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Tuesday, 28 Oct 2014

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.