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Design and technology
Levers and linkages: interactive books

Starter quiz

  • A good way to get the users' views, needs and wants is through ...
    • watching a film
    • asking questions  ✓
    • writing a book
    • playing a game
  • Match these words to their meanings.
    • input
      ⇔
      the motion used to start a mechanism ✓
    • output
      ⇔
      the motion created by the input ✓
    • purpose
      ⇔
      an intended function or result  ✓
    • product
      ⇔
      an item designed to be used ✓
  • Can you match these linkages to their description?
    • has two vertical and two horizontal bars
      ⇔
      parallel linkage  ✓
    • works in the opposite direction
      ⇔
      reverse motion linkage  ✓
    • has two levers and a quarter circle
      ⇔
      bell crank ✓
  • After user research interviews, the designer will complete a design ...
    • specification  ✓
    • drawing
    • prototype
    • game
  • Which of these linkages has a lever that moves at right angles to each other?
    • lazy-tong linkage
    • bell-crank linkage  ✓
    • reverse motion linkage
    • parallel linkage
    • push-pull linkage
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