Areas/Careers in Home Economics
Home Economics · 50 practice questions
Home Management (interior decoration, credit management, floristry); Foods and Nutrition (catering, dietetics, nutrition, public health education); Clothing and Textile (textile designing); Family and Child Development (early childhood education); teaching, counselling, media and research.
- Recommend possible vocations in the different areas of Home Economics.
- Relate Home Economics to each vocation.
- Assess the benefits of each vocation to the individual, society and nation.
- Identify current vocations in Home Economics.
- Identify sources of career information.
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- Practice question 1
A career in textile conservation mainly involves
- A.destroying old or damaged fabrics
- B.manufacturing new synthetic fibres only
- C.trading fabrics on the stock exchange
- D.preserving and restoring historic or valuable fabrics
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D. preserving and restoring historic or valuable fabrics
Conservators specialise in preserving and restoring valuable textiles.
- Practice question 2
A career as a demonstrator, such as a cooking or product demonstrator, mainly involves
- A.manufacturing the product in a factory
- B.setting the retail price of a product
- C.auditing a company's financial statements
- D.showing consumers how to use or prepare a product
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D. showing consumers how to use or prepare a product
Demonstrators show consumers practical use of a product.
- Practice question 3
Interior decoration is a career area under
- A.Foods and Nutrition
- B.Home Management
- C.Clothing and Textile
- D.Family and Child Development
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B. Home Management
Interior decoration falls under the Home Management area.
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