Eight multiple choice and two written, marked as you go. Free, no account.
Elements and principles of design
Answer: B. Colour
Colour is an element: it is a part you can see in the work. Balance, emphasis and rhythm are principles. They describe how the parts are arranged. A principle is not a thing on the page in the way a patch of colour is.
Elements and principles of design
Answer: B. Emphasis
Emphasis is the part the eye reaches first. Size and a strong colour against a dark ground both push the title forward. Texture is an element, not the principle at work here. Proportion would compare the sizes, but the point of the question is what the contrast is for.
Drawing and painting
Answer: B. Red and yellow
Red and yellow are primary colours, and together they make orange, a secondary colour. Blue and yellow make green. Blue and red make violet. White does not create orange. It only lightens a colour that is already there.
Drawing and painting
Answer: B. On the right of the fruit
A cast shadow falls on the surface the object stands on, away from the light. Light from the left throws the shadow to the right. The side of the fruit that faces the light is lighter. The far side is darker. That shading is separate from the shadow on the table.
Music and rhythm
Answer: C. The speed of the beat
Tempo is how fast or slow the beat is. The pattern of long and short sounds is the rhythm. Highness or lowness is the pitch. The words are the lyrics. A slow tempo can carry a busy rhythm, so the three words are not substitutes for each other.
Music and rhythm
Answer: B. Atenteben
The atenteben is a bamboo flute. The player blows it and changes the pitch by covering holes. The fontomfrom and the donno are drums. The gankogui is a double bell, often used to keep time. A flute is a melodic instrument. A drum in this list is not.
Drama and performance
Answer: B. Acting with gesture and without spoken words
Mime tells the action with the body and does not use spoken words. The gesture has to be clear because there is no sentence to explain the object. Dialogue is the spoken alternative. A painted background is scenery. A song is music, not mime.
Crafts and textiles
Answer: A. The weft
The warp runs the length of the cloth and is set up first, under tension. The weft crosses over and under the warp and is packed down to make the cloth. The loom holds the warp. Dye is a later or different process. A needle may sew finished strips together, as in kente, but it is not the weft.
Name one element and one principle you would use so the title is read first. (2 marks)
Explain how each one helps. (4 marks)
Answer the parts you can. Everything you write is marked together.
Marking guide
(a) One element, such as colour, size of lettering treated as line, or space: 1 mark. One principle, such as emphasis or contrast: 1 mark.
(b) The element is linked to the title, for example a light colour on a dark ground: 2 marks. The principle is linked to being seen first, for example the title is the largest part: 2 marks.
Marking guide
Cloth is tied, folded or stitched: 1 mark. The binding keeps dye out of those parts: 1 mark. The cloth is dyed: 1 mark. After opening, the protected parts are lighter and form the pattern: 1 mark.
Topics on this page: Elements and principles of design; Drawing and painting; Music and rhythm; Drama and performance; Crafts and textiles.
Notes, practice questions and a mark scheme for topics on the syllabus.
They are written in the style of the BECE, the way the examiners ask, and every one comes with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Inside glearn there are also questions taken from past papers.
Yes, on this page: type your answer and the coach marks it with AI and shows you where the marks are, a few a day with no account. Inside glearn, every answer you write.
No. You need one only to save your score and to keep going once the free marking for the day is used.
Nobody can promise that. These test the same topics and the same kind of thinking the BECE does, which is what practice is for. There are thousands more across BECE and WASSCE inside glearn; this page shows a small sample.