology, Contrast & Anthropometrics

• Physiology, Psychology & Anthropometrics

• Physiology, Psychology & Aesthetics

• Products, Psychology & Anthropometrics

What is planned obsolescence?

• The amount of time before the product breaks

• The instructions to help you build a product

• When a product has a built in life expectancy

• When a product does not work and you need a replacement

How can companies make products safe for consumers to use?

• Make them from materials that are all soft

• Make products easy to understand and use safe materials during manufacture

• Bring in a sub-contractor to manufacture them

• Provide clear instructions on how to clean the product

Which is the correct description of a secondary function?

• Things that a product is used for, even though it has not been designed for that use

• The thing the product does second best

• The main function of a product

• Anything else a product can do other that it's primary function

"What a product is designed to do" - which design factor is this statement referring to?

• Ergonomics

• Aesthetics

• Performance

• Function

"I have decided to make the diameter of the handle 50mm as it will suit the majority of users grip size" - which design factor is being discussed in this annotation?

• Performance

• Aesthetics

• Ergonomics

• Market