Product Evaluation module quiz: Singapore O-Level Design and Technology (SEAB 7059) quiz

Give a single overall opinion

Judge it point by point against each specification requirement, with evidence

Compare it only to the most expensive product on the market

Ask one friend if they like it

Only 'pass' or 'fail'

Only 'good' or 'bad'

Met, partly met or not met, with evidence and an improvement

Whether the designer enjoyed the project

Users said the colour looked cheerful

Most people thought it was stylish

It feels nice to hold

The shelf held the 5 kg test load without bending

Users found the handle comfortable to grip

The product weighs 250 g

The base measures 100 mm by 100 mm

The motor draws 0.5 A

To make the report longer

Objective data proves requirements are met while subjective feedback shows how users actually experience the product

Because opinions are always more reliable than measurements

Because measurements are not allowed at O-Level

It is carried out only once

The designer chooses the result in advance

Only one factor is changed at a time so the result can be trusted

It uses the most expensive equipment

Guessing what users would think

Measuring the product's mass

Reading the specification again

User trials, questionnaires or observation of people using the product

Read, Run, React, Repeat, Repair, Recycle

Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Resell, Restock, Return

Render, Refine, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle

The whole journey from raw material extraction through manufacture, distribution and use to disposal

Only the moment the product is sold

Only the time spent designing it

Only how long the battery lasts

Making the product as large as possible

Using less material and energy in the design and manufacture

Throwing the product away sooner

Adding more decorative parts

Because it ends the project with no further action

Because it deletes the specification

Because the improvements it identifies feed back into the design for the next cycle

Because it replaces all the earlier stages

As subjective evidence that it looks strong

As irrelevant to the evaluation

As an opinion that cannot be judged

As objective evidence that the point is met

Designing parts to be replaceable so the product can be fixed rather than thrown away

Sealing the product so it can never be opened

Using as many glued permanent joints as possible

Making the product disposable