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Bece Past Questions & Answers – 2014 (Pre-Technical Skills)

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June 2014
BASIC DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 2
(Pre-Technical Skills 2)
Essay
1 hour 15 minutes

SECTION A
(CORE SKILLS)
[20 marks] Answer question 1 [COMPULSORY]

1. (a) State the main method for cooking the following foods:

(i) rice
(ii) cake

(b) State four suitable methods for preserving fish.

(c) (i) List the type of pencil most suitable for the following operations:

OPERATION PENCIL USED
Lettering  
Drawing outlines  
Shading

(ii) List four methods of recording data for solving design problems.

(d) (i) State three benefits of packaging.
(ii) List two important information on a good package

(e) Draw a line to illustrate each of the following:
(i) movement
(ii) texture.

SECTION B
[50 marks] Answer two questions only from this section
All questions carry equal marks

2. Figure 1 shows a wooden object to be prepared in the workshop.

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(a) Draw full size the front view in the direction of arrow W.

(b) List two tools used for:

(i) marking-out the shape of the object
(ii) cutting the waste wood.

(c) State two ways of caring for and maintaining the jack plane.
(d) State the difference between ferrous metals and non-ferrous metals.
(e) Make a freehand sketch of the builder’s square.

3. (a) State one reason why personal safety should be observed in the workshop.

(b) List two specific tools for carrying out each of the following operations:
(i) setting-out a wall;
(ii) moulding bricks;
(iii) cutting a tenon from a piece of wood;
(iv) soldering sheet metals.

(c) (i) Make a freehand pictorial sketch of a rasp file
(ii) Label any two parts of the tool sketched in (c)(i) above.
(iii) State one use of the rasp file.

(d) (i) State the main difference between a brick and a block.
(ii) List the two main materials for making sandcrete blocks.

4. (a) List one protective clothing each for the following:
(i) foot;
(ii) head;
(iii) eyes,

(b) (i) Make a freehand pictorial sketch of the firmer chisel.
(ii) Label any two parts of the tool sketched in 4 (b) (i)

(c) State one reason each for carrying out the following operations:
(i) cross-filing
(ii) curing a sandcrete block;
(iii) setting out a wall.

(d) Copy and complete the table below

ALLOY COMPOSITION ONE USE EACH
Soft solder    
Brass    
Bronze  

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