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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Bill's final solution to creating "less bad" design?
2. What product do the authors use as an example of designing for specific instead of general use?
3. What is one problem with recycled paper?
4. What is the goal of Germany's Green Party?
5. Approximately how many chemicals are in use by industry today?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what causes "sick building syndrome" and name some of the associated health effects.
2. Explain how recycling is problematic and a poor solution to positive design.
3. List three examples of how a focus on efficiency in design can have negative consequences.
4. Explain how recycling is really downcycling.
5. Explain and give an example of how the Industrial Revolution intended to make more and more money.
6. Compare the ideas of less-bad and completely positive design.
7. Describe why many materials cannot be recycled into a product of equal quality as the original material.
8. Describe how Michael ends up working for the German Environmental Protection Agency.
9. Describe why books are traditionally difficult to recycle and how this book itself is a more positive design.
10. Describe the idea of eco-efficiency and how it proposes to solve the industry, consumer, and environment problems.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay to examine the problems with the current packaging used on products. Explain how packaging can be wasteful, and describe the effects of packaging on the environment. Provide some solutions to improve the current packaging designs or systems.
Essay Topic 2
Define, describe, and give examples to explain the difference between the design philosophies of cradle to grave versus cradle to cradle.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the design concepts behind "one size fits all" and designing for "local use." How does each concept use energy and resources? What are the costs and benefits to each concept? Give some examples of product designs for each design concept.
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