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Question:

Multiple choice question

Design means to plan the form or structure of something.

Design can be used as both a verb and a noun. In this exercise, design is used as a verb.

For example:

Good architects design office buildings that are pleasant to work in.

The teachers will design a project to help students learn English words that often appear in academic texts.

destroy

develop

plan steps to make something

create

Which words below are closest in meaning to design? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

create

plan steps to make something

destroy

develop
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Multiple choice question

The examples below illustrate the meaning of design.

knowing who will use it and what they need.

how much money is available for development.

knowing what your customers want.

knowing exactly how many people already bought this.

Which answers below best complete this sentence? Choose the 3 correct answers.

 

In order to design a product, the most important factors are . . .

Response:

how much money is available for development.

knowing who will use it and what they need.

knowing what your customers want.

knowing exactly how many people already bought this.
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Multiple choice question

The following quotations illustrate the meaning of design.

I never design a building before I’ve seen the site and met the people who will be using it. (Frank Lloyd Wright - famous American architect)

 

Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them, examining alternate solutions to them, choosing and executing the best solution. (Ivan Chermayeff -  well-known graphic designer).

Good design is driven by people's needs.

Original designs are creative designs.

Good design is an effective solution to people's problems.

Read the above two quotations. What do you think both these designers are trying to make us understand about good design? Choose 2 correct answers.

Response:

Good design is an effective solution to people's problems.

Good design is driven by people's needs.

Original designs are creative designs.
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Multiple choice question

Read this paragraph and answer the question below.

Living space in big cities is very limited.

Apartments in big cities are very expensive.

The costs of living in big cities are very high.

Designing Solutions

In many big cities today, from Manhattan to Mumbai and from Tokyo to Toronto, buying or renting enough affordable space to live in is a major challenge for most people. People who live in very small spaces need multi-functional furniture, for example, beds that fold up and become desks during the day. Intelligent and creative design of space-saving furniture is quickly becoming a popular solution for helping people make the best use of all available space.

For examples of this type of furniture, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAa6bOWB8qY

Which problems can furniture that is designed for very small apartments help to solve? Choose 2 correct answers.

Response:

Living space in big cities is very limited.

Apartments in big cities are very expensive.

The costs of living in big cities are very high.