2024 BECE: Study These Topics Under Career Technology

The 2024 BECE Career Technology paper will be written on Friday, 12th July, 2024. WAEC has released some topics under career Technology for candidates to study. Let’s take a look at these topics.

2024 BECE Career Technology Topics

Career Technology
Personal Hygiene and Food Hygiene, Workshop and Food
laboratory safety
Environmental Health
Materials for Production
Compliant Materials
Resistant Materials
Smart and Modern Materials
Food Commodities (animal and plant sources)
Tools, Equipment
and Processes
Measuring and Marking Out
Cutting/Shaping
Joining and Assembling
Kitchen Essentials
Finishes and Finishing Technology
Simple Structures and Mechanisms,
Electric and Electronic Systems
Designing and Making of Artefacts/Products
Communicating Designs
Designing
Planning for making
Artefacts/Products
Making Artefacts from Compliant, Resistant
Materials and Food Ingredients
Entrepreneurial Skills
Career Pathways and Career Opportunities
Establishing and Managing a Small Business
Enterprise

WAEC will set most of its questions based on the topics listed above. Candidates are advised to master these topics and also solve past questions relating to these topics. It should also be noted that candidates should take a look at other topics that may not be listed above as WAEC sometimes goes beyond the approved topics.

Let’s take a look at some sample questions for candidates

WAEC Career Technology Sample Questions

PAPER 1 (OBJECTIVE)

50 Minutes

Candidates are expected to answer 40 questions in this paper. Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find the correct option for each question and shade in pencil on your answer sheet the answer space which bears the same letter as the option you have chosen. Give only one answer to each question.

1. Musa advised her mother to select a polyester fabric for curtains in their home. The main reason for his choice is that it
A. can be obtained in different colours.
B. can withstand frequent washing.
C. is light in weight.
D. soft to touch.

2. A suitable edge finish for a kitchen apron is
A. crocheting.
B. facing.
C. fringing.
D. lacing.

3. The most appropriate meal for a child suffering from kwashiorkor is
A. beans soup and boiled rice.
B. fish palava sauce and mashed yam.
C. shito and banku.
D. pepper sauce and boiled cassava.

4. Which of the following foods is prepared using dry method of cooking?
A. Bread
B. Kenkey
C. Kokonte
D. Koose

5. The French curve is a tool used in dressmaking for
A. cutting fabrics.
B. shaping hemline.
C. shaping necklines and armhole.
D. taking body measurement.

6. The type of force acting on the object shown in Figure 1 is
A. bending force.
B. compression force.
C. shear force.
D. tension force.

7. In perspective drawing, the point at which receding parallel lines appear to meet is known as
A. focal point.
B. horizon line.
C. vanishing point.
D. vertical line.

8. The cutting edge of a cold chisel is ground at
A. 30°
B. 45°
C. 60°
D. 90°.

Figure 2 shows the process of laying a wall. Use it to answer questions 9 and 10.

9. The process shows blocks being
A. aligned.
B. gauged.
C. levelled.
D. plumbed.

10. The tool labelled X is a
A. builder’s square.
B. gauge rod.
C. spirit level.
D. straight edge.

WAEC Career Technology Sample Questions

PAPER 2

PART A

Answer two questions only from this part. Question 1 (Compulsory) and any other one.

1. Describe how to prepare pineapple drink and Queen’s cakes using the basic recipe.
[15 Marks]

2. (a) Describe one way of maintaining personal hygiene.
(b) Explain food hygiene.
(c) Outline one measure to ensure food safety.
(d) Suggest two measures to be taken to prevent poor environmental conditions.
[15 Marks]

PART B

Answer two questions only from this part. Question 3 (Compulsory) and any other one.

3. Illustrate the stages involved in preparing a T-halving joint as shown in Figure 2 from the piece of wood shown in Figure 1.