CCHM 2025 GEOG PRELIM P1 QP

Answer all questions. 1 Cluster 1: Geography in Everyday Life A group of students in the United Kingdom wanted to investigate causes of air pollution in their city area and residents’ opinions on strategies taken to reduce it. They went to the city area on a weekday and used a closed-ended questionnaire survey to collect the views of the residents. They divided themselves into two groups, with one group interviewing the first 50 residents who are less than 50 years old and the other group interviewing the first 50 residents who are above 50 years old. Each group of students interviewed 50 residents. They conducted their questionnaire at the location labelled X shown in Fig.1.1. A copy of their questionnaire is in Fig. 1.2 (Insert). Land use map of the city area in the United Kingdom Key: Household goods store Supermarket Convenience goods store C Specialist store non-food (e.g. florist, travel agent) Sp Personal services (e.g. hairdresser, nail parlour) P Charity shop Ch Cafe CE Offices O Vacant shop space V Fig. 1.1 (a) Explain the advantages and a safety concern of conducting their questionnaire at location X.

2 ………………………………………………………...……………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….[3] (b) The students collected some information on the types of air pollution and their origin. They represented the information in a comparative bar graph. 2025 PreliminaryExaminations/CCHMS/Secondary 4/GEOGRAPHY2279/01

3 Table 1.1 shows the information collected by the students and Fig. 1.3 shows their partially completed graph. Table 1.1 Types of air pollution and their origin origin of air pollution (%) types of air pollution transportation fuel burning industrial processes construction and agriculture carbon monoxide 85 5 10 0 dust and airborne particles 1 2 2 95 nitrogen oxides 49 47 4 0 sulfur oxides 3 85 10 2 others 35 3 62 0 Types of air pollution and their origin Fig. 1.3 (i) Use the information in Table 1.1 to complete the bar graph in Fig. 1.3 for transportation and industrial processes. [2] (ii) Describe one other graphical method the students could use to present the data in Table 1.1. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… . ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… . 2025 PreliminaryExaminations/CCHMS/Secondary 4/GEOGRAPHY/2279/01 [Turn over

4 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… .…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..[2] (c) The students created a list of strategies to reduce air pollution and classified them as nature-based or policy-based. They wanted to test the hypothesis: ‘ People are more supportive of nature-based strategies compared to policy-based strategies to reduce air pollution’. When conducting the questionnaire, the students decided to show respondents photographs of how other cities have adopted these strategies to reduce pollution, as seen in Figs. 1.4A (Insert) and 1.4B (Insert). Table 1.2 shows the results of the close-ended questionnaire survey conducted on respondents’ opinion of strategies to reduce air pollution in their city. Table 1.2 Respondents’ opinion of strategies to reduce air pollution in their city <50 years old > 50 years old strategies to reduce air pollution classification support the strategy do not support the strategy support the strategy do not support the strategy plant more trees nature-based 41 9 32 18 promote green walls and green roofs nature-based 30 20 29 21 create more green spaces and parks nature-based 35 15 39 11 build extensive network of cycling lanes policy-based 23 27 12 38 provide subsidies for electric cars policy-based 39 11 42 8 introduce car free days on weekends policy-based 21 29 9 41 (i) To what extent does the data in Table 1.2 support the students’ hypothesis? …………………………………………………………………………………………………..………… ….………………………………………………………………………………………….……………… …….…………………………………………………………………………………….………………… ……….……………………………………………………………………………….…………..…….… ……………………………………………………………………………………….……………….…… ……………………………………………………………………………………..……………..….….… ……………………………………………………………………………………..………………………2025 PreliminaryExaminations/CCHMS/Secondary 4/GEOGRAPHY2279/01

5 ……………………………………………………………………………………….……………….…… ……………………………………………………………………………………..……………..….….… ……………………………………………………………………………………..……………..….….… ………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..….[4] (ii) With reference to Table 1.2, explain some factors which could have influenced how supportive respondents are of the various strategies. ………………………………………………………...………………………………………………… ….…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…… ……….……………………………………………………………………………………………..…… …………….………………………………………………………………………………………..…… ………………………………………………………...………………………………………………… ….…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…… ………………….…………………………………………………………………………………..…… ……………………….……………………………………………………………………………..…[3] (d) Evaluate the data collection methods used by the students. ………………………………………………………...……………………………………..…………… ….……………………………………………………………………………………………….………… …….………………………………………………………………………………………….…………… ……….…………………………………………………………………………………….……………… …………………...…………………………………………………….……………….….……………… …………………………………………………………………………….………….…………………… ……………………………………………………………………………….………….………………… ………………………………………………………………………………….….……………………… ………………………………………………………………………………….….……………………… ………………………………………………………………..………………………………..…….…… ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………….… ………………………………………………………………………………….….……………………… ………………………………………………………………………………….….……………………… ………………………………………………………………..………………………………..…….…… 2025 PreliminaryExaminations/CCHMS/Secondary 4/GEOGRAPHY/2279/01 [Turn over

6 ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………….… ………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….…[6] [Total: 20] 2 Cluster 2: Tourism (a) Study Fig. 2.1, which shows tourist arrivals to Thailand from 2015 to 2023. Tourist arrivals to Thailand from 2015 to 2023 Fig. 2.1 Using Fig. 2.1, describe the trends in tourist arrivals to Thailand from 2015 to 2023. …………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………. ………………………………………………………………………………………….………….…………. …………………………………………………………………………………….…………………….……. ……………………………………………………………………………….……………….……….……… ………………………………………………………………………….……………….…………….……… ………………………………………………………………………..………………….…………………… …………………………………………………………………..…………………………………….……… ………………………………………………………………………….……………….…………….………2025 PreliminaryExaminations/CCHMS/Secondary 4/GEOGRAPHY2279/01

7 ………………………………………………………………………..………………….…………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………….………..……..….[4] (b) Study Fig. 2.2A (Insert), which shows the location of hotels in Saint Lucia, a country in the Caribbean, and Fig. 2.2B (Insert), which shows other information about Saint Lucia. (i) Using Fig.