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AS 1 Design and Manufacture
Quick questions on Evaluation and testing: against the specification and through user feedback - CCEA A-Level Technology and Design
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What is evaluating against the specification?Show answer
This is why specification points must be measurable: an unmeasurable point ("must look nice") cannot be evaluated objectively.
What are only listing strengths?Show answer
A real evaluation finds weaknesses and proposes modifications; one-sided praise loses marks.
What is q1?Show answer
Why must specification points be measurable for evaluation? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Give one objective and one subjective evaluation a designer could make of a kettle. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
What should a designer do with a specification point that the product fails? [2 marks]
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