Grade 7 Technology Term 2 Test + Memo
About this resource
Help your Grade 7 learner prepare for Term 2 Technology with this comprehensive 50-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 1½ hours and covers structures, strengthening techniques, mechanical systems, levers, pneumatics, communication technology, the design process and technical drawing.
The test covers:
- Structures and their purpose
- Shell, frame and solid structures
- Strength and stability of structures
- Steel and concrete as construction materials
- Strengthening structures
- Triangulation and cross-bracing
- Scaffolding and conduits
- Water tank structures
- Choosing appropriate construction materials
- Mechanical systems
- Levers and classes of levers
- Mechanical advantage
- Jaws of Life
- Positive impacts of mechanical systems
- Pneumatics and pneumatic systems
- Design skills and the design process
- Design briefs
- Requirements and constraints
- Selecting appropriate materials
- Technical drawing
- 3D oblique drawings
- Different types and uses of drawing lines
- Single-point perspective
- Horizon and ground lines
- Vanishing points and construction lines
- Communication technology
- Landline phones and mobile phones
- Copper wires and radio signals
- Advantages and features of mobile phones
- Impact of mobile technology on modern communication
- Skyscrapers and urban structures
- Structural stability and steel frameworks
Total: 50 marks | Duration: 1½ hours | Full memorandum included | PDF format.
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