ITPEC IP October 2018 Question 24

Products usable by many people regardless of age, culture, ability or disability — the concept of universal design.

Universal design plans a product, building or service from the start so that one design works for everyone, instead of adding special versions for particular groups later. Examples: an automatic door, a shampoo bottle with ridges that tell it from conditioner by touch, pictograms that need no language.

Answer (d)

Why not others:

• •(a) — a design that stays usable unchanged for a long time is about durability, not about who can use it
• •(b) — the same performance and quality wherever a product is made is quality control and standardisation of manufacturing
• •(c) — simplifying a design to cut manufacturing cost is cost reduction; universal design aims at ease of use for everyone, not at a cheaper product

Key rule: Accessibility adapts a product so that people with disabilities can use it; universal design aims from the outset at one design that everyone can use.

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