Design & Socio-Cultural Issues is one of 9 topics in the Grade 12 Design 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. What term describes the accumulated skills, techniques and cultural understanding developed by a community over generations, passed down through practice rather than formal written education?
Indigenous knowledge systems
Anti-design
Deconstructivism
Visual merchandising
Answer: Indigenous knowledge systems — Indigenous knowledge systems refer to the accumulated skills, techniques, materials knowledge and cultural understanding developed by a community over generations, passed down through practice.
Easy
2. Which traditional South African craft practice is used across many South African cultures to communicate status, identity, and cultural or personal messages through colour and pattern?
Beadwork
Tubular steel construction
Screen-printing
Ziggurat forms
Answer: Beadwork — Beadwork is used across many South African cultures to communicate status, identity, and cultural or personal messages through colour and pattern.
Medium
3. Name the plant fibre commonly used in South African basket weaving traditions.
Answer: ilala palm — Basket weaving uses local plant fibres such as ilala palm, shaped through skilled hand techniques passed down within families and communities.
