Lui Cheung Kwong Lutheran College

F3 Geography
Uniform Test 1 (2014-2015)

TIME ALLOWED: 40 MINUTES

DATE: 24-10-2014
Total mark: 60marks

___________/60

CLASS: F.3______
NAME: ____________ CLASS NO: ______

Notice to the candidates

1. Candidates should choose the best answer for each question in Section A and Section
B. Write down the answer with a HB pencil.
2. Candidates should write down all the answers on the answer sheet.
3. Answer in complete sentences for the questions marked with the asterisk * in Section C.
Incomplete answer will not be marked.

Section Question Type Marks

A Multiple Choice / 10
B Map Reading / 10
C Data response Question 1 /20
Data response Question 2 / 20
Total / 60

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(A) Multiple-choice questions (10 marks)
Choose the best answer for each question and put the answer on the MC answer sheet provided.

1 Primary industry provides

___________________ for secondary 4 Refer to the map below. Which of the
industry. following areas shown on the map are industrial
A markets areas developed before the 1960s in Hong Kong?

B services
C raw materials
D labour

2 Which of the following persons works in

the tertiary industry?

A A farmer
B A carpenter
A i and iii only.
C A policeman
B ii and iii only.
D A software designer
C i, ii and iii only.
D ii, iii and iv only.
3 Which of the following matches is correct?
Type of Example
5 Is the industry shown in the photo below
manufacturing
commonly found in Hong Kong? Why?
industry
A Low-tech Genetic
industry engineering
industry
(基因工程)
B Capital-intensive Car-making
industry industry
C Labour-intensive Software
industry development
industry
A Yes, because it is a kind of light industry.
D Light industry Aerospace
(航天)industry B Yes, Hong Kong has many skilled
labours working in such industry.
C No, because Hong Kong has no demand
on the product shown.
D No, because Hong Kong does not have
sufficient flat land for this industry.

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6 The Ford Motor Company is one of the 8 The photo below shows the manufacturing
transnational corporations in the USA. What are plant of a transnational corporation in China.
the advantages of shifting its manufacturing
Which of the following are the reasons for this?
activities to the LCDs?
i It can have cheaper raw materials and
parts.
ii Its products will be more competitive
in the world market.
iii It can be sensitive to market change.
iv It helps protect the natural environment
in the USA.
A i and ii only.
B i, iii and iv only.
C ii, iii and iv only. i Lower costs
D All of the above. ii Lower risk of natural hazards
7 The figure below shows how Company A iii Rising market for products
operates. Which of the following descriptions are
correct? iv High-skilled labour
A i and ii only.
B i and iii only.
C ii and iii only.
D i, ii and iv only.

9 Which of the following are the facilitating

factors causing the global shift in industrial
location?
i Low costs in LDCs
i It is an example of single-point
ii Advancements in transport
production.
iii Advancements in information and
ii Company A is a transnational
communications technology
corporation.
iv Transnational corporations have a
iii It shows the trend of globalisation.
widespread network covering the
iv This way of production mode helps
world
lower production costs.
A i, ii and iii only.
A i and iii only.
B i, iii and iv only.
B i, ii and iv only.
C ii, iii and iv only.
C ii, iii and iv only.
D All of the above.
D All of the above.

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10 Refer to the map below. Which of the following matches shows the correct locations of the
industrial estates in Hong Kong?

I II III
A Yuen Long Industrial Tseung Kwan O Industrial Tai Po Industrial Estate
Estate Estate
B Tseung Kwan O Industrial Yuen Long Industrial Tai Po Industrial Estate
Estate Estate
C Tai Po Industrial Estate Yuen Long Industrial Tseung Kwan O Industrial
Estate Estate
D Tseung Kwan O Industrial Tai Po Industrial Estate Yuen Long Industrial
Estate Estate

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(B) Map Reading questions (10 marks; 2 marks @)
Study the figure below and choose the best answer for each question. Put the answer on the MC
answer sheet provided.

1：4 000
1. What is the statement scale of the 4. What is the actual length of Tuen Mun
map? Road section on the map？
A. 1cm to 4 km A. 0.39 km
B. 1cm to 400 m B. 3.9 km
C. 1cm to 40 m C. 39 m
D. 1cm to 4 m D. 980 m

5. What is the land use type found on the

2. What does this conventional sign map?
represent？
A. Community centre i. Transport
B. Church ii.Institutional
C. Platform iii. Recreational
D. Shopping mall iv. Residential
A. i、ii、iii
3. What is the whole circle bearing of the B. ii、iii、iv
Government Offices from the playground
C. i、iii、iv
(East of Tuen Mun Road)?
A. 59º D. All of the above
B. 165º
C. 237º
D. 292º

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 (C) Data Response Questions （40 marks）
Study the information and answer the questions below.
You must answer in complete sentences for those questions with the mark *.
No mark will be given to incomplete sentences.
1. Photos 1a and 1b show two different types of industry. (20 marks)
Industry X Industry Y

Photo 1a Photo 2
a List three major parts of a manufacturing system. (3 marks)
b i Refer to Photos 1a and 1b. What are industries X and Y? (2 marks)
ii What sector of industry do they belong to? (1 mark)
*c Compare industries X and Y with the following aspects.
i Weight of raw materials (2 marks)
ii Amount of labour (2 marks)
iii Size of factory (2 marks)
d i What are the most important location factor for industries X and Y respectively?
(2 marks)
*ii Explain why the most important location factor(s) for industries X and Y are
respectively (6 marks)

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2 Table 2a shows the daily average wages of factory workers in Hong Kong and Guangdong
between 1985 and 2010. Figure 2b is a piece of information about the changes of the location factors in
the Zhujiang Delta Region.(20 marks)
Table 2a

Year
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Daily average
wage (HK$)
Hong Kong 98 184 280 339 258 329

Guangdong 4 8 22 29 53 105
Source: Hong Kong Yearbooks; Guangdong Statistical Yearbooks

Changes of the location factors in the ZDR

After 20 years of industrial development, the Zhujiang Delta Region has
developed a good industrial base. There are many factories. In some of the areas, such
as Shenzhen and Guangzhou, the price of land and labour has gone up. This pushes
many labour-intensive industries to move further inland in Guangdong, such as
Heyuan（河源）and Shaoguan（韶關）, where labour costs are much lower.

Figure 2b

*a Refer to Table 2a. If you were a textiles factory owner, would you keep the manufacturing
activities in Hong Kong or move them to Guangdong? Explain with ONE reason. (3 marks)
*b Apart from the reason mentioned above, list THREE aspects of factors other than the
reason that may affect your choice in choosing the location of the production plant in
Question a. (12 marks)
c Refer to Figure 2b. What is the latest trend of many labour-intensive industries in Shenzhen
and Guangzhou? (1 mark)
*d The textiles factory owner decides to keep the head office in Hong Kong. Explain with
TWO reasons. (4 marks)

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