2025 Beatty Sec Prelim Elect Geog_QP final

1 BEATTY SECONDARY SCHOOLPRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2025SECONDARY FOUR EXPRESS (G3)/ FIVE NORMAL (ACADEMIC) (G2)CANDIDATE NAMECLASSREGISTER NUMBERHUMANITIES2260/02Paper 2 Geography25 August 20251 hour 45 minutesAdditional Materials: InsertREAD THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRSTWrite your name, class and register number on all the work you hand in.Write in dark blue or black pen.For Examiner’s UseSection AQ1/ 14Q2/ 18Section BQ3/ Q4/ 18Total/ 50You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.Answer three questions in totalSection AAnswer Question 1 and Question 2 Section BAnswer either Question 3 or Question 4.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.This document consists of 15 printed pages and 1 Insert.[Turn over

2 Section AAnswer Question 1 and Question 21 Cluster 1: Geography In Everyday Life(a)Fig. 1.1 (Insert) shows a map of a neighbourhood in Toa Payoh.(i)Using Fig. 1.1, identify a set of services that shows a spatial association.………………………………………………………………………………..……..………………………………………………………………………………...…….[1](ii)Using Fig. 1.1, explain how this neighbourhood achieved economic sustainability.  ……………………………………………………………………………..………..……………………………………………………………………………..………..…………………………………………………………………………..…………..…………………………………………………………………………..…………..…………………………………………………………………………..…………..…………………………………………………………………………..…………..[3](b)Describe how community resilience can be developed.…………………………………………………………………………..…………..…………………………………………………………………………..…………..………………………………………………………………………..……………..………………………………………………………………………..……………..……………………………………………………………………..………………..…………………………………………………………………..…………………..…………………………………………………………………..…………………..………………………………………………………………..……………………..……………………………………………………….……….……………………..[4]

3 (c)A group of students wanted to test the hypothesis: ‘Services located in Toa Payoh Central attract users from further distances compared to services located in a typical Toa Payoh precinct.’They split into two groups with one group visiting and interviewing customers in a bakery in Toa Payoh Bloom (a typical precinct) and one group visiting a bakery in Toa Payoh Central. Both groups interviewed a total of 10 customers each from 3pm to 4pm and asked for the postal codes of the customers. Using this information, the students plotted each customer’s residence on a map. The results were presented in flow line map, as shown in Figs. 1.2 (Insert) and 1.3 (Insert).(i)Using Figs 1.2 (Insert) and 1.3 (Insert), evaluate how well the data supports their hypothesis: ‘Services located in Toa Payoh Central attract users from further distances compared to services located in a typical Toa Payoh precinct.’………………………………………………………………..……………………..…………………………………………………………….….……………………..………………………………………………………….…….……………………..……………………………………………………….……….……………………..……………………………………………………….……….……………………..………………………………………………….…………….