Lesson 1.2.1

1.2.1 Iterative design process: Design Quiz: OCR Engineering Design, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. Which stage of the iterative design process involves analysing the design brief and researching product requirements?

    • Design
    • Evaluate
    • Make
    • Manufacture
  2. Which research method gathers new first-hand information directly from users?

    • Online journal archives
    • Textbook reviews
    • Interviews with users
    • Secondary market reports
  3. What do tables of anthropometric data provide during the Design stage?

    • Electrical resistance values
    • Manufacturing tolerances
    • Material tensile strengths
    • Human body measurements
  4. Which two items in the ACCESS FM list are concerned with whether a product is safe and how it works?

    • Environment and Materials
    • Cost and Size
    • Aesthetics and Customer
    • Safety and Function
  5. What does the letter 'C' stand for twice in ACCESS FM?

    • Capacity and Current
    • Colour and Circuit
    • Cost and Customer
    • Casting and Cutting
  6. Which activity generates design ideas during the Design stage?

    • Material recycling
    • Batch assembly
    • Sketching and modelling
    • Final packaging
  7. Which document sets out the product requirements during the Design stage?

    • Engineering design specification
    • Maintenance manual
    • Sales brochure
    • Assembly flowchart
  8. Which analysis method uses ACCESS FM and product disassembly?

    • Existing products
    • Market surveys
    • Virtual modelling
    • Primary research
  9. Taking apart a product to examine its construction is an example of what?

    • Product disassembly
    • Primary surveying
    • Rapid prototyping
    • Batch manufacturing
  10. Holding focus groups with potential users is an example of which research type?

    • Primary research
    • Literature review
    • Secondary research
    • Desk research
  11. Drawing quick ideas on paper and building rough cardboard mock-ups is called what?

    • Batch processing
    • Sketching and modelling
    • Product disassembly
    • Primary sampling
  12. What does generating design ideas involve when improving a product?

    • Batch manufacturing
    • Scrapping all ideas
    • Modifying existing designs
    • Final assembly
  13. Which form of research collects information about products already on the market from existing published sources?

    • Primary research
    • Focus groups
    • Interviews
    • Secondary research
  14. Which tool provides body dimensions to help determine comfortable grip sizes?

    • Access FM analysis
    • Design specification
    • Anthropometric data
    • Primary market research
  15. Which activity evaluates different research methods before gathering information?

    • Sketching initial ideas
    • Weighing research advantages
    • Writing product specs
    • Building physical prototypes
  16. A designer records how many hours a day future users expect to use a product, by asking them directly. Which type of research is this?

    • Secondary research
    • Anthropometric research
    • Primary research
    • Disassembly research
  17. What does analysing an existing product using ACCESS FM help to identify?

    • Manufacturing worker wages
    • Raw material costs
    • Exact batch quantities
    • Strengths and weaknesses
  18. What is the typical starting sequence of activities in the design stage?

    • Make, test, sell
    • Brief, research, spec
    • Disassemble, paint, sell
    • Market, pack, ship
  19. Which Design stage activity reveals if a new concept duplicates current market features?

    • Specification writing
    • Ergonomic modelling
    • Primary interviewing
    • Product analysis
  20. Testing a generated design idea against the brief prepares for which next stage?

    • Make and evaluate
    • Brief analysis
    • Market research
    • Idea sketching

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