DP Design Technology Questionbank

Explain why Clinatec have used multidisciplinary teams, observation and personae as part of the development of the exoskeleton.

List two user-centred design (UCD) principles the Intelligent Thermostat’s design team may have followed.

Which members of a user-centred design (UCD) team study the customs of people and cultures to provide a detailed description of social life and culture belonging to a particular society?

A. Anthropologists

B. Ethnographers

C. Psychologist

D. Advertising Executive

Outline the importance of a multidisciplinary design team for the TEB.

Outline the role an ethnographer may play in the design team for the TEB.

Outline one reason why multidisciplinary teams would have been important in developing the Light Phone.

List two members that could have been included in the multidisciplinary team that would have been used by Impossible Foods to develop the Impossible Burger.

Outline one reason why learnability is an important usability objective.

Outline one way that the Intelligent Thermostat’s design team would have considered population stereotypes.

Explain how the design of the Intelligent Thermostat’s user interface provides clear feedback and has a low memory burden for its users.

Explain one benefit of enhanced usability of the TEB and how it would contribute to its success.

Explain how the Nautral Brush balances material, health and usability considerations.

List two benefits of enhanced usability.

Outline why the development of edible cutlery required the use of a usability testing session.

List two ways the AirPower was intending to achieve enhanced usability.

Explain why Clinatec have used multidisciplinary teams, observation and personae as part of the development of the exoskeleton.

List two ways in which the Chinese user population influenced the TEB design concept.

The Light Phone concept is built on the idea that users need to “disconnect” from their smartphones at times.

Explain why designers might use personae and characteristics in their user research to define the problem.

Explain why designers would have used personae and secondary personae in their user research to develop the Impossible Burger.

Outline one advantage of testing the exoskeleton in a usability lab.

Explain why Clinatec have used multidisciplinary teams, observation and personae as part of the development of the exoskeleton.

Which of the following research methods in user-centred design (UCD) gathers large quantities of data and groups them based on their natural relationships?

A. Usability testing sessions

B. Focus groups

C. Affinity diagramming

D. Field research

A common strategy for user-centred design (UCD) involves selecting users to represent the 2.5th and the 97.5th percentile of the population. Products are then tested to ensure that they function efficiently for those users. What does this strategy describe?

A. Method of extremes

B. Affinity diagramming

C. Participatory design

D. Field research

Outline one disadvantage of using a usability laboratory to determine whether the Light Phone has led to a decrease in “phone fidgeting”.

Outline why the development of edible cutlery required the use of a usability testing session.

Outline how edible cutlery meets the need for ideo-pleasure.

Outline how physio-pleasure was considered in the development of the Impossible Burger.