Summary

• Description:

  The PDF document comprises SUKELLEMO JOINT PREMOCK 1 Home Science Paper 1 2024 Mock Exam with Answers (Marking Scheme). The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE Home Science 441/1 examination.

  This paper tests students' comprehensive understanding of home management, garment construction, maternal health, nutrition, consumer education, and family health. It provides balanced theoretical assessment and practical cleaning scenario troubleshooting designed to prepare students for the national KCSE Home Science examination.

  • Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
  • Total Marks: 100
  • Number of Questions: 23 (Questions 1 - 23)
  • Structure: The paper is divided into three sections: Section A (40 marks) containing 19 compulsory short-answer questions; Section B (20 marks) consisting of a compulsory practical housekeeping and laundry scenario (Question 20); and Section C (40 marks) featuring three structured essay questions (21 to 23) where candidates choose any two (20 marks each).

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A:
    • Personal hygiene: role of sweat glands in body soiling and management of nose bleeding
    • Textiles and clothing: properties of fabrics developing static electricity, seam choices for nightwear (machine fell), warp thread identification, facings, and sewing machine needle breakage causes
    • Maternal and child care: appropriate footwear during pregnancy
    • Food and nutrition: sedentary lifestyles and obesity, fat functions in flour mixtures, improving maize porridge, nutritional anemia, and eating disorders (anorexia nervosa vs. bulimia)
    • Consumer education and meal management: credit purchase systems, fixed vs. flexible family budgeting, and food garnishing vs. decorating
    • Laundry and cleaning agents: factors affecting detergent efficiency and burning tests for linen identification
  • Section B:
    • Comprehensive infection control and patient room cleaning: daily and special cleaning of cemented bedroom floors
    • Special laundry processes: dry cleaning a necktie at home and laundering/drying delicate woolen socks
  • Section C:
    • Home management: improvisation of domestic abrasives, principles of food preservation, operating principles of air fans/conditioners, and wise consumer buying habits
    • Family welfare and textile care: medicine administration guidelines, meal planning variety, destructive laundry practices on wool, and types of play in child development
    • Interior design and sewing: colour schemes in interior furnishing, interior lighting techniques, and operational care/maintenance of sewing machines
• File Size:

  151.63 KB
• Length:

  6 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  Home Science
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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