This question was a popular question among the candidates therefore, their performance was poor.  Many candidates missed the answers by writing it acts on the body in rest to give kinetic energy, mass, velocity, acceleration, momentum, friction and gravity.

The expected answers were as follows:
4.         CHARACTERISTICS OF FORCE
     -      It can cause movement
     -      It can stop movement
     -      can also be applied without causing a body to move
     -      Its effects can be seen and measured
     -      its point of application determines the direction of movement of a body