Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. Chapter 3 What Are Design and Designing? 63 CHAPTER 3 Review and Assessment Summary • All of the products and services in the made world have, at some point in time, been designed. • All products and services are designed to serve a specifi c purpose and use materials in their manufacture and operation. • The term design can be used as a noun to describe a fi nished product, and as a verb to describe an activity or to describe a process that begins with identifying a need and ends with a product. • People have a wide range of needs that can be met through design. • Designers create and carry out plans for new products and structures. • Everyone has the ability to design. • Good design is functional, user-centered, ergonomically effi cient, affordable, environmentally sustainable, well-made and long lasting, socially responsible, and aesthetically pleasing. • Poor design can be dangerous and create user frustration. • Iconic designs are aesthetically pleasing, inspire other designers, remain popular for a long time, and become an important part of design history. • Design, invention, and innovation each have distinct meanings. Check Your Engineering IQ Now that you have finished this chapter, assess what you learned by taking the chapter posttest. www.g-wlearning.com/technologyeducation/ Review Questions Answer the following questions using the information provided in this chapter. 1. True or False? The term design can refer to a process that moves from identifying a need to making a product to meet that need. 2. Which of the following is not a characteristic of all products? A. Have been designed B. Serve a specifi c purpose C. Use materials in their manufacture D. Can be purchased cheaply 3. Which of the following statements describes the most important objective for a designer? A. To ensure that a product can be sold cheaply B. To design a product that satisfi es a user’s need C. To make all products with the fewest parts that can break D. To develop a product that can be replaced 4. True or False? Only a few gifted people can design products. 5. True or False? A well-designed product will be easy to use. 6. True or False? Anthropometry involves measurements of the human body. 7. True or False? Only a few products used by humans have some impact on the environment.