Eduqas A-Level Product Design human factors and sustainability overview quiz quiz

They are simply two interchangeable names for the very same field of study used by designers

Anthropometrics is solely about choosing product colours, while ergonomics is solely about controlling the overall cost

Ergonomics applies only to seating such as chairs, whereas anthropometrics applies to all other products

Ergonomics is the study of how people interact with products; anthropometrics is the body-measurement data it uses

Only 5 percent of people are smaller

Only 5 percent of people in the group are larger

It is the exact average measurement of the group

5 percent of the products made will fail in use

95th percentile (large) user, so the largest can comfortably reach it

5th percentile (small) user, so even the smallest can reach it

50th percentile (average) user and no one outside that range

1st percentile user only, ignoring everyone else in the group

Designing exclusively for disabled users and producing specialist adapted versions for everyone else

Designing only for the average, 50th percentile person and accepting that the extremes are excluded

Designing products usable by as many people as possible, regardless of age, size or ability, without special adaptation

Designing the very cheapest product that is technically possible, so that it is affordable and therefore broadly available to all

Read, Recite, Review, Repeat, Recall, Revise

Reduce, Resize, Reshape, Reuse, Recolour, Recycle

Recycle only

Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle

Reduce means use less material and energy; reuse means use the product or its parts again

Reduce means using the product or its parts over again, whereas reuse means using fewer materials

They are simply two different words that describe exactly the same sustainability action by designers

Reduce means reprocessing the material to recycle it; reuse means sending the product to landfill

Making the product noticeably heavier and more substantial so it feels durable and lasts much longer

Using temporary fixings and marked plastics so a product can be taken apart for repair, reuse of parts and clean recycling

Permanently gluing and welding all of the parts together so the assembled product can never come apart

Deliberately adding many more different material types so that there is plenty of variety available for recycling at end of life

Only the manufacturing stage, where the product is actually made and assembled in the factory

Only the in-service use stage, while the finished product is owned and operated by the customer

Assessing impact across the whole life, from raw material extraction to final disposal

Only the final disposal stage, once the worn-out product is thrown away or sent to landfill

Design the product, sketch it, model it, then test it and finally sell it

Buy the product, use it for a while, let it break, bin it, then forget it

Mining the ore, melting it, moulding the part, marketing it, then making money

Raw material extraction, manufacture, distribution, use, disposal

The total energy used to extract, process, manufacture and transport a product

The energy a finished product draws from the mains supply while it is switched on and running

The overall physical weight of the finished product as it leaves the factory ready for sale

The carbon dioxide that a user breathes out while operating the product over its working life

Distribution, because of the fuel burned shipping the product to customers

The use phase, because of the energy consumed over years of service

Packaging, because of the card and plastic used to protect the product

The design stage, because of the prototyping and testing done beforehand

Designing a product so that it is as durable as possible and lasts the customer for many years

Reprocessing the materials of a product to recycle them properly once it reaches the very end of its working life

Deliberately designing a product with a limited useful life so it is replaced sooner, increasing waste

A type of fair trade scheme that guarantees producers a stable and reasonable price for their goods