Eight multiple choice and two written, marked as you go. Free, no account.
Fibres and fabrics
Answer: C. Cotton
Cotton grows as a seed hair on the cotton plant. It is cellulose. Nylon and polyester are synthetic fibres made from chemicals. Silk is an animal fibre, the filament from the silkworm, and it is a protein. Classify the fibre before you name a use or a wash.
Fibres and fabrics
Answer: A. A diagonal line on the cloth
A twill weave moves the interlacing along each row, so a diagonal line shows. Denim is a twill. Loops belong to a knitted fabric, which stretches. The selvedge is the finished edge of a woven cloth, not a weave. Long floats with a smooth face describe satin. The structure is the mark.
Sewing tools and processes
Answer: B. Shears
Shears have long blades and are kept for fabric. Cutting paper with them blunts the edge, so the next cut on cloth is ragged. Scissors are the shorter tool for thread and paper. A seam ripper unpicks stitches. A tape measure takes measurements. Chalk marks the cloth. The job decides the tool.
Sewing tools and processes
Answer: B. Encloses the raw edges, which suits a fine fraying cloth
A French seam is stitched first with the wrong sides together, trimmed, then stitched again with the right sides together so the raw edges are hidden. That finish suits fine cloth that would fray. A plain seam leaves the raw edges inside unless they are finished another way. The seam is still stitching. It does not cut the cloth.
Pattern drafting
Answer: B. Extra room beyond the body measurement so the person can move
Ease is planned extra room. Without it a garment cut to the bare body measurement is hard to wear, because the person has to sit and breathe. It is not a measuring error. The selvedge is the finished edge of woven cloth. A dart takes in fullness. It is a different marking.
Pattern drafting
Answer: B. Parallel to the selvedge
The grainline is laid parallel to the selvedge so the warp runs the way the garment should hang. If it is ignored, the piece is off grain and the garment twists. Notches show which edges join. They are not the grainline. A nap fabric also needs every piece facing one way.
Care of clothing
Answer: A. Rubbing and heat make the fibres lock and felt
Wool is a protein fibre with scales. Heat, moisture and rubbing make those scales lock, so the garment shrinks and thickens. That is felting. Wool is not a plant fibre. Rubbing does not add nylon. Wool does get dirty, and it should be clean before it is stored. The wash has to match the fibre.
The clothing industry
Answer: B. What remains after the cost of making the dress
Profit is what remains after cost. The cost includes the fabric, the thread, the fastenings and the time. The price the customer paid still contains that cost, so the price alone is not the profit. Hem length and thread colour are construction points. They do not define profit. Do not invent a cedi figure.
Classify cotton and nylon. (2 marks)
Give one care point that follows from each class. (2 marks)
Answer the parts you can. Everything you write is marked together.
Marking guide
(a) Cotton is a natural plant fibre or cellulose: 1 mark. Nylon is synthetic: 1 mark.
(b) A care point that belongs to cotton: 1 mark. A care point that belongs to nylon, such as a cool iron: 1 mark.
State why a blood stain is rinsed in cold water. (2 marks)
State one rule for storing woollen clothes. (1 mark)
Answer the parts you can. Everything you write is marked together.
Marking guide
(a) Blood is protein, or heat sets the stain: 1 mark. Cold water is used before a hot wash: 1 mark.
(b) Clean, dry, or protected from moths: 1 mark.
Topics on this page: Fibres and fabrics; Sewing tools and processes; Pattern drafting; Care of clothing; The clothing industry.
Notes, practice questions and a mark scheme for topics on the syllabus.
They are written in the style of the WASSCE, 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.
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Nobody can promise that. These test the same topics and the same kind of thinking the WASSCE does, which is what practice is for. There are thousands more across BECE and WASSCE inside glearn; this page shows a small sample.