Design and Technology
GCSE Revision @ Springfield 2017
I have divided this into the main sections identified in the WJEC Specification. It is not a definitive list, but used in conjunction with all the other resources, it will help you.
Take time to research the questions, identify tools, materials, industrial processes, etc. Get picutres of what you need and make your own revision resources.
Past paper: http://www.wjec.co.uk/uploads/publications/6884.pdf
The GCSE Designers link provides information regarding the WJEC selected designers for the 2015 Product Design exam.
Product Design
1. Give three reasons why a new product might be needed.
2. Why would you write a design brief?
3. Explain how a questionnaire is useful when researching.
4. Give two other methods you could use to carry out research.
5. Why would you write a design specification?
6. What does the word ANNOTATE mean?
7. Why should you produce a number of designs?
8. Why is it useful to create a model of your designs?
9. Why should you evaluate your designs?
10. What is a Gantt chart?
11. What are prototypes and why are they made?
12. What is meant by the term ‘gap in the market’?
13. How could you attract a customer to a new product?
14. What does the term rendering mean?
15. Name three different types of drawing.
16. How could you make an object appear 3D on paper?
17. What is ISOMETRIC DRAWING?
18. What is ORTHOGRAPHIC DRAWING?
19. What are the 6Rs of Sustainability?
20. What does CAD/CAM stand for?
21. Name three pieces of CAD software.
22. Give five advantages of using CAD/CAM.
23. Give three disadvantages of using CAD/CAM.
24. What is the difference between CAD and CAM?
25. What does CNC stand for?
26. What is meant by ‘market pull’?
27. What is meant by ‘product life cycle’?
28. What does AESTHETICS mean?
29. What are environmentally friendly products?
30. What does ERGONOMICS mean?
31. What does ANTHROPOMETRICS mean?
32. Name two non-renewable resources.
33. What does the CE trademark mean?
34. What does ‘mass production’ mean?
35. What does ‘continuous production’ mean?
36. Whose symbol is the ‘kite mark’ and what do they do?
37. Why are small parts inappropriate for a child’s toy?
38. What is a ‘risk assessment’?
39. What four factors affect your choice of material?
40. What units do we measure length in, CM or MM?
41. Name three types of soft wood.
42. Name three types of hardwood.
43. Name three types of manufactured board.
44. Name three types of non-ferrous metal.
45. Give four finishes for metal.
46. Name two light, strong metals.
47. Draw the circuit symbols for a; bulb, LED, battery, resistor, buzzer, switch.
48. Name three different types of hand saw.
49. Name three different ways of making rough wood smooth.
50. How does a jigsaw work?
51. Why do we use templates?
52. What is a jig? And no, I don’t mean the Irish dance.
53. What is ‘vacuum forming’?
54. What is ‘injection moulding’?
55. Name the tool used to cut a female thread.
56. How does a rivet work?
57. What does welding do?
58. How would we join two sheets of plastic?
59. Name four types of wood joint.
60. How would we join metal and wood together?
61. What are ‘knock down’ fittings?
62. What are the three main reasons for packaging?
63. How can you limit waste when packaging?
64. What is ‘scale production’?
65. What type of production would you use to make a specific quantity?
66. Give two examples of products in continuous production.
67. Suggest five things that might make production and manufacture run smoothly.
68. What are tolerances?
69. What does ACCESS FM stand for?
70. Why would you write a specification?