Investigating Science mock exam
Higher School Certificate Examination - Investigating Science. Sit it in one block, time yourself with the on-screen clock, then self-mark against the model answers.
Paper structure from the official NESA page.
Want the real thing? Open the 2024 Investigating Science paper walkthrough for the official structure and marking criteria.
Paper at a glance
| Section | Questions | Marks | Recommended time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section I - Objective response | 10 | 10 | 35 min |
| Section II - Short answer and extended response | 18 | 78 | 145 min |
The official paper is worth 100 marks. This mock holds 88, because we only use questions we have checked and they don't fill every section of the official paper exactly. Your score is worked out of the marks in the questions you sit, so a perfect paper scores 100%.
Before you start
We do not yet have enough questions in this subject to fill every section of the real paper, so some sections are shorter and the marks are adjusted to match. Sit it anyway to practise pacing.
What this mock covers
- Section I - Objective response: 10 multiple-choice questions, auto-marked when you submit.
- Section II - Short answer and extended response: 18 short-answer questions (78 marks), self-marked against a model answer.
13 syllabus dot points covered
Syllabus dot points examined in this paper:
- Conflicts of interest in research: HSC Investigating Science Module 8
- Data analysis, error and uncertainty: HSC Investigating Science Module 5
- Evaluating evidence and claims: HSC Investigating Science Module 7
- Evidence-based policy in Australia: HSC Investigating Science Module 8
- Indigenous knowledge and Western science: HSC Investigating Science Module 8
- Logical fallacies and cognitive bias: HSC Investigating Science Module 7
- Peer review and reproducibility: HSC Investigating Science Module 5
- Primary and secondary data: HSC Investigating Science Module 5
- Reliability, validity, accuracy and precision: HSC Investigating Science Module 5
- Research ethics and the NHMRC: HSC Investigating Science Module 8
- Risk assessment and ethics in scientific investigation: HSC Investigating Science Module 5
- Science versus pseudoscience: HSC Investigating Science Module 7
- Variables and experimental design: HSC Investigating Science Module 5
Multiple-choice questions are drawn from the HSC Investigating Science Module 7 Fact or Fallacy quiz.
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