SQA Higher Design and Manufacture Design area overview quiz quiz

Because the designer must complete every stage exactly once, in a fixed order, before the product can be manufactured

Because making and testing reveal problems and new information, so the designer loops back to earlier stages to refine the proposal

Because the brief is rewritten by the client after the product has already been manufactured and sold

Because the designer always works alone without any feedback from users or clients at any stage

It is a measurable checklist of requirements that ideas must meet and that the outcome is later evaluated against

It is a single freehand sketch of the final product made before any research is carried out

It is the finished working drawing sent to the factory to manufacture the product

It is a list of the designer's personal opinions about which colours look best

Aesthetics

Economics

Ergonomics

Durability

The study of how attractive a product looks to its target market

The cost of the materials and processes used to make a product

The data of human body measurements such as heights, reaches and grip sizes

The process of joining parts together with permanent fixings

Because the factors never affect each other, so only one can ever be improved at a time

Because safety is the only factor that ever matters in any product design

Because the factors pull against each other, so improving one often worsens another and the product must still be viable

Because clients always insist that cost is the only factor worth considering

Orthographic working drawings

A fully rendered CAD assembly

A dimensioned manufacturing drawing

Freehand sketching

To give precise dimensioned views needed to manufacture the product

To show the product realistically with vanishing points for a client

To generate as many rough ideas as possible at the start

To record the designer's first impressions of the brief

It removes the need to ever evaluate the design against the specification

It guarantees the product will be the cheapest possible to manufacture

The model is easy to edit and can be rendered, analysed and used to drive CAM machines

It means user trialling is no longer required at any stage

A block model is always made of metal, while a prototype is always made of plastic

A block model is the final product, while a prototype is a rough sketch

There is no difference; the two words mean exactly the same thing

A block model tests form and proportion, while a prototype is a working version that tests function

Because the specification lists the cheapest materials available

Because each specification point is measurable, giving objective evidence of pass or fail

Because opinions are always more reliable than measurements

Because the specification is written only after the product is finished

The exact manufacturing cost of every component

The chemical composition of the materials used

Real-use and ergonomic problems found when target users handle the product

The precise dimensions needed for the working drawings

Research

Manufacture

Packaging

Distribution

A multiple-choice test of materials knowledge sat under exam conditions

A candidate-led design, make and test task that applies the whole design process

A group presentation about a famous designer's career

A written essay comparing two different countries' design industries

Aesthetics

Safety

Market appeal

Ease of manufacture

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

Because judging ideas and models at each stage feeds the iteration that improves the design

Because the specification can only be read once the prototype is complete

Because evaluation is only ever carried out by the manufacturer