plumiShaping processes: OCR Level 1/2 Engineering Manufacture questions
Every OCR Level 1/2 Engineering Manufacture exam question on 1.2.2 Shaping processes, 2024–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 10 questions on Shaping processes, as a list
- 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]
- June 2024, R014, Q12(d)(i) (1 mark): Explain why the stock form is not important when sand casting. [1]
- June 2024, R014, Q12(d)(ii) (2 marks): Explain why products manufactured by sand casting need further finishing once removed from the mould. [2]
- June 2024, R014, Q12(d)(iii) (1 mark): Explain why sand casting produces very little wasted metal even though a large proportion of defective products are made. [1]
- January 2024, R014, Q1 (1 mark): Which type of process is sand casting? (a) Forming (b) Joining (c) Shaping (d) Wasting [1]
- January 2024, R014, Q3 (1 mark): Which of these is a shaping process? (a) Brazing (b) Forging (c) Powder metallurgy of ceramic products (d) Strip heating of polymers [1]
- January 2024, R014, Q9 (1 mark): Which of these uses molten material to form complex shapes? (a) Fixture (b) Jig (c) Mould (d) Template [1]
- January 2024, R014, Q12(a) (3 marks): Identify, in the correct sequence, any three of the steps required in the injection moulding process. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 [3]
- Specimen, R014, Q3 (1 mark): Which of these is a shaping process? (a) Filing (b) Forging (c) Injection moulding (d) Shearing [1]
- Specimen, R014, Q16(b) (6 marks): If the design is successful, the company is considering making the parts using either casting or machining. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using ca
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