Lesson 3.3.4
3.3.4 Design strategies Quiz: AQA Design & Technology, Unit 3
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Which design strategy involves working with other people to share ideas?
- Collaboration
- Avoiding fixation
- Surface treatment
- Tolerancing
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Which design strategy ensures the end user remains central to development?
- User centred design
- Systems approach
- Design fixation
- Batch production
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Which iterative process step involves testing a prototype and making improvements?
- Final packaging assembly
- Initial market research
- Evaluating and refining
- Initial batch testing
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Which design strategy is about avoiding becoming stuck on one early idea?
- A systems approach
- User centred design
- Avoiding design fixation
- Collaboration with peers
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Which technique is listed for exploring and developing ideas iteratively?
- Annealing
- Sketching
- Injection moulding
- Galvanising
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Which element is listed as part of the iterative process for developing ideas?
- Tolerancing
- Anodising
- Modelling
- Die cutting
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What does a systems approach primarily examine in a product?
- Marketing campaign reach
- Retail pricing strategy
- Inputs and outputs
- Aesthetic styling details
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Repeatedly modelling, testing and improving a prototype is known as which strategy?
- Design fixation
- Iterative design
- Mass customisation
- Linear production
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Which practical preparation activity is essential before building physical models?
- Automated soldering
- Measurement and marking
- Surface anodising
- Injection moulding
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How many activities are listed in the iterative process for exploring and developing ideas?
- Six
- Three
- Five
- Four
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What is the primary advantage of using an iterative design strategy?
- Reduces prototyping time
- Eliminates material costs
- Guarantees patent approval
- Improves final outcomes
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What major risk does design fixation pose to a design project?
- Increased cost
- Slower production
- Poor marketing
- Limited exploration
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Which step in the iterative process is about judging work to improve outcomes?
- Evaluation
- Sketching
- Testing
- Modelling
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Which iterative activity is about checking how an idea performs in practice?
- Testing
- Modelling
- Annotating
- Sketching
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Which iterative activity is used to explore ideas quickly on paper?
- Modelling
- Measurement
- Sketching
- Evaluation
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Which design strategy focuses primarily on direct feedback from the intended users?
- Design fixation
- Iterative design
- Systems approach
- User centred design
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Why are sketching and modelling paired together in the iterative design process?
- Material testing
- Quick idea exploration
- Client budgeting
- Final manufacturing
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Which two design strategies best work together to avoid narrow ideas and meet user needs?
- Iterative and user centred
- Rigid and linear
- Static and random
- Fixed and isolated
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What is the correct sequence of stages in the iterative design process specification?
- Evaluation, testing, sketching, modelling
- Testing, sketching, evaluation, modelling
- Sketching, modelling, testing, evaluation
- Modelling, evaluation, testing, sketching
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A designer compares the performance of several versions across cycles to guide the next change. Which process is this?
- Surface treatment
- Iterative design
- Design fixation
- Die cutting
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