2007-04-20 21:52:47 · 4 answers · asked by Jacky 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Sculpture
The phrase "mock drill" is a redundancy, because mock means an imitation, and drill in this sense means a practice, or "systematic training by multiple repetitions." So you wouldn't really have an "imitation" practice or rehearsal. The rehearsal is real, even if the emergency situation for which one were practicing was staged. So the drills are real, not "mock."
Sometimes redundancy is used for emphasis, or clarification, but in this case it is simply "superfluous and unneeded," as it says in the dictionary. To be less redundant one could say "training drill," because that would signify that you were talking about a rehearsal for a performance or an emergency situation, and not a tool designed to bore holes.
If you had a power tool which appeared as though it were meant to make holes in wood, but was actually made of paper mache and was only a non-functioning prop intended to represent such an implement on stage or in a movie - that would be a "mock drill."
Still... you will find over 25,000 references to the phrase "mock drill" if you do an Internet search on the term - and none of them refer to stage props, as far as I can see. Gratifyingly, when I did a search on "training drill" I got 64,000 hits.
2007-04-21 05:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by Ron G 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-21 00:35:38 · answer #2 · answered by mcvey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only usage for the term I know has nothing to do with sculpture. A drill (like a fire drill) involves going through the motions without any realism. A mock drill involves setting up a mockup of a disaster: victims with fake injuries, crunched automobiles or planes, damaged buildings (either purpose built or ones about to be torn down.) People involved are expected to do their jobs - perhaps being told what injuries exist (beyond makeup evidence) by notes or referees - moving victims and searching, etc.
2007-04-21 13:39:41 · answer #3 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mock drill is demo of real emergency accdent.
2015-10-09 03:50:39 · answer #4 · answered by KUMAR 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-24 13:18:25 · answer #5 · answered by Zandra 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At my school we have an emergency evacuation drill. This means that at some point unknown to us, the emergency bell will sound and we have to follow the correct procedures to get to safety. By practising this way, it helps to find out any weaknesses in the plan and thereby prevent any potential problems in a real emergency.
2007-04-20 22:03:57 · answer #6 · answered by lizzie 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It means a practice and or fake drill in preparation for a potentially real life situation.
2007-04-20 22:00:47 · answer #7 · answered by sadeyzluv 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2016-04-08 16:47:47 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to create actual emergency scenario and check the preparedness and response of team/employees.
2016-04-08 22:12:39 · answer #9 · answered by Shahid Ahmad 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋