A- Level Design & Technology: Product
Design (Paper 2)
Exam Questions and Answers
What is Iterative design process? - Answer>> A cyclic
sequence of stages that are required to refine a design.
Name the stages of a Circular design - Answer>> Research
Ideate
Prototype
Test
What is Primary investigation? - Answer>> Direct research such
as obtaining information from a focus group.
What is Secondary investigation? - Answer>> Research
information gathered from others, usually through books and
online sources.
What period was the Arts & Crafts movement? - Answer>>
1850-1900
What is the Arts and Crafts Movement? - Answer>> Preferred
traditional skills and beautiful materials to machine-made
products.
Influences of Arts & Crafts movement - Answer>> A reaction to
the loss of traditional skills and overuse of ornamentation that was
perceived to have resulted from the Industrial Revolution, as
personified by the Great Exhibition of 1851
, Inspirations of Arts & Crafts movement - Answer>> Medieval
crafts guilds, simplicity, natural forms and the beauty of timber
Features of Arts & Crafts movement - Answer>> - Honest,
handmade, traditional methods such as pegged mortise and
tenon joints
- Beauty of materials such as grain and figure of oak clearly
displayed
- Use of patterned, natural forms on tiles, wallpaper and textiles
What period was the Art Deco movement? - Answer>> 1925-
1939
What was the main influences and inspirations for the Art Deco
movement? - Answer>> - The end of WW1, aspirational
consumers, popularity of travel and growth of mass production.
- The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
- The Paris Exhibition of 1925.
- A range of international styles such as Egyptian temples, Aztec
motifs and African carvings.
- Geometrically pure forms.
What were the key features of Art Deco? - Answer>> - Ziggurat,
stepped decorations and building styles such as New York
skyscrapers.
- Sunburst motifs, often found as decorations and radio grille
designs.
- Stylised, geometric form of products, from jewellery to furniture,
contrasting with Art Nouveau.
- Bold colours as well as black and chrome.
What period was the Modernism: Bauhaus movement? -
Answer>> 1919-1933
Design (Paper 2)
Exam Questions and Answers
What is Iterative design process? - Answer>> A cyclic
sequence of stages that are required to refine a design.
Name the stages of a Circular design - Answer>> Research
Ideate
Prototype
Test
What is Primary investigation? - Answer>> Direct research such
as obtaining information from a focus group.
What is Secondary investigation? - Answer>> Research
information gathered from others, usually through books and
online sources.
What period was the Arts & Crafts movement? - Answer>>
1850-1900
What is the Arts and Crafts Movement? - Answer>> Preferred
traditional skills and beautiful materials to machine-made
products.
Influences of Arts & Crafts movement - Answer>> A reaction to
the loss of traditional skills and overuse of ornamentation that was
perceived to have resulted from the Industrial Revolution, as
personified by the Great Exhibition of 1851
, Inspirations of Arts & Crafts movement - Answer>> Medieval
crafts guilds, simplicity, natural forms and the beauty of timber
Features of Arts & Crafts movement - Answer>> - Honest,
handmade, traditional methods such as pegged mortise and
tenon joints
- Beauty of materials such as grain and figure of oak clearly
displayed
- Use of patterned, natural forms on tiles, wallpaper and textiles
What period was the Art Deco movement? - Answer>> 1925-
1939
What was the main influences and inspirations for the Art Deco
movement? - Answer>> - The end of WW1, aspirational
consumers, popularity of travel and growth of mass production.
- The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
- The Paris Exhibition of 1925.
- A range of international styles such as Egyptian temples, Aztec
motifs and African carvings.
- Geometrically pure forms.
What were the key features of Art Deco? - Answer>> - Ziggurat,
stepped decorations and building styles such as New York
skyscrapers.
- Sunburst motifs, often found as decorations and radio grille
designs.
- Stylised, geometric form of products, from jewellery to furniture,
contrasting with Art Nouveau.
- Bold colours as well as black and chrome.
What period was the Modernism: Bauhaus movement? -
Answer>> 1919-1933
