VS 2024 Core Geog Sec 4 Prelim Paper 1 Ans Key

This document consists of 18 printed pages (including this cover page). Name Class Register Number GEOGRAPHY (2279/01) 24/S4PRE/GE1 Paper 1 Thursday 22 August 2024 1 hour 45 minutes VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHO OL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHO OL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHO OL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL VICTORIA SCHOOL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION SECONDARY FOUR Candidates answer on the Question Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and register number on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer all question. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total number of marks for this paper is 50. Setter: Mr Heng Yan Kai and Mr Kelvin Koh ANSWER SCHEME

2 Answer all questions Victoria School 24/S4PRE/GE1 1 Cluster 1 : Geography in Everyday Life A group of secondary school Geography students went to Pulau Ubin, an offshore island which is also a tourist attraction in Singapore. They wanted to test their hypothesis, ‘More foreign tourists than locals visit Pulau Ubin to enjoy the nature’. They took a bum boat ride across to reach Pulau Ubin’s jetty. Each bum boat ride can take 12 visitors at a time. At the jetty, they carried out their investigation by interviewing the visitors that reached the island by boat. They used random sampling method to choose the visitors that they wish to interview from each bum boat. Altogether, they interviewed a total of 30 foreign visitors and 30 locals. The students carried out their study once during an afternoon of a weekday and another occasion during the weekend. (a) Describe possible risks that the students may encounter in their investigation. [2] Award 1 mark for distinct risk written to a maximum of 2 marks Possible responses include: • The students may fall into the water if they are not careful when boarding and alighting from their boat [1]. • They may injure themselves if they are not careful and slip on the wet grounds of the main jetty when it rains [1] AO 1 (b) Describe how the students carried out the simple random sampling method. [2] Award 1 mark per step to a maximum of 2 marks. Possible responses include: • Every visitor that disembarked from the bum boat is given a number [1]. • A random number generator is used to generate random numbers to select the visitors [1]. AO 1

3 Victoria School 24/S4PRE/GE1 (c) The teacher reminded the students that their survey should not comprise closed - ended questions only but also contain a couple of open-ended questions. Explain why the teacher reminded the students as such? [1] Award 1 mark for valid response to a maximum of 1 mark. Possible response: • This is because open-ended questions provide in-depth perceptions/information from the respondents which could help the students know more about their responses [1]. AO 1 (d) The students collated the data they collected and presented their findings in a graphical manner as shown in Fig 1.3. Fig 1.3 0 5 10 15 20 25 Cycling Learn about nature Camping Hiking Number of visitors Reasons for visiting Pulau Ubin Reasons for visiting Pulau Ubin Weekday foreign visitors Weekday locals Weekend foreign visitors Weekend locals

4 Victoria School 24/S4PRE/GE1 (i) Use Fig. 2 to compare the reasons that foreign visitors and locals visit Pulau Ubin. [4] Weekday Weekend Reasons for visiting Pulau Ubin Foreign visitors Local visitors Foreign visitors Local visitors Cycling 14 18 20 20 Learn about nature 9 7 7 6 Camping 1 2 1 1 Hiking 6 3 2 3 Award 1 mark for each similarity to a maximum of 2 marks. Award 1 mark for each difference to a maximum of 2 marks. Response must have at least 1 similarity and 1 difference. Accept any plausible answers. Award a maximum of 1 additional mark for data support per evaluation point, where applicable. Possible responses include: Similarities • Most foreign visitors and locals visit Pulau Ubin for cycling. [1] • 14 and 20 for foreign visitors during the weekday and weekends and 18 and 20 for locals. There are 4 and no change in foreign visitors than locals during the weekday and weekends respectively. [1 additional] • Equal number of foreign visitors and locals visit Pulau Ubin for camping during weekends. [1] • With only 1 foreign and local visitor camping on the weekends. [1 additional] Differences • There are more foreign visitors who visit Pulau Ubin to learn about nature than locals. [1] • 9 and 7 for foreign visitors during the weekday and weekends and 7 and 6 for locals. There are 2 and no change in foreign visitors than locals during the weekday and weekends respectively. [1 additional] • There are more foreign visitors who visit Pulau Ubin to hike than locals during the weekday. [1] • 6 for foreign visitors and 3 for locals. There are 3 more foreign visitors than locals during the weekday. [1 additional] AO 2 (ii) Describe the situations where the graphical method used in Fig 1.3 is appropriate. [2] Award 1 mark for each description to a maximum of 2 marks.

4 Victoria School 24/S4PRE/GE1 Possible responses include: • It is used to present data with discrete categories [1]. • It is used to compare data between different categories [1]. AO 1 (e) In addition to their earlier investigation, the students also wanted to find out the relationship between the distance of the attractions on the island from the main jetty and the number of visitors visiting these attractions. For their geographical investigation, they identified the following attractions (their distance from the island’s main jetty is given in brackets) [Insert Fig. 3] : a) Chek Jawa [3.6 km] b) The Malay Kampong [1.2 km] c) Maman Campsite [2.3 km] d) Teck Seng’s Place (operational only during weekends) [0.5 km] e) NParks Secret Gardens [0.3 km] f) German Girl shrine [2.7 km] g) Bukit Puaka [2.1 km] The group of students decided to carry out their study on a weekday afternoon and the whole day of a weekend. They only stationed themselves at the island’s main jetty and carried out their interviews at regular time intervals of 2 hours each. For their sample size, the students decided to interview any 30 visitors they meet at the main jetty. (i) Suggest how the students can improve their data collection methods for their investigation. [3] Award 1 mark for each suggestion to a maximum of 3 marks. Possible responses include: • They should leave out Teck Seng’s Place as it is operational only during weekends. [1] • They should carryout their study on more days in the weekday and weekend to get a bigger range of responses. [1] • They could station themselves at more places to collect their data for a wider coverage. [1] • The students could interview more visitors instead of just 30 to get a more representative sample size. [1] AO 2

6 Victoria School 24/S4PRE/GE1 (ii) Study Table 1.4, which shows the data collected by the students during the weekday and th