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The body that sets product standards in Ghana is the
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The network of suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers that moves a product to customers is the
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Ghana's One District, One Factory programme aims mainly to
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Which PPE protects workers from loud machine noise?
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The four main groups of engineering materials are metals, polymers, ceramics and
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Which of these is a composite material?
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The ability of a metal to be hammered or rolled into thin sheets is
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Rapid prototyping mainly helps manufacturers to
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Which tool is used to scratch fine lines on metal when marking out?
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A centre punch is used to
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Cast iron breaks suddenly with little bending. It is described as
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The permitted variation on a dimension, shown on an engineering drawing, is the
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A 3D computer model of a part is mainly used in manufacture to
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Guards on machines in a workshop are there mainly to
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Producing a small number of identical items, such as 50 school desks, then changing over is
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A flow chart of the stages in making a product helps to
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Grinding is mainly used to
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Nuts and bolts give a
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An industrial robot that picks parts from one place and puts them in another is doing
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A conveyor belt in a factory mainly
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Raw materials bought but not yet used are part of
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Transport, storage and delivery of goods are part of
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Which property is most important for an electrical cable's core?
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The main aim of lean manufacturing is to
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Just-in-time (JIT) production means that
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Kaizen is a Japanese term meaning
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Fixed costs are GH¢10,000 and the variable cost is GH¢5 per unit. What is the total cost of 2,000 units?
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A list of all the parts and raw materials needed to make a product is the
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Brinell and Rockwell tests measure a material's
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Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing builds parts by
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Odd-leg (jenny) calipers are used to
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A gauge that checks whether a part is within its size limits without measuring the exact size is a
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A vernier caliper shows 12 mm on the main scale and the vernier reading is 0.36 mm. What is the measurement?
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The point beyond which a material will not return to its original shape is its
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Forcing molten metal into a steel mould under pressure is
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Continuous (process) production is typical of
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Removing metal with a rotating multi-tooth cutter is
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Pressing sheet metal into shape with a die, as for car body panels, is
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Vacuum forming is used to shape
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Joining parts with rivets is a
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Powder coating protects metal by
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Checking a sample of products rather than every item is
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ISO 9001 is an international standard for
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A digital caliper reads 25.47 mm. Its resolution is
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The 5S workplace method begins with "Sort", which means
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Ceramics such as porcelain are usually
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A material that undergoes large plastic deformation before fracture is
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Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) controls
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Porosity in castings is caused mainly by
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TIG welding uses
Questions written by OtisamLMS in the style of the WASSCE. They are not WAEC past questions.