fa _modelling [12 marks]

1. [Maximum mark: 1] 19M.2.SL.TZ0.d.i

List one reason why clay modelling is still used to prototype models in
processes such as car design. [1]

2. [Maximum mark: 1] 17N.1.SL.TZ0.12

Clay models, scale models and prototypes are all examples of which
type of modelling?

A. Physical modelling

B. Graphical modelling

C. Functional modelling

D. Conceptual modelling [1]

3. [Maximum mark: 4] 23M.2.SL.TZ0.2
Hydroponics Africa was founded in Kenya in 2013 by Peter Chege. Chege builds
hydroponic systems that enable farmers to quickly grow animal feed (fodder)
without soil. Chege has installed hydroponic systems in Kenya, Rwanda,
Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda, training over 5000 people on how to use them,
see Figure 6 and Figure 7.

Figure 6: Hydroponics Africa fodder system

[Source: Hydroponics Africa, n.d. [Hydroponic fodder systems trays]. [image online] Available at:
www.hydroponicsafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fooder.jpg [Accessed 31 January 2022].]

Figure 7: Hydroponics Africa fodder tray

[Source: Hydroponics Africa, n.d. [Hydroponic fodder systems trays with grass]. [image online] Available
at: www.hydroponicsafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ICSE-8457-1536x1024.jpg [Accessed 31
January 2022].]

Figure 8: Hydroponics Africa fodder system graphical model

(a) Describe the type of graphical model used in Figure 8. [2]

(b) Outline why Hydroponics Africa used aluminium, rather than

steel, for the animal feed (fodder) trays. [2]
4. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1.SL.TZ2.13
What type of model exists in the mind and is used to help us know and
understand ideas?

A. Concept model

B. Data model

C. Aesthetic model

D. Physical model [1]

5. [Maximum mark: 1] 18N.1.SL.TZ0.12

What type of prototype is designed to collect quantitative data to help
inform development?

A. Mock up

B. Aesthetic model

C. Instrumented model

D. Scale model [1]

6. [Maximum mark: 1] 20N.1.SL.TZ0.13
What best describes a physical model that can be used to test
ergonomic features but does not function?

A. Scale model

B. Prototype

C. Mock-up

D. Instrumented model [1]

7. [Maximum mark: 1] 20N.1.SL.TZ0.12

In computer-aided design (CAD), when a model is created that has no
interior material and is just a visual representation of the final product,
this is considered as a…

A. Bottom up model

B. Surface model

C. Solid model

D. Top down model [1]

8. [Maximum mark: 1] 17N.1.SL.TZ0.13
Designing parts of a product individually then assembling them
together later is known as...

A. Top-down modelling

B. Join together later modelling

C. Bottom-up modelling

D. Assembly modelling [1]

9. [Maximum mark: 1] 19N.1.SL.TZ0.12

Which of the following modelling techniques would most likely be
used to understand how well a new concept functions?

A. Aesthetic model

B. Mock-up

C. Scale model

D. Prototype [1]

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