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AQA GCSE Design and Technology 3.2 Specialist technical principles quiz quiz

11questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which force tries to squash or shorten a material?

  2. Which manufacturing process family removes material to shape a product?

  3. Vacuum forming softens a plastic sheet and shapes it without melting it fully. Which process family is this?

  4. Which finish is used to protect steel by coating it with zinc?

  5. Which scale of production makes a single, often custom, product?

  6. What is the raw material from which most polymers are made?

  7. Why is timber seasoned after it is felled?

  8. Triangulation is used to stiffen a frame because a triangle:

  9. When selecting a material, which factor relates to whether enough can be sourced in time?

  10. Which is a standard component rather than something a designer would make?

  11. Which statement about a non-finite resource is correct?