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Higher School Certificate Examinations Tuesday 28 October 2014
Morning
Studies of Religion I
Candidature: 9413 (as at 1 September 2014)
Begins: 9:25 AM Ends: 11:00 AM
The paper consists of three sections.
Section I (15 marks) consists of 10 multiple-choice questions answered on a separate machine-scored answer sheet and one short answer question.
Section II (15 marks) consists of five three-part questions, each from a different religious tradition. Students choose one question.
Section III (20 marks) consists of five extended-response questions, each worth 20 marks. Students choose one question which must be from a different religious tradition from that attempted in Section II.
Studies of Religion II
Candidature: 5521 (as at 1 September 2014)
Begins: 9:25 AM Ends: 12:30 PM
The paper consists of four sections.
Section I (30 marks) consists of two parts.
Part A (15 marks) is comprised of 10 multiple-choice questions answered on a separate machine-scored answer sheet and one short answer question.
Part B (15 marks) is comprised of 10 multiple-choice questions answered on a separate machine-scored answer sheet and one short answer question.
All questions in Section I are compulsory.
Section II (30 marks) consists of five three-part questions, each from a different religious tradition. Each question is worth 15 marks. Students complete two questions.
Section III (20 marks) consists of five extended-response questions, each worth 20 marks. Students choose one question which must be from a different religious tradition from those attempted in Section II.
Section IV (20 marks) consists of one compulsory extended-response question.
Afternoon
Mathematics Extension 1
Candidature: 9214 (as at 1 September 2014)
Begins: 1:55 PM Ends: 4:00 PM
The paper consists of two sections.
Section I (10 marks) consists of multiple-choice questions answered on a separate machine-scored answer sheet.
Section II (60 marks) consists of four questions each worth 15 marks. Each question is made up of several short-answer parts. These questions are answered in separate writing booklets.
All questions are compulsory.