1145-520_mar18_past_paper Flashcards

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Name two pieces of health and safety legislation that apply in an engineering workplace.

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Health and Safety at Work Act 1974;

Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER);

Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992;

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH). (Any two of these.)

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Other than Health and Safety, state three things that should be considered when planning an activity in an engineering workshop.

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Materials; equipment; tools; time; quality checks; tolerances; sequence of operations. (Any three of these.)

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State the purpose of a surface plate when marking out a component.

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To provide a flat, horizontal reference plane for marking out.

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Name two tools that can be used to tighten a nut onto a bolt.

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Spanner; Torque wrench.

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State two types of defect or quality issues in a machined part that can be identified by a visual inspection.

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False cuts; burrs; sharp edges; damage. (Any two of these.)

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State the meaning of the following symbol on a drawing of a mechanical component.

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Counterbore.

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State the meaning of the following Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing symbol.

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Parallelism.

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Identify the electrical component represented by the following symbol.

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Transformer.

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Describe how a Gantt chart is used in an engineering business.

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It is used to plan project schedules by showing the sequence of operations and timeline of tasks. It helps identify the duration of activities, critical path, and manage progress of manufacturing projects.

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A small, local engineering company has been bought by a large multinational company. It will continue with its current manufacturing activities, but now work as a division of the large company. Explain how this may change how the local company is organised.

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For example, new lines of communication may be established with the parent company; the organisational structure may be formalised with new roles or departments; reporting responsibilities may shift so that the local division reports to regional or specialized managers; levels of authority and responsibility may change.