The Design Process: Design, Make, Budget & Communicate
The Design Process: Design, Make, Budget & Communicate is one of 9 topics in the Grade 9 Technology CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. What is always the FIRST step of the design process in Technology?
Investigate the problem
Build the final model
Present to the tender board
Write the budget
Answer: Investigate the problem — The design process always starts with Investigate -- understanding the real problem before jumping to a solution.
Easy
2. Which question is part of checking "fitness-for-purpose" when analysing an existing product?
Does it actually do the job it is meant to do?
What colour is it painted?
Who manufactured it originally?
Is it the newest product on the market?
Answer: Does it actually do the job it is meant to do? — Fitness-for-purpose asks whether a product actually does the job it is meant to do -- one of the key things investigated about existing products.
Medium
3. Give ONE word for the limits a design must work within, such as a maximum budget or available space.
Answer: constraints — Constraints are the limits a design must work within, like a maximum budget, available space, or safety regulations.
