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Wednesday, 05 Nov 2014

Higher School Certificate Examinations Wednesday 5 November 2014

 

Morning


French Extension

Candidature: 200 (as at 1 September 2014)

Begins: 9:25 AM Ends: 11:25 AM

The paper consists of two sections.

Section I Response to prescribed text (25 marks)
This section has two parts.
In Part A, students answer a number of short-answer questions based on a short extract from the prescribed text.
In Part B, the question relates to another extract from the prescribed text. Students respond in French to an extended-response question which is phrased in both English and French.

Section II Writing in French (15 marks)
Students have a choice of two extended-response questions related to the prescribed issues and respond in French.


Retail Services

Candidature: 1706 (as at 1 September 2014)

Begins: 9:25 AM Ends: 11:30 AM

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 a structured extended-response question for each of the streams. Students are to answer the question on the stream they have studied.


Afternoon

Entertainment Industry

Candidature: 1105 (as at 1 September 2014)

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 one structured extended-response answered in a separate writing booklet.

All questions are compulsory.


Information and Digital Technology (VET)

Candidature: 1175 (as at 1 September 2014)

(VET)

Begins: 1:55 PM Ends: 4:00 PM

There are three separate examination papers, one for each of the following streams - Web and Software Applications, Networking and Hardware and Digital Animation. Each 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 (30 marks) consists of short-answer questions answered in the spaces provided on the question paper.

Section III (15 marks) consists of one structured extended-response question answered in a separate writing booklet.

Section IV (15 marks) consists of one extended-response question answered in a separate writing booklet.

All questions are compulsory.