GRADE SEVEN EXAMINATION, SPECIMEN PAPER.

AGRICULTURE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 703/2

PAPER 2

SPECIMEN PAPER
Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Section A
Answer all questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.

Section B
Answer any two questions. FOR EXAMINER’S USE
Section A
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper. 1
2
Section C 3
Answer any two questions. 4
5
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper
Section B
Section D
Answer any one question.
Section C
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.

Section D

TOTAL

This question paper consists of 11 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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SECTION A
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided on the question paper.

1 (a) State any one reason for a family to keep cattle.

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(b) The branch of Agriculture that deals with the care and
maintenance of farm machinery is called
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(c) Name any one career which is based on animal production.

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(d) Describe mixed farming.

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(e) Explain any one advantage of mixed farming.

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2 (a) The daily state of the atmosphere at a given place at a specific time
is called
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(b) State the reason why wheat is grown during winter.

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(c) The diagram shows the map of Zimbabwe.

(i) Name the natural farming region of area X.

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(ii) Describe one climatic condition in the area marked X.

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(iii) Describe one agricultural activity carried out in area X.

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3 (a) The Table shows a sales record

costs sales
$1450-00 $1410-00

(i) Indicate whether the farmer made a profit or loss.

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(ii) Find the difference between costs and sales.

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(b) Give any one input item recorded in an input record at a poultry
enterprise.
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(c) (i) Describe any one content topic of an enterprise budget.

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(ii) State one input item found in a garden enterprise.

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4 (a) State any one cause of diarrhoea.

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(b) Describe one way of preventing the spread of diarrhoea.

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(c) Give one reason why water used for the preparation of oral
rehydration solution (ORS) must be boiled.
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(d) Define epidemic diseases.

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(e) Describe one way of controlling epidemic diseases.

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5 (a) Give an example of a search engine.

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(b) Describe how internet assists a learner.

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(c) Name one form of information from the internet.

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(d) State an example of bad content which may be found on the

internet.
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(e) One way of ensuring security when online is

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SECTION B

Answer any two questions from this section in the spaces provided.

6 (a) (i) Mr Bell wants to spray his cotton field.

State one precaution he should take before handling the
chemical.
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(ii) Explain why it is dangerous to spray agrochemicals on a

windy day.
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(iii) Give any one activity that farmers should avoid when
handling chemicals.
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(b) Mrs Pett has just bought agrochemicals.

Describe the proper place to store them.
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(c) State one safe way of disposing plastic agrochemical containers.

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7 (a) State any material which is needed to construct a bee hive.

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(b) Describe how a bee farmer can protect herself/himself when

harvesting honey.
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(c) Mrs Dube sold 15 bottles of honey at $5 per bottle.

Calculate the total amount she got.
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(d) State one way of processing honey.

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(e) Describe a suitable site for placing a bee hive.

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8 (a) The diagram shows a nutrient deficiency symptom on a sheep.

(i) State the nutrient that is needed to treat the sheep’s condition.
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(ii) The sheep also shows poor growth and develops a pot belly.
State the nutrient that is lacking.
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(b) Intensive farming is a system of keeping animals on a small piece of

land using large amounts of money and inputs.
Give one advantage of an intensive farming system.
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(c) State one internal parasite that affects poultry.

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(d) Explain how keeping elephants is beneficial to the nation.

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SECTION C

Answer any two questions from this section in the spaces provided.

9 (a) Describe how plants take water and nutrients from the soil.
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(b) State one main nutrient stored in root tubers.

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(c) State one agent of pollination.

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(d) Name one way of plant reproduction.

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(e) Name the process used by plants to make their own food.
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10 (a) (i) Define the term vertebrate.

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(ii) Name the class of vertebrates that maintains a constant

body temperature.
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(iii) State another characteristic of the class of vertebrates

named in (a)(ii).
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(b) State the habitat of a fish.

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(c) The animals that feed on both plants and other animals are called
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11 (a) The diagram shows the respiratory system of a human being.

diaphragm
(i) Name the part labelled A.
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(ii) Describe what happens to the diaphragm when a person

breathes in.
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(b) State the part of the body which is used for pumping blood around
the body.
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(c) State one waste product that is carried by blood in the body.
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(d) Describe the function of veins.

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SECTION D

Answer any one question from this section in the spaces provided.

12 (a) A computer program is a set of instructions used by a computer

to do a given task. The instructions tell a computer what to do.
An ICT personnel whose role is to write computer programs is
called
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(b) This is a program to instruct a computer to draw a 10 cm line using

a pencil:

1. start
2. drag pencil 10 cm to the left
3. stop
State the outcome if the second instruction above is changed to:
drag pencil 5 cm to the right
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(c) Below is a program to instruct a computer to draw a shape.

1. start
2. drag pencil 8 cm to the right
3. turn 90°
4. drag 8 cm up
5. turn 90°
6. drag 8 cm to the left
7. turn 90°
8. drag pencil 8 cm down
9. stop
Name the shape drawn.
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(d) Give an example of a programming language.

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(e) Name one example of a programmable device used for entertainment.

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13 (a) The diagram shows a computer network installed at a certain school.

Head’s
computer

Bursar’s
computer

Hub Printer

Scanner

Teacher’s
computer

(i) State the type of network shown above.

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(ii) Identify an output device from the above diagram.

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(b) One advantage of using networked computers is

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(c) One way of protecting files from hackers is

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(d) Name any network component for the network shown above.
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