BECE JHS
A tool is named for the job it does. A material is named for how it behaves. A list of names, with no job, does not answer a process question.
Group tools by the step. Measuring tools include a steel rule and a tape measure. A try square checks a right angle and marks a line square to an edge. Marking out tools include a pencil, a marking knife and a marking gauge on wood, and a scriber on metal. Cutting tools include a saw, a chisel and tin snips. A mallet drives a chisel. A hammer drives a nail. A screwdriver turns a screw. Holding tools include a bench vice and a clamp, so the work does not move while you cut. Safety is part of the tool answer: clamp the work, keep fingers behind the cutting edge, carry a sharp edge pointing down, and wear eye protection when chips fly.
Resistant materials, such as wood and metal, need those tools. Compliant materials, such as fabric and paper, are shaped with simpler hand tools. Wood is either softwood, from a cone bearing tree, or hardwood, from a broadleaf tree. Hardwood is not a promise that the wood is hard. The names are about the tree. A metal that contains iron, such as steel, can rust unless you protect it. A metal that does not contain iron, such as aluminium or copper, does not rust in that way. A thermoplastic softens when heated and can be softened again. A thermosetting plastic sets and does not soften again when reheated. Say which class the question asked for. Calling every material wood loses the mark.
The Career Technology tips guide separates workshop tools from kitchen tools, and asks for the step as well as the name. BECE Career Technology tips
The process question wants tool plus step. "Saw, chisel, hammer" is a list. "The saw cuts the board to length after it has been marked with the try square" is a step. Hardwood and softwood are about the type of tree, not a scratch test. If you recommend a finish or a tool for metal, do not describe a woodwork finish. Safety is a mark of its own when the question asks for a precaution.
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.
3 marks
Name one tool used for each job: measuring, cutting, holding the work. (3 marks)
A steel rule measures. A saw cuts. A bench vice holds the work.
3 marks
(a) What is the difference between a hardwood and a softwood? (2 marks)
(b) State one reason for clamping work before you cut it. (1 mark)
(a) Hardwood comes from a broadleaf tree. Softwood comes from a cone bearing tree. The names are not a simple test of which wood is harder.
(b) The work stays still, so the cut is accurate and the tool is less likely to slip.
2 marks
State two safety rules for using a sharp tool in the workshop. (2 marks)
Carry the sharp edge pointing down. Keep your fingers behind the cutting edge.
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 freeNo. Hardwood means the wood came from a broadleaf tree. Softwood means it came from a cone bearing tree. Some hardwoods are easy to dent. Name the tree type, not a guess about hardness.
A process question asks what you do, in order. The tool is the thing you use at that step. A list of tools with no step answers a different question from the one on the paper. All BECE Career Technology past questions