0460.10.6.03 — the strategies and techniques used to manage energy supplies; including sustainable.: past paper questions

Real questions on 0460.10.6.03 — the strategies and techniques used to manage energy supplies; including sustainable.

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1. 0460/23 · May/June 2025 · Q6c[3]

   Explain why some countries do not use renewable energy.

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2. 0460/13 · May/June 2023 · Q6a(iii)[3]

   Compare the percentage of three different types of energy used for electricity generation in Queensland and Tasmania. Do not use statistics in your answer.

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3. 0460/13 · May/June 2023 · Q6a(iv)[4]

   Suggest reasons for the variation in importance of HEP and other renewable forms of energy in the different states of Australia.

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4. 0460/13 · May/June 2023 · Q6b(ii)[5]

   Explain why many countries are reducing their dependence on fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas.

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5. 0460/13 · May/June 2019 · Q6a(ii)[2]

   State two pieces of evidence from Fig. 6.1 that Japan plans to reduce the use of fossil fuels by 2030.

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6. 0460/13 · May/June 2019 · Q6b(ii)[5]

   There is a proposal to extend the area where solar power is being generated into area X. Explain why some people are likely to support this proposal but other people will be against it.

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What examiners said

Finally, candidates were asked to explain why some countries do not use renewable energy. Typically, they wrote about the unsuitability due to the limitations of cloud cover or lack of wind or water and financial issues with the available non-renewables being much cheaper and renewable being expensive to set up and then maintain. Other ideas seen less frequently were the inability of renewables to...

— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0460/23 Q6(c) (Cambridge)

This question was usually well answered, using comparative language to describe the differences without the use of statistics.

— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 0460/13 Q6(a)(iii) (Cambridge)

This question was often not well answered, as candidates considered Australia as a whole rather than considering why the use of renewables varies between states. Some candidates, however, correctly suggested ideas such as the use of HEP would vary as some states lack high rainfall or fast flowing rivers, or that some states might lack fossil fuels and so would use more renewable energy.

— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 0460/13 Q6(a)(iv) (Cambridge)