Grade 7 Technology Term 1 Test 1 + Memo
About this resource
Help your Grade 7 learner prepare for Term 1 Technology with this comprehensive 60-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 1½ hours and includes a balanced combination of lower-, middle- and higher-order questions.
The test covers:
- Mechanical systems and simple machines
- Levers, pulleys, gears and wheel-and-axle systems
- Potential energy
- First-, second- and third-class levers
- Fulcrum, effort and load
- Mechanical advantage
- Gear trains and direction of motion
- Technology concepts
- The design process
- Graphic communication
- Different line types used in drawings
- Construction lines, outer lines and hidden detail lines
- 3D drawings and projections
- Mechanical systems in everyday life
- How technology has changed mechanical systems
- The impact of mechanical systems on work and society
- Gears in real-world applications
- Pulleys and how they make work easier
- Wheel-and-axle systems
- Designing a simple machine
- Designing and explaining a pulley system
- Building and explaining a gear train
- Scale drawings
- Full-scale (1:1) drawings
- Construction lines and 45° projections
- Classifying everyday objects according to lever class
The test includes multiple choice, true or false, table completion, image-based questions, reading comprehension, short-answer questions, practical design activities, scale drawing and lever classification. Learners are required to apply their knowledge through visual and practical tasks, including identifying lever classes and completing a full-scale 3D drawing of a matchbox using the correct construction lines, dimensions and 45° projection.
Total: 60 marks | Duration: 1½ hours | Full memorandum included | PDF format.
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