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SECTION A
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided on the question paper.
1 (a) State any one reason for a family to keep cattle.
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(b) The branch of Agriculture that deals with the care and maintenance of farm
machinery is called
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(c) Name any one career which is based on animal production.
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(d) Describe mixed farming.
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(e) Explain any one advantage of mixed farming.
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2 (a) The daily state of the atmosphere at a given place at a specific time is
called
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(b) State the reason why wheat is grown during winter.
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(c) The diagram shows the map of Zimbabwe.
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(i) Name the natural farming region of area X.
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(ii) Describe one climatic condition in the area marked X.
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(iii) Describe one agricultural activity carried out in area X.
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3 (a) The Table shows a sales record
costs sales
$1450-00 $1410-00
(i) Indicate whether the farmer made a profit or loss.
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(ii) Find the difference between costs and sales.
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(b) Give any one input item at a poultry enterprise.
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(c) (i) List any two farming processes at a dairy farm.
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(ii) State one output item found in a garden enterprise.
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4 (a) State any one cause of diarrhoea.
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(b) Describe one way of preventing the spread of diarrhoea.
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(c) Give one reason why water used for the preparation of oral rehydration
solution (ORS) must be boiled.
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(d) Define epidemic diseases.
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(e) Describe one way of controlling epidemic diseases.
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5 (a) Give an example of a search engine.
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(b) Describe how internet assists a learner.
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(c) Name one form of information from the internet.
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(d) State an example of bad content which may be found on the
internet.
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(e) One way of ensuring security when online is
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SECTION B
Answer any two questions from this section in the spaces provided.
6 (a) (i) Mr Bell wants to spray his cotton field.
State one precaution he should take before handling the chemical.
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(ii) Explain why it is dangerous to spray agrochemicals on a windy
day.
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(iii) Give any one activity that farmers should avoid when handling
chemicals.
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(b) Mrs Pett has just bought agrochemicals.
Describe the proper place to store them.
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(c) State one safe way of disposing plastic agrochemical containers.
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7 (a) State any material which is needed to construct a tool rack.
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(b) The main national market for selling maize in Zimbabwe is
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(c) Mrs Dube sold 15 bottles of honey at $5 per bottle.
Calculate the total amount she got.
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(d) State one product which can be processed from milk.
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(e) Describe a suitable site for placing a bee hive.
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8 (a) The diagram shows a nutrient deficiency symptom on a sheep.
(i) State the nutrient that is needed to treat the sheep’s condition.
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(ii) The sheep also shows poor growth and develops a pot belly.
State the nutrient that is lacking.
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(b) Intensive farming is a system of keeping animals on a small piece of land
using large amounts of money and inputs.
Give one advantage of an intensive farming system.
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(c) State one internal parasite that affects poultry.
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(d) Explain how keeping elephants is beneficial to the nation.
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SECTION C
Answer any two questions from this section in the spaces provided.
9 (a) Describe how plants take water and nutrients from the soil.
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(b) State one main nutrient stored in root tubers.
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(c) State one agent of pollination.
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(d) Name one way of plant reproduction.
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(e) Name the process used by plants to make their own food.
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10 (a) (i) Define the term vertebrate.
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(ii) Name the class of vertebrates that maintains a constant body
temperature.
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(iii) State another characteristic of the class of vertebrates named
in (a)(ii).
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(b) State the habitat of a fish.
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(c) The animals that feed on both plants and other animals are called
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11 (a) The diagram shows the respiratory system of a human being.
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(i) Name the part labelled A.
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(ii) Describe what happens to the diaphragm when a person
breathes in.
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(b) State the part of the body which is used for pumping blood around the body.
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(c) State one waste product that is carried by blood in the body.
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(d) Describe the function of veins.
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SECTION D
Answer any one question from this section in the spaces provided.
12 (a) Give any two computer programs which you know
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(b) This is a program to instruct a computer to draw a 20 cm line using a pencil:
1. start
2. drag pencil 20 cm to the left
3. stop
State the outcome if the second instruction above is changed to:
drag pencil 10 cm to the right
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(c) Below is a program to instruct a computer to draw a shape.
1. start
2. drag pencil 4 cm to the right
3. turn 90°
4. drag 3 cm up
5. turn 45°
6. drag 5 cm diagonally to 4cm start point
7. stop
Name the shape drawn.
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(d) Give an example of a programming language.
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(e) Name one example of a programmable device used for entertainment.
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13 (a) Explain the following types of Network.
(i) Local area Network.
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(ii) Personal Area Network.
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(b) List any two drives which are inside the Central Processing Unit.
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(c) Give one advantage of backup facility.
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(d) What is a virus?
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