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Technology Grade 7

This document is a technology test for grade 7 students. It contains 4 questions that assess students' understanding of technology, the design process, and human-made versus natural structures. The test instructions state that students must answer all questions, read the instructions carefully, and write neatly. Question 1 contains multiple choice and short answer questions about the definitions of technology and the difference between needs and wants. Question 2 asks students to identify structures in pictures as human-made or natural and specify what type of structure they are. Question 3 requires students to complete a table with features and purposes of a desk. Question 4 involves short answer questions about triangulation in structures and specifications for a cell phone tower, as well as writing a 5-sentence design brief

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Technology Grade 7

This document is a technology test for grade 7 students. It contains 4 questions that assess students' understanding of technology, the design process, and human-made versus natural structures. The test instructions state that students must answer all questions, read the instructions carefully, and write neatly. Question 1 contains multiple choice and short answer questions about the definitions of technology and the difference between needs and wants. Question 2 asks students to identify structures in pictures as human-made or natural and specify what type of structure they are. Question 3 requires students to complete a table with features and purposes of a desk. Question 4 involves short answer questions about triangulation in structures and specifications for a cell phone tower, as well as writing a 5-sentence design brief

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Redcliffe Primary School

Technology Test Grade: 7 30


Term 2

Examiner: T Nkosi Moderator: Mrs A Haffejee


Name: _______________________ Grade: _____________
Date: ________________________ Duration: 1 Hour

Instructions
1) Answer all questions
2) Read instructions carefully.
3) Write neatly and legibly.

Question 1: Read the questions below and answer the questions.


a) What is technology?
________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________ (1)
b) What is the difference between a need and a want?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________ (2)
c) List the five focus areas of the design process?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________ (5)
Question 2: Look at the pictures below and identify what type of structure each
picture, and if the structure is human made or natural.
a) Bicycle:
_
_____________________________
(2)

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b) School bag:
________________________
________________________
(2)
c) A rock:
_________________________
_________________________ (2)
Question 3: Carefully study the desk that you are sitting at (or use one of the
drawings) and complete the following table based on the desk you have chosen.
a)

(5)
Desk Features Purpose of feature

b) Name three structures that use triangulation to make them rigid?


________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________(3)
c) Make a list of all the specifications and constraints for the actual tower?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________ (3)
d) Write a design brief for the Cells- R- Us cell phone tower. If you want to, you
can start your design brief with the following Phrase: ‘Design a cell phone
tower. The cellphone tower needs to be ………….. and ………. It also needs to ……
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________(5)

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