Test your knowledge: sample NCEA questions

Sample questions from NCEA level 3 media studies:

Demonstrate understanding of a specific media industry.


You have been studying a specific media industry.
Q1) Analyse how this specific media industry is organised and controlled.
Q2) Analyse the roles and relationships of three key personnel within your specific media industry.

Demonstrate understanding of an aspect of media in New Zealand.
Q3) Analyse an aspect of media in New Zealand and its implications and/or significance for New Zealand society. Support your answer with reference to a range of sources.

Explain the interrelationship between society and a media genre.
Q4) Analyse and evaluate the interrelationship between society and a media genre.

Support your analysis with reference to at least three media texts.

* Source: NCEA level 3 media studies exam 2004, New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Sample questions from NCEA level 3 biology:

Describe gene expression.
Q1) Identify and explain the process where one gene can have more than one effect on an organism.
Q2) There is a tendency for tuatara on their island sanctuaries to lay eggs on south-facing slopes under a thin covering of soil. Explain why this benefits their conservation.

* Source: NCEA level 3 biology exam 2004, New Zealand Qualifications Authority.