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HSC exams

 

HSC style questions explained

Click here for a list of relevant HSC style questions from past HSC papers. 
​

So if you are here you're wanting to test your understanding of key physics concepts in the NSW HSC for physics. 
For maximum benefit I suggest the following tips.
  1. Download the HSC paper for a particular year and do the questions, and if possible, in test conditions.
  2. Check the answers using the marking guide lines provided. In particular, review the criteria for each question and establish what mark you would give yourself for that question, taking not of strength and wetnesses of your response
  3. Use the sample answer as a guide but remember, it is not meant to be an exemplar response. It is designed as the bare minimum to achieve maximum marks and therefore should not be used as a comprehensive study tool.
  4. If you struggle with the question then the explanations in the videos is your next step.
One last thing...
Questions are designed to test your full undertanding of not know the course connect but scientific skills.
As a result you will be assessed on set criteria and will received a Band that exemplifies that criteria .

​I have produced a video to help you know how to get that Band 6.
As you practice the questions below, consider the advice I give.


​2021
2021 HSC paper


​2020
2020 HSC paper
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​marking guidelines

2019
2019 HSC paper​
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​marking guidelines


This year I chose to produce 4 videos on the exams, separating the questions out into their respective modules

2018
2018 HSC paper
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​marking guidelines

This was the last year with the old syllabus so some questions are not relevant

2017
2017 HSC paper
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​marking guidelines

2016
​2016 HSC exam
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​marking guidelines

2015

2015 HSC

(short answer section coming soon)

Over time, I plan to add older year papers as well, edited for the current HSC syllabus.

The following links are older videos of specific questions from past HSC papers
  • Module 5
    • HSC 2004 Q19 - orbital motion and Kepler
    • HSC 2009 Q19 - projectiles
    • How well do you  know. ...projectile motion, .. Gravitation, 
  • Module 6
    • HSC 2015 Q24 - force on charge
    • HSC 2015 Q28 - electromagnetism 
    • HSC 2015 Q25 - energy and transformers
    • How well do you  know….charges in fields, . .. Motor Effect, ...Induction,  ... transformers, 
  • Module 7
    • How well do you  know...special relativity,  photoelectric effect
  • Module 8​
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      • Gravity
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      • Wave Phenomena
      • Sound
      • Physical Optics
      • Geometric Optics
    • Heat and Thermodynamics
    • Electricity and Magnetism >
      • Electrostatics
      • Circuit electricity
      • Electromagnetism
      • Induction
    • Modern Physics >
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      • Quantum Phenomena
      • Nuclear Physics
      • Particle Physics
    • Other >
      • Astrophysics
      • Medical Physics
  • Shorts
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    • NSW >
      • NSW curriculum
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      • HSC Exam review >
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