2023 SMSS SEC3EXP Geog EOY QP

[Turn over ST. MARGARET’S SCHOOL (SECONDARY)End-of-Year Examinations 2023CANDIDATE NAMECLASS3- REGISTER NUMBERCOMBINED HUMANITIES Paper 2 Geography Secondary 3 ExpressCandidates answer on the Question Paper.2260/02 5 October 20231 hour 45 minutes Additional Materials: InsertREAD THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRSTDo not open this booklet until you are told to do so.Write your name, register number and class on all the work you hand in.Write in dark blue or black pen.You may use a pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.The use of an approved calculator and a mathematical set is allowed, where appropriate.Answer all questions.The Insert contains additional resources referred to in the questions.The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.Question NumberMarks1/ 122/ 183/ 20Total/ 50

2 [Turn over This document consists of 17 printed pages.1Geography in Everyday LifeA team of 5 students from a secondary school in Singapore wanted to find out how public transport facilities (e.g. bus interchanges, bus stops, LRT stations, MRT stations) would affect residents’ satisfaction of neighbourhood. This led the students to develop the following research question:How does the convenience of public transport facilities in a neighbourhood influence residents’ level of satisfaction?The students decided to compare the public transport facilities of a neighbourhood in Punggol and Queenstown, which their team members live in. Punggol is considered a younger, non-mature housing estate and Queenstown is an older, mature estate. To investigate their research question, they intend to collect the following sets of data from the two neighbourhoods:Google maps showing the location of public transport facilities available in the HDB estates.Results from a questionnaire survey completed by 50 residents from each neighbourhood.(a)The students plan to conduct the questionnaire survey on a Monday at 8am in the two neighbourhoods. Explain a limitation in their data collection process.………………………..……………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..……..…………………………………………………………………………………………..…..[1](b)To collect data for the questionnaire survey, the students decided that their team members who live in the two neighbourhoods should ask their friends and neighbours to complete the questionnaire. They would also be asking people walking down the street during their physical walkaround of the neighbourhoods to respond to the questionnaire.(i)Identify the sampling method used by the students.……………………………………………………………………………………….[1]

3 [Turn over (ii)Explain an advantage and a disadvantage of the method identified in 1(b)(i).………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..[2]

4 [Turn over (c)From Google maps, the students counted the different types of public transport facilities within a 500m buffer zone around two target blocks of flats in the two neighbourhoods: Block A, Punggol and Block B Tanglin Halt Road, Queenstown. The results of their observation are shown in Table 1.1. Table 1.1Different types of public transport facilities within a 500m buffer zone around the two target blocks of flatsDistance zones from target HDB blocks [metres]PunggolBlock AQueenstownBlock BBus stopsLRT stationsMRTstationsBus stopsLRTstationsMRTstations0 – 100 m000101100 – 200 m100400200 – 300 m210500300 – 400 m310300400 – 500 m201300Total8211601Using Table 1.1, construct a suitable graph to represent the different types of public transport facilities found in the two target blocks of flats in Punggol and Queenstown.

5 [Turn over Different types of public transport facilities within a 500m buffer zone around the two target blocks of flats [3]

6 [Turn over (d)The results of one of the questions from the questionnaire are shown in Table 1.2.Table 1.2Question: How would you rate your level of satisfaction with the accessibility to various transportation points (e.g., bus stops, LRT stations, MRT stations)?Responses from residents at Block A, PunggolAccessibility to various transportation pointsLevel of satisfactionVery dissatisfiedSomewhat satisfiedNeither satisfied nor dissatisfiedSomewhat satisfiedVery satisfiedDistance from your block to the nearest bus stop26191211Distance from your block to the nearest MRT station17141513Mean1.56.516.513.512Responses from residents at Block B, QueenstownAccessibility to various transportation pointsLevel of satisfactionVery dissatisfiedSomewhat satisfiedNeither satisfied nor dissatisfiedSomewhat satisfiedVery satisfiedDistance from your block to the nearest bus stop1282316Distance from your block to the nearest MRT station15101915Mean13.5915.5(i)Complete the empty cell in Table 1.2 by calculating the mean for ‘Somewhat satisfied’ for the responses from residents at Block B, Queenstown.[1](ii)Using Table 1.2, compare the levels of satisfaction made by the residents from the two target blocks in Punggol and Queenstown on the accessibility

7 [Turn over to various transportation points.………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..[2](e)Evaluate the reliability of the data collected by the students.………………………………………………………..……………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………….……..………………………………………………………………………………….…………..………………………………………………………………………….…………………..…………………………………………………………………………….………………..………………………………………………………………………………………….…..………………………………………………………………………………………….…..……………………………………………………………………………………….……..[2]2Geography in Everyday Life

8 [Turn over (a)Study Fig. 1.1 (Insert), which shows the difference in distance, travel time and project cost between the two proposed alignments of the Cross Island MRT Line.Alignment Option 1 proposed by Land Transport Authority cuts through the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, while Alignment Option 2, proposed by Nature Society (Singapore) goes around the nature reserve to protect our largest primary forest.With reference to Fig. 1.1, explain why environmental protection may be seen to be limiting development.………………………………………………………..……………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………….……..………………………………………………………………………………….…………..………………………………………………………………………….…………………..…………………………………………………………………………….………………..………………………………………………………………………………………….…..………………………………………………………………………………………….…..[3](b)Study Fig. 1.2 (Insert), which shows a sign put up by National Parks Board