Observation

This question was attempted by many candidates and their performance was poor.  In part (a) (i) and (ii) candidates could not explain the term pulse rate and  also state factors that affect pulse rate, candidates wrote wrong answers for pulse rate as the number of periods heart beat per second in a day or week and they also wrote wrong answers to show case lack of knowledge for factors that affect pulse rate as occupation, interest location, weather, equipment and resources. In part (b) candidates correctly named types of movement possible at joints.
The expected answers are as follows:

7(a) (i)            PULSE RATE
The number of times the heart beats per minutes as felt in the artery 

                      
(ii)   FACTORS THAT AFFECT PULSE RATE
-   sex
-   exercise
-  age
-  emotion/named e.g. fright/fear
- health status

(b)  TYPES OF MOVEMENT POSSIBLE AT THE JOINT
-    flexion
-   extension
-  adduction
-   abduction
-  circumduction

-  rotation