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WorksheetsS3 Design & Manufacture
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
