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