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1
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List the advantages of working in a team.

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  • Get feedback and bounce ideas off others instead of making decisions on heir own.
  • Support and help one another.
  • Team work will improve problem solving, reasoning, cooperative, speaking and listening skills.
2
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List the disadvantages of working in a team.

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  • Clash of ideas between members.
  • Conflict between members can lead to work not getting done and a toxic working environment.
  • Won’t do their share, leaving the others to pick up the slack.
  • Take over and stop others from contributing.
3
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Define intellectual property.

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Intellectual property is defined as ideas, info, and the many ways in which these can be expressed; it is the property of your mind or intellect.

4
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Explain how intellectual property can be protected.

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  • Copyright
    (protects the works that express ideas, not the ideas or concepts themselves. Intended for one-off artistic creations)
  • Design registration
    (must be obtained before the design is seen publicly. Protects products intended for mass or low-volume production)
5
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Name the 3 parts to sustainability.

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S.E.E

  • Social
  • Economic
  • Environmental
6
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Name the factors of social sustainability.

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  • Social justice
  • Community outreach
  • Human rights
  • Labour relations
  • Diversity
7
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Name the factors of economic sustainability.

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  • Capital efficiency
  • Risk management
  • Innovation
  • Growth enhancement
8
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Name some factors of environmental sustainability.

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  • Biodiversity (clearing land to make room for cotton fields, etc, leads to less biodiversity)
  • Energy reduction
  • Environmental research
  • Clean air/water (use water-based dyes so the waste doesn’t contaminate the water supply)
  • Recycling
9
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What is hazard identification?

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Hazard identification involves recognising what it is about a piece of equipment or a process that might cause injury and listing the range of injuries that might arise from correct or incorrect use of it.

10
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List some hazards involved in textiles.

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  • Scissors (cut/stab yourself/others)
  • Iron (burn yourself/others)
  • Pins (prick yourself/others)
  • Sewing machine (hair/jewellery/loose clothing could get caught, sew your fingers)
  • Overlocker (hair/jewellery/loose clothes could get caught, cut your fingers)
11
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List some environmental ‘clothing design’ strategies for fabric and fashion.

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  • Durable
  • Classic in styling (so it doesn’t go out of fashion quickly and be thrown away)
  • Functional
12
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List some environmental ‘low-impact’ design strategies for fabric and fashion.

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  • Unbleached and chemical-free
  • Undyed or naturally coloured where possible
  • Bio-degradable dyes for colouring synthetic fabrics
  • Components made form the same material for easy recycling
  • Recycled materials
13
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List some environmental ‘components or notions’ design strategies for fabrics and fashion.

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  • Natural and renewable

- recycled or recyclable

14
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List some environmental ‘clothing production’ design strategies for fabrics and fashion.

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  • Minimise waste when laying out patterns
  • Use of renewable or ‘green’ energy
  • Simple machine processes that use less energy
15
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List some environmental ‘clothing use’ design strategies for fabrics and fashion.

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  • Durability(strength of the fabric and construction)
  • Avoid fabric and construction that requires dry cleaning
  • Provide good labelling for correct maintenance
16
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List some environmental “disposable’ design strategies for fabrics and fashion.

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  • Easy separation of different materials

- Systems for clothing and fabric recovery and reuse

17
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How can fibre producers and manufacturers become ‘greener’?

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  • Use sustainably sourced fabrics

- Use water-based dues so that the waste water doesn’t pollute the water supply when it’s disposed of

18
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What are the steps for writing evaluation criteria?

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  1. Ask the question
  2. Why is it important?
  3. How will you check at the end?
19
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List the things included in a design brief.

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Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
Style?
Quality?
Budget?