Technology Topic 1: The Design Process
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This is a multiple choice question test about the Design Cycle. 20 questions to be answered in 30 minutes.
- 1.Which statement best defines a product design specification (PDS)?
- A.
A description of a design problem.
- B.
The generation of ideas.
- C.
A target market for the design.
- D.
The precise limits of all performance requirements.
- 2.In which stage of the design cycle model are detailed costings of a product best made?
- A.
Researching and specifications.
- B.
Generating ideas
- C.
Developing the chosen solution.
- D.
Planning and realising the chosen solution.
- 3.At which stage of the design cycle model are drawings made without using technical aids most likely to be used?
- A.
Identifying the problem and the brief.
- B.
Generating ideas.
- C.
Drawing the final solution.
- D.
Realizing the final solution.
- 4.In which technique for solving problems do designers gain most from similar situations to existing solutions?
- A.
Adaptation.
- B.
Animation.
- C.
Analogy
- D.
Algorithm
- 5.Detailed orthographic drawings are best used to show...
- A.
Early stages of product development.
- B.
3-D views of a finished product.
- C.
The dimensions of a finished product for manufacturing.
- D.
How mechanical components fit together to make a product.
- 6.Which statement best describes the outcome of incremental design over a short period of time?
- A.
No changes to a product.
- B.
Small changes to a product.
- C.
Large changes to a product by introducing new materials.
- D.
A completely new product.
- 7.Which is most likely to result in changes to the design of an existing product?
- A.
Adaptation.
- B.
Brainstorming.
- C.
Analogy
- D.
Constructive discontent
- 8.Which stage of the design cycle model is most likely to involve mathematical models?
- A.
Identifying the problem and the brief.
- B.
Researching and specifications.
- C.
Developing the chosen solution.
- D.
Planning and realising the chosen solution.
- 9.The design brief does not identify...
- A.
The design problem.
- B.
The major constraints for the design solution.
- C.
The target market.
- D.
The precise limits for the complete range of performance requirements that must be met.
- 10.Which term describes the inclusion of new material or technology to produce a significant change to design?
- A.
Incremental design
- B.
Radical design
- C.
Green design
- D.
Clean technology
- 11.It is important to annotate freehand drawings to...
- A.
Explain the thinking behind the visual images.
- B.
Show the proposed solution in 3-D.
- C.
Enable them to be used in production drawings.
- D.
Enable numerical manipulation.
- 12.What is defined as "analysing the situation which would benefit from re-design and working out a strategy for improving it"?
- A.
Adaptation
- B.
Analogy
- C.
Brainstorming
- D.
Constructive discontent
- 13.Designers use perspective drawings to...
- A.
Make assumptions about design.
- B.
See how big the final solution will be.
- C.
Realistically represent an object.
- D.
Completely finalise their solution.
- 14.At which stage in the design cycle would orthographic drawings be most relevant?
- A.
Generating ideas
- B.
Developing the chosen solution
- C.
Planning and realising the chosen solution
- D.
Testing and evaluating the chosen solution
- 15.In which technique for solving problems are solutions to a problem in one field used to provide a new idea for a solution in another?
- A.
Adaptation
- B.
Animation
- C.
Analogy
- D.
Brainstorming
- 16.Which model type is a designer most likely to use in discussions with a manufacturer?
- A.
Algorithm
- B.
Perspective drawing
- C.
Orthographic drawing
- D.
Mathematical model
- 17.What is represented in the design cycle?
- A.
The final design solution is evaluated against the requirements set out in the specification.
- B.
To explore ideas the elements of the design cycle may be visited in different orders.
- C.
Feedback may occur between different elements in the design cycle.
- D.
Some elements of the design cycle are revisited several times before others are started.
- 18.A performance test provides
- A.
Aesthetics data.
- B.
Quantitative data.
- C.
Qualitative data.
- D.
Data about users’ opinions.
- 19.What is true of physical models and mathematical models?
- A.
They are easy to understand by clients.
- B.
They are 3D.
- C.
They represent selected features of a design.
- D.
They are realistic representations.
- 20.Which statement does not describe an advantage of using computer aided design (CAD)?
- A.
Ability to interface with other computerised systems
- B.
Low capital cost
- C.
Ease of storage for designs
- D.
Reduction in time taken to update engineering drawings
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