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Year 11 ATAR Economics Assessment Outline
Year 11 ATAR Economics Assessment Outline
Year 11 ATAR Economics Assessment Outline
Assessment
Assessment
task When Assessment task
type and weighting
weighting
Task 1: Introduction to Economics and Markets: Demand and supply
15 multiple-choice questions
Semester 1 One short answer question based on economic decision making
10%
Week 5 Two short answer question consisting of a number of parts based on demand – law of demand/supply, constructing a
Data Interpretation/
demand/supply curve from data, factors affecting demand/supply, shift of the demand/supply curve, price
Short Answer
(20%)
Task 5: The Business Cycle and Economic Growth
15 multiple-choice questions
Semester 2
10% Two short answer questions based on hypothetical economic growth data which connect the ideas of economic
Week 7
growth with the business cycle model and the applicable stages of this model.
Task 4: Semester 1 Examination – 2.5 hours using a modified examination design brief from the ATAR Year 12 syllabus
Section One: 24 multiple-choice questions (30%)
Semester 1
15% Section Two: three data interpretation/short answer questions (45%)
Week 16
Section Three: one essay/extended answer question from Unit 1 (25%)
Examination
(40%) Task 8: Semester 2 Examination – 3 hours using the examination design brief from the ATAR Year 12 syllabus
Section One: 24 multiple-choice questions (24%)
Semester 2
25% Section Two: four data interpretation/short answer questions (36%)
Week 19
Section Three: one essay/extended answer questions from a choice of two for each unit of study (40%)
Total 100%