Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 10 Metal Technology Mid Term 2 2026 Exam with Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  This exam tests Grade 10 Metal Technology learners on workshop safety, hand tools, marking tools, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, metal processing, and bench work — developing the practical and theoretical competencies required under the KCBE Senior School technical curriculum.

  • Month Administered: June 2026
  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Total Marks: 80 (Section A: 30 marks; Section B: 50 marks)
  • Structure:
    • Section A (30 marks) — Short-answer questions; all compulsory
    • Section B (50 marks) — Structured/extended-response questions; all compulsory

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A
    • Workshop safety — identifying safety violations in a Jua Kali workshop, correct eye protection for arc welding, oily floors as accident causes
    • Workshop tools — matching tools to names and primary uses
    • Hammer parts — labeling (head, face, peen, etc.)
    • Marking tools — trammels (large circles), center punch (drill guide), scriber (lines on metal), V-block (supporting round bars)
    • Tool maintenance — maintenance practices for a steel rule
    • Metals — distinguishing ferrous from non-ferrous metals; classifying copper, mild steel, aluminium, cast iron; physical properties of mild steel for window grills; identifying forms of metal supply
  • Section B
    • Workshop design and safety — importance of emergency exits and first aid kits (OSHA compliance), effects of fire accidents in a welding workshop, preventing electrical shock from power machines, metal technology careers
    • Marking out — tools used for marking a rectangular High Carbon Steel plate, inside vs. outside calipers, maintaining a centre punch, steel rule calculations
    • Metal processing — material selection (water tank), Blast Furnace process for iron production, tin coating (tinning/galvanizing) and its purpose
    • Bench work — safe methods of cutting metal, parts of a bench vice, distinguishing ductility and malleability
• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Grade 10
• Subject:

  METAL TECHNOLOGY

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