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A2 Edexcel Product Design Revision
A2 Edexcel Product Design Revision
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1
Which of these is a Pull Tool- indicates when materials need to be pulled through manufacture
Kaiban
Kaizen
Kanzen
Kanban
2
What is one disadvantage of using ASRS and AGVs
Reduced accidental damage to stock
Safer working environment for workforce
High level of set up costs
Larger no. of load movements per hour
3
Which of these is NOT a way of miniaturising products?
Advanced software
Advanced battery technology
Advanced integrated circuits
Advanced liquid crystal displays
4
Humour and personality are features of what design movement
Arts and Crafts
Art Nouveau
Streamlining
New Design
5
Which of these is an advantage of global manufacturing?
devalues traditional craft skills
the foreign currency enters the developing country
no unions for equal rights in developing country
destruction of the local environment
6
What is a feature of Smart Glass?
Indestructable
Controls the opacity of the glass
Controls amount of heat passing through
Changes colour according to heat
7
What gives a picture of all the inputs and outputs during manufacture?
Life Cycle Inventory
Life Cycle Assessment
Life Cycle Renewables
Life Cycle Analysis
8
What is an advantage of these expert systems?
eliminates the need for prototypes
simulation software is expensive
manufactures can discuss problems with their computers
increase customer satisfaction
9
Eileen Gray worked during which design movement?
Arts and Crafts
Art Nouveau
Modernism
Art Deco
10
What design movement believes in 'everyday products for everyday people'?
Art Nouveau
Art Deco
New Design
Bauhaus
11
The process of compensating for your CO2 emissions or greenhouse gases is known as:
Carbon offsetting
Carbon footprint
Kyoto Protocol
Recycling
12
Genetic engineering of trees caused:
Coloured woods
Weaker wood to be produced from some trees
Resistance to disease
Faster growth rate
13
Who designed this chair?
William Van Alen
Norman Bel Geddes
William Morris
Eileen Grey
14
When using artificial intelligence, simulations of situations are known as what?
Expert Systems
Robots
Google Sketchup
Autonomous Intelligence
15
Charles Rennie Mackintosh is from which design movement?
Streamlining
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
Arts and Crafts
16
What kind of network is used within companies that operates over a small geographical area?
LAN
Wi-Fi
EPOS
JIT
17
Biofuels are said to be:
Unsustainable
Non renewable
Made of fossil fuels
Carbon Neutral
18
What is the name of this shape in a manufacturing plan?
Start
Stop
Process
Decision
19
For manufacturers to reduce their carbon footprint they should:
identify 'hot spots' in terms of energy consumption
Apply life cycle assessment to their products
Optimise energy efficiency
Investing in carbon offsetting
20
What material are Innocent Eco Bottles made from?
High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
Polystyrene (PS)
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
Polylactic Acid (PLA)
21
What is Poly-LACTIC Acid sourced from?
Lactic Acid
Biofuels
Fossil Fuels
Corn Starch
22
What kind of energy is generated from running water?
Photoelectric power
Hydroelectric power
Nuclear power
Brain power
23
Steel and Copper are recycled using:
Electric Extrusion Furnace
CO2 Emissions
Hall-Heroult Process
Electric Arc Furnace
24
Look at the chair you're sitting on, why is it ergonomic?
It has been designed with the human form in mind
Because it is comfortable and easy to use
It doesn't have arm rests
Designer believed in 'form over function'
25
Which is a marketing strategy currently used to target children?
Products are more expensive so more desirable
playing on childs urge to collect products such as cards
encourage them to get older younger e.g mini breifcases
form over function
26
What is the term used to describe a solar panel cell?
Photovoltic cell
Solar Voltic Panels
Photo sensitive cell
Photovoltaic Cell
27
What is it called in industry when parts of the design and manufacture process overlap?
internet
JIT
Concurrent Manufacturing
life cycle assessment
28
If a company launches a new product when a more advanced product is available, it is called...
Technological Obselesence
Style Obselesence
Physical Obselesence
Postponed Obselesence