GCSE
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY n n
8552/W
Unit 1 Written Paper
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Mark scheme
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June 2021
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Version:n1.0nFinal
*216g 552/w/MS* n
, MARKnSCHEMEn–nGCSEnDESIGNnANDnTECHNOLOGYn–n8552/Wn–nJUNEn2021
MarknschemesnarenpreparednbynthenLeadnAssessmentnWriternandnconsidered,ntogethernwithnthenrelevantn
questions,nbynanpanelnofnsubjectnteachers.nThisnmarknschemenincludesnanynamendmentsnmadenatnthensta
ndardisationneventsnwhichnallnassociatesnparticipateninnandnisnthenschemenwhichnwasnusednbynthemninnthisn
examination.nThenstandardisationnprocessnensuresnthatnthenmarknschemencoversnthenstudents’nresponse
sntonquestionsnandnthatneverynassociatenunderstandsnandnappliesnitninnthensamencorrectnway.
Asnpreparationnfornstandardisationneachnassociatenanalysesnannumbernofnstudents’nscripts.n Alternativenan
swersnnotnalreadyncoverednbynthenmarknschemenarendiscussednandnlegislatednfor.nIf,nafternthenstandardisa
tionnprocess,nassociatesnencounternunusualnanswersnwhichnhavennotnbeennraisedntheynarenrequiredntonref
ernthesentonthenLeadnExaminer.
Itnmustnbenstressednthatnanmarknschemenisnanworkingndocument,ninnmanyncasesnfurtherndevelopednandne
xpandednonnthenbasisnofnstudents’nreactionsntonanparticularnpaper.nAssumptionsnaboutnfuturenmarknsche
mesnonnthenbasisnofnonenyear’sndocumentnshouldnbenavoided;nwhilstnthenguidingnprinciplesnofnassessme
ntnremainnconstant,ndetailsnwillnchange,ndependingnonnthencontentnofnanparticularnexaminationnpaper.
Furtherncopiesnofnthisnmarknschemenarenavailablenfromnaqa.org.uk
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AQAnretainsnthencopyrightnonnallnitsnpublications.nHowever,nregisterednschools/collegesnfornAQAnarenpermittedntoncopynmaterialnfromnthisnbookletnforntheirnow
nninternalnuse,nwithnthenfollowingnimportantnexception:nAQAncannotngivenpermissionntonschools/collegesntonphotocopynanynmaterialnthatnisnacknowledgedntona
nthirdnpartynevennforninternaln usenwithinnthencentre.
Copyrightn©n2021nAQAnandnitsnlicensors.n Allnrightsnreserved.
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, MARKnSCHEMEn–nGCSEnDESIGNnANDnTECHNOLOGYn–n8552/Wn–nJUNEn2021
Level of response marking instructions
n n n n
Levelnofnresponsenmarknschemesnarenbrokenndownnintonlevels,neachnofnwhichnhasnandescriptor.nThendescr
iptornfornthenlevelnshowsnthenaveragenperformancenfornthenlevel.n Therenarenmarksninneachnlevel.
Beforenyounapplynthenmarknschementonanstudent’snanswernreadnthroughnthenanswernandnannotatenitn(asni
nstructed)ntonshownthenqualitiesnthatnarenbeingnlookednfor.nnYouncannthennapplynthenmarknscheme.
Step 1 Determine a level
n n n n
Startnatnthenlowestnlevelnofnthenmarknschemenandnusenitnasnanladderntonseenwhethernthenanswernmeetsnthend
escriptornfornthatnlevel.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnindicatesnthendifferentnqualitiesnthatnmightnbenseenninnthe
nstudent’snanswernfornthatnlevel.nIf nitnmeetsnthenlowestnlevelnthenngontonthennextnonenandndecidenif nitnmeetsnth
isnlevel,nandnsonon,nuntilnyounhavenanmatchnbetweennthenlevelndescriptornandnthenanswer.nWithnpracticenand
nfamiliaritynyounwillnfindnthatnfornbetternanswersnyounwillnbenablentonquicklynskipnthroughnthenlowernlevelsnof nt
henmarknscheme.
Whennassigningnanlevelnyounshouldnlooknatnthenoverallnqualitynofnthenanswernandnnotnlookntonpicknholesninns
mallnandnspecificnpartsnofnthenanswernwherenthenstudentnhasnnotnperformednquitenasnwellnasnthenrest.nIfnthen
answerncoversndifferentnaspectsnofndifferentnlevelsnofnthenmarknschemenyounshouldnusenanbestnfitnapproachn
forndefiningnthenlevelnandnthennusenthenvariabilitynofnthenresponsentonhelpndecidenthenmarknwithinnthenlevel,ni
enifnthenresponsenisnpredominantlynleveln3nwithnansmallnamountnofnleveln4nmaterialnitnwouldnbenplacedninnleve
ln3nbutnbenawardednanmarknnearnthentopnofnthenlevelnbecausenofnthenleveln4ncontent.
Step 2 Determine a mark
n n n n
Oncenyounhavenassignednanlevelnyounneedntondecidenonnthenmark.nThendescriptorsnonnhowntonallocatenmark
sncannhelpnwithnthis.nThenexemplarnmaterialsnusednduringnstandardisationnwillnhelp.nTherenwillnbenannanswer
ninnthenstandardisingnmaterialsnwhichnwillncorrespondnwithneachnlevelnof nthenmark nscheme.nThisnanswernwill
nhavenbeennawardednanmark nbynthenLeadnExaminer.nYouncanncomparenthenstudent’snanswernwithnthenexam
plentondeterminenifnitnisnthensamenstandard,nbetternornworsenthannthenexample.nYouncannthennusenthisntonalloc
atenanmarknfornthenanswernbasednonnthenLeadnExaminer’snmarknonnthenexample.
Younmaynwellnneedntonreadnbacknthroughnthenanswernasnyounapplynthenmarknschementonclarifynpointsnandna
ssurenyourselfnthatnthenlevelnandnthenmarknarenappropriate.
Indicativencontentninnthenmarknschemenisnprovidednasnanguidenfornexaminers.nItnisnnotnintendedntonbenexha
ustivenandnyounmustncreditnothernvalidnpoints.nStudentsndonnotnhaventoncovernallnofnthenpointsnmentionedni
nnthenIndicativencontentntonreachnthenhighestnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.
Annanswernwhichncontainsnnothingnofnrelevancentonthenquestionnmustnbenawardednnonmarks.
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, MARKnSCHEMEn–nGCSEnDESIGNnANDnTECHNOLOGYn–n8552/Wn–nJUNEn2021
Glossarynfornmaths
Ifnanstudentnusesnanmethodnwhichnisnnotnexplicitlyncoverednbynthenmarknschementhensamenprinciplesnofnmar
kingnshouldnbenapplied.nCreditnshouldnbengivenntonanynvalidnmethods.nExaminersnshouldnseeknadvicenfromnt
heirnseniornexaminernifninnanyndoubt.
[a,nb] Acceptnvaluesnbetweennanandnbninclusive.
Fornπ Acceptnvaluesninnthenrangen[3.14,n3.142]
Their
Acceptnannanswernfromnthencandidatenifnitnhasnbeenninaccuratelyncalc
ulatednbutnisnsubsequentlynusedninnanfurthernstagenofnthenquestion.
Questionsnwhichndonnotnasknstudentsntonshownworking
Asnangeneralnprinciple,nancorrectnresponsenisnawardednfullnmarks.
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DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY n n
8552/W
Unit 1 Written Paper
n n n
Mark scheme
n
June 2021
n
Version:n1.0nFinal
*216g 552/w/MS* n
, MARKnSCHEMEn–nGCSEnDESIGNnANDnTECHNOLOGYn–n8552/Wn–nJUNEn2021
MarknschemesnarenpreparednbynthenLeadnAssessmentnWriternandnconsidered,ntogethernwithnthenrelevantn
questions,nbynanpanelnofnsubjectnteachers.nThisnmarknschemenincludesnanynamendmentsnmadenatnthensta
ndardisationneventsnwhichnallnassociatesnparticipateninnandnisnthenschemenwhichnwasnusednbynthemninnthisn
examination.nThenstandardisationnprocessnensuresnthatnthenmarknschemencoversnthenstudents’nresponse
sntonquestionsnandnthatneverynassociatenunderstandsnandnappliesnitninnthensamencorrectnway.
Asnpreparationnfornstandardisationneachnassociatenanalysesnannumbernofnstudents’nscripts.n Alternativenan
swersnnotnalreadyncoverednbynthenmarknschemenarendiscussednandnlegislatednfor.nIf,nafternthenstandardisa
tionnprocess,nassociatesnencounternunusualnanswersnwhichnhavennotnbeennraisedntheynarenrequiredntonref
ernthesentonthenLeadnExaminer.
Itnmustnbenstressednthatnanmarknschemenisnanworkingndocument,ninnmanyncasesnfurtherndevelopednandne
xpandednonnthenbasisnofnstudents’nreactionsntonanparticularnpaper.nAssumptionsnaboutnfuturenmarknsche
mesnonnthenbasisnofnonenyear’sndocumentnshouldnbenavoided;nwhilstnthenguidingnprinciplesnofnassessme
ntnremainnconstant,ndetailsnwillnchange,ndependingnonnthencontentnofnanparticularnexaminationnpaper.
Furtherncopiesnofnthisnmarknschemenarenavailablenfromnaqa.org.uk
Copyrightninformation
AQAnretainsnthencopyrightnonnallnitsnpublications.nHowever,nregisterednschools/collegesnfornAQAnarenpermittedntoncopynmaterialnfromnthisnbookletnforntheirnow
nninternalnuse,nwithnthenfollowingnimportantnexception:nAQAncannotngivenpermissionntonschools/collegesntonphotocopynanynmaterialnthatnisnacknowledgedntona
nthirdnpartynevennforninternaln usenwithinnthencentre.
Copyrightn©n2021nAQAnandnitsnlicensors.n Allnrightsnreserved.
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, MARKnSCHEMEn–nGCSEnDESIGNnANDnTECHNOLOGYn–n8552/Wn–nJUNEn2021
Level of response marking instructions
n n n n
Levelnofnresponsenmarknschemesnarenbrokenndownnintonlevels,neachnofnwhichnhasnandescriptor.nThendescr
iptornfornthenlevelnshowsnthenaveragenperformancenfornthenlevel.n Therenarenmarksninneachnlevel.
Beforenyounapplynthenmarknschementonanstudent’snanswernreadnthroughnthenanswernandnannotatenitn(asni
nstructed)ntonshownthenqualitiesnthatnarenbeingnlookednfor.nnYouncannthennapplynthenmarknscheme.
Step 1 Determine a level
n n n n
Startnatnthenlowestnlevelnofnthenmarknschemenandnusenitnasnanladderntonseenwhethernthenanswernmeetsnthend
escriptornfornthatnlevel.nThendescriptornfornthenlevelnindicatesnthendifferentnqualitiesnthatnmightnbenseenninnthe
nstudent’snanswernfornthatnlevel.nIf nitnmeetsnthenlowestnlevelnthenngontonthennextnonenandndecidenif nitnmeetsnth
isnlevel,nandnsonon,nuntilnyounhavenanmatchnbetweennthenlevelndescriptornandnthenanswer.nWithnpracticenand
nfamiliaritynyounwillnfindnthatnfornbetternanswersnyounwillnbenablentonquicklynskipnthroughnthenlowernlevelsnof nt
henmarknscheme.
Whennassigningnanlevelnyounshouldnlooknatnthenoverallnqualitynofnthenanswernandnnotnlookntonpicknholesninns
mallnandnspecificnpartsnofnthenanswernwherenthenstudentnhasnnotnperformednquitenasnwellnasnthenrest.nIfnthen
answerncoversndifferentnaspectsnofndifferentnlevelsnofnthenmarknschemenyounshouldnusenanbestnfitnapproachn
forndefiningnthenlevelnandnthennusenthenvariabilitynofnthenresponsentonhelpndecidenthenmarknwithinnthenlevel,ni
enifnthenresponsenisnpredominantlynleveln3nwithnansmallnamountnofnleveln4nmaterialnitnwouldnbenplacedninnleve
ln3nbutnbenawardednanmarknnearnthentopnofnthenlevelnbecausenofnthenleveln4ncontent.
Step 2 Determine a mark
n n n n
Oncenyounhavenassignednanlevelnyounneedntondecidenonnthenmark.nThendescriptorsnonnhowntonallocatenmark
sncannhelpnwithnthis.nThenexemplarnmaterialsnusednduringnstandardisationnwillnhelp.nTherenwillnbenannanswer
ninnthenstandardisingnmaterialsnwhichnwillncorrespondnwithneachnlevelnof nthenmark nscheme.nThisnanswernwill
nhavenbeennawardednanmark nbynthenLeadnExaminer.nYouncanncomparenthenstudent’snanswernwithnthenexam
plentondeterminenifnitnisnthensamenstandard,nbetternornworsenthannthenexample.nYouncannthennusenthisntonalloc
atenanmarknfornthenanswernbasednonnthenLeadnExaminer’snmarknonnthenexample.
Younmaynwellnneedntonreadnbacknthroughnthenanswernasnyounapplynthenmarknschementonclarifynpointsnandna
ssurenyourselfnthatnthenlevelnandnthenmarknarenappropriate.
Indicativencontentninnthenmarknschemenisnprovidednasnanguidenfornexaminers.nItnisnnotnintendedntonbenexha
ustivenandnyounmustncreditnothernvalidnpoints.nStudentsndonnotnhaventoncovernallnofnthenpointsnmentionedni
nnthenIndicativencontentntonreachnthenhighestnlevelnofnthenmarknscheme.
Annanswernwhichncontainsnnothingnofnrelevancentonthenquestionnmustnbenawardednnonmarks.
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, MARKnSCHEMEn–nGCSEnDESIGNnANDnTECHNOLOGYn–n8552/Wn–nJUNEn2021
Glossarynfornmaths
Ifnanstudentnusesnanmethodnwhichnisnnotnexplicitlyncoverednbynthenmarknschementhensamenprinciplesnofnmar
kingnshouldnbenapplied.nCreditnshouldnbengivenntonanynvalidnmethods.nExaminersnshouldnseeknadvicenfromnt
heirnseniornexaminernifninnanyndoubt.
[a,nb] Acceptnvaluesnbetweennanandnbninclusive.
Fornπ Acceptnvaluesninnthenrangen[3.14,n3.142]
Their
Acceptnannanswernfromnthencandidatenifnitnhasnbeenninaccuratelyncalc
ulatednbutnisnsubsequentlynusedninnanfurthernstagenofnthenquestion.
Questionsnwhichndonnotnasknstudentsntonshownworking
Asnangeneralnprinciple,nancorrectnresponsenisnawardednfullnmarks.
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