Clothing Care & Consumer Choices is one of 8 topics in the Grade 12 Consumer Studies CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. On a garment care label, the washing symbol (a tub of water) with a hand shown inside means:
Hand wash only
Machine wash at any temperature
Do not wash under any circumstances
Dry clean only
Answer: Hand wash only — A hand shown over/inside the washing tub symbol indicates the garment should be hand washed only, not machine washed.
Easy
2. A crossed-out iron symbol on a care label means:
Do not iron the garment at all
Iron only at the highest heat setting
Iron only while the garment is wet
Iron using steam only
Answer: Do not iron the garment at all — A crossed-out iron symbol is a clear instruction that the garment should not be ironed under any circumstances.
Medium
3. Name the shape used for the bleaching symbol on a garment care label.
Answer: triangle — The bleaching symbol is a triangle; an empty triangle allows bleach, diagonal lines mean non-chlorine bleach only, and a crossed-out triangle means no bleach at all.
