Basic Six Vocational Aptitude

CLASS: PRIMARY 6                                                   SUBJECT: VOCATIONAL APTITUDE            NAME:………………………………………………………………………………


1.) The person who produces drugs is a ___________
(a) curator        (b) doctor        (c) librarian        (d) pharmacist


2.) Which of the following is made from wood?
(a) biro       (b) key       (c) paper       (d) pot


3.) A _________ may be used to send or receive text messages.
(a) call phone       (b) DVD       (c) radio       (d) television


4.) Hammer is to the carpenter as hook is to the ________.
(a) farmer       (b) fisherman       (c) mechanic       (d) tailor


5.) A person that treats the eyes is called an _____.
(a) optician       (b) oaf       (c) oak       (d) oarsman


6.) Hoe is to a farmer as scissors is to a ________.
(a) carpenter       (b) driver       (c) plumber       (d) tailor


7.) In ancient days, messages were sent around the village by ____________.
(a) cell phones       (b) town criers       (c) praise singers       (d) radios


8.) Which part of the human body is used for breathing and smelling?
(a) ear       (b) eye       (c) mouth       (d) nose


9.) ______ is a device which makes work easier.
(a) car       (b) lorry       (c) machine       (d) magnet


10.) The three states of matter are ________.
(a) liquid, solid, and gas       (b) gas, stone, and liquid       (c) heat, liquid, and flame       (d) fire, smoke, and light


11.) Which of these does a carpenter use to measure?
(a) tape rule       (b) ruler       (c) stone       (d) chalk


12.) The changing of a liquid into gas is known as __________.
(a) vaporization       (b) evaporation       (c) condensation       (d) expansion


13.) Which of these is responsible for the spreading of malaria fever?
(a) bee       (b) butterfly       (c) housefly       (d) mosquito


14.) A lever has _____ main parts.
(a) two       (b) three       (c) four       (d) five


15.) The breakdown of food starts in the _____ of an animal.
(a) mouth       (b) stomach       (c) intestine       (d) lungs


16.) ______ is a living thing.
(a) chair       (b) plant       (c) slippers       (d) house


17.) The raw materials for making soap include the following except ____.
(a) potash       (b) palm oil       (c) water       (d) alcohol


18.) The following are domestic animals except ______.
(a) cat       (b) goat       (c) fowls       (d) snakes


19.) A device that is capable of accepting, storing, and processing data at high speed to give the required information is known as ______.
(a) adaptor       (b) computer       (c) printer       (d) speed


20.) How many players make a team in a football match?
(a) 11       (b) 19       (c) 18       (d) 25


21.) Rainbow has ____ colors.
(a) six       (b) nine       (c) seven       (d) eleven


22.) Dirty hands carry _____.
(a) food       (b) water       (c) germs       (d) sand


23.) Sweet food can cause ____ decay.
(a) sweet       (b) food       (c) teeth       (d) eye


24.) _______________ is one of the ingredients used to bake a cake.
(a) rice       (b) beans       (c) yam       (d) flour


25.) The best soil for planting is _____ soil.
(a) clay       (b) sandy       (c) humus       (d) stone


26.) The instrument used to measure temperature is called a ______.
(a) rainguage       (b) speedometer       (c) thermometer       (d) windvane


27.) Which of the following protects the brain from damage?
(a) muscle       (b) rib cage       (c) skull       (d) tendon


28.) The most important material for making cement is ______.
(a) alum       (b) clay       (c) limestone       (d) rock


29.) Egg is to ______ as soup is to factory.
(a) company       (b) create       (c) poultry       (d) cemetery


30.) __________________________ is an example of a tuber crop.


Part B


1.) Write out two tools used by a carpenter:




b.) Mention two bricklaying tools:




2.) What do we use the following instruments for:

a.) Barometer: ____________________
b.) Windvane: ____________________
c.) Thermometer: ____________________


3.) What is unemployment? ____________________


b.) Write out two causes of unemployment:




4.) Mention four types of courts in Nigeria:






5.) Write out four characteristics of a computer:




 

6.) Write two examples of solid materials:




7.) Mention two sources of renewable energy:




8.) Name two types of soil:




9.) What is the main function of the heart?



10.) List two diseases caused by dirty water:




11.) Mention two safety tools used by construction workers:




12.) Give two examples of natural resources:




13.) Name two types of crops grown in Nigeria:




14.) Write two uses of water:




15.) Name two domestic appliances that use electricity: