PDHPE (legacy 2012) mock exam
Higher School Certificate Examination - Personal Development, Health and Physical Education. 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 2025 PDHPE (legacy 2012) paper walkthrough for the official structure and marking criteria.
Paper at a glance
| Section | Questions | Marks | Recommended time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section I Part A - Objective response | 12 | 12 | 40 min |
| Section I Part B - Short answer | 6 | 39 | 70 min |
| Section II - Options (extended response) | 2 | 50 | 70 min |
The official paper is worth 100 marks. This mock holds 101, 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 Part A - Objective response: 12 multiple-choice questions, auto-marked when you submit.
- Section I Part B - Short answer: 6 short-answer questions (39 marks), self-marked against a model answer.
- Section II - Options (extended response): 2 extended responses (50 marks), self-marked against the marking criteria.
6 syllabus dot points covered
Syllabus dot points examined in this paper:
- Health inequities by socioeconomic status in Australia: HSC PDHPE Equity and Health
- Medicare, private insurance and health care funding: HSC PDHPE Core 1
- Pre, during and post-performance nutrition: HSC PDHPE Core 2
- Rehabilitation of sports injuries: HSC PDHPE Sports Medicine
- Technology in sport: performance, monitoring, ethics: HSC PDHPE Improving Performance
- The three energy systems explained: HSC PDHPE Core 2
Multiple-choice questions are drawn from the Core 2 Factors Affecting Performance: energy systems, training and adaptation quiz.
Your answers, the clock and your self-marks save on this device as you go, so a reload picks up where you left off.