IB Digital Society HL · 2024 to 2025
Unit 4: Contexts
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Unit 4: Contexts
Latest exam session: November 2025
- questions
- 31
- questions
- papers
- 12
- papers
- exam sessions
- 5
- exam sessions
- micro-topics
- 14
Topics in Unit 4: Contexts
In syllabus order. The ring is the share of the marks each one carries.
4.1
Cultural
9% of marks14 of the 152 marks across the 18 Digital Society HL papers analysed (9%) were on this topic. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 3 questions
4.2
Economic
32% of marks48 of the 152 marks across the 18 Digital Society HL papers analysed (32%) were on this topic. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 9 questions
4.3
Environmental
13% of marks20 of the 152 marks across the 18 Digital Society HL papers analysed (13%) were on this topic. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 4 questions
4.4
Health
20% of marks31 of the 152 marks across the 18 Digital Society HL papers analysed (20%) were on this topic. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 6 questions
4.5
Human knowledge
7% of marks11 of the 152 marks across the 18 Digital Society HL papers analysed (7%) were on this topic. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 2 questions
4.6
Political
11% of marks17 of the 152 marks across the 18 Digital Society HL papers analysed (11%) were on this topic. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 5 questions
- DueLaws and regulations
4.7
Social
7% of marks11 of the 152 marks across the 18 Digital Society HL papers analysed (7%) were on this topic. A past-paper pattern, not a guarantee for your next paper. · 2 questions
Exam pattern
How often each micro-topic has been examined, year by year. Each label is explained under the grid.
Does it repeat?
Top 4 of 14 micro-topics for the next sitting. Numbers are questions per year.
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| Micro-topic | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 4Laws and regulations, 2024: 4 questions | ·Laws and regulations, 2025: 0 questions | |
4.4.1Medicine and health | 3Medicine and health, 2024: 3 questions | 2Medicine and health, 2025: 2 questions |
| ·Employment and labour, 2024: 0 questions | 5Employment and labour, 2025: 5 questions | |
| 1Learning and education, 2024: 1 question | 1Learning and education, 2025: 1 question |
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Questions on Unit 4: Contexts, by exam session
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November 2025
4 questions across 3 papers
May 2025
8 questions across 3 papers
November 2024
3 questions across 3 papers
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2 questions across 1 paper
Specimen 2024
5 questions across 2 papers
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Which Digital Society HL exam sessions are covered for Unit 4: Contexts?
5 exam sessions from 2024 to 2025, the latest November 2025. Every Paper 1, 2 and 3 in every timezone is read and classified in full, which gives 12 papers in this archive.
Which Unit 4: Contexts topic comes up most?
Laws and regulations (4.6.4): in 17% of papers, last seen Nov 24 P2. Usually "write down / state", worth about 4.7 marks in a paper that includes it.
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