HSC Design and TechnologyPractice Examination 11

This paper covers

• Designing & Producing (Core 1): design factors, project proposal & WHS management, research/experimentation, production scale and evaluation applied to a modular 3D-printed recycled-plastic public bus-shelter seating system ('CivicBench') for a council streetscape — ~22 marks
• Innovation & Emerging Technologies (Core 2): case-study reasoning on the electric cargo e-bike as an urban innovation, its impact on the Australian lifestyle and environment, and the ethics of GPS/usage tracking — ~18 marks
• Whole-course skills: divergent thinking and collaboration, life cycle analysis of recycled vs virgin material, intellectual property of AI-generated design, and analysing the impact of generative AI on designers and society — embedded across both sections

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.