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2. Start with one timed section or task and record where you spent the most time.
3. Review errors before attempting another section. Separate missing knowledge from timing problems.

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Practice paper focus areas

• Exam 1 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): how variants respond to pressure to adapt; doctrinal grounds for differing responses; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): shared practice as a sign of cooperation between adherents of two variants; Section B Q3 suffering: how understanding of human nature and purpose shapes the account of suffering
• Exam 2 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): what led to the divide (authority and leadership) and its lasting doctrinal consequences; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): whether historical conflict between two variants has given way to cooperation; Section B Q3 suffering: why suffering is allowed: the tradition's answer to the problem of evil
• Exam 3 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): working from one core practice back to the beliefs behind it in two variants; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): how a difference in an initiation rite reflects a difference in teaching; Section B Q3 suffering: practices that give adherents solace and meaning in suffering
• Exam 4 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): the authority of sacred text versus tradition, leaders or reason in two variants; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): shared roots and divergent growth: similarities and differences in doctrine; Section B Q3 suffering: the role of religious leaders and community in responding to suffering
• Exam 5 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): weighing similarities against differences in belief between two variants; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): how a divergence in sacred calendar or festival practice is explained and its effect on relations; Section B Q3 suffering: beliefs about death and the afterlife and the value placed on suffering in this life
• Exam 6 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): succession, leadership and institutional structure in the origin of a variant; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): the significance of formal dialogue and joint statements between variants; Section B Q3 suffering: using the case study to show how teaching guided adherents through great suffering
• Exam 7 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): worship and sacred space as expressions of differing belief; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): pilgrimage and holy places as sources of cooperation or tension; Section B Q3 suffering: whether suffering counts against a benevolent, all-powerful God or ultimate reality
• Exam 8 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): differing beliefs about death and the afterlife between two variants; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): whether shared hope about death has fostered cooperation; Section B Q3 suffering: personal and doctrinal understandings of suffering: how experience reshapes belief
• Exam 9 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): the role of clergy, monastics and laity in two variants; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): shared devotion across a variant boundary; Section B Q3 suffering: suffering as test, discipline or purpose
• Exam 10 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): variant responses to modernity, reform and tradition; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): whether attitudes to modern life divide or unite two variants; Section B Q3 suffering: practical means to alleviate suffering (charity, care, community action)
• Exam 11 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): a doctrinal dispute at the origin of a variant; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): reconciliation and repair between estranged variants; Section B Q3 suffering: stories and texts that guide adherents in suffering
• Exam 12 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): daily practice (diet, dress, prayer routine) and the beliefs that explain the differences; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): everyday practice as a meeting point or barrier between adherents; Section B Q3 suffering: the variety of responses to suffering within the tradition
• Exam 13 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): evaluating religious versus political causes of conflict between variants; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): the impact of conflict on adherents and efforts at cooperation; Section B Q3 suffering: evaluating the conclusions that can be drawn about the tradition's approach to suffering
• Exam 14 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): differences in understanding of the divine or ultimate reality; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): how a shared object of devotion supports cooperation despite different doctrine; Section B Q3 suffering: the human condition (sin, dukkha, karma, the inclination to evil) as the root of suffering
• Exam 15 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): rites of passage and membership in two variants; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): belonging and boundaries: when practice includes or excludes; Section B Q3 suffering: communal mourning and memorial rituals
• Exam 16 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): variants in the Australian context: origins abroad, adaptation here; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): local cooperation between variants in a multicultural society; Section B Q3 suffering: guidance and solace contrasted with the tradition studied in Module 1
• Exam 17 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): sacred calendar, holy days and the beliefs they express; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): how timing differences shape relations between communities; Section B Q3 suffering: natural suffering versus suffering caused by human evil
• Exam 18 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): the origin of a variant as a response to diversity within the tradition; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): whether diversity of practice strengthens or weakens the wider tradition; Section B Q3 suffering: ultimate purpose of existence and the meaning of suffering
• Exam 19 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): interpretive authority (scholars, councils, individuals) in two variants; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): scholarly exchange as cooperation; Section B Q3 suffering: secular challenges to religious explanations of suffering and the tradition's reply
• Exam 20 — Section A Q1 (written stimulus): what led to the divide and the practical impact of small doctrinal differences; Section A Q2 (pictorial stimulus, described in words): whether two variants travelling different paths still share a destination; Section B Q3 suffering: rationale, reinforcement and response: all three Criterion 7 elements