Product Design Basics

1. What is Ergonomics?

The study of people and their interaction with products and the environment

The study of costs in design and retailing

The study of recycling and reusing products

2. What is Quality control?

A set of standards developed by a manufacturer

A instruction for workers to ensure products are made well

A series of checks during production to ensure that it meets the standards

3. Why is Tolerance used during the manufacture of parts?

Parts can be made with less accuracy

To allow the parts to be made cheaply

It provides an allowable limit in size or shape before the product fails

4. What is the BSI Kite Mark?

A mark placed on products to inform the customer that it has been thoroughly tested and it is safe

A mark placed on a product to tell the consumer that it has been made in the UK

A mark to tell the customer that it can be recycled

5. What is continuous production?

The production of identical products from hundreds of thousands to millions

The ongoing production of identical products

The production of identical products from hundreds to thousands

6. What does CAM stand for in design?

Computer Aided Modelling

Computer Aided Manufacturing

Computer Analysis Manufacturing

7. What is batch production?

The production of identical products from hundreds of thousands to millions

The ongoing production of identical products

The production of identical products from hundreds to thousands

8. What is Intuitive design?

Designing with previous knowledge

Following a series of design stages

Copying someone else's design

9. What does the term 'Technology Push' mean?

Products are pushed onto the shelf by the retailer

New technologies mean new products are pushed forward to consumers

Manufacturers are pushed to use new technology

10. What is Empirical Design?