Proyect planning TEST 2

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Class Year Date

1. (1 mark) Define what technology is. State the elements a technologist relies
on to design and create technological objects and systems.

2. (1 mark) Order the phases of a technological project:

- Analysis and individual proposals.

- Marketing.
- Construction.
- Group discussion and selection of a solution.
- Checking, presenting and evaluating.
- Needs.
- Development of a group situation.

3. (1 mark) State whether the following sentences about business and

advertising are true or false. Correct the false statements.
- Businesses are organisations dedicated to the production of services only.
- The products are sold at a price that’s higher than the cost of producing them, which
generates a profit for the company.
- Management, production, warehousing and logistics are the functions on which
businesses are based.
- Advertising is capable of altering or increasing the consumer’s need for any type of product.
- Consumers should be aware of the impact that the products they buy may have on society
and the environment, both now and in the future.

4. (1 mark) Look around you and write the name of six objects that have
nearby in the first column of the following table. In the second column write
what their purpose is.

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Object Purpose

Chair To sit comfortably.

Table To lean on when writing.
Door To enter different rooms.
Blackboard To write information for the whole class to see.
Pegs To hang up coats.
Pen To write.

5. (1 mark) The following sentences explain the process you must follow to design
and build a wooden box. They are not in the correct order. Copy the sentences in the
correct order.
- Glue or nail the pieces of the box together.
- Sand each piece of the box.
- Make a plan of the box you have decided to make and note each of the pieces you will
need.
- Check that the box is well built and that it works correctly.
- Choose one of the models from those you have thought of.
- Calculate how much wood you need and how much it will cost you.
- Study the different models and sizes that you could build.
- Draw the pieces of the box on the Wood and cut them with a saw.

6. (1 mark) Look at the word search. Find eight words that are related to the phases of a
technological project.

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7. (1 mark) Advertising can lead to unnecessary consumption. They always highlight the
most positive aspects of a product. Draw an advertisement for a detergent.

Answers will vary.

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ANSWERS
1. (1 mark) Define what technology is. State the elements a technologist relies on to design
and create technological objects and systems.

Technology is the coordinated application of knowledge and skills to create objects

or systems that solve problems and satisfy human needs.
Technologists rely on a variety of elements to design and create technological objects
and systems: materials; knowledge and concepts; technical drawing; computers;
work skills; economic factors.

2. (1 mark) Order the phases of a technological project:

- Analysis and individual proposals.

- Marketing.
- Construction.
- Group discussion and selection of a solution.
- Checking, presenting and evaluating.
- Needs.
- Development of a group situation.

Answer:
- Needs.
- Analysis and individual proposals.
- Group discussion and selection of a solution.
- Development of a group situation.
- Construction.
- Checking, presenting and evaluating.
- Marketing.

3. (1 mark) State whether the following sentences about business and advertising are true or
false. Correct the false statements. .

- Businesses are organisations dedicated to the production of services only. False.

Businesses are organisations dedicated to the production of goods and/or services.
- The products are sold at a price that’s higher than the cost of producing them, which
generates a profit for the company. True.
- Management, production, warehousing and logistics are the functions on which
businesses are based. False. Management, production and logistics are the functions on
which businesses are based.
- Advertising is capable of altering or increasing the consumer’s need for any type of product.
False. The demand for basic necessities is constant and often difficult to change or increase.
- Consumers should be aware of the impact that the products they buy may have on society and the
environment, both now and in the future. True.

5. (1 mark) Look around you and write the name of six objects that have nearby in the first
column of the following table. In the second column write what their purpose is.

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Answers will vary. Example:

Object Purpose

Chair To sit comfortably.

Table To lean on when writing.
Door To enter different rooms.
Blackboard To write information for the whole class to see.
Pegs To hang up coats.
Pen To write.

6. (1 mark) The following sentences explain the process you must follow to design and build a
wooden box. They are not in the correct order. Copy the sentences in the correct order.

- Glue or nail the pieces of the box together.

- Sand each piece of the box.
- Make a plan of the box you have decided to make and note each of the pieces you will
need.
- Check that the box is well built and that it works correctly.
- Choose one of the models from those you have thought of.
- Calculate how much wood you need and how much it will cost you.
- Study the different models and sizes that you could build.
- Draw the pieces of the box on the Wood and cut them with a saw.

Answer:

- Study the different models and sizes that you could build.
- Choose one of the models from those you have thought of.
- Make a plan of the box you have decided to make and note each of the pieces you
will need.
1 - Calculate how much wood you need and how much it will cost you.
- Draw the pieces of the box on the Wood and cut them with a saw.
- Sand each piece of the box.
- Glue or nail the pieces of the box together.
- Check that the box is well built and that it works correctly.

7. (1 mark) Look at the word search. Find eight words that are related to the phases of a
technological project.

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Answer:

8. (1 mark) Advertising can lead to unnecessary consumption. They always highlight the
most positive aspects of a product. Draw an advertisement for a detergent.

Answers will vary.

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