Design and Communication Technology Mock 2025

Question 1 of 50

Testing a finished product against its specification is called

Question 2 of 50

Which of the R words means using a product again, for the same or another purpose?

Question 3 of 50

A plastic that can be reheated and reshaped many times is a

Question 4 of 50

MDF (medium-density fibreboard) is an example of

Question 5 of 50

CAD stands for

Question 6 of 50

Which of these is an example of CAM equipment?

Question 7 of 50

A symbol designed to identify a company or brand is a

Question 8 of 50

Small, quick sketches used to explore many design ideas are

Question 9 of 50

Notes written beside design sketches to explain ideas are

Question 10 of 50

A layout grid helps a designer to

Question 11 of 50

Signs that use simple pictures understood without words, such as a toilet sign, are

Question 12 of 50

A drawing that shows how an object will look to the eye, with converging lines, is a

Question 13 of 50

In perspective drawing, the line at the viewer's eye level is the

Question 14 of 50

How many principal views are usually drawn in orthographic projection?

Question 15 of 50

In a dimensioned drawing, the symbol Ø before a number means

Question 16 of 50

A polygon with seven sides is a

Question 17 of 50

Asking potential users what they need before designing is part of

Question 18 of 50

Acrylic sheet is often used for

Question 19 of 50

Corrugated cardboard is useful for packaging because it is

Question 20 of 50

An arrangement of information as boxes joined by arrows showing steps is a

Question 21 of 50

A typeface with small strokes at the ends of its letters is

Question 22 of 50

Light construction lines in a sketch are called

Question 23 of 50

When a regular hexagon is drawn inside a circle, each side equals

Question 24 of 50

Each interior angle of a regular pentagon is

Question 25 of 50

An ellipse has two axes, called the

Question 26 of 50

The flat pattern that folds up to make a cylinder or box is its

Question 27 of 50

What length of sheet is needed to roll a cylinder 70 mm in diameter? (Take π = 22/7.)

Question 28 of 50

In isometric drawing, circles are drawn as

Question 29 of 50

The space between lines of text is called

Question 30 of 50

In cavalier oblique drawing, the receding lines are drawn

Question 31 of 50

Dimension lines are drawn as

Question 32 of 50

To bisect a line, you draw arcs from each end that are

Question 33 of 50

The locus of a point that stays a fixed distance from a straight line is

Question 34 of 50

Designing products that people with disabilities can use is

Question 35 of 50

Making a product deliberately last only a short time so people buy again is

Question 36 of 50

In isometric drawing, the three axes are separated by

Question 37 of 50

Two-point perspective uses vanishing points placed on the

Question 38 of 50

A circle in isometric view appears as an

Question 39 of 50

A sectional view shows

Question 40 of 50

Hatching lines in a section are normally drawn at

Question 41 of 50

The first stage of the design process is usually

Question 42 of 50

Anthropometrics is the study of

Question 43 of 50

Ergonomics is concerned with

Question 44 of 50

A specification lists

Question 45 of 50

Thermoplastics can be

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Thermosetting plastics

Question 47 of 50

Hardwoods come from

Question 48 of 50

An alloy of copper and zinc is

Question 49 of 50

Complementary colours lie

Question 50 of 50

The development of a square prism 40 mm × 40 mm × 60 mm (no ends) is a rectangle of