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9.5.1 Assignment 01 – (MCQ)
NST2602 MCQ: Assignment 01
To be found on the Moodle module site for NST2602
Identify the statement that does not suit the statement that defines critical thinking as a tool
for inquiry. (4)
A. Empower towards developing the insight into utilising resources effectively
B. Curiosity
C. Desire to be well informed
D. Confidence to argue
Knowledge can be adapted to empower Africans to better understand their
world/environment in order to reshape their own knowledge system to sustain their future.
The statement refers to . (3)
A. technological knowledge
B. scientific knowledge
C. indigenous knowledge
D. technical knowledge
Judging from the information of a mixture of newness to the market and to the business in
association with six-level product innovativeness, select an option that is more efficiently
described. (4)
A. Cost discounts are related to new products that offer comparable performance at a
lower cost.
B. Repositioning relates to products that are directed to the market sector.
C. A new product line does not relate to a new product that enables a business to
venture into an established market for the first time.
D. Additions to the existing product line concern non-products that improve a
business’s developed product line.
Gathering information about new technological products in the South African context might
lead to biases along the lines of affordability and accessibility. One can conclude
that: (4)
A. Competition to access the products can be easily managed.
B. Certain communities cannot afford some online resources.
C. Everyone has access to the information.
D. There is no need for storage of information as humanity stores information amongst
themselves.
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,Measure the statement that best suits the driven machinery regulations. (4)
A. Organisations are not obliged to display copies of health and safety policies.
B. The Health and Safety Act provides for all persons in and out of the workplace.
C. The regulations apply to manufacturers and operators only.
D. The purpose of the regulations is to ensure that officials operate driver machinery
safely.
Across South Africa, communities are faced with mushrooming informal settlements; more
so in cities and towns as the land debate continues. In some areas, the communities build
their shacks under overhead power lines and in some cases some residents fiddle with
cabling. Outline the advice you would give to the dwellers. (4)
A. Regulations permit them to erect any structure anywhere.
B. People are permitted to connect electricity from the overhead lines.
C. No road constructions, railway line structures or any material should be placed in
the area surrounding power lines.
D. People should not be prevented from invading the power lines as it is their
constitutional right to have access to any land available to settle in.
Select the statement that does not represent compliance with the regulation of overhead
line crossings. (4)
A. Every structure that supports crossing distances should be designed in such a way
that it will not depend on anything where the clearance should be at least 4.5
metres on the roads.
B. Crossing distance in the case of a broken-in phase conductor in a span other than
the crossing distance.
C. Every structure that supports a crossing distance should, as far as practically
possible, be positioned in such a way that it will not touch the service crossed
should it collapse.
D. One of the structures that supports a crossing distance should be located as close
to the point of the crossing as possible.
Prioritise the type of hammer you would use to drive or shape material that could easily be
damaged by hammers such as the following: (4)
A. Sledge
B. Mallet
C. Cross-pein
D. Ball-pein
Differentiate the correct technique for using a hacksaw. (4)
A. Select the correct frame and blade.
B. Any frame is correct as long as the hacksaw can do the job it is meant to do.
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C. Hacksaws are always adjusted at the suitable tensions.
D. Blades generally cut from forward and backward strokes.
Identify the group of industries that better distinguishes between mechanical and electrical
engineering. (4)
A. Automotive, chemical, power generation, utilities
B. Aerospace, construction, defence, marine
C. Oil & Gas, pharmaceutical, rail, electronic
D. Material & metal, power generation, construction, oil & gas
Identify the statement that is contrary to the steps that need to be followed in constructing
a bending moment diagram. (4)
A. Select the appropriate scale.
B. Project the lines from the space diagram downwards.
C. Draw a vertical line from one point to another.
D. Show that the bending moment is a point equal to zero.
Conceptual knowledge is concerned with the relationship between items of knowledge.
Show which statement that is not true: (4)
A. A process of analysing the world as a system conceptual framework.
B. A traffic control system in town involves human systems and the interaction
between human, physical and other kinds of systems including a control system.
C. The nature of the problems to be solved in technology is ill-structured or ill-defined.
D. Consists of ideas that stimulate thinking skills for technological activities.
refer/s to an individual who uses raw materials to create a possible
response to the application of expertise to decide on the success of the product. (3)
A. Creative-relevant process
B. Task motivation
C. Self-regulation
D. Domain-relevant skills
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