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BTEC - Learning Aim A TEST
Know about engineering processes used to produce modern engineered products.
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Topic A1: Engineering sectors and products
List the 5 additional sectors of Engineering (5 marks)
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6. Biomedical
7. Mechanical
8. Which sector deals with the way information is used around the globe? (1mark)
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9. Which sector deals with the design, development and manufacture of vehicles? (1mark)
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10. Which sector deals with the design, development and manufacture of products through
flight? (1mark)
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11. Name a typical product made by the engineering sector Biomedical? (1mark)
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12. Name a typical product made by the engineering sector Mechanical? (1mark)
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Topic A2: Mechanical and electrical/electronic engineering processes
13. What engineering process has been used to product the piece in the picture? (1mark)
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14. What engineering process has been used to product the piece in the picture? (1mark)
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15. What engineering process has been used to product the piece in the picture? (1mark)
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16. What engineering process has been used to product the piece in the picture? (1mark)
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17. What engineering process has been used to product the piece in the picture? (1mark)
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18. List 2 Health and Safety issues when casting? (2marks)
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19. Name 2 types of welding (2marks)
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20. What is ‘shearing’? (1mark)
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Topic A3: Scales of production
21. Name the 4 types of scales of production (4 marks)
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22. Which production method is best when a customer requires a product specifically for them?
(1mark)
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23. Which production method is best when a product is required in very large quantities?
(1mark)
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24. What is the initial investment costs of the answer the No 23? (1mark)
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25. What are the labour costs of the answer in No 22 (1mark)
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26. Circle the 2 correct answers (2marks)
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Topic A4: Modern production methods
27. (2marks)
28. (2marks)
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29. Give 2 Hazardous tasks that Robots can perform? (2marks)
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30. What do the letters CAD and CAM stand for? (2marks)
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31. What is the impact of replacing traditional methods of productions with CNC machines?
(2marks)
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