Unit 2: Research and Ideation - Practice Quiz

1 What does inspiration provide during the fashion design process?

2 Which of the following is an intangible source of inspiration?

3 In attribute listing, what does the shape of a garment refer to?

4 Which garment attribute describes how a fabric feels or appears to feel?

5 Which of the following is an example of surface decoration?

6 Why might a fashion designer study clothing from the Victorian period?

7 What is a cultural influence in fashion?

8 What are contemporary fashion trends?

9 Which type of research mainly collects numerical data?

10 Which activity is an example of primary research?

11 Which research resource is most useful for directly observing everyday clothing and youth subcultures?

12 Which resource can provide inspiration through costumes, performances, and visual storytelling?

13 Which research activity gives a designer firsthand exposure to regional clothing, crafts, and lifestyles?

14 What is the main purpose of fashion trend forecasting?

15 What is encouraged during the early stage of brainstorming?

16 How is a mind map usually organised?

17 What typically happens during a brain-walk activity?

18 How are ideas mainly shared during brain-writing?

19 What is the main purpose of a fashion theme board?

20 Which combination is most suitable for inclusion on a theme board?

21 A designer is inspired by the idea of urban isolation. Which action would best convert this inspiration into an initial design direction?

22 Which pairing correctly identifies one tangible and one intangible source of inspiration?

23 A designer uses attribute listing to analyse a seashell. Which observation belongs mainly under structure and shape?

24 A collection inspired by tree bark already uses brown tones and rough fabrics. Which development most directly explores the surface decoration and print attribute?

25 A designer wants to reference 1920s eveningwear without producing a costume. Which approach is most appropriate?

26 Before using a ceremonial motif from another culture, what should a designer do first?

27 Cargo pockets appear in street style, retail reports, and several recent collections. How should a designer respond if the brand is known for formal tailoring?

28 A designer wants to know both how many customers prefer recycled fabric and why they prefer it. Which research plan is most suitable?

29 Which research activity produces primary research for a new youth outerwear collection?

30 A designer is researching how young people actually customise denim in a city. Which resource would provide the most direct evidence?

31 For a collection inspired by theatrical movement, which research method is likely to be most useful?

32 A silhouette appears in one catwalk show but nowhere else. What is the best conclusion for trend research?

33 What is the strongest reason to examine garments in vintage shops rather than relying only on online photographs?

34 A forecaster notices repeated metallic finishes in music videos, street style, fabric fairs, and catwalk collections. What does this repetition suggest?

35 During a brainstorming session, team members begin criticising ideas as soon as they are suggested. What should the facilitator do?

36 A designer places Desert at Night at the centre of a page. Which set of first-level branches would create the most useful mind map?

37 A team places separate sheets labelled colour, silhouette, texture, and detail around the studio. Members move between them and add ideas. Which method are they using?

38 A design team includes members who are hesitant to speak in group discussions. Why might brain-writing be more effective than verbal brainstorming?

39 A theme board for Fragile Architecture contains cracked concrete, translucent layers, exposed frameworks, and muted grey tones. Which addition would best strengthen its coherence?

40 A theme board has 40 unrelated images, several competing colour palettes, and no clear focal point. What is the most effective revision?

41 A designer selects the intangible concept controlled tension as inspiration. Which development strategy translates the concept most effectively without relying on literal imagery?

42 During research at an abandoned railway station, a designer records a rusted hinge, peeling paint, repetitive echoes and a feeling of interrupted movement. Which classification is most defensible?

43 A team wants to determine whether a collection's visual identity comes primarily from silhouette rather than colour or decoration. Which attribute-listing procedure provides the strongest evidence?

44 A designer researching eighteenth-century panniers wants a contemporary reference rather than a costume reproduction. Which approach demonstrates the most critical use of history?

45 A fashion label wishes to use a sacred geometric motif associated with a living Indigenous community. Which research decision best addresses both design integrity and cultural responsibility?

46 A silhouette appears in student styling videos, independent labels and resale searches, but is almost absent from mass retail. How should a researcher interpret it?

47 A survey finds that 68% of respondents prefer minimal clothing, while interviews reveal strong demand for expressive dress at social events. What is the most rigorous interpretation?

48 A designer downloads an existing retailer sales report, interviews six store buyers and conducts original wear trials. How should these sources be classified?

49 A street-style study samples only people leaving one music venue on a Saturday night. Which redesign best reduces selection bias while preserving observational research?

50 A designer uses an experimental film as a research source but wants to avoid simply copying its costumes. Which translation method is most conceptually rigorous?

51 Two catwalk collections contain 20 and 60 looks. A researcher finds oversized shoulders in 8 and 18 looks respectively. Which comparison is methodologically sound?

52 An unlabeled jacket bought at a flea market appears to be from the 1940s, but its zip and lining may be later replacements. How should it be used in research?

53 A forecaster observes rising repair tutorials, visible-mending communities, retailer repair services and legislation supporting product longevity. Which conclusion is strongest?

54 In a live brainstorming session, two senior designers dominate while junior participants self-censor. Which intervention best preserves brainstorming's divergent phase?

55 A mind map for the theme urban erosion has many images but produces few design directions. Which revision would most improve its generative value?

56 A team uses brain-walk to solve four collection problems, but participants merely repeat ideas already posted at each station. Which modification best restores the method's cumulative advantage?

57 In a standard 6-3-5 brain-writing exercise, six participants each contribute three ideas per round across six rounds. Before removing repetitions, how many idea entries are produced?

58 A theme board titled Fragile Armour contains translucent shells, cracked ceramics, rigid tailoring and one saturated tropical print chosen for visual excitement. What is the strongest editing decision?

59 A designer wants to test every combination of 3 structural shapes, 2 textures and 4 print scales while keeping colour and details constant. How many distinct attribute combinations are required?

60 Archived magazines suggest that neon sportswear peaked in 1989, while interviewees consistently remember the peak as 1991. What is the best next research step?