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2017 Automotive HSC exam papers
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Students should:
- have a clear understanding of the content from the different mandatory focus areas in the syllabus
- communicate automotive concepts and provide relevant workplace examples
- explain strategies to address a range of current automotive industry issues
- respond correctly to the key words, for example, ’explain’ and ’analyse’
- communicate using industry specific terminology
- refer to relevant legislation.
Students should expect:
- questions to be of varying difficulty
- to be guided by the marks allocated for depth of response.
Students can prepare for this examination by:
- practising applying workplace examples
- knowing the appropriate application for particular automotive work practices
- applying relevant automotive practices from student experience on work placement
- knowing which employability skills are relevant to various situations
- practising past HSC examination questions from across the HSC focus areas, referring to the marking guidelines.
In better responses, students were able to:
- provide a range of examples such as impacts on the automotive workplace
- use industry specific terminology
- provide a logical approach to fault finding and diagnosis
- provide a justification when discussing specific tests and procedures
- demonstrate a clear understanding of mechanical systems and components.
Note: The 2017 HSC exam was the final exam for the Automotive Syllabus based on AUR12v2.1.
Students should:
- distinguish between content from the different mandatory focus areas in the syllabus
- communicate automotive concepts and provide relevant examples
- explain strategies to address a range of current automotive industry issues
- respond correctly to the key words, for example 'explain' and 'analyse'
- communicate using industry specific terminology
- refer to relevant legislation
- provide relevant workplace examples.
Students should expect:
- questions to be of varying difficulty
- to be guided by the marks allocated for depth of response.
Students can prepare for this examination by:
- practising applying workplace examples to the different competencies
- knowing the appropriate application for relevant automotive work practices
- applying relevant automotive practices from student experience on work placement
- knowing which employability skills are relevant to various situations
- practising past HSC examination questions from the different units of competency and referring to the marking guidelines.
In better responses, students were able to:
- provide a range of examples such as impacts on the automotive workplace
- use industry specific terminology
- provide a logical approach to vehicle body repair and refinishing
- provide a justification when discussing specific repair procedures
- respond to all requirements of the question
- demonstrate a clear understanding of vehicle body systems.
Note: The 2017 HSC exam was the final exam for the Automotive Syllabus based on AUR12v2.1.
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