Test

Question 1

What is most likely to result in a high quality product?

Answer 1

Developing good functional and aesthetic features

Question 2

What is being determined in a final prototype?

Answer 2

Whether it is a quality solution to the design problem

Question 3

When does a design team work the best?

Answer 3

When tasks are allocated to individual based on expertise

Question 4

What is the most likely reason for designers to use environmentally friendly resources?

Answer 4

To maintain resources for future use

Question 5

What are the 9 factors affecting the success of design?

Answer 5

Appropriateness
Market need
Function
Aesthetics
Finance
Ergonomics
Safety
Environmental impact
Life cycle analysis

Question 6

What is the design brief?

Answer 6

Highlights the problem to be solved or the need to be met

Question 7

Why is ongoing evaluation so important?

Answer 7

It allows the designer to reflect on their process and modify management, tools, materials and techniques according to successes and failure

Question 8

Why are prototypes important?

Answer 8

To help designers evaluate their designs

Question 9

How has the development of communication improved design?

Answer 9

Allows collaborate work across different time zones

Question 10

What 7 considerations must be made during the designing and production process?

Answer 10

Personal values
Cultural beliefs
Sustainability
Safety and health
Community needs
Individual needs
Equity

Question 11

What is the difference between equality and equity?

Answer 11

Equality –> sameness
Equity –> fairness

Question 12

What is entrepreneurial activity?

Answer 12

Making ideas for products or businesses into productive and profitable businesses

Question 13

What is a future wheel?

Answer 13

A strategy used by designers to think about the future implications of their design

Question 14

What are 3 examples of primary research?

Answer 14

Interviewing
Experimenting
Collecting and analysing statistics

Question 15

What are 3 example of secondary research?

Answer 15

Books
Other people’s reports
Internet

Question 16

What are the 6 macro-environmental forces that affect organisations?

Answer 16

Demographic
Economy
Natural environment
Technology
Marketing decisions
Culture

Question 17

Why is establishing design parameters and identifying an evaluation of criteria improtant?

Answer 17

To see if your product is successful in its purpose

Question 18

What are 4 good tools to assist in management?

Answer 18

Time and action plan
Gantt charts
Finance plans
Journals and diaries

Question 19

What are 3 reasons drawings are important?

Answer 19

To visualise the design, show evidence of your design process and convey your design to your client

Question 20

What is an example of a subtractive process?

Answer 20

Laser cutting

Question 21

What is an example of additive process?

Answer 21

3D printing

Question 22

What is an example of formation and deformation process?

Answer 22

Moulding clay

Question 23

What are 6 main uses of computer based technologies in the design process?

Answer 23

Modelling
Research
Simulation
Graphics
Communication
Presentation

Question 24

What are 4 organisations that protect designers in Australia?

Answer 24

IP Australia
Standards Australia
Trade Practices Act
ACCC

Question 25

What are registered designs?

Answer 25

Designs which have been registered to protect the visual appearance of the product that makes it unique

Question 26

What are patents?

Answer 26

A legal right to protect and promote a device, substance, method or process for commercial gain

Question 27

What is copyright?

Answer 27

Is free and is granted for original works meaning that a licence must then be obtained to use that work

Question 28

What are trademarks?

Answer 28

Provides the legal right to use, license or sell particular items or services

Question 29

What is innovation?

Answer 29

Changes or improvements to existing products

Question 30

What is the purpose of innovation?

Answer 30

To improve our quality of life

Question 31

What are 3 factors that contribute to the success or failure of an innovation?

Answer 31

Timing Available and emerging technologies Marketing strategies

Question 32

What has allowed for the development for emerging technologies?

Answer 32

Government and private enterprise financial assistance

Question 33

If a product needs to be accessible to a wide range of cultures what is a major consideration?

Answer 33

Developing a product that is suitable for all market segments

Question 34

What factors has the most significant effect on the success of a marketing plan?

Answer 34

Understanding the market segment

Question 35

What are five reasons designers consider ergonomic factors when designing a new product?

Answer 35

Ease of use Comfort Reduce injury Safety Standards

Question 36

What are four roles aesthetics play in influencing consumer purchasing decisions?

Answer 36

Social trends influence expected aesthetics hence product choice To foster initial product interest Internet shopping - only way of picking items To differentiate from other products

Question 37

How are three ways new technologies can be utilised for evaluating/marketing products?

Answer 37

Interactive devices to engage clients and improve quality of feedback Online surveys inform marketing decisions Using data analysis to inform decisions of product design and marketing

Question 38

What is a strategy to decrease the long-term environmental impact of a product?

Answer 38

Carry out life cycle analysis

Question 39

What is an entrepreneur’s job in influencing the success of an innovation?

Answer 39

Analysing market research, legal and ethical issues

Question 40

What should be done after developing a preliminary design concept?

Answer 40

Develop possible design solutions

Question 41

What is the main purpose of developing sustainable technologies?

Answer 41

To make better use of natural resources

Question 42

Why does a designer need to consider the industrial and commercial practices that will be used during manufacturing?

Answer 42

To increase the product’s rate of production

Question 43

What does discuss mean?

Answer 43

Identify issues and provide points for and/or against

Question 44

What is the life cycle analysis a critical step in?

Answer 44

Design and production process

Question 45

What does exploded view do?

Answer 45

It shows how the product will fit together

Question 46

How do entrepreneurs support the work of designers and generate value?

Answer 46

They create or expand economic activity by promoting new products

Question 47

Which of the following best outlines why designers would use 3D modelling when presenting their designs to manufacturers?

Answer 47

To allow the manufacturers to visualise the final design

Question 48

Why is it important for a designer and the end user to communicate with each other?

Answer 48

To improve customer satisfaction

Question 49

What is the best way to evaluate a product’s feasibility after design and prior to production?

Answer 49

Make a prototype to test the product