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TOM NEWBY SCHOOL JUNE EXAM

Subject Technology Examiner Mrs M. Fourie

Date June 2021 Total marks 60
Session Duration 1 hour
Grade 7 Moderator Miss M. Mpesu
Special instructions/ 1.Write neatly and eligibly.
Equipment 2.Use a pencil and colouring in pencils for your drawing.
3. Answer all questions.
4. Good luck. Don’t ink before you think!
This assessment has been compiled using notes and information contained in the Tom Newby School resource material.
The marking memorandum has been compiled accordingly. While alternative responses will be given due
acknowledgement, the official memorandum will be considered a priority document to ensure uniformity of marking.

Name: Surname: Class:

SECTION A: TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING [18]

QUESTION 1: Multiple choice (6)

Read each statement and write the letter, which represents the correct answer.in the text
box below.
1.1 In a first class lever the____________________
a) The fulcrum is always on the right hand side of the lever.
b) The load is between the fulcrum and the effort.
c) The fulcrum is between the effort and the load.

1.2 When we investigate in our design process we __________________

a) Start drawing up our design brief
b) Gather all information
c) Communicate our design process

1.3 Construction lines are ___________________

a) Continuous light-coloured lines
b) Thick and dark
c) Thin, continuous lines that are used to help construct other lines.

1.4 The standard measurement unit used in drawings is_____________

a) mm
b) km
c) cm
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1.5 The best way of reinforcing a structure using suitable materials is ___________
a) Tubing
b) Triangulation
c) Folding

1.6 A linkage is used to ________________

a) change the direction of movement
b) change the distance of movement
c) All of the above

QUESTION 2: Match the columns (5)

Match the statement in Column A with the answer in Column B. Write the letter of the
answer that you have chosen on the answer grid.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
2.1 People who are skilled in a specific trade. A Scale

2.2 People who design, build or maintain engines, B Hydraulic system

machines or public works.
2.3 The length and width in the drawing that represents C Lever
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2.4 Uses a liquid such as oil or water to make things D Artisan
move.
2.5 It is a machine that makes our lives easier. E Graphic designer
F Pneumatic system

Answer Grid
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

Hang in there!
We will get
through this!
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QUESTION 3: Identify and name images (10)

3.1 Look at the images below. Write down the name of each image. Now, identify if it is a
shell, a frame or a solid structure and if it is man-made or natural. (6)

IMAGE A IMAGE B

IMAGE C IMAGE D

Name of image Classification of Man-made or

structures Natural
IMAGE A
IMAGE B
IMAGE C
IMAGE D

3.2 What is a structure? Provide a suitable definition.

________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ (2)
3.3 Study the pictures below and indicate which class of levers each one represents. (2)

IMAGE A IMAGE B
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SECTION B: DESIGN PROCESS, SKILLS AND GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

QUESTION 4: Read the Scenario 1 and complete the following activities: (15)

4.1. Write the design brief for the given scenario.

________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________(2)

4.2 List FOUR design specifications for the solution.

4.2.1___________________________________________________________________
4.2.2 ___________________________________________________________________
4.2.3 ___________________________________________________________________
4.2.4 _________________________________________________________________(4)

4.3 List THREE constraints for the solution.

4.3.1 ___________________________________________________________________
4.3.2 ___________________________________________________________________
4.3.3 _________________________________________________________________(3)

4.4 List THREE materials and THREE tools you will use to make the solution. (6)

Materials Tools
4.4.1 4.4.4
4.4.2 4.4.5
4.4.3 4.4.6

(Any relevant materials and tools)

SCENARIO 1
The Emergency rescue workers in Benoni need a rescue tool, as they often have to cut
through the frame of a car or twisted wreckage to free victims of accidents. A car frame is
very thick, so they need very special tools. They use a special hydraulic cutter called the
Jaws-of –Life. The rescue service company asked you to design and make a model of a
Jaws- of- Life rescue tool for them to use for the many accidents that is happening in
Benoni lately.
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Your model should:

• operate to cut or prise open crumpled metal,
• work with linked levers which is the hydraulic system at the back and the blades in
the front.
• be attached to a flat piece of card that will act as a base, and
• be powered by a hydraulic system and have cutters or spreaders at the front.

4.5 Draw a 2D (One view) of your Rescue system in the space provided below and
indicate which view you have drawn. Also label your drawing. Follow the rubric.

RUBRIC: CRITERIA POSSIBLE MARKS

MARK OBTAINED
Is the drawing a 2D (Flat drawing)? 2
Is the correct view indicated? 2
Is the drawing labelled with materials and tools? 3
TOTAL 7
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QUESTION 5: Drawing using different types of lines (5)

The drawing below is a 3D oblique . Redraw it in the text box below. Show all the
different types of lines as in the given drawing.
Look at the marking guideline:

MARKING GUIDELINE
DESCRIPTOR POSSIBLE MARKS
MARK
Correct technique / 2
interpretation (3D oblique)
Outlines 1
Feint lines/ hidden lines 1
Neatness 1
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SECTION C: TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Read the following case study and answer the questions that follow: (12)

Cell phones vs landline phones -Although you might have grown up with them, cell
phones are fairly new technology. They were developed in the late 1970’s by the Motorola
company. In 1977, Motorola created the DynaTAC, which was the first working prototype
of a cell phone. It had an LCD display and up to 30 minutes of talk time when fully
charged.
Nowadays, cell phones are very common. Used by millions of people, they have
completely changed the way we communicate. The cell phones that we use today are very
different to the first cell phones and include features like cameras and music players. It is
also very different from the first landline phones.
Landline phones
Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone in 1876. Sound and speech were part
of Bell’s life from a young age. Bell experimented with sound waves that could be
converted into electric current, then the current could then be reconverted into sound
waves, identical to the original at the other end of the circuit. By 1876 , the first intelligible
telephone was made. Bell was in his laboratory with a transmitter . In the bedroom , his
assistant Watson, waited with a receiver pressed against his ear. Bell shouted into the
mouthpiece “Mr Watson, come here , I want so see you” and to his delight he came and
he declared that he heard and understood what Bell said.

6.1. Who invented the first telephone and when?

________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________(2)

6.2. Who invented the first cell phone and what was the prototype called?
________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________(2)
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6.3. How did Watson and bell hear each other during their experiment?
______________________________________________________________________(1)

6.4 Give THREE disadvantages of using landline phones

a) __________________________________________________________________(1)

b) _________________________________________________________________ (1)

c) _________________________________________________________________ (1)

6.5 Give THREE advantages of using a cell phone.

a) __________________________________________________________________(1)

b) __________________________________________________________________(1)

c) _________________________________________________________________(1)

6.6. Name ONE cellular network that we find in South Africa today.

_____________________________________(1)

Total: 60
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PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS GRADE 7 TECHNOLOGY JUNE 2021

NAME OF LEARNER: _______________________ GRADE 7: ________

SPECIFIC AIM ALLOCATED MARKS MODERATED

SECTION
MARKS OBTAINED MARK
TECHNOLOGICAL
KNOWLEDGE AND
A 18
UNDERSTANDING

DESIGN PROCESS
SKILLS & GRAPHIC
B 30
COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY,
C SOCIETY AND THE 12
ENVIRONMENT
TOTAL 60