Home Science Paper 3 Questions and Answers - MECS Cluster Joint Mock Examinations 2022

QUESTIONS
THE TEST
Your mother has been away and you are expecting her back for supper. Using all the ingredients listed below, prepare cook and present a suitable two dish meal for the two of you.
Include a stimulating drink. 

Ingredients

• Salt
• Peas
• Fat/Oil
• Tealeaves /cocoa
• Beef
• Sugar
• Garlic
• Milk
• Pilau mix
• Ginger
• Rice
• Onions
• Carrots
• Cabbage

Planning Session.-30 minutes
Use separate sheets of paper for each task listed below and a carbon paper to make duplicate copies and proceed as follows: -

1. Identify the dishes and write down their recipes
2. Write down your order of work.
3. Make a list of the food stuff, equipment and materials you would require.

MARKING SCHEME

• Beef pilau
• steamed cabbage/steamed cabbage in carrots
• Beverage

1. PLAN
   • Recipe
     • Availability (3 x ½)
     • Correct quantities 
     • Appropriate choice 
   • Order of work
     • Availability
     • Proper sequencing
     • Dovetailing 
   • List of foodstuff
     • Availability
     • Adequacy
     • Appropriateness
   • List of equipment
     • Availability
     • Adequacy
     • Appropriateness
2. PREPARATION AND COOKING
   1. Correct procedure of preparing
      • Dish 1
      • Dish 2
      • Beverage
        Correct procedure of cooking
        1. dish 1
        2. dish 2
        3. beverage
           Variety of cooking methods (at least 2)
        4. Quality of results
           • Dish 1
           • Dish 2
           • beverage
3. PRESENTATION
   • Utensils
     • Use of clean (1) and appropriate (½) utensils
     • Use of well laundered (2) table cloth 
     • Centre piece (1)
     • Correct placement of crockery and cutlery (2)
     • Garnishing  ½
     • General impression(1)
   • Hygiene
     • Food
     • Kitchen
     • Personal
4. ECONOMY OF RESOURCES
   • Water
   • Food
   • Fuel
     Cleaning up
   • During work
   • After work

TOTAL : 50
FINAL SCORE =ACTUAL SCORE