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S3 Design & Manufacture

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Function is.......

a)

What a product is designed to do

b)

How well a product does what it is designed to do

c)

How a product looks

d)

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

2.

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

a)

Function

b)

Performance

c)

Aesthetics

d)

Ergonomics

3.

What is consumer demand?

a)

When companies release a new product

b)

Where technology has allowed advancements to be made to a product

c)

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

d)

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

4.

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

a)

Colour, psychology, texture, style

b)

Colour, shape, psychology, style

c)

Colour, shape, texture, psychology

d)

Colour, shape, texture, style

5.

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

a)

Physiology, Contrast & Anthropometrics

b)

Physiology, Psychology & Anthropometrics

c)

Physiology, Psychology & Aesthetics

d)

Products, Psychology & Anthropometrics

6.

What is planned obsolescence?

a)

The amount of time before the product breaks

b)

The instructions to help you build a product

c)

When a product has a built in life expectancy

d)

When a product does not work and you need a replacement

7.

How can companies make products safe for consumers to use?

a)

Make them from materials that are all soft

b)

Make products easy to understand and use safe materials during manufacture

c)

Bring in a sub-contractor to manufacture them

d)

Provide clear instructions on how to clean the product

8.

Which is the correct description of a secondary function?

a)

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

b)

The thing the product does second best

c)

The main function of a product

d)

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

9.

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

a)

Ergonomics

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Performance

d)

Function

10.

"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?

a)

Performance

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Ergonomics

d)

Market