T3.4.1 Impact of design on society and environment Quiz: KS3 Design & Technology, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. What is meant by the impact of design on society?

   • The number of products that are sold to local shops each month by the firm
   • The effects that products and systems have on people and communities
   • The number of designers who are employed in a single city in the country
   • The total amount of money that a company earns in a whole year from sales

2. Which is an example of a positive environmental impact of design?

   • A product designed for easy repair and long life, reducing waste
   • A product made to break quickly so buyers must replace it each year
   • A product that uses non-recyclable materials throughout its whole design
   • A product designed with a very large amount of packaging waste in each box

3. What is a designer's responsibility to the users of a product?

   • To make it impossible for the users to repair it themselves at home
   • To ensure it is only used by one specific group of people in society
   • To make it as expensive as possible for each buyer in the market
   • To make it safe and suitable for the people who will use it

4. What is an example of design that has a negative social impact?

   • A product that includes clear instructions in several languages
   • A product that excludes disabled users from using it
   • A product that is tested with a wide range of users
   • A product that is designed to be accessible for everyone

5. Why should designers consider the whole life of a product?

   • Only the first day the product is sold matters to designers
   • To understand its impact from making through to disposal
   • Only the colour of the product affects its environmental impact
   • Only the price of the product affects its impact

6. What is a responsibility of an engineer toward society?

   • To design only for the most expensive customers in the whole of the market
   • To consider the safety and wellbeing of the public when designing systems
   • To ignore the views of the people who will use the whole system in daily life
   • To maximise the profit of the company above all other concerns in business

7. Which is an example of designing for sustainability?

   • Choosing materials that can be recycled or reused at the end of life
   • Choosing materials that must always be thrown away after one single use
   • Choosing the cheapest material regardless of all of its effects on the planet
   • Choosing packaging that cannot be recycled or reused after it has been used

8. What does 'planned obsolescence' mean?

   • Designing products to last for many years of constant use by the owners
   • Designing products that can be repaired and upgraded easily at home by owners
   • Designing products to fail or become outdated after a set period
   • Designing products to be recycled straight after their first use by the buyer

9. Why do designers consider the environmental impact of materials?

   • Only the colour of a material affects its environment in the long term
   • Materials can use energy and resources, and some can harm ecosystems
   • Materials are environmentally neutral in every single case that is possible
   • Materials have no effect on the environment at any stage of the process

10. What is a designer's duty when a product may be misused?

    • To consider foreseeable misuse and design to reduce the risk of harm
    • To make the product more dangerous so that it is used much less by people
    • To ignore misuse because it is the user's responsibility alone to manage
    • To remove all warnings from the product so it looks cleaner on the shelf

11. How can design reduce the energy used by a product in everyday life?

    • By making the product much heavier so it is more stable on the table
    • By adding many unnecessary features that use more power in every mode
    • By removing all of the controls so the product always runs on full power
    • By choosing efficient components such as LEDs or better insulation

12. Which is a social benefit of inclusive design?

    • Products become usable by a wider range of people, including those with disabilities
    • Products become much harder to use for everyone without any exception at all
    • Products are designed to serve only the youngest users in the whole market
    • Products are only sold in one small area of the whole country to customers

13. What is a responsibility of a designer regarding ethical sourcing?

    • To consider whether materials are sourced fairly and without harm to workers
    • To ignore the workers who produce the materials for the company in full
    • To source materials at any cost without asking any questions about them
    • To hide the origin of materials from the people who buy the finished product

14. Why should a designer consider how a product will be disposed of?

    • Disposal is never something that designers need to think about at all
    • Disposal affects waste, pollution and the chance to recycle materials
    • Disposal only affects the colour of the packaging used on the final product
    • Disposal is always the user's problem and not the designer's concern at all

15. What is a design choice that can help reduce electronic waste?

    • Sealing every single part so that nothing can be repaired or replaced later on
    • Using glue to fix every part so that nothing can be separated for any reason at all
    • Making components easy to upgrade or replace rather than discarding the whole product
    • Designing the product to become obsolete after one year of regular use by owners

16. A product's energy use is 60 watts and it runs for 5 hours a day. What is its daily energy use in watt-hours?

    • 3000 watt-hours
    • 12 watt-hours
    • 65 watt-hours
    • 300 watt-hours

17. What is a key concern when designing for an ageing population?

    • Products must be designed to only be used by younger people in the whole home
    • Products should avoid any features that older people might need to use at all
    • Products must be made as small as possible for the older users to hold
    • Products must be easy to see, grip and use with limited strength or sight

18. Why do designers need to understand the rules and responsibilities that govern their work?

    • To avoid having to test their new products with any of the real users at all
    • To find ways of avoiding responsibility for any product failures in use
    • To make products that break the rules so that they stand out in the market
    • To ensure their designs are safe, legal and fair to the people affected

19. What is a designer's responsibility when a product is used by young children?

    • To make sure small parts and sharp edges cannot harm young users
    • To leave all safety checks to the parents who buy the product for them
    • To make the product as complicated as possible for young users to try
    • To assume children will never use the product in any situation at all

20. Why is it important for designs to be inclusive of different cultures?

    • Products are only ever sold in a single country at any one time to buyers
    • Products can then meet the needs and customs of a wider range of people
    • Products need no research into the people who will use them in the end
    • Products should avoid any features that reflect other cultures at all times

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