BECE JHS
Home management is the use of time, money, energy and equipment so the household runs safely. A clean house is one result. It is not the whole subject.
Resources are what the household has to work with: time, energy, money, skills and equipment. A budget is a plan for money coming in and money going out. Needs, such as food and school costs, come before wants. A budget is a plan. It is not a record of what you already spent, though you can compare the two later. Cleaning has an order. Dust before you sweep, or the dust settles on the clean floor. Soap lathers poorly in hard water and leaves a scum, because hard water holds dissolved minerals. A detergent is made to clean in hard water and does not leave that scum. Soft water lathers readily with soap. Name the water and the cleaner together.
Safety is specific. Turn saucepan handles inward so they are not knocked. Store bleach and other chemicals away from food and out of the reach of children. Do not leave a trailing flex across a floor. Put a flame out before you leave the room. Food waste should be covered and removed, or it attracts pests. Ventilation brings in fresh air and reduces damp and smell. These are precautions with a reason. "Be careful" does not earn the mark. Personal hygiene, such as washing hands before cooking, protects the food. Household cleaning protects the room. They can appear in one question and still be two points.
The Career Technology tips guide sets the kitchen beside the workshop, so home management is not revised on its own. BECE Career Technology tips
A resource must be named. "Manage the home well" is not a resource. Budget answers should say it is a plan, and that needs come before wants when money is short. Cleaning answers should name the agent and the surface or the water. Hard water and soap is a pair. Safety answers should be an action plus a reason: handles inward so they are not knocked, chemicals away from food so nobody eats them. Two precautions that are really one, such as "be careful" and "take care", earn one mark at most.
These are practice questions in the style of the paper, with a model answer and a mark scheme. They are not a promise of what your paper will ask.
4 marks
(a) State two resources a household manages. (2 marks)
(b) What is a household budget? (2 marks)
(a) Time and money.
(b) A plan of the money the household expects to receive and how it will be spent.
3 marks
Explain why soap is a poor cleaner in hard water, and name a cleaner that works better there. (3 marks)
Hard water contains dissolved minerals. Soap reacts with them and forms scum, so it does not lather well. A detergent cleans in hard water without that scum.
4 marks
State two safety precautions in a kitchen, each with a reason. (4 marks)
Turn saucepan handles inward so they are not knocked off the cooker. Store bleach away from food so it cannot be mistaken for a drink or get into a meal.
More questions on this topic are inside glearn, marked as you answer, with the reason written out. The first ones need no account.
Practise Career Technology freeHard water holds dissolved minerals. Soap forms a scum with them and lathers poorly. A detergent is made to clean in that water and does not leave the same scum.
The money expected to come in, and how it will be spent, with needs before wants. It is a plan. A list of what you spent last week is a record, which you can compare with the plan later. All BECE Career Technology past questions