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What type of model is the IB design cycle model?
Graphical Model
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Which technique for joining components facilitates design for disassembly?
Using a thermoplastic adhesive
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What is currently an advantage of using fossil fuels to generate energy?
Widespread availability
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Where is a consumer most likely to find the most reliable information comparing product performance?
Reports of user trials
100
Which product is most likely to be manufactured using a hand lay-up fibreglass process? A. Canoe B. Swimming pool C. Fishing rod D. A car body
A. Canoe
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Which ideas-generating technique involves analysing a range of products in relation to their main features and then considering different ways of improving them to generate new ideas?
Attribute listing
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What is not an advantage of design for manufacture (DfM) ?
Lower design costs
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What would be the main problem preventing the increased use of solar power in an area that had 360 days of sunshine per year?
Set up costs
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What would be the main problem preventing the increased use of solar power in an area that had 360 days of sunshine per year?
Set up costs
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Why would high tensile strength wire be used to fence in a herd of buffalo or other cattle? A. To reduce strain on the fence B. So the wire doesn’t break when force is applied C. To maintain equilibrium with the compressive forces in the fence D. Because the wire covers a large area
B. So the wire doesn’t break when force is applied
300
Which type of graphical communication uses the technique of foreshortening?
Perspective Drawing
300
What would be the most appropriate timber to use for an outdoor picnic table?
Treated pine
300
Why are people encouraged to use mass transport systems for travelling in cities?
They are more environmentally sustainable
300
Which material can be joined by hot air welding?
Plastic
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Why is the iPod an example of dominant design?
Its features are recognized as essential
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Why is glass increasingly used as a structural material?
It can resist high compressive forces
400
Which manufacturing system would least likely have been used to produce a car?
Craft production
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What differentiates rotational moulding from blow moulding?
The use of air pressure
400
What is an advantage of a belt drive over a chain drive system?
It adjusts readily to changes in load
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How is the design cycle related to the product cycle?
The design cycle precedes the product cycle
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What material would not be joined by fusing?
Timber
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What would be the most relevant test criterion to evaluate by crash testing a car?
Safety
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What differentiates high pressure die casting from normal die casting?
Use of a hydraulic press
500
How many uglydolls does Maggie have? Double the points if you can name one of them.
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