WorksheetsTheorical review Design Tech P.1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A designer is developing the interior of a car and wants to ensure that the driver has sufficient range of movement to reach all the controls. What type of data does the designer need?
Dynamic data
Static data
Primary data
Environmental data
Figure 1. Above is a bell shaped curve showing a normal distribution. Which strategy should the designer use for the mass-produced product?
1st - 99th percentile
95th percentile
50th percentile
5th - 95th percentile
Plan Toys is a company that markets itself on its environmental credentials. Figure 2 above shows their production and distribution process. What best describes the company's sustainablility strategy?
The use of renewable resources
The promotion of recycling
Undertaking dematerialization
The use of product recovery
What describes the quantity of material that is ready and available for production?
Resource
Reserve
Reserve and resource
No choice
What is a definition of re-use?
Changing waste material into a new product
Application of a product in the same or different context
The reconstruction or renewal of any part of a product
The return of a product to working order
What best describes end-of-pipe technology?
Capturing emissions immediately before release
Providing alternatives to fossil fuel usage
Improving the efficiency of production
Capturing emissions during production
What is a fundamental aspect of a "cradle to cradle" philosophy?
Reuse
Recycling
Repair
Reconditioning
What is the purpose of a conceptual model?
To provide a proof of concept of a new idea
To demostrate the sketching skills of the designer
To communicate new ideas that are un familiar
To present in detail how a new idea will work
Figure 3 shows a technical drawing of a simple part. What is the drawing style in Figure 3?
Orthographic projection
One-point perspective
Exploded view
Isometric
During the development of an electronic product, a designer builds a model that gathers data relating to button presses. What type of model has been created?
An aesthetic model
A mock-up
An instrumented model
A conceptual model
