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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 ecological chemistry?
2. What do the authors claim is flawed about architecture made with the International Style?
3. Approximately how many chemicals have been studied for their health effects?
4. How do products with toxic materials end up getting sold to consumers in the United States?
5. Why would designers create products that wear out in a certain amount of time?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the idea of eco-efficiency and how it proposes to solve the industry, consumer, and environment problems.
2. Explain how recycling is problematic and a poor solution to positive design.
3. Describe why many materials cannot be recycled into a product of equal quality as the original material.
4. Explain and give an example of how the Industrial Revolution intended to make more and more money.
5. List three examples of how a focus on efficiency in design can have negative consequences.
6. Explain how recycling is really downcycling.
7. Name two common household objects and their hidden health effects because of the chemicals they contain.
8. Describe how the authors use soap as an example of designing products for "worst-case" scenarios.
9. Describe how early industrialists considered nature and the environment.
10. Describe why the authors warn against too much efficiency in design.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the ideas of "less-bad" design and "completely positive" design. How does each idea affect the environment, industry, and consumers? What is the philosophy behind each design idea? What is the goal of each idea? What materials should be involved in the designs for each idea?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay to explain what is meant by brute force in product design. Describe how this design practice is related to monoculture crops and the accumulation of toxic chemicals in the environment.
Essay Topic 3
The authors describe five steps to putting eco-effectiveness into practice. Write summary of how to accomplish these five steps if you are a product designer.
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