CSWA SUSTAINABILITY EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What is the idea behind a sustainable design? - Correct Answers -The idea is cropping
up more and more in today's product design conversations.
Design Engineers incorporate sustainability principles into their work for one of three
reasons? - Correct Answers -Personal Interest, Company intent and Industry
Regulation.
Personal Interest - Correct Answers -A powerful driver behind a great deal of innovation
and creative engineering.
Company Intent - Correct Answers -Sustainable design is part of a companies intent.
Is a sustainable design good or bad for a company? - Correct Answers -A sustainable
design is ",good buisness."
What does a sustainable design allow companies to do? - Correct Answers -Find new
ways to decrease material and energy costs.
Do companies increase there revenue when they use a sustainable design? - Correct
Answers -Yes, a companies revenue increases due to a sustainable design and new
product innovations.
European Union - Correct Answers -UN
Restriction of hazardous substances - Correct Answers -RoHS
What does the RoHS do? - Correct Answers -They place strict guidelines on the use of
specific materials in manufacture of various electronics.
What the EU impact? - Correct Answers -The EU, impacts manufacturers worldwide.
Just, because you adhere to sustainable design principles doesn't assure compliance
with the EU's directives. - Correct Answers -True
Why are the EU's regulations in place? - Correct Answers -The EU's regulations are
intended to address, such as toxicity of certain substances.
, CSWA Sustainability - Correct Answers -About how to make a sustainable design.
What plays a key role in the myriad sustainablity tools? - Correct Answers -Techniques,
global and local activities, and corporate initiatives the product designer plays a key
role.
Sustainable Development - Correct Answers -Is developement that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the ablity of future generations to meet their own
needs.
The Natural Step - Correct Answers -a framework, that goes on to lay out four system
conditions, derived from the laws of thermodynamics, through which such a state can
be achieved.
1st Natural Step - Correct Answers -Concentrations of substances extracted from
Earth's Crust.
2nd Natural Step - Correct Answers -Concentrations of substances produced by
society.
3rd Natural Step - Correct Answers -Degradation by physical means and, in that
society.
4th Natural Step - Correct Answers -There are no structural obstacles to people's
health, influence, competence impartiality and meaning.
Product - Correct Answers -Is used to describe the object being designed, whether an
actual consumer product, machined part, piece of equipment, or other component or
assembly.
Sustainability - Correct Answers -Represents a balanced interaction between the
human built and natural worlds.
What do sustainable companies have in common? - Correct Answers -They have a
balance of economic, social and environmental responsiblity.
A truly sustainable company: - Correct Answers -Eliminates waste that can't be reused;
uses waste of other processes as it's input and uses the least amount of energy to
achieve the desired outcome.
Sustainability manifests itself in companies at a variety levels: - Correct Answers -
Strategy, supply chain/value webs and operations.
Environmental Management Systems abrivation - Correct Answers -EMS
AND ANSWERS
What is the idea behind a sustainable design? - Correct Answers -The idea is cropping
up more and more in today's product design conversations.
Design Engineers incorporate sustainability principles into their work for one of three
reasons? - Correct Answers -Personal Interest, Company intent and Industry
Regulation.
Personal Interest - Correct Answers -A powerful driver behind a great deal of innovation
and creative engineering.
Company Intent - Correct Answers -Sustainable design is part of a companies intent.
Is a sustainable design good or bad for a company? - Correct Answers -A sustainable
design is ",good buisness."
What does a sustainable design allow companies to do? - Correct Answers -Find new
ways to decrease material and energy costs.
Do companies increase there revenue when they use a sustainable design? - Correct
Answers -Yes, a companies revenue increases due to a sustainable design and new
product innovations.
European Union - Correct Answers -UN
Restriction of hazardous substances - Correct Answers -RoHS
What does the RoHS do? - Correct Answers -They place strict guidelines on the use of
specific materials in manufacture of various electronics.
What the EU impact? - Correct Answers -The EU, impacts manufacturers worldwide.
Just, because you adhere to sustainable design principles doesn't assure compliance
with the EU's directives. - Correct Answers -True
Why are the EU's regulations in place? - Correct Answers -The EU's regulations are
intended to address, such as toxicity of certain substances.
, CSWA Sustainability - Correct Answers -About how to make a sustainable design.
What plays a key role in the myriad sustainablity tools? - Correct Answers -Techniques,
global and local activities, and corporate initiatives the product designer plays a key
role.
Sustainable Development - Correct Answers -Is developement that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the ablity of future generations to meet their own
needs.
The Natural Step - Correct Answers -a framework, that goes on to lay out four system
conditions, derived from the laws of thermodynamics, through which such a state can
be achieved.
1st Natural Step - Correct Answers -Concentrations of substances extracted from
Earth's Crust.
2nd Natural Step - Correct Answers -Concentrations of substances produced by
society.
3rd Natural Step - Correct Answers -Degradation by physical means and, in that
society.
4th Natural Step - Correct Answers -There are no structural obstacles to people's
health, influence, competence impartiality and meaning.
Product - Correct Answers -Is used to describe the object being designed, whether an
actual consumer product, machined part, piece of equipment, or other component or
assembly.
Sustainability - Correct Answers -Represents a balanced interaction between the
human built and natural worlds.
What do sustainable companies have in common? - Correct Answers -They have a
balance of economic, social and environmental responsiblity.
A truly sustainable company: - Correct Answers -Eliminates waste that can't be reused;
uses waste of other processes as it's input and uses the least amount of energy to
achieve the desired outcome.
Sustainability manifests itself in companies at a variety levels: - Correct Answers -
Strategy, supply chain/value webs and operations.
Environmental Management Systems abrivation - Correct Answers -EMS
