UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIZ
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
TERMINAL EXAMINATIONS -MAY 2023
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
STANDARD SEVEN
Time 1:30 Hours
Pupil’s Name.......................................................................................................
Instructions
- This paper consists of section A and B with total of forty-five questions
- Answer all questions in each section
- For questions 1 – 40 put your choice in the box provided
- For question 41 – 45 write your answer by filling the spaces provided
- All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
SECTION A
Choose the correct answer and write its letter in the space provided.
- Which among the following is not a benefit of sports to our health?
- They help in building strong muscles
- To protect the body from attacks by diseases and infections
- Causes blood pressure
- Provide recreation
- Help in maintaining a healthy body
- A solution of sugar and water is a necessary first aid to a victim of:
- Malaria and headache
- Diarrhea and vomiting
- Backbone and typhoid fever
- T.B and influenza
- Fracture
- Which of the diseases below is not sexually transmitted?
- AIDS
- Trichomona
- Syphilis
- Chlamydia
- Trachoma
- Which of the vitamins below is produced in the body by the action of sunlight?
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B
- They prevent diseases
- They restore vitamins and minerals in the body
- They restore worn worn out cells in the body.
- What is the advantage of vaccinations?
- They reduce pain
- They cure diseases
- They prevent diseases
- They restore vitamins and minerals in the body
- They restore worn out cells in the body.
- Which of the following bacteria causes Turber Culosis (TB)?
- All bacteria in the air
- Bacilli
- Plasmodium
- Fungi
- Amoeba
- Which of the following statements is False?
- A laptop has an internal system unit
- A laptop has an external system unit
- The speaker is one of the computer output devices
- The monitor is part of the hardware of the computer
- Computers can help people carry out money transactions.
- The following activities destroy water sources except:
- Cutting down trees
- Burning forests
- Grazing a lot of livestocks around water sources
- Disposing chemical wastes in the water sources
- Fetching cooking water from water sources.
- The figure below shows a sewing machine. Study it then answer the questions that follow.

The correct naming of parts labelled A to E is
- Small wheel, axle, cord, large wheel and treadle
- Axle, hand wheel, belt, band wheel and treadle
- Needle, hand wheel, belt, treadle and pedal
- Head, hand wheel, rope, band wheel and treadle
- Non of the above
- It is most suitable to construct a pit latrine on a high ground because:
- It is easier to erect a wall
- Smell from the toilet will be far from the ground level
- It is difficult for it to wear out
- Ground water will be far from the level of the latrine
- The latrine will not be filled up in a short time
- The following are advantages of using educational computer games, except...........
- They bring reading, counting and writing into reality
- They help pupils to learn things by doing
- They motivate pupils to learn and work hard
- They make pupils to become addicted to computer games
- They make it easier for pupils to learn arithmetic using a calculator.
- Which are the most important conditions for seed germination? ..............
Soil, sunlight, and water
Soil, air and water
Moderate warmth, warmth, water and oxygen
Moderate warmth, soil and sunlight
Water, soil and carbon dioxide
- A class of living things/organisms which can live on land and in water is known as
- Amphibians
- Anthropods
- Fish
- Aves/birds
- Mammals
- Which of the following living things is not a mammal? ..........
- A bat
- A whale
- A lion
- A rabbit
- A crocodile
- Carefully observe the figure below (Figure 1) and answer the question that follows:

The organism shown in Figure 1 feeds on.........
- Honey
- Flesh
- Grains
- Matter from water
- Decayed matter
- The plant illustrated below grows in

- Dense forests
- Water
- In long grasses
- Deserts
- Mountains
- Why do some plants shed their leaves during winter?
- To retain their water
- To facilitate transpiration
- To store food
- To conserve the soil
- To nourish the soil
- Figure 3 below is a sketch of a flower

Which part of the flower attracts insects for pollination?
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- The source of electricity in a dry cell is .......... energy
- Solar
- Mechanical
- Sound
- Magnetic
- Chemical
- Kibata used 50 Newton to push a wall all day without success. Which of the correctly describes this event?
- Kibata did work
- Kibata used a lot of force
- Kibata did not work
- Kibata did useful work
- Kibata used a small force
- If the incident angle is 60°, what will be the reflected angle in a plane mirror?
- 90°
- 40°
- 30°
- 60°
- 45°
- Study the figure then answer the question that follows.

If the current flowing through the circuit is 5 amperes, what is the resistance of the circuit (in ohms?)
- 100
- 50
- 10
- 4
- 0.4
- Mzee Juakali hanged a bar magnet in air. Which side of the earth will the north pole of the magnet point to?
- South
- North
- East
- West
- North-east
- Musa used 10 Newtons to push a wheelbarrow a distance of 5m. What amount of work (In Joules) did Musa do?
- 15
- 50
- 3
- 0.5
- 5
- In a scientific investigation, what leads a person (a scientist) to predict the outcome/to form a hypothesis?
- Understanding the problem
- A lengthy observation
- Seeing
- Conducting an experiment
- Touching
- Which type of computer network is shown below?
