SAFETY Item 3 refers to the following diagram

which shows an unconscious victim who has

1. A worker who has fallen from a short been placed in a particular position by a
height has become unconscious; the worker first-aider.
is breathing on her own and shows no life
treating injuries. The worker should
immediately be put in the
(A) seated position
(B) injury position
(C) recovery position
(D) elevated feet position 3. In what type of position was the
unconscious victim placed?
(A) Injury
Item 2 refers to the following diagram
(B) Resting
which shows an unconscious victim in the
recovery position (C) Recovery
(D) Prone

4. Jason as asked to move a very heavy box

while in the workshop, his best possible
response is to

2. Placing the victim in this position BEST

ensures that (A) ask for help with the task

(A) their muscles will not cramp (B) ask for a back brace
(B) pressure on the spine is reduced (C) push the box along the floor
(C) they will be less likely to choke (D) proceed with the task
(D) they can be easily seen by other persons

5. Employers have a duty to provide

personal protective equipment
(A) when hazards in the workplace cannot
be eliminated
(B) in hot weather to increase protection
(C) in preference to isolating the hazard
(D) to control all workplace hazards

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6. The promotion of health and wellness 9. A worker on a job site received a minor
standards in the workplace is MAINLY the cut from using a utility knife. Which of the
responsibility of the following is the appropriate treatment to be
I. employer given to the worker?
II. employee (A) Investigation analysis
III. government (B) Emergency care
(C) Initial response
(A) I and II only
(D) First aid
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II and III. 10. Which device is BEST suited for the
filming of a safety video that is longer than
one hour?
7. After an earthquake drill a company’s
safety officer’s identified, documented and (A) Digital camera
(B) Camcorder
recommended areas for improvement. This
(C) Smart phone
document will become part of the (D) Scanner
company’s
(A) basic emergency response standard
Item 11 refers to the following diagram
(B) safety and maintenance standard
(C) health and wellness standard
(D) basic first aid standard

8. All personnel in an organization should

have knowledge of the evacuation
11. The person applying the bandages is
procedure. The organization is responsible
known as the
for providing
(A) first aid professional
I. Evacuation route maps (B) treatment officer
II. Designated muster points
(C) victim assistant
III. Evacuation drill regularly
(D) first aider
(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
12. What is first aid?
(C) II and III only
(A) How to use a first aid kit
(D) I, II and III (B) First response to a natural disasters
(C) Initial care of the ill or injured
(D) Medical treatment of an injured person

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13. Which of the following BEST defines
first aid?
(A) Getting immediate help
(B) Calling the police
(C) Calling the ambulance
(D) First response to an injured person
14. Which of the following statements
BEST describes the term first aid?
(A) A medical doctor assistant
(B) The use of medical supplies on sick
persons
(C) Emergency treatment that is given to
serious injuries
(D) Treatment given before professional
medical services can be obtained
15. What is the purpose of mouth- to- mouth
resuscitation?
(A) To get a good supply of oxygen to the
victim’s blood.
(B) To get a good supply of oxygen to the
victim’s lungs.
(C) To get the victim’s chest to move up
and down.
(D) To get the victim’s attention.
16. Tilting the head backwards in mouth-to-
mouth artificial respiration ensures
(A) a clear airway into the victim’s lungs
(B) the victim has nothing stuck in his
throat
(C) a good supply of blood to the
victim’s brain
(D) automatic rise and fall of the
victim’s chest
17. When using a grinder, the eyes should be
protected by
(A) wearing gloves
(B) wearing goggles
(C) holding the work firmly
(D) holding the work on the tool rest
18. Which of the following should be done
if your PPE needs to be repaired?
(A) Take your PPE home to fix
(B) Share with a co-worker until yours can
be fixed
(C) Tell your supervisor and get your PPE
replaced
(D) Carry on with your task; it won't matter
if you don't use PPE this one time
19. When a safety hazard cannot be
eliminated, students should
(A) avoid the hazard
(B) ignore the hazard
(C) guard or mark off the hazard
(D) share the information with other
students
20.The MOST common injury causing
absence from work is
(A) burns
(B) back injury
(C) broken bones
(D) cuts and bruises
21.Workers practice good housekeeping in
the workplace to
(A) prevent accidents
(B) improve productivity
(C) prevent equipment failure
(D) organise tools and equipment
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22.When must employers identify possible
workplace hazards?
(A) When the need arises
(B) When directed to by authorities
(C) Before workers return froml unch
(D) Before making changes to work
practices
23.Which of the following should you do, if
you see some co-workers doing a job in a
way that could cause them to get hurt?
(A) Ignore them
(B) Run for cover
(C) Inform your supervisor
(D) Tell your co-workers you are concerned
and why you are concerned.
MAINTENANCE
24. During a scheduled check of a workshop
machine, it was discovered that some belts
had frayed ends. The belts were immediately
replaced. Which maintenance practice is
this?
(A) Preventative
(B) Predictive
(C) Breakdown
(D) Inspection
25. The work shop attendant usually
conducts regular checks on all machines in
the shop. What is the term used to describe
his task?
(A) Schedule maintenance
(B) Industry maintenance
(C) Production maintenance
(D)Preventative maintenance
26. Industrial Maintenance usually refers to
(A) A philosophy by which businesses plan
and schedule their work
(B) The repair and upkeep of different types
of equipment and machines
(C) A continuous process used by companies
to produce the greatest quantity of a
product over the least time
(D) The upkeep and preservation of systems
that supply electricity to a residential or
commercial building
FIRE
27. The most likely to result in the handling
an overloaded electrical socket is
(A) frostbite
(B) asbestosis
(C) asphyxiation
(D) Electric shock
28.Which of the following types of fire
extinguishing materials is BEST used on oil
fires?
(A) Foam
(B) Water
(C) Dry powder
(D) Carbon dioxide (CO2)
29.The most effective agent to use when
putting out an electrical fire is
(A) sand
(B) water
(C) oxygen
(D) carbon dioxide
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30. The class of fire to which burning metals 33. What is the meaning of the abbreviation
belong to is NEC as used in building and construction?
(A) A (A) National Electrical Code
(B) B (B) National Examination Council
(C) National Electric Company
(C) C
(D) National Electric Committee
(D) D

CVQ 34. Which of the following lists of standards

assists in the protection of structural
31. Which aspect of the CSME is MOST buildings against natural disasters?
supported by member nationals having
Caribbean vocational qualifications (CVQ)?
I. ISO
(A) Free movement of goods II. BSI
(B) Free movement of capital III. ASNI
(C) Free movement of labour
(D) Free movement of medicine (A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II and III
CODES

32. Which of the following codes guide the

35. What are the codes or standards for
design and production of components?
electrical installation and electronics?

I. ASME
(A) IEEE and NEC standards
II. BSI (B) ASME, WTO and ISO codes
III. ISO (C) ASNI, BSI and ISO standards
ASME, ASNI, NEC and ISO codes
(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only 36. Which of the following materials is
(D) I, II and III BEST suited for producing identification
tags?

(A) Mild steel

(B) Aluminium
(C) High carbon steel
(D) Galvanized steel

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Item 37 refers to the following diagram of a 39. Mr. Douglas has a lot of tools and
multimeter in use machines in his shop. Unfortunately he
seldom purchase tools he already has. What
operating computer software can be used to
prevent such an occurrence?
(A) Human resource
(B) Accounting
(C) Inventory
(D) Research
37. The multimeter is being used to test for
(A) current
Items 40-41 refer to the following part of a
(B) voltage
spreadsheet.
(C) continuity
(D) amperage

Item 38 refers to the following diagram of a

product

40. Cell C4 contains a

(A) range
(B) graphic
(C) formula
(D) function
38. Which technology area is MOST likely
responsible for the development of the 41. If C4 is copied to C6, it would read as
product shown?
(A) =B4*C4
(A) Building (B) =B6*C1
(B) Electrical (C) =B6*C3
(D) =B6*C6
(C) Furniture
(D) Mechanical

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Item 42 refers to the following orthographic 44. Which of the following devices is
projection diagram of an object in a word needed for CAD applications?
document (A) Plotter
(B) Speaker
(C) Monitor
(D) Light pen

Item 45 refers to the following diagram

42. The removal of ONLY the top section of

the drawing can be done with a word
processing function called
(A) cut
45. What type of chart is shown?
(B) crop
(C) format (A) Pie
(D) strikethrough (B) Bar
(C) Radar
(D) Doughnut
43. Which of the following icons allows
someone to save a file?

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Item 46 refers to the following diagram DESIGN
which shows part of an Excel spreadsheet.
Item 48 refers to the following diagram of a
chair

48. Which of the following features is

demonstrated in the ability of the chair to be
raised and lowered as shown by the arrow?
46. Which of the following formulae is used (A) Aesthetics
to total the numbers in coloumn A? (B) Innovation
(C) Ergonomics
(A) =SUMA1:A7
(B) =SUM(A1:A7) (D) Functionality
(C) =SUMIF(A1:A7)
(D) =SUMIFA1:A7 49. Anthropometrics is the study of the
human
(A) body and its movement.
47. The tool and material stores in electrical
(B) measurements.
company is experiencing difficulty in
keeping up with the demands of job (C) movements.
requests. Which of the following will help to (D) body.
reduce the problem?
(A) Process control 50. The main design factor to be considered
when reducing machine operator blind spots
(B) Inventory management
is
(C) Accounting application
(A) innovation
(D) Research and development
(B) aesthetics
(C) ergonomics
(D) anthropometrics

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51. An object is to be designed for use on 55. The tops of drawing tables in a school
either dry land or in water. What is the are unable to be locked into a fixed position
MOST important design factor to be after being adjusted. This type of problem is
considered? categorized as

(A) Aesthetics
(A) social
(B) Ergonomics
(B) personal
(C) Suitability of material
(C) academic
(D) Selection of materials
(D) technological

Item Items 56 is based on the following

52. A student is required to design an
affordable nutritious breakfast menu as part
of a challenge. Which group of design
factors is most relevant to his solution?
(A) Ergonomics, innovation, functionality
(B) Decoration, economics, anthropometrics
(C) Aesthetics, suitability of material,
economics
(D) Environmental, aesthetics, ergonomics
53. Which of the following materials is
BEST suited for producing identification
tags?
(A) Mild steel
(B) Aluminium
(C) High carbon steel
(D) Galvanized steel
scenario:
A teacher of electrical technology
discovered that time was being wasted in
getting tools for students to work. He
decided to come up with a solution to solve
the problem.
56. Which step in the design process should
the teacher carry out next?
(A) Carry out research
(B) Identify the problem
(C) Develop possible solutions
(D) Critically analyse the problem
57. Communication of design ideas is done
in the form of working drawings. These
drawing should have
I. a material list
II. all dimensions
III. a correct scale

54. In product design, form refers to (A) I only

(B) I and II only
(A) shape (C) I and III only
(B) dimension (D) I, II and III
(C) direction
(D) proportion

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58. During the testing and evaluation phase, 60. The broken vertical and horizontal lines
products are assessed against passing through the circles represent
(A) measuring tools
(B) aesthetics scores (A) outlines
(C) available resources (B) hidden lines
(C) centre lines
(D) design specifications
(D) extension lines

59. Product design analysis means studying

61. A draughtsman wants to systematically
how well a product does its job. Which of
repeat a feature every 25mm on a horizontal
the following statements seek to analyse
plane in a CAD drawing. Which of the
products?
following functions would allow him to do
I. The product does its job compared
this?
with other similar products.
(A) Mirror
II. Materials and components are used
(B) Offset
to good effect to make the product. (C) Copy
III. Several product ideas were (D) Array
developed

(A) I and II only

(B) I and III only 62. A circle of a specific size and in a
(C) II and III only specific location is to be used to complete a
(D) I,II and III CAD drawing. Which of the following parts
are required to draw the circle?
(A) Radius and diameter
DRAWINGS (B) Radius and centre
(C) Diameter and area
Item 60 refers to the following diagram (D) Circumference and area

63. Which of the following is NOT an

attribute of colour?
(A) Hue
(B) Tint
(C) Shape
(D) Shade

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Item 64 refers to the following design CHARTS
principles
Item 66 refers to the following
I. Colour organizational chart
II. Texture
III. Form Chief
Executive

64. The functionality of a hammer handle is

Marketing Engineering Research General Manager
BEST represented by Manager Manager Manager

Projects

Staff Staff Staff Project Manager

(A) I only
Staff Staff Staff Project Manager

(B) I and II only Staff Staff Staff Project Manager

Project Coordination

(C) II and III only

(D) I, II and III

65. What are the three basic shapes?
(A) Square, circle, rectangle
(B) Rectangle, octagon, sphere
(C) Square, circle, triangle
(D) Octagon, triangle, sphere
66. Which type of structure does this
diagram illustrate?
(A) Flat
(B) Matrix
(C) Top-down
(D) Circle
67. At a soft drink company, the machines
that seal the bottles only work when the
bottle is filled to a specific amount by
another machine under computerized
instruction. The manufacturing approach
used by the company is known as
(A) virtual manufacturing

(B) computer aided manufacturing

(C) computer integrated manufacturing
(D) computer numerical control
manufacturing

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68. Entrepreneurship is the capacity and
willingness to
(A) create a business opportunity
(B) manage a business belonging to
someone else
(C) take a business beyond the development
stage
(D) develop, organize and manage a
business venture
72. Which type of construction is the
building of a bridge categorized as?
(A) Civil
(B) Industrial
(C) Residential
(D) Commercial
73. The role of civil and structural
engineering is to produce buildings for

(A) domestic use only

69. Which of the following areas leads (B) the banking sector
towards entrepreneurship opportunities? (C) industrial use
(A) Self-employment (D) public use
(B) Employment in a large organization
(C) Employment in a small organization
(D) Strategic planning for small and micro 74. Which of the following is NOT an
businesses activity of waste management?
(A) Burning
(B) Disposal
70. An entrepreneur records details of the (C) Transport
amount of clients he sees and how much (D) Collection
time he spends with each. Which success
factor of entrepreneurship is he practicing? 75. In which year CARICOM was
(A) management of marketing and established?
promotion (A) 1968
(B) management of production and (B) 1973
efficiency (C) 1975
(D) 1978
(C) management of quality control and
product testing
(D) management of customer satisfaction 76. A device made in a workshop was made
and expectation with defects. To address this issue the
workshop manager would communicate
directly with the workshop
71. While a mason was working concrete (A) trainee
into formwork, the formwork collapses.
(B) technician
Who is BEST suited to rectify this problem?
(C) supervisor
(A) Mason
(B) Carpenter (D) maintenance
(C) Project manager
(D) Construction technician

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77. Which of the following statements 81. A network that spans a nation or the
BEST describes the internet? world is called a

(A) LAN
(A) It is a local area network (LAN)
(B) A personal computer or workstation (B) WAN
(C) It is owned and managed by a
particular organization (C) MAN
(D) A network of networks which
connects computers worldwide (D) SPAN

82. In information technology, WAN stands

for
78. Which of the following names is given
to a group of computers in an organization (A) Wide Array Net
that are connected to each other? (B) WAP Area Network
(C) Wide Area Network
(A) The internet (D) Wireless Area Network
(B) An intranet
(C) An extranet 83. Persons at a popular shopping mall
(D) A subnet realized that they were unable to access the
internet on their smartphones. The mall can
be considered a
79. In information technology, LAN stands
(A) hotspot
for
(B) satellite
(A) land area network
(C) local area network
(B) large area network (D) metropolitan area network
(C) legal area network
(D) local area network
84. Mr. King got lost in a rural area of his
country. After walking for a few miles, his
80. Company B wants the computers in its phone navigation app was activated. What
offices to be interconnected. Which of the cause this app to be activated?
following is BEST suited for achieving the
connection required?
(A) GPRS
(A) Extranet (B) WIFI
(B) World Wide Web
(C) Fibre
(C) Local area network
(D) Random access memory (D) Dial-up

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85. Which of the following networks is used
by large firms for internal communication?

(A) Internet
(B) Intranet
(C) Wide area network
(D) Broadcasting network

86. Which of the following types of software

is used for creating letters and other
documents?

(A) Database
(B) Spreadsheet
(C) Word Processing
(D) Operating program

87. On a particular day a construction

foreman is required to provide his off-site
project manager with hourly photographic
updates of the worksite. Which device is
best suited for this task?
(A) Laptop
(B) Cell phone
(C) Smart phone
(D) Personal computer

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1. C recovery position 34. D I,II &III
2. C they will be less likely to choke 35. A IEEE and NEC standards
3. C Recovery 36. B Aluminium
4. A ask for help with the task 37. C continuity
5. D to control all workplace hazards 38. B Electrical
6. A I and II only I. employer II. employee 39. C Inventory
7. A basic emergency response standard 40. C formula
8. D I, II and III Evacuation route maps, 41. B =B6*C1
Designated muster points, Evacuation 42. B crop
drill regularly 43. D
9. D First aid 44. C Monitor
10. B Camcorder 45. A Pie
11. D first aider 46. B =SUM(A1:A7)
12. C Initial care of the ill or injured 47. B Inventory management
13. D First response to an injured person 48. C Ergonomics
14. D Treatment given before professional 49. A body and its movement
medical services can be obtained 50. D anthropometrics
15. B To get a good supply of oxygen to the 51. C Suitability of material
victim’s lungs 52. C Aesthetics, suitability of material,
16. A a clear airway into the victim’s lungs economics
17. B wearing goggles 53. B Aluminium
18. C Tell your supervisor and get your PPE 54. A shape
replaced 55. D technological
19. C guard or mark off the hazard 56. D Critically analyse the problem
20. B back injury 57. D I, II & III a material list, all
21. A prevent accidents dimensions & a correct scale
22. D Before making changes to work 58. D design specifications
practice 59. B I and III only
23. D Tell your co-workers you are 60. C centre lines
concerned and why you are concerned 61. D Array
24. D Preventative 62. B Radius and centre
25. D Preventative maintenance 63. C Shape
26. B The repair and upkeep of different 64. C II and III only Texture & Form
types of equipment and machines
65. C Square, circle, triangle
27. D Electric shock
66. B Matrix
28. C Dry powder
67. C computer integrated manufacturing
29. D carbon dioxide
68. D develop, organize and manage a
30. D
business venture
31. C Free movement of labour
69. A Self-employment
32. B I and III only ASME & ISO
33. A National Electrical Code

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70. B management of production and
efficiency
71. B Carpenter
72. A Civil
73. D public use
74. A Burning
75. B 1973
76. C supervisor
77. D A network of networks which
connects computers worldwide
78. B An intranet
79. D local area network
80. C Local area network
81. B WAN
82. C Wide Area Network
83. A hotspot
84. B WiFi
85. B Intranet
86. C Word Processing
87. C Smart phone

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