Zambia Primary School Leaving Examination — Expressive Arts (84/1)

In the upper-primary Expressive Arts language of art, which element is the path of a moving point?

• ALine
• BTexture
• CBalance
• DRhythm

A closed line that is flat, such as a circle, triangle or square, is best called which element?

• AForm
• BShape
• CValue
• DHue

Which element describes how a clay pot or reed mat looks or feels on the surface?

• ASpace
• BLine
• CTexture
• DProportion

Red, yellow and blue are the three colours that cannot be mixed from other colours. What are they called?

• ASecondary colours
• BTertiary colours
• CNeutral colours
• DPrimary colours

Mixing yellow paint with blue paint usually produces which secondary colour?

• AOrange
• BGreen
• CViolet
• DBrown only

In simple time with a crotchet beat, how many beats does a minim last?

• AOne beat
• BTwo beats
• CFour beats
• DHalf a beat

Which indigenous Zambian instrument is a set of wooden bars struck with beaters, well known among the Lozi of Western Province?

• AKalumbu
• BKankobela
• CSilimba
• DHosho

Why should scissors be carried pointing down and closed when you walk across the art room?

• ATo keep the blades sharp for carving wood
• BTo avoid stabbing yourself or a classmate if you trip
• CBecause open scissors dry the paint faster
• DSo the teacher can see the brand name

A drawing of a mango looks round and solid because the learner shaded from light to dark around the fruit. Which element is being controlled?

• AHue
• BValue (tone)
• CPattern
• DCalligraphy

Which element of art describes the empty area around a dancer in a painting, or the gap between two clay pots in a still life?

• ASpace
• BForm
• CIntensity
• DUnity

A cube drawn so you can see height, width and depth is showing which element?

• AShape only
• BForm
• CRhythm
• DPitch

Which pair is a complementary pair named in the Grade 7 colour topic?

• ARed and orange
• BBlue and green
• CYellow and violet
• DRed and yellow

A learner paints a village scene using only different values of one blue, from almost white-blue to almost black-blue. Which Grade 7 colour idea is this?

• AComplementary scheme
• BMonochromatic scheme
• CTertiary triad
• DWarm–cool split

Adding white to red paint to make pink is creating a:

• AShade
• BTint
• CComplement
• DNeutral grey

Which shading method uses many tiny dots to build darker areas?

• AHatching
• BCross-hatching
• CStippling (dotism)
• DWash

A Grade 7 imaginative composition of a marketplace should mainly show:

• AOnly a colour-wheel diagram with no people
• BA scene invented or observed with light, shade and local activity
• CA single block letter in the centre of the page
• DA copied coat of arms with no original drawing

A poster uses large dark letters on a pale ground, a short health slogan, and one clear picture of washing hands. Why is this stronger than filling every gap with extra decorations?

• ABusy decoration always scores higher than a clear message
• BContrast and empty space help the message be read quickly
• CPosters must never use pictures, only words
• DPale grounds are forbidden in lettering

In a still-life drawing, objects closer to the viewer are drawn larger and lower on the page, while distant huts are smaller and higher. Which idea is the learner applying?

• AComplementary mixing
• BSimple overlapping and size to suggest space
• CTonic sol-fa
• DCounter-change printing only

Orange is made by mixing which two primary colours?

• ARed and yellow
• BBlue and yellow
• CRed and blue
• DGreen and violet

Colours such as red, orange and yellow are usually grouped as:

• ACool colours
• BWarm colours
• CNeutral colours
• DComplementary colours

A crotchet in simple time with a crotchet beat lasts how long?

• AFour beats
• BTwo beats
• COne beat
• DHalf a beat

Tonic sol-fa names the degrees of the scale as do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. What is this system mainly used for in class?

• ANaming paint colours on a wheel
• BSinging pitches by syllable instead of only by letter names
• CMeasuring a poster border in centimetres
• DCounting basketball scores

Which action matches playing a drum (ngoma) in the syllabus list of instrument actions?

• ABlow
• BStrum
• CStrike
• DBow only

A tertiary colour such as red-orange is best described as:

• AA mix of a primary and a neighbouring secondary
• BAny colour with black added
• CThe opposite of a primary on the wheel
• DA colour that cannot be mixed

Blue and orange placed side by side look especially bright because they are:

• AThe same hue
• BA complementary pair
• CBoth cool colours
• DBoth tertiary neutrals

Which time signature is simple triple time?

• A2/4
• B3/4
• C4/4
• DC (common time) only, never 3/4

The treble clef is also called the G clef because it:

• ATells singers to clap only on rest signs
• BCircles the staff line used for the note G
• CIs used only for drums
• DChanges every quaver into a semibreve

A bar of 4/4 already contains a minim and a crotchet. Which note will complete the bar exactly?

• AA semibreve
• BAnother minim
• CA crotchet
• DFour quavers plus a minim

A motif of four quavers is extended into a melody. What is the learner doing in the Grade 7 melody-writing topic?

• ATransposing the motif to a new key only, with no longer phrase
• BRepeating, varying or answering the short idea so it becomes a tune
• CTurning every note into a rest
• DPainting the notes instead of singing them

The bass clef (F clef) is the better choice when writing for:

• AA child's high singing part on the treble staff
• BLower-pitched parts whose notes sit comfortably around F below middle C
• CA poster slogan in roman letters
• DA colour-wheel label

Drawing a person running, planting or speaking at a meeting is mainly practising which Grade 7 skill?

• AFigure drawing in action and different postures
• BBookcraft binding
• CPool hygiene
• DBlock letter spacing only

Painting a flower or fruit while looking at the real object is called painting from:

• AMemory only, with eyes closed
• BObservation
• CA complementary chart
• DA treble-clef exercise

Hatching builds tone by drawing:

• ARandom paint splatters with no direction
• BSets of roughly parallel lines that sit closer together in darker areas
• COnly perfect circles
• DMusical notes on a staff

A townscape drawing should mainly show:

• AStreets, buildings and town activity as a composed scene
• BOnly underwater plants
• CA single isolated fruit with no setting
• DA drum-only rhythm grid

When shading a face, leaving a light patch on the forehead and cheek while darkening the side away from the window is using:

• ATonal variation to suggest form
• BWax resist only
• CA 6/8 time signature
• DKnotting

Cross-hatching differs from simple hatching because the lines:

• AMust all be the same colour of paint
• BCross in more than one direction to darken the tone further
• CAre erased immediately
• DCan only be drawn with a flute

A stick figure that shows bent knees and swinging arms is useful first because it:

• AReplaces the need to learn any anatomy later
• BCaptures action and balance before adding body mass
• CIs the only accepted Grade 7 examination drawing style
• DProves the learner cannot draw a portrait

Village scenery in a Grade 7 composition is most likely to include:

• AOnly a city dual carriageway and office towers
• BHomesteads, paths, fields or cattle kraals arranged as a place
• CA single isolated musical rest sign
• DA swimming-pool filtration diagram

A learner draws a portrait but makes both eyes sit on different levels and the mouth float off the face. The most useful next step is to:

• AIgnore proportion because portraits never use guidelines
• BCheck alignment with light construction lines before darkening
• CCover the whole face with one flat complementary wash
• DChange the subject to a time signature

Why does a landscape often use cooler, paler colours in the far hills and stronger, warmer colours in the foreground trees?

• ATo suggest distance (atmospheric depth) as well as place
• BBecause the syllabus forbids green in the foreground
• CBecause far hills must always be painted complementary red
• DBecause landscapes may not use more than one colour

Wax resist (as in a batik-style pattern) works because:

• AWax soaks up extra clay for modelling
• BWax blocks paint or dye so those areas stay the colour of the cloth or paper
• CWax turns every line into a crotchet
• DWax is the only allowed Grade 7 drawing medium

Block letters on a poster are usually chosen because they are:

• AHarder to read than joined handwriting at a distance
• BSimple, even shapes that stay clear when large
• COnly allowed in the bass clef
• DAlways written in complementary pairs

A counter-change pattern is best described as:

• AAlternating light and dark so the motif and background swap value
• BSinging a melody a fifth higher
• CGluing only photographs onto card
• DA swimming side-stroke drill

Which poster theme matches the syllabus examples of messages learners should design?

• AA private shopping list with no public audience
• BA conservation or child-rights message that others can understand at a glance
• CA secret code only the painter can read
• DA copy of a 4/4 time signature with no words

Letter spacing on a poster should mainly make sure that:

• ALetters crash together so the word looks like one blot
• BGaps are even enough for the word to be read as a whole
• CEvery letter sits on a different baseline for decoration
• DOnly vowels are visible

A border pattern that repeats the same unit all the way around a mat is an example of:

• AA free, non-repeating scribble
• BA repeat (all-over or border) pattern
• CA single isolated still-life fruit
• DA bass-clef F line

Roman letters differ from heavy block letters mainly because roman letters usually have:

• ANo readable counters at all
• BThicker and thinner strokes and often small finishing feet (serifs)
• CTo be sung in tonic sol-fa
• DTo be carved only from soapstone

A printed pattern made by cutting a motif from a potato or sponge and stamping it in rows is best classified as:

• AIntaglio etching on a metal plate
• BA simple relief print (mechanical-aid print)
• CA treble-clef transcription
• DPapier-mâché modelling