Cambridge A Level Art and Design 9704 — 2011 Oct/Nov Paper 1 · Variant 1

9704/11/O/N/11 · 100 marks · ≈113 min

The question paper and its mark scheme, free to read here and free to download. This is Cambridge’s own paper, exactly as it was sat.

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Mark scheme2 pages

Answers below. Sit the paper first if you are practising.

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Question paper, page 1

This document consists of 3 printed pages and 1 blank page. DC (EM) 34428/2 © UCLES 2011 [Turn over UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number, name and question number on the top right-hand corner of the front of each sheet of paper. Choose one of the options given overleaf from any of the sections. Your work for this paper may or may not be related to work submitted for Components 2, 3 or 4. Preparatory studies must be taken into the examination room and must be submitted for external assessment together with your final examination work. The submission will be assessed as a whole. The preparatory work must consist of not more than four sides of paper (two sheets) no larger than A1 size on which smaller works may be mounted. You may work on smaller paper if you choose. The examination assesses your response to visual stimuli and involves direct observation from primary sources, recording, analysis and 2D and/or 3D development. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together at the top left-hand corner of each sheet. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. * 3 7 3 5 7 6 0 6 5 2 * ART AND DESIGN 9704/01 Paper 1 Controlled Test October/November 2011 15 hours To be given to candidates, at the discretion of the Art Teacher, on receipt by the Centre. Candidates must have at least three weeks’ preparation time. The controlled test can be scheduled at any time provided that it is completed no later than 30 November 2011.

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2 9704/01/O/N/11 © UCLES 2011 Choose one of the following options from any section. Record, analyse and develop your ideas from direct observation and personal experience. Section A is appropriate for any Area of Study and may be chosen by any candidates, particularly those who prefer an open-ended starting point. Section B is appropriate for any Area of Study and may be chosen by any candidates, particularly those who prefer a specific starting point. Section C is intended for candidates who prefer to be offered a specific design brief. Section A 1 Hidden 2 Making up 3 Flowering 4 Fading light 5 Squeezed 6 Setting out Section B 7 Vegetables inside and around a bag or box which is on the floor. 8 Colourful toys and dolls scattered on a rug. 9 The whole or the upper half of a figure resting after a game and holding an item of sports equipment. 10 Façades in the old part of town. 11 Interpret the whole or any part of this extract: The sun descending in the west, The evening star does shine; The birds are silent in their nest, And I must seek for mine. The moon, like a flower In heaven’s high bower, With silent delight, Sits and smiles on the night. Night by William Blake

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3 9704/01/O/N/11 © UCLES 2011 Section C 12 Design six symbols for a Museum based in your country, indicating the locations of different collections such as Zoology, Botany, Archaeology, Anthropology, Local history, Crafts and Cultures. 13 Design the cover and a double page layout for a book or magazine about traditional costumes. Invent your own title of at least three words. 14 Design a repeat pattern for the inside of a circular tent or canopy at a wedding reception. In addition show how the design would translate to other items such as napkins, menu cards and table cloths. 15 Design the costumes and headgear for a musical and/or dance production based on the theme ‘The Magicians’.

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4 9704/01/O/N/11 Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge. BLANK PAGE © UCLES 2011

Mark scheme, page 1

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2011 question paper for the guidance of teachers 9704 ART AND DESIGN 9704/01 Paper 1 (Controlled Test), maximum raw mark 100 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers. Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the examination. • Cambridge will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes. Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2011 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses.

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Page 2 Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version Syllabus Paper GCE A/AS LEVEL – October/November 2011 9704 01 © University of Cambridge International Examinations 2011 Component 1: Controlled Test Criteria for Assessment All questions will be marked according to the four Assessment Domains of the Syllabus. Assessment Objectives Response to Assessment Objectives Maximum Mark (i) Individual, sensitive and creative response to stimulus. Personal Qualities (ii) Independence and confidence in concept and execution. 25 (iii) Selection and control of media, processes and techniques. Manipulative, Artistic and Analytical Skills (iv) Analysis from direct observation and personal experience. 25 Aesthetic Qualities (v) The recognition of contour, surface, shape, colour/tone, texture, pattern, structure, form and the relationships of forms in space, and their appropriate use. 25 (vi) Analysis of the idea, subject or theme chosen; suitability of selection and ability to evaluate and communicate in a systematic way. Knowledge and Critical Understanding (vii) Critical judgement and cultural awareness and appreciation. 25 Total 100

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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2011 Oct/Nov, Paper 1 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A73/100
B63/100
E37/100