CAT HIGH 2025 GEOG PRELIM P1 MS

Name: Index Number: Class: CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Preliminary Examination Secondary 4 (O-Level Programme) GEOGRAPHY 2279/01 Additional Materials: Insert 27 August 2025 1 hr 45 mins READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, index number and class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a soft pencil for any rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE ON THE MARGINS. Answer all questions. For examiner’s use only: Question 1 / 20 m Question 2 / 15 m Question 3 / 15 m Total / 50 marks 1. Write all answers on this booklet. 2. You may use the additional pages at the back of this booklet, where necessary. 3. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This document consists of 12 printed pages and 2 blank pages. [Turn over

2 ©CHS 2025 Answer all questions. 1 Geography in Everyday Life A group of students are interested to investigate the importance of community spaces to residents in a neighbourhood in Singapore. The students believe that community spaces play an important part in building a strong sense of place as residents will interact and build bonds with one another. Study Fig. 1.1 (Insert), which shows a map of Punggol estate that students have selected to conduct their investigation. The students decided to test their hypothesis: ‘Community spaces provide opportunities for residents to interact and build a strong sense of place’, by conducting a questionnaire survey and also asking respondents to draw a mental map of the sites that provide them with a sense of place. (a) (i) Their teacher commented that the hypothesis can be improved on. Suggest how the students can improve their hypothesis [2] Answer: • Geographical focus – students can indicate which town/areas they are referring to • Specific – students can indicate which community spaces they are looking at , such as One Punggol • Specific – students can indicate which age groups of residents they are examining • Comparison – students can do a comparison between locations, types of community spaces, responses between different age groups Accept other plausible answers (ii) With reference to Fig. 1.1, explain how students can collect the data required for their investigation. [5] Answer: • [Where] Students can identify which areas/locations to sample residents e.g. Town Centre and Punggol Settlement, which are commercial and/or recreational places • [Who] Students should find out first if the survey respondents are residents of Punggol for relevance • [How many respondents] Students can determine a fixed number of respondents to survey at each location using a sampling method e.g. stratified sampling to gather