Ergonomics

1. How an ergonomic data is useful to a consumer product designer? Give an example to prove
your point.
2. What do you mean by the cognitive aspects of user machine interface? Discuss its relevance in
product design.
3. What are the various aspects of the system design process? Discuss briefly.
4. Bring out the importance of colour and form in consumer product.
5. What are the consequences of not using ergonomics and what do you mean by the cognitive
aspect of user machine interface?
6. Give the outline of workstation analysis?
7. Some parts of our body are better suited to particular purposes than others Discuss.
8. Common sense is not Ergonomics. Justify the statement.
9. Briefly discuss the importance and outline of the system design process.
10. What are the criteria in assessing ergonomics problem? Which human characteristics are
relevant to ergonomics?
11. Why user-environment interaction is considered in workstation analysis?
12. What do you mean by the psychological aspects of user-machine interface? Discuss the
relevance in product design.
13. Ergonomics data is very useful to a consumer product designer. Explain with an example to
prove your point.

The design of displays, controls and panels

1. Discuss the design of display you will like to have for the advertisement of your consumer
product in an exhibition.
2. Discuss the design of controls in city driven cars necessary for physically handicapped persons.
3. What are the criteria for display design? Explain.
4. How you will choose the best control for a particular application?
5. Discuss the design of display and control for a fully automatic domestic washing machine.
6. Discuss the design of display you will like to have for the advertisement of your consumer
product in a consumer product exhibition.
7. What is control gearing? How does the size and shape of control gear can reduced the problem
of control gearing?
8. What are the criteria of display design? Explain
9. Bring out the importance of colour and form on consumer products.
10. Discuss the design of control you will like to have for avoiding the head on collision on the
railway trains.
11. What is the criteria for control design? Explain the problem of control gearing.
 12. Briefly discuss the design of display system used by advertisers on Indian roads.
13. How you will choose the best control for a particular application?
14. Discuss the design of display and control for speed control of a car.

Product development

1. What is product life cycle? Why the life cycle of different consumers products are different and
how you can prolong the maturity time of a consumer product?
2. What are the characteristics usually considered when selecting the material for a given
application?
3. How can you prolong the life cycle of a consumer product? Why some consumer products have
small life cycle as compared to other products.

Elements of engineering design

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