DT Glossary

These are note cards on all of the terms that one has to know for the DT IB exams higher and standard level.

Note: Options are not included!

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  • Created by: Ivan
  • Created on: 30-01-13 20:02
A P E R S P E C T I V E D R A W I N G Q T
O A J V I M T E G C L C G M J S J F O Y S
W L P K Q I H Y W A A A K W E R N B M P X
W O E C M J I X C J D J M A X H N S V G N
Y F N E E V O L O Y H W Y W F L N X C M W
P L A N N E D O B S O L E S C E N C E I O
U X V H R Y R K M P H X J Q P M H P G N I
I A T N T U N B J W S I J D C F E T X K F
A P E R D T N G T N P J I A R R U R L G A
I T E L E C O M M U N I C A T I O N S C X
R N S I M J X C X A A G C V J J J F A S B
M A R K E T D E V E L O P M E N T L N G C
L U C O N V E R G E N T T H I N K I N G B
V I N C R E M E N T A L D E S I G N E C D
D M A R K E T S E G M E N T A T I O N M O
W V P R O D U C T D E V E L O P M E N T E
M U L T I N A T I O N A L C O M P A N Y S
P R N V V M V D L I O W S W C N I T G F F
Y U V M A S S C U S T O M I Z A T I O N A
P B H P V W C P K B I C W P T D C J B A L
K Q L G X N W I Q R I A A H A I K L J M C

Clues

  • a company which not only trades internationaly but has manufacturing outlets in a number of countries (5, 8, 7)
  • a conscious act either to ensure a continuing market or to ensure that safety factors and new technologies can be incorporated into later versions of the product (7, 12)
  • a sophisticated CIM system which manufactures products to individual customer orders; the benefits of economy of scale (4, 13)
  • a three-dimensional drawing which realistically represents an object by utilizing foreshortening and vanishing points (11, 7)
  • any form of data transmission, from voice to video (18)
  • finding new applications for existing products thereby opening up new markets (6, 11)
  • markets divide up into smaller segments there the urchasers have similar characteristics and tastes (6, 12)
  • small changes to the design of a product which seems trivial but the cumulative effect of these changes over a longer period can be very significant (11, 6)
  • the ability to analyse information in order to seclect an asnwer from alternatives (10, 8)
  • the creation of a new, modified or updated products aimed mainly at a company's existing customers (7, 11)

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