ACSI 2024 Geog Elective Prelim MS

1 [Turn Over Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2024 YEAR FOUR EXPRESS HUMANITIES 2260/02 Paper 2 Geography MARKING SCHEME

2 [Turn Over 1 (a) Describe the hazard and explain its impacts on the residents staying close by. [2m] Award 1 mark each for correct description and explanation. Possible responses include: It is air pollution from factories. Air pollution can cause health issues such as breathing difficulties to the residents. 1 (b) (i) Compare the trend in the number of residential fires and deaths to civilians between 1977 to 2017. [2m] Award 1 mark for correct explanation on the similarity Award 1 mark for correct explanation on the differences using data from graph Possible responses include: Both number of fires and number of civilian deaths decreased There is greater decrease in the number of residential fires where civilian deaths decreased by 58% and number of residential fires decreased by 46%

3 [Turn Over 1 (b) (ii) Explain how building community resilience might reduce the risks of residential fires. [2m] Award 1 mark each for correct explanation of 2 points on community resilience No marks awarded for writing having extinguisher or fire alarm at home. Possible responses include: Neighbours can help to look out for any fire occurrences and help to extinguish the fire before it can spread to more houses while waiting for arrival of SCDF Volunteers who are the Community First Responders can help to educate the neighbours on fire hazard and encourage them to be alert while cooking, not to charge PMD illegally and look out for spoilt electrical wiring to prevent residential fires. 1 (c) (i) Identify the sampling method they could use for the investigation and describe how it can be conducted. [3m] Award 1 mark for correct identification of sampling method Award 2 marks for correct explanation on 2 points on how it is conducted Possible responses include It is stratified random sampling They should use random number generator to decide on interviewing around 20 visitors of different age groups 1 (c) (ii) Describe how the students collected the data shown in Fig. 1.3. [3m] Award 1 mark each for correct description of 3 points on how they collect the data Possible responses include: They should station themselves at the entrance of the park They will