BECE 2014 BDT (Home Economics) Paper 2 Essay

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BECE 2014 BDT Paper 2

Section A – Core Skills

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 suitable for the following operations:

OPERATION	PENCIL USED
Lettering
Drawing outlines
Shading

(iii)            List four methods of recording data to solve 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

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.

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

(b)   List two tools used for:

(i)                 Marking out the shape of the object.

(ii)              Cutting the waste food.

(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 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