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SUBJECT : HUMANITIES (SOCIAL STUDIES) LEVEL : 4 EXPRESS / 5 NORMAL ACADEMIC PAPER : 2272/01, 2273/01 DURATION : 1 HOUR 45 MINUTES SETTER : MR DAVID LOH DATE : 26 AUGUST 2019 CLASS: NAME: REG NO: INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 1. Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. 2. Write your name, class and index number in the spaces provided above and on all writing paper you use. 3. Answer all parts of Question 1 from Section A. 4. Answer both parts of Question 2 from Section B. 5. You are required to hand in your answers for Section A and B separately. 6. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. ___________________________________________________________________ This question paper consists of 6 printed pages (including this cover page) [Turn over] BEATTY SECONDARY SCHOOL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2019

2 SECTION A (Source-Based Case Study) Question 1 is compulsory for all candidates. 1. Being Part of a Globalised World Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and then answer all the questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources you are told to use. In answering the questions, you should use your knowledge of the issue to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. (a) Study Source A. What is the message of the source? Explain your answer. [5] (b) Study Source B. How useful is Source B as evidence of Singapore’s preparedness to deal with security threats? [7] (c) Study Sources C and D. How similar are these sources? Explain your answer. [6] (d) Study Sources E and F. Having read Source E, are you surprised by Source F? Explain your answer. [7] (e) ‘Singapore is well-equipped to handle new and unconventional security threats.’ Using sources in this case study, explain how far you would agree with this statement. [10]

3 Is Singapore ready to deal with modern and unconventional security threats? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. Globalisation has brought about many benefits. There are many proponents and advocates of globalisation who suggest that the range of advantages brought about by globalisation, especially in the areas of economic, socio-cultural and technological, has been wholly positive and that we should be thankful how convenient our lives have become due to this phenomenon. But there are also various groups of people who argue otherwise. They believe that the technological advancements brought about by globalisation also cause certain challenges which, as a result, pose some unique modern and unconventional security threats to societies. Two examples are in the areas of cybersecurity and tr