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EMBAKWE HIGH SCHOOL

(EHS)

Wood design and technology

end of year examination 2017

Theory paper 1

Time 2hrs 30minutes

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES

Answer all questions from section A and from section B

Credit will be given for neat and well labelled diagrams

All measurements are in millimetres

Section A

This section comprises of 25 questions.

Answer all questions from this section.

USE THE ANSWERS GIVEN BELOW FOR QUESTION 1-4

a) Cambium layer.
b) Sapwood
c) Bast
d) Bark
1. Name part of a tree trunk that carries water and salts up to the leaves
2. In which part does growth takes place
3. Which part protects the tree from adverse weather conditions
4. Name a part where food is carried from the leaves down to all parts of a tree

USE THE ANSWERS GIVEN BELOW FOR QUESTION 5 AND 6

a) Live sawing and air method


b) Live sawing and quarter sawing
c) Kiln method and live sawing
d) Kiln and air methods

5. Which one consist of the two methods of timber conversion


6. Which one have the two seasoning methods
USE THE ANSWERS GIVEN BELOW FOR QUESTION 7 AND 8

a) Arris edge
b) Face edge side
c) Face side
d) End

7. Name the side marked (i).


8. What name is given to the side marked (ii)

USE THE ANSWERS GIVEN BELOW FOR QUESTION 9-10

a) 20°
b) 90°
c) 45°
d) 30°
9. At what angle are chisel blades ground
10. At what angle are chisel blades sharpened

USE THE ANSWERS GIVEN BELOW FOR QUESTION 11-14

a) Shooting
b) Dressing
c) Seasoning
d) Conversion
11. The process of drying timber is?
12. The process by which logs are changed to timber of marketable sizes.
13. Planing end grains is?
14. Planing a piece of timber all round is?
15. Timber is grouped into
a) Hardwood and pine
b) Softwood and mukwa
c) Hardwood and softwood
d) Logs and timber

16. Two examples of hardwoods are


a) Mukwa and mahogany
b) Pine and wattle
c) Cyprus and jacaranda
d) Hardwoods and softwoods

17. Deciduous trees can also be known as


a) Pine
b) Hardwoods
c) Softwoods
d) Jacaranda

18. Coniferous tree can also be called


A) Pine
B) Hardwoods
C) Softwoods
D) Jacaranda

19. What is the dry rot safety line


a) 25°
b) 15%
c) 10%
d) 20%
USE THE ANSWERS GIVEN BELOW FOR QUESTION 21-23

a) Quarter sawing
b) Through and through
c) Live sawing
d) Back sawing

A B C

20. Name the method of timber conversion A


21. Name the method of conversion B
22. Name the method of conversion C

23. All measurements in woodwork are in


a) Km
b) Cm
c) Foot
d) Mm

24. What is a kerf


a) Shaving
b) Saw dust
c) Cut made by a saw
d) Dressing of timber

25. An aris edge is


a) Kerf
b) Saw cut
c) Planed all round timber
d) Sharp edge where two surfaces meet
SECTION B
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
This section comprises of 9 questions

1. Define the following terms


a) Conversion
b) Seasoning
c) Dressing
d) Shooting [4]

2. State two advantages and two disadvantages of the two methods of conversion and
seasoning shown below:
a) I) quarter sawing
Ii) though and through
b) I) air seasoning
Ii) kiln seasoning [8]

3. Give three reasons why felling should be done in winter [3]

4. What are the four advantages of seasoned timber over green timber [4]

5. Name and draw any two


a) Natural defects
b) Artificial defects [12]

6. Name two defects that are as a result of rapid moisture lose through ends and how
can this be prevented. [3]

7. Give any four safety rules to be observed when working with sharp tool [4]

8. Name any two groups of the following materials and give one example of each
a) Metals
b) Plastics [8]

9. By means of a neat sketch diagram show a kerf produced by:


i) Rip saw
ii) Crosscut saw [4]

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