Design & Technology Lecture – Key Concepts

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering major factors, processes, ethical issues, sustainability, legal protections, and examples from the lecture notes.

___ refers to the physical appearance of a product and its visual appeal to the target market.

Aesthetics

Products intentionally engineered to fail within a certain time frame illustrate the concept of __ obsolescence.

Planned (or Built-in)

The analysis that investigates environmental impacts from raw material extraction to disposal is called __.

Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)

Designers study the relationship between people and their work environment in the field of __.

Ergonomics

Ensuring a workplace is safe for employees and end-users falls under __ & Safety legislation.

Work Health

The ability of a product to perform the task it was designed for defines its __.

Function

The stage in the design process where ideas are improved after testing is __ ideas.

Refining

Government body that promotes fair competition and protects consumers in Australia is the __.

ACCC (Australian Competition & Consumer Commission)

Materials that can be renewed quickly and reduce resource depletion are termed __ materials.

Sustainable

The acronym GPS stands for __ Positioning System.

Global

Dyson produced over 5,000 __ before launching his first bag-less vacuum.

Prototypes

The marketing mix element concerned with how a product reaches customers is __.

Place (Distribution)

A legal right that protects artistic or literary works automatically is __.

Copyright

A needs __ is conducted to explore consumer problems and opportunities for new products.

Analysis

Strategies such as sketching and brainstorming help generate creative ideas during __ thinking.

Creative

Risk-taking individuals who turn ideas into commercial success are called __.

Entrepreneurs

The legislative act that safeguards Australian consumers from misleading advertising was passed in __ (year).

1974 (Trade Practices Act)

Products that must be re-designed due to shifting fashion trends suffer from __ obsolescence.

Style

Keeping resource use minimal so future generations can meet their needs defines __.

Sustainability

Assessing hazards, likelihood and severity forms a __ assessment.

Risk

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic medals were made entirely from __ materials.

Recycled

‘Queens Only Need A Sweet WAFFLE’ is a mnemonic for Factors Affecting __ and Producing.

Designing

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a long-term environmental __ designers should address.

Consequence

A registered __ grants the exclusive right to use a particular logo or brand name.

Trademark

The element ‘Timing’ in THE MAP affects the __ of an innovation.

Success

When different technologies merge toward unified use, it is called technological __.

Convergence

In a boom economy, consumers are more willing to __.

Spend

Voice, data and video merging exemplifies __ in communication technologies.

Convergence

Designers must avoid __, which is copying someone else’s work without permission.

Plagiarism

The ethical responsibility to price goods reasonably and maintain quality lies with the __.

Designer

HID lamps using the Active Reactor save approximately __ % energy for metal halide lamps.

18

Safe operating procedures and use of PPE are mandated by the __ Act 2011.

Work Health and Safety

Globalisation enables quicker access to remote markets through __ advancements.

Technological

The practice of recording every stage of a project to monitor progress is called ongoing __.

Evaluation

A cradle-to-cradle approach seeks a closed __ production loop.

Loop

The design brief is formulated during the __ stage of the design process.

Analysis

Economic patterns deciding willingness to pay are an example of __ factors.

Economic

Products designed to replace older versions purely due to new fashion trends show __ obsolescence.

Style

Biofuel stores solar energy in a __ form (solid, liquid, or gas).

Chemical (or storable)

Robotics, AI, and nanotechnology are fields of __ technologies.

Emerging

A hazard that could cause harm in a workplace requires a formal __ assessment.

Risk

Designers generate, organise, and control activities through __ management.

Project

When presenting research data clearly, designers often use tables and __.

Diagrams