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THYOLO SECONDARY SCHOOL

2018 FORM THREE END OF TERM TWO EXAMINATIONS Time: 10: 00 – 12: 00 (2 hrs)
HOME ECONOMICS [100 MARKS] Thursday 22nd March 2018
Answer all questions.
1. Study the figure below and answer the questions that follow.

a. Identify the equipment

A___________________________________ B _______________________________________[ 2 marks]
b. State the function of equipment A

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c. How can equipment B be improvised?
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2. a. Explain any two ways in which a traditional kitchen can be improved.
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b. i. Which method of cooking is suitable for an invalid?
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iii. Explain the reason for your answer in b(i) above.
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d. In what way are the following foods not suitable for a pregnant woman
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e. How do the following practices affect good grooming ?
(i) Good
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(ii) Physical
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(iii) Antiperspirants_______________________________________________________________
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(iv) Deodorants
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f. Mention any two good grooming practices.
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3. a. State any three ways of maximizing the use of family resources.
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b. Discuss any two categories of high risk pregnancy.
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c.Explain the meaning of the following complications during child birth. [ 6 marks]
(i). premature birth
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(ii) Caserean section

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iii. Still birth
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4. a. Explain the importance of the following needs to an adolescent school going girl.
i. A stable home
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ii. Counselling
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b. Why is it important to scrub a wooden surface following the way of the grain?
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c. State any four guidelines to follow on the care of china ware.
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d. Describe any two effects of heat on fats.
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5. Mary is a sixteen year old girl who dropped out of school to take care of her younger siblings.
a. Identify any two challenges faced by Mary.
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b. At what stage of human development is Mary?
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c. Explain any two ways which would help Mary to cope up with the challenges.
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6. a. Explain any two ways of managing a freezer.
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7. How can each of the following nutrients be lost or destroyed?
a. vitamin A

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b. dietary fibre
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c. thiamine
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8. a. Name two nutrients that help blood to clot
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b. Give any three advantages of processing food.
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9. a. What are pimples?
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b. Why do pimples mostly appear at the beginning of puberty?
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c. Explain three ways of preventing pimples during adolescence.
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10. a. Why is breakfast an important meal? Give two points

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b. Give two reasons why fruit or fruit juice is important in breakfast.

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c. Why is it not advisable to give oily foods to an invalid?

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d. Give any three factors to consider when choosing a refrigerator.

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11. a. State any one practice that can help to keep the skin healthy.
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b. What advice on the choice of clothes could be given to someone who perspires a lot?

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d. Give one difference between proteins of high biological value and proteins of low
biological value.
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b. Name any one protein found in
(i) meat _________________________________________________________________

(ii) milk________________________________________________________________[ 2 marks]

d. Name the vitamin that helps in the absorption of each of the following minerals in the body.

i. Iron ___________________________________________________________________[ 1 mrk]

ii. Calcium _______________________________________________________________[ 1 mark]

e. Give two reasons for keeping potatoes in cold water as soon as they are peeled. (2 marks)
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f. Mention two ways of caring for finger nails.
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 g. Describe the contraction stage of family life cycle.
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h. State any four functions of water in the body
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9. a. Explain any three ways in which electricity may be used economically in a home.
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b. Describe three reasons why people choose to build a house rather than renting.
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c. Mention any three emotional signs in adolescence.
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d. Describe any two indigenous techniques commonly used to improve food quality

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10. The figure below is a diagram of a wheat grain. Use it to answer the questions that follow.

a. Name the parts marked X and Y

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b. Mention any three nutrients that are lost when Part Z is removed.
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c. Give any two functions of the skin. [ 2 marks]
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d. Discuss any five factors that may influence the poor nutritional status of Malawians.
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11. Describe how you would clean a plain wooden chopping board.
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12. Mention any two effects of drug and substance abuse among adolescence.
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