Design Technology - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Build a strong foundation in design and technology with this comprehensive study guide covering the design process, materials, and systems. Focused on key principles of problem-solving, material properties, and system development, this resource includes clear explanations and practice questions with solution to reinforce understanding, improve analytical thinking, and help you succeed in design and technology exams 2025/ 2026.

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Prepare effectively for GCSE Design Technology with this comprehensive study guide covering core concepts, materials, systems, and the design process. Designed to support exam success, this resource includes clear explanations of key principles along with practice questions with solution to reinforce understanding, improve problem-solving skills, and help you succeed in Design Technology GCSE exams 2025/ 2026.

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MERGED QUESTION PAPER AND MARK SCHEME 2025 Pearson Edexcel GCSEDesign TechnologyPaper 1A: Metals

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GCSE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY EDEXCEL: CORE CONTENT AND TIMBERS ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 4 benefits of new technology to industry? - Answer -- Better efficiency - > cut costs -> quicker release of products to market - Less human error - Easier manipulation of information/logistics How is unemployment caused by new technologies? - Answer - Unemployment can be caused by new technology performing better than a lower skilled workforce. With robotics, factories c...

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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 ...

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Circular economy - Answer An economy model in which resources remain in use for as long as possible, from which maximum value is extracted while in use, and the products and materials are recovered and regenerated at the end of the product life cycle. Clean technology - Answer Products, services or processes that reduce waste and require the minimum amount of non-renewable resources. Combined Heat and Power (CHP) - Answer A system that simultaneously generates heat and electricity...

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Adjustability - Answer The ability of a product to be changed in size, commonly used to increase the range of percentiles that a product is appropriate for. Alertness - Answer The level of vigilance, readiness or caution of an individual. Fatigue - Answer A person's sense of physical or psychological tiredness. Cognitive Ergonomics - Answer How mental processes, (memory, reasoning, motor response and perception), affect the interactions between users and other components ...

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Etched filters that break lights into patterns of light and shadow are called? - Answer Gobos Theatres often rent costumes at...? - Answer Costume rental houses Used to present walls on stage? - Answer Flats The lights are mounted and focused by? - Answer The master electrician and the electrics crew. One type of three-dimensional scenic unit is? - Answer Platforms A newer development in scene design is? - Answer Computer-assisted design. Ellipsoidals are cons...

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Aesthetic models - Answer A model developed to look and feel like the final product. Animation - Answer The ability to link graphic screens together in such a way as to simulate motion or a process. Assembly drawings - Answer A diagram that shows how components fit together to make a whole. Typically presented in an exploded view. Bottom-up modelling - Answer A designer creates part geometry independent of the assembly or any other component. Although there are often some de...

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Affinity diagramming - Answer A tool used to organise ideas and information. Affordance - Answer Property of an object that indicates how it can be used. Buttons afford pushing, knobs afford turning. Anti-personae - Answer A profile of those for whom a product is not designed Attitude - Answer The perceptions, feelings and opinions about a product by a user Behavioural design - Answer Focussed on use and understanding, this considers how people will use a product, focu...

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Act of Insight (innovation strategies) - Answer Often referred to as the "eureka moment", a sudden image of a potential solution is formed in the mind, usually after a period of thinking about a problem. Adaptation (innovation strategies) - Answer A solution to a problem in one field is used to provide a new idea for a design problem in another. Analogy (innovation strategies) - Answer An idea from one context is used to stimulate ideas for solving a problem in another conte...

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Strain - Answer The response of a material due to stress, defined as the change in length divided by the original length Stress - Answer A force on a material divided by the cross sectional area of the material Stiffness - Answer The resistance of and elastic body to deflection by an applied force Super alloy - Answer Alloy the exhibits exceptional mechanical properties, resistance to thermal creep deformation, good surface stability, and resistance to errosion Synthetic ...

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What is design focused mainly on? - Answer Humans Anthropometric data - Answer Measurements of the human body, used to design products to be comfortable for majority of users Static data - Answer Measurements of the body while the body is still ex. sitting vertical height Dynamic data - Answer Measurements of the body while the body is carrying out tasks. Less precise than static data but much more useful ex. arm reach What percentile(s) should designers design their prod...

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Results from the application of someone's mind/intellect to create something new/original. - Answer Intellectual property A right granted for any device, substance, method of process that is new, inventive, and useful. Gives the owner exclusive rights to commercially exploit the invention for the life of the patent. - Answer Patent A way of identifying a unique product or service; used to differentiate goods/services of one trade from those of another - Answer Trademark Prot...

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What are the 2 main types of polymer - Answer Thermosetting and Thermoforming Examples of Thermosetting - Answer Polyester resin and urea formaldehyde Examples of Thermoforming - Answer Acrylic, HIPS, Biopol Properties of polymers - Answer Insulation of heat and electricity, toughness 2 types of metal - Answer Ferrous and Non-ferrous Types of Ferrous - Answer Mid Steel, Stainless steel, cast iron Types of Non-Ferrous - Answer Aluminium, copper, brass Uni...

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a mixture of two or more metals - Answer alloy human body measurement of data - Answer Anthropometrics the use of machines to do a task automatically without much, or any human input - Answer Automation the production method used to make a specific quantity of identical products - Answer Batch production computer aided design, design using a computer - Answer CAD computer aided manufacture, manufacture using a computer - Answer CAM the amount of greenhouse gas...

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