plumiEngineering ceramics: OCR Level 1/2 Engineering Manufacture questions
Every OCR Level 1/2 Engineering Manufacture exam question on 2.3.3 Engineering ceramics, 2024–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 9 questions on Engineering ceramics, as a list
- June 2025, R014, Q13(a) (4 marks): This cutting tool for a milling machine is made from silicon carbide. Evaluate how the properties of this material make it suitable for this application. [4]
- June 2025, R014, Q13(b) (2 marks): State two other common applications of silicon carbide. 1 2 [2]
- June 2025, R014, Q13(c) (4 marks): Silicon carbide is an example of an engineering ceramic. Describe four steps required to produce a ceramic part using powder metallurgy. 1 2 3 4 [4]
- January 2025, R014, Q5 (1 mark): Which is an engineering ceramic material? (a) Epoxy resin (b) Photochromic pigment (c) Shape memory alloy (d) Tungsten carbide [1]
- June 2024, R014, Q8 (1 mark): Which of these is a property of silicon carbide? (a) High density (b) High ductility (c) High hardness (d) High machinability [1]
- June 2024, R014, Q13(a) (2 marks): Use the materials below to identify an example of each type of engineering material. Not all the example materials are used. One has been completed for you. Car
- June 2024, R014, Q13(c) (2 marks): Identify one use of tungsten carbide and state one property that makes it suitable for this use. Use Property [2]
- January 2024, R014, Q5 (1 mark): What kind of material is silicon carbide? (a) Ceramic (b) Composite (c) Metal (d) Polymer [1]
- Specimen, R014, Q6 (1 mark): What type of material is tungsten carbide? (a) Ceramic (b) Composite (c) Metal (d) Polymer [1]
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