Higher School Certificate Examinations
Friday 28 October 2016

Morning

Business Studies
Candidature: 17684 (as at 1 September 2016)
Begins: 9:25 AM Ends: 12:30 PM
The paper consists of four sections.
Section I (20 marks) consists of 20 multiple-choice questions answered on a separate machine-scored answer sheet.
Section II (40 marks) consists of four to six short answer questions, which may contain a number of parts. Answers are written in the spaces provided on the question paper.
Section III (20 marks) consists of one question that requires an extended response in the form of a business report.
All questions in Sections I, II and III are compulsory.
Section IV (20 marks) consists of two extended-response questions. Students answer one question from this section.

Latin Extension
Candidature: 116 (as at 1 September 2016)
Begins: 9:30 AM Ends: 11:40 AM
The paper consists of two sections.
Section I: Prescribed Text (30 marks)
In this section, students translate an extract/s into English, answer short-response questions on extracts, and write an extended response on the literary features of the prescribed text.
Section II: Non-prescribed Text (20 marks)
In this section, students translate from Latin into English and answer short-response questions on the content and literary features of the extract. Students choose to translate an additional extract of Latin into English or to translate a passage of English prose into Latin.

Afternoon

Modern Greek Continuers
Candidature: 97 (as at 1 September 2016)
Begins: 2:00 PM Ends: 5:00 PM
The paper consists of three sections.
Section I – Listening and Responding (25 marks) In this section, students listen and respond to recorded texts in Greek. Questions are phrased in English for responses in English or Greek, as specified.
Section II – Reading and Responding (40 marks)
This section has two parts. In Part A, students read two texts written in Greek and respond in English to short-answer questions phrased in English. In Part B, the question is based on a short text written in Greek. Students respond in Greek to an extended-response question which is phrased in English.
Section III – Writing in Modern Greek (15 marks)
There are two writing tasks. For the second writing task, students have a choice of two extended-response alternatives.

Primary Industries
Candidature: 929 (as at 1 September 2016)
Begins: 1:55 PM Ends: 4:00 PM
The paper consists of four sections.
Section I (15 marks) consists of 15 multiple-choice questions answered on a separate machine-scored answer sheet.
Section II (35 marks) consists of short-response questions answered in the spaces provided on the question paper.
Section III (15 marks) consists of one extended-response question answered in a separate writing booklet.
Section IV (15 marks) consists of two structured extended response questions, one for each of the streams. Students answer the question on the stream they have studied.

Society and Culture
Candidature: 4769 (as at 1 September 2016)
Begins: 1:55 PM Ends: 4:00 PM
The paper consists of two sections.
Section I Core (20 marks)
There are 8 multiple-choice questions answered on a separate machine-scored answer sheet. There are also short-answer questions to the value of 12 marks answered in the spaces provided on the question booklet.
All questions in Section I are compulsory.
Section II Depth Studies (40 marks) consists of questions on each Depth Study. Each question is made up of two parts - the first part is worth 5 marks and the second part is worth 15 marks. Students answer two questions.