2012-DSE
CHEM
PAPER1A
HONGKONGEXAMINATIONSANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY
HONGKONGDIPLOMAOFSECONDARYEDUCATION EXAMINATION 2012
CHEMISTRY PAPER 1
8.30 am 11.00 am(2 hours30minutes)
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This papermustbeanswered in English
GENERALINSTRUCTIONS
1. There are TWOsections, Aand B, in this Paper. You are advised tofinish Section Ain about 45
minutes.
2. Section Aconsists of multiple-choice questions in this question paper, while Section Bcontains
conventionalquestions printed separately in Question-Answer BookB.
3. Answers to Section Ashould be marked on the Multiple-choice Answer Sheet while answers to
Section B should bewritten in the spaces provided in Question-Answer Book B. The Answer
Sheet for Section Aand the Question-Answer Book for Section B will be collected
separately attheend oftheexamination.
4. A Periodic Table is printed on page 20 of Question-Answer Book B.Atomic numbers and relative
atomic masses of elements can be obtained from the Periodic Table.
INSTRUCTIONS FORSECTIONA(MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS)
1. Read carefully the instructions on the Answer Sheet. After the announcement of the start of the
examination, you should first stick abarcodelabeland inserttheinformation required in the spaces
provided. No extra time will be given for sticking on the barcode label after the 'Time is up'
announcement.
2. Whentold to open this book,you should checkthat allthequestions arethere. Lookforthewords
'END OFSECTION A'after the last question.
3. All questions carry equal marks.
4. ANSWERALL QUESTIONS. You are advised to usean HBpencil to markallthe answers on the
AnswerSheet, sothatwrongmarkscan becompletely erased with aclean rubber. You must mark
the answers clearly; otherwise you will lose marksifthe answers cannotbecaptured.
5. Youshould markonly ONEanswerfor each question. Ifyou markmorethan oneanswer, youwill
receiveNOMARKSforthat question.
6. Nomarks will bededucted for wrong answers.
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