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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 the authors' point in opening the introduction by discussing common household products?

2. What does Michael chose for a professional career?

3. What does Bill find inspiring about the environment that he grows up in?

4. What does Paul Erlich write about?

5. What product do the authors use as an example of designing for specific instead of general use?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how recycling is really downcycling.

2. Explain one example of how recycling is really downcycling of materials.

3. Describe the vision that both Bill and Michael have for the future of the environment.

4. What do the authors mean by "crude product"? Also, give an example.

5. Explain how recycling is problematic and a poor solution to positive design.

6. Describe the idea of eco-efficiency and how it proposes to solve the industry, consumer, and environment problems.

7. Explain what the authors mean by "brute force."

8. What do the authors suggest for a solution to more efficient home designs, as opposed to the International Style of architecture?

9. Describe how the authors use soap as an example of designing products for "worst-case" scenarios.

10. Describe one of Bill and Michael's ideas for completely positive design.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you agree or disagree with the authors' opinion on basing designs on nature and tailoring designs to specific locations? Why or why not? Do you think that industry, business, consumers, workers, and the environment will all benefit equally from designs based on nature? Explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Industry, government, and consumers are all responsible for putting eco-effectiveness into practice. Explain how each group can contribute to putting eco-effectiveness into practice, and define the responsibilities of people in each group to support eco-effective designs.

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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