Design and Technology - Product Design
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Why does product evolution occur? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Continuous
improvement
> Market pull
> Technology push
> Social/cultural needs
> Political/environmental needs
What is market pull? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Designing to satisfy the needs and
wants of customers - costumer demand
> Changing fashions and social attitudes affect what people want and it isn't always the same
Give an example of market pull - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A car is designed to get you
from A to B but they have become a status symbol and luxury extras such as seat-back TV
screens are added
What is technology push? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Research and development leads
to new technologies, materials and manufacturing techniques
> New technology can make a product cheaper, perform its function better or be nicer-looking
Give an example of technology push - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Computers started as a
hude 'adding machines' but now microchips allow for small, fast and powerful machienes
What is continuous improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Manufactures want to
make more money, increase profit
> They improve the design do they can be made more easily 'continuous improvement'
,> They make them as good as possible to make money, be competitive and meet standards of
product quality
What alternative reasons can a product evolve for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Social or
cultural needs (For example, wind-up radios for Africans so they could listen to educational
broadcasts about health concerns)
> Political or environmental needs (For example, the need for environmentally friendly products
such as hybrid engine cars that are more efficient)
Name the features of the Arts and Crafts movement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅>
Founded by William Morris
> Bases on patterns found in nature
> Upright and angular
> Made by made and skilled craftsmen
Name the features of the Art Nouveau movement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Designers
include Louis C.Tiffany
> Flowing and curvy designs
> They use floral or insect motifs
Name the features of the Art Deco movement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Inspired by
African and Egyptian art
> Bold colours, zigzag and stepped shapes, bold sweeping curves and the sunset motif
> Example is the Chrysler building in New York
Name the features of the Bauhaus movement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Movement
from Germany
> Has the motto 'form follows function'
> Function is most important and appearance is second
> It is futuristic, simplistic and used mass production methods
, > Uses chrome tubing and black leather
Name the features of the De Stijl movement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Dutch
modernist movemnt
> Basic - uses simple shapes, horizontal and vertical lines
> The three primary colous only
> Well known example is Gerrit Rietveld's Red and Blue chair
Name the features of the postmodernism movement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅>
Rejected 'form follows function'
> Put style as the focus point of design
> Memphis used bright, contrasting colours and different materials
> Some styles contain kitsch and minimalism
What are human factors? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Addressing different needs and
values of target groups
> Disabled users
> Cultural and religious values
> Age groups
> Ergonomics
> Anthropometrics
Explain how products can be changed for disabled users - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅>
Some packaging has Braille for blind users
> Buttons can be made bigger and brighter so they are easier to press and find
> Products such as smoke alarms can have visible signals as well as audio ones so deaf people
are alerted to fires
> Instructions can be given in picture or diagram form so people with difficulty reading text can
use the product
> Wheelchair access must be designed into busses, trains and working stations (like atms)
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Why does product evolution occur? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Continuous
improvement
> Market pull
> Technology push
> Social/cultural needs
> Political/environmental needs
What is market pull? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Designing to satisfy the needs and
wants of customers - costumer demand
> Changing fashions and social attitudes affect what people want and it isn't always the same
Give an example of market pull - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A car is designed to get you
from A to B but they have become a status symbol and luxury extras such as seat-back TV
screens are added
What is technology push? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Research and development leads
to new technologies, materials and manufacturing techniques
> New technology can make a product cheaper, perform its function better or be nicer-looking
Give an example of technology push - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Computers started as a
hude 'adding machines' but now microchips allow for small, fast and powerful machienes
What is continuous improvement? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Manufactures want to
make more money, increase profit
> They improve the design do they can be made more easily 'continuous improvement'
,> They make them as good as possible to make money, be competitive and meet standards of
product quality
What alternative reasons can a product evolve for? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Social or
cultural needs (For example, wind-up radios for Africans so they could listen to educational
broadcasts about health concerns)
> Political or environmental needs (For example, the need for environmentally friendly products
such as hybrid engine cars that are more efficient)
Name the features of the Arts and Crafts movement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅>
Founded by William Morris
> Bases on patterns found in nature
> Upright and angular
> Made by made and skilled craftsmen
Name the features of the Art Nouveau movement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Designers
include Louis C.Tiffany
> Flowing and curvy designs
> They use floral or insect motifs
Name the features of the Art Deco movement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Inspired by
African and Egyptian art
> Bold colours, zigzag and stepped shapes, bold sweeping curves and the sunset motif
> Example is the Chrysler building in New York
Name the features of the Bauhaus movement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Movement
from Germany
> Has the motto 'form follows function'
> Function is most important and appearance is second
> It is futuristic, simplistic and used mass production methods
, > Uses chrome tubing and black leather
Name the features of the De Stijl movement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅> Dutch
modernist movemnt
> Basic - uses simple shapes, horizontal and vertical lines
> The three primary colous only
> Well known example is Gerrit Rietveld's Red and Blue chair
Name the features of the postmodernism movement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅>
Rejected 'form follows function'
> Put style as the focus point of design
> Memphis used bright, contrasting colours and different materials
> Some styles contain kitsch and minimalism
What are human factors? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Addressing different needs and
values of target groups
> Disabled users
> Cultural and religious values
> Age groups
> Ergonomics
> Anthropometrics
Explain how products can be changed for disabled users - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅>
Some packaging has Braille for blind users
> Buttons can be made bigger and brighter so they are easier to press and find
> Products such as smoke alarms can have visible signals as well as audio ones so deaf people
are alerted to fires
> Instructions can be given in picture or diagram form so people with difficulty reading text can
use the product
> Wheelchair access must be designed into busses, trains and working stations (like atms)
