Health Education Paper 3 WASSCE (PC 2ND), 2019

Question 6

     

     

    1. What are alcoholic beverages? [2 marks]
    2. Give two examples of alcoholic beverages.[2 marks]
    3. Mention three reasons why people consume alcoholic beverages. [3 marks]
    4. State three negative effects of alcoholic beverages consumption. [3 marks]

Observation

 

Many candidates could not explain alcoholic beverages are, neither could they explain the reason people consume alcoholic beverages. They were only stating that alcoholic beverages are consumed to relieve stress.

The expected answers are:

  1. Definition of alcoholic beverage
    • - These are consumable liquids/drinks that contain ethanol/alcohol
    • - Produced by fermentation of grains/ fruits/ other sources of sugar
    • - That can intoxicate/alter mood.
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  3. Examples of alcoholic beverages
    • - beer
    • - spirit/ rum/named
    • - local gin/named
    • - wine
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  5. Reasons why people consume alcoholic beverages
    • - for relaxation/ fun
    • - cultural events/activities
    • - peer influence
    • - advertisement
    • - media influence
    • - experimentation
    • - availability
    • - for medication.
    • - to escape boredom/ alter mood/ thinking/ named
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  7. Negative effects of alcoholic beverages
    • - social problems/ violence /aggressive behaviour/ named
    • - damages the liver/cirrhosis
    • - can lead to alcoholism/ drunkenness
    • - emotional problems / depression / anxiety / named
    • - affects body metabolism
    • - affect work efficiency/performance/low productivity
    • - loss of prestige/low self-esteem.
    • - damage to body system/ lead to death