ATARMAxxing
TCE SociologyPractice Examination 2
| Reading time | 15 minutes |
| Writing time | 2 hours |
| Total marks | 400 |
| Questions | 8 |
| Structure | Section A — 4 Q, 200 marks · Section B — 4 Q, 200 marks |
This paper covers
- Section A stimuli: a constructed item on a workplace uniform and conduct code; a constructed profile of a bilingual migrant teenager; a constructed item on a juvenile shoplifting network; a constructed timeline of changing attitudes to vaping.
- Section A emphasis: Q1 social control, stressing formal and informal sanctions.
- Section B lead institutions: Q5 stratification led by education; Q6 power and politics led by work; Q7 interrelationships led by media; Q8 changes over time led by family.
- Section B stimuli, one per institution: family: a constructed item on paid parental leave uptake by fathers; education: a constructed retention-rate chart labelled 'constructed'; work: a constructed item on automation in a warehouse; media: a constructed item on algorithmic news feeds.
- Criterion 7: evaluative topic sentences and a judgement in the conclusion.
Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.
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