PEPERIKSAAN PERCUBAAN SELARAS SBP 2007

MARK SCHEME FOR EST (6355/1)

Section A

General Guidelines
A response deemed to have satisfied the examination requirements must satisfy the
following criteria:

• Spelling and grammatical accuracy are mandatory

• Only one response is allowed for each question / blank

o Each question / blank with multiple responses correct will be awarded
only one mark
o Each question / blank with multiple responses partially correct will not be
awarded any mark

• “Chunking” or the lifting of entire sentence(s) is/are not permitted

• Upper and lower cases must be strictly adhered to

• Meaningful paraphrasing and correct use of own words are permitted

Section A: Part 1
No. Acceptable Responses
1 Early (contractions)
Irregular || Irregular, spaced between
five to twenty minutes apart || Spaced
2
between five to twenty minutes apart ||
Spaced between 5 – 20 minutes apart
Last less than a / one / 1 minute || Less
than a / one / 1 minute || Each
3 then [Should be “than”]
contraction lasts less than a / one / 1
minute
To dilate the cervix || Dilate the cervix ||
4 not “purpose”]
Dilating the cervix
5 Strong
Regular || Every two or three minutes ||
Occurring every two or three minutes ||
6 2 minutes / min(s) [)[Phrase indicates
Every 2 – 3 minutes
(Last) longer than a minute || Longer
7 Lasts [Singular – should be plural]
than a minute || More than a minute
8 Continuous
Usually completed in less than an / one /
1 hour || Completed in less than an /
9
one / 1 hour || In less than an / one / 1
hour || Less than an / one / 1 hour
10 Delivery of (the) placenta
Unacceptable Responses
Early contraction_ [Singular - Should
be plural]
Muscular / Uterine (contractions)
[All the three stages relate to muscular /
uterine contractions – thus, no distinction
made]
Irregularly [Adverb – should be
adjective ]
Space(s) [Noun – should be participial
adjective]
5 minutes / min(s)
20 minutes / min(s)
Lasts less than … [Singular – should
be- plural]
Two or three days [Refers to “labour”]
Dilates [Singular – should be plural]
So that the baby can pass through
the birth canal [Phrase refers to “result”,
The baby can pass through the
birth canal [Ambiguous - may refer to
either “purpose” or “result”]
Regularly [Adverb- should be adjective]
Two to three minutes / min(s)[Phrase
indicates duration / Abbreviation]
duration / Abbreviation]
3 minutes / min(s) Phrase indicates
duration / Abbreviation]
Continuously[Adverb – should be
adjective]
Continually[Adverb – should be
adjective]
Continue(s) [Verb – should be adjective]
Complete [Verb or noun – should be
participial adjective]
Completes [Verb – should be participial
adjective]
Placenta delivery [Wrong word order
conveys distorted meaning - compare to
“pizza delivery”]
Section A: Part 2
No. Acceptable Responses
The relationship of society to its tools
and the extent society controls its
environment || Relationship of society to It’s [Contraction – should be possessive
1. its tools and the extent society controls
its environment
* Note: The phrase preceding (The relationship Enviroment [Wrong spelling]
of ….) and after “and” (the extent society …)
must both be included in the response
They develop / have developed /
developed simple tools || They have
been known to develop simple tools ||
2.
Development of simple tools || To
develop simple tools || Develop simple
tools
3-7 Accept any 5 in any order
• Instrumental in developing more
advanced economies || Developing
more advanced economies ||
Develop(s) more advanced
economies / The development of
more advanced economies ||
Development of more advanced
economies
• Contributed / Contribute(s) /
Contributing towards (the)
emergence of a leisure class || The
emergence of a leisure class ||
Emergence of a leisure class.
• Depleted / Deplete(s) / Depleting
natural resources || The depleting of
natural resources || Natural resources
depleted || The depletion of natural
resources || Depletion of natural
resources
Unacceptable Responses
Relationships [Plural – should be
singular]
It [Pronoun – should be possessive noun]
noun]
Extend [Verb – should be noun]
Tool_ [Singular – should be plural]
Control_ [Plural – should be singular]
Develops [Singular – should be plural]
Pass down the knowledge to their
descendants [Indicates that technology is
used to pass down the knowledge which
does not relate to how technology is
utilised.]
• Instrument [Noun – should be
adjective]
Advance [Noun or verb – should be
participial adjective]
__ advanced… [“More” omitted –
“More” indicates a qualitative and
quantitative advancement]
Economy [Singular – should be
plural]
• Toward [American spelling]
The leisure class [Refers to a
specific class]
__ leisure class [“a” omitted –
results in distortion in meaning]
Classes [Plural – should be singular
– results in distortion in meaning]
• Resource_ [Singular – should be
plural]
Natural resources deplete [Verb
– should be participial adjective;
Transitive verb requires an object]
No. Acceptable Responses
• Caused / Cause(s) / Causing • Cause [Plural – should be singular]
irreparable damage to the
environment || Irreparable damage to
the environment
• Adversely affected / affects the
values of society || Adverse effect(s)
to the values of society
• Caused / Cause(s) / Causing ethical
dilemmas || Ethical dilemmas
• The ability to control fire || Ability
8.
to control fire || Controlling fire
• The invention of the wheel ||
9.
Invention of the wheel
• The invention of the Internet || The
10.
invention of (the) telephone
Unacceptable Responses
__ damage [“Irreparable” omitted –
“Irreparable” conveys a drastic
scenario]
Destroys / destruction [Conveys a
pervasive meaning]
• Affect [Plural – should be singular]
Affected/Affects the values of
society [With “adversely” omitted,
“affected” or “affects” becomes
ambiguous with a positive or negative
connotation]
* Note: Affects/Affected (Verb)
Effect (Noun)
Dilemma_ [Singular – should be
plural]
Fire [Does not relate to an “event”]
The ability to control fires / a fire
[“Fire” relates to “entity” whereas “fires” or
“a fire” relates to instance(s) that entity]
Discovery of fire [“Discovery” does not
relate to technology]
Discovery / Creation / Manufacture
of the wheel [Meaning distorted]
The Internet / The) telephone [Does
not relate to an “event”]
The invention of the Internet and
(the) telephone [Plural – should be
singular and refer to one event only]
__ Internet [Omission of “The”]
internet [“i” must be in the upper case]
Telephones [Refer to instances of an
entity]
Telefon (BM spelling)
 PAPER 1 : SECTION B
MARK
GRADE DESCRIPTION OF CRITERIA
RANGE
• Complete realisation of task.
• Utilise all content points effectively.
• Excellent ability to analyse and justify points of view.
A 25 – 30 • Excellent organisation of ideas.
• Appropriate and precise use of science and
technology expressions.
• Entirely accurate use of the language.
• Good realisation of task.
• Utilise all content points with detailed supporting
information.
• Competent ability to analyse and justify points of
19 – 24
B view.
• Competent organisation of ideas.
• Appropriate use of science and technology
expressions.
• Largely accurate English.
• Reasonable fulfillment of task.
• Utilise some content points with adequate detailed
information.
• Satisfactory ability to analyse and / or justify points of
C 13 – 18 view.
• Satisfactory organisation of ideas.
• Satisfactory use of science and technology
expressions.
• Language sufficiently accurate.
• Limited fulfillment of task.
• Utilise some content points but inadequately
supported.
• Limited ability to analyse and / or justify points of
D 7 – 12
view.
• Some attempts to organise ideas.
• Limited use of science and technology expressions.
• Language largely inaccurate with frequent errors.
• Poor fulfillment of task.
• Mere mention of content points.
• No attempt to analyse and / or justify points of view.
E 1–6
• No attempt to organise ideas.
• Poor use of science and technology expressions.
• Language barely accurate.