2025 · Written examination · Q14 marks
Short-term causes of a global issue
Global issues, global responses
Description · Section A
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2025 · Written examination · Q52 marks
Consequences of a contemporary crisis
Contemporary crises
Outline · Section A
2025 · Written examination · Q82 marks
Cultural power in the Indo-Pacific
Power and the national interest
Outline · Section A
2025 · Written examination · Q93 marks
Consequences of foreign aid
Power and the national interest
State · Section A
2025 · Written examination · Q13 marks
A source perspective on Australia's regional relationships
Australia in the Indo-Pacific
Write · Section B
2025 · Written examination · Q110 marks
State responses across a global issue and a crisis
Global issues, global responsesContemporary crises
Analysis · Section C
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| Topic | 2025 | Years present |
|---|---|---|
| Australia in the Indo-Pacific | 1/1 | |
| Contemporary crises | 1/1 | |
| Global issues, global responses | 1/1 | |
| Mixed topics | 1/1 | |
| Power and the national interest | 1/1 |
Australia in the Indo-Pacific
Present in 1 of 1 year shown
Contemporary crises
Present in 1 of 1 year shown
Global issues, global responses
Present in 1 of 1 year shown
Mixed topics
Present in 1 of 1 year shown
Power and the national interest
Present in 1 of 1 year shown
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Official question identities, mark allocations and published results come from VCAA. Labels, topic coding and syllabus mappings are ATARMAxxing analysis. Historical shares describe indexed printed marks, not future-question probabilities or a candidate’s assessed weighting. Wrong-option rates exclude omissions; zero-mark and full-mark proportions are separate measures. Published rounding is retained: means and outcome percentages are separate reported statistics, and no mean is reconstructed from rounded distribution percentages. Source links open the parent question or text; use the official paper for exact wording, figures and later parts. The current examination has 80 compulsory marks: Section A 45, source-based Section B 15 and Section C two 10-mark extended responses. Writing time is 120 minutes plus 15 minutes reading. Only the 2025 main examination falls within the current Units 3 and 4 design. Only 1 completed current-design main examination year(s) are available in this corpus; this is not a three-year trend.
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Official question identities, mark allocations and published results come from VCAA. Labels, topic coding and syllabus mappings are ATARMAxxing analysis. Historical shares describe indexed printed marks, not future-question probabilities or a candidate’s assessed weighting. Wrong-option rates exclude omissions; zero-mark and full-mark proportions are separate measures. Published rounding is retained: means and outcome percentages are separate reported statistics, and no mean is reconstructed from rounded distribution percentages. Source links open the parent question or text; use the official paper for exact wording, figures and later parts. The current examination has 80 compulsory marks: Section A 45, source-based Section B 15 and Section C two 10-mark extended responses. Writing time is 120 minutes plus 15 minutes reading. Only the 2025 main examination falls within the current Units 3 and 4 design. Only 1 completed current-design main examination year(s) are available in this corpus; this is not a three-year trend.
Classification: VCE Units 3 and 4 study design from 2025; 2025–2025 main examinations. Each question is counted at the separately marked subpart level. The source questions and stimuli remain in the authority's original documents.