AQA GCSE Design and Technology -
Product Design Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Why does product evolution occur? - ✔✔> Continuous improvement
> Market pull
> Technology push
> Social/cultural needs
> Political/environmental needs
What is market pull? - ✔✔> 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 - ✔✔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
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,What is technology push? - ✔✔> 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 - ✔✔Computers started as a hude 'adding
machines' but now microchips allow for small, fast and powerful machienes
What is continuous improvement? - ✔✔> 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? - ✔✔> 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 - ✔✔> Founded by William Morris
> Bases on patterns found in nature
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,> Upright and angular
> Made by made and skilled craftsmen
Name the features of the Art Nouveau movement - ✔✔> Designers include Louis
C.Tiffany
> Flowing and curvy designs
> They use floral or insect motifs
Name the features of the Art Deco movement - ✔✔> 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 - ✔✔> 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 - ✔✔> Dutch modernist movemnt
> Basic - uses simple shapes, horizontal and vertical lines
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, > The three primary colous only
> Well known example is Gerrit Rietveld's Red and Blue chair
Name the features of the postmodernism movement - ✔✔> 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? - ✔✔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 - ✔✔> Some packaging has
Braille for blind users
> Buttons can be made bigger and brighter so they are easier to press and find
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Product Design Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
Why does product evolution occur? - ✔✔> Continuous improvement
> Market pull
> Technology push
> Social/cultural needs
> Political/environmental needs
What is market pull? - ✔✔> 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 - ✔✔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
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,What is technology push? - ✔✔> 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 - ✔✔Computers started as a hude 'adding
machines' but now microchips allow for small, fast and powerful machienes
What is continuous improvement? - ✔✔> 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? - ✔✔> 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 - ✔✔> Founded by William Morris
> Bases on patterns found in nature
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,> Upright and angular
> Made by made and skilled craftsmen
Name the features of the Art Nouveau movement - ✔✔> Designers include Louis
C.Tiffany
> Flowing and curvy designs
> They use floral or insect motifs
Name the features of the Art Deco movement - ✔✔> 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 - ✔✔> 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 - ✔✔> Dutch modernist movemnt
> Basic - uses simple shapes, horizontal and vertical lines
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, > The three primary colous only
> Well known example is Gerrit Rietveld's Red and Blue chair
Name the features of the postmodernism movement - ✔✔> 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? - ✔✔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 - ✔✔> Some packaging has
Braille for blind users
> Buttons can be made bigger and brighter so they are easier to press and find
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