SQA Advanced Higher Design and Manufacture Design area overview quiz quiz

A short statement of the design problem, the client and the broad requirements, used as a starting point

A finished, dimensioned working drawing sent to the factory to make the product

A single rendered illustration of the final product for the client

A list of the exact materials and tolerances the finished design must meet

Running a user trial with target users handling a model

Carrying out a questionnaire with potential customers

Reviewing competitor products, sales data and published standards

Building a test rig to measure how long a hinge lasts

The exact dimensions, materials and tolerances of the finished design

What the product must do and how well, in measurable terms, without prescribing how

The designer's preferred colours and styling for the product

The order in which the product will be manufactured and assembled

Because the marks reward justified observations from real products, not generic statements

Because candidates are not allowed to use any examples in the question paper

Because the analysis replaces the need to study materials and processes

Because product analysis is the only topic assessed in the whole paper

A rough, grainy inner surface on a large hollow shape

A woven texture visible through a clear coating

Hammer marks and a forged grain flow

A split line with small circular ejector-pin marks and uniform wall thickness

Generate ideas freely with no judgement, then sort and select the best

Borrow a working solution from nature and adapt it to the product

List the functions, list ways of achieving each, then combine them systematically

Sketch the final product once and refine it with a working drawing

Generating ideas by borrowing a principle from nature and adapting it

Copying a competitor's product exactly to save design time

Testing a product virtually with stress and motion simulation

Designing a product to have a deliberately limited useful life

A sketch model

A prototype

A block model

A scale model

The primary function is decided last, the secondary first

The primary function is the main job; the secondary is an additional, supporting job

The primary function only applies to mass-produced products

There is no difference; the terms mean the same thing

It reduces resource use because products are made smaller

It has no effect on the environment, only on the manufacturer

It improves recycling rates by designing products for disassembly

It increases resource use, waste and pollution through more frequent replacement

Through certification, British Standards and the kitemark, plus designing against hazards

By making the product as cheap as possible to manufacture

By relying only on the designer's opinion that it is safe

By adding as many secondary functions as possible

Sales are low and rising slowly while the product is launched and promoted

Sales rise quickly as the product is adopted and word spreads

Sales peak and level off as most of the market is reached and competition is fiercest

Sales fall as the market saturates or newer products appear

Technology push is cheaper to develop than market pull in every case

Market pull only applies to luxury products, technology push to budget products

Technology push means a new technology drives the product; market pull means demand draws it out

They both mean the same thing: responding to customer feedback

Designing only for the average user to keep costs low

Designing so a product can be used by as many people as possible, including those with reduced ability

Designing a product to be replaced frequently

Designing the cheapest possible version of a product

Because factors never affect one another, so only one can change at a time

Because the cheapest factor is always the most important

Because the client refuses to see the product until it is finished

Because factors pull against each other, so the designer must prioritise and compromise to keep the product viable

Knowledge gained from researching the evolution of a product over time

The candidate's ability to write a marketing plan for a new product

A multiple-choice test of material properties

The cost of manufacturing a single prototype

80 of 200 marks

120 of 200 marks

40 of 160 marks

200 of 200 marks