This question was the most popular in the paper, but was also the lowest scoring, with a mean mark of only 14/25. Many candidates chose questions on population as it was their preferred topic, but they were also attracted by the resource shown in Figure 1, with which they were familiar and confident. The questions themselves were quite demanding and Abigail’s and Kim’s answers, although they were both very good candidates overall, show some of the pitfalls.
The biggest problem was that candidates included similar information in their answers to parts (a) and (b) of the question. Abigail actually started by answering (b) and, some 3½ sides later, left herself very little time to answer (a). Kim was typical of many candidates in that her answer to (a) was very descriptive and many of the ideas were repeated in her answer to part (b).
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