Cambridge IGCSE Art and Design 0400 — 2011 May/June Paper 2 · Variant 1
0400/21/M/J/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.
Question paper2 pages


Mark scheme2 pages
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Paper as text
Question paper, page 1
This document consists of 2 printed pages. DC (EM) 34431/2 © UCLES 2011 [Turn over UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education 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. Answer one question. In addition to the examination piece, up to two A2 sheets (four sides) of supporting studies should be submitted. These supporting studies should be undertaken after receipt of this paper and prior to the examination. Candidates should refer to this supporting work during the examination. All questions are for designs initially developed on paper (these can be continued into three-dimensional structures but any three-dimensional solutions should then be recorded through photographic or digital means). Supporting studies must be taken into the examination room and must be submitted for external assessment together with the final examination work. The submission will be assessed as a whole. 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. * 5 9 0 1 1 3 4 5 2 1 * ART AND DESIGN 0400/02 Paper 2 Design Assignment June 2011 8 hours Candidates must have eight weeks’ preparation time. The examination can be scheduled at any time provided it is completed no later than 30 April.
Question paper, page 2
2 0400/02/M/J/11 © UCLES 2011 Choose one question. 1 Design a logo for a chain of internet cafés which also sells snacks and drinks. The name of the chain, www.snax must be included in your design. In addition show how the logo might look on a café façade or on the web page. 2 Either (a) Design a poster promoting travel and tourism in your local area. Include the name of your country or local area in the title. Or (b) Use the following as a stimulus for a design brief of choice, you may produce your work in any appropriate medium, and add a decorative border and/or an illustration if appropriate. A day travelling will bring A basketful of learning. 3 Create a repeat pattern based on laces and/or buttons or laces and/or zips. 4 For a stage production of a play called ‘The Insects’ Either (a) Design a costume for a performer. Or (b) Design a stage set for the production. Or (c) Design and/or create an item of jewellery based on insects. 5 Either (a) Design and/or produce a free-standing cardboard shop display promoting the benefits of eating fresh fruit and vegetables. Or (b) Design and/or produce a decorative panel or mural for the walls of a shop selling fruit and vegetables. 6 Design a viewing platform for a wildlife park. The platform should be incorporated into a tree to provide camouflage. Include, in your design, a telescope, seating and shelter. Provide a plan and an artist’s impression of how your design will look. 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.
Mark scheme, page 1
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2011 question paper for the guidance of teachers 0400 ART AND DESIGN 0400/02 Paper 2 (Design Assignment), 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 May/June 2011 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses.
Mark scheme, page 2
Page 2 Mark Scheme: Teachers’ version Syllabus Paper IGCSE – May/June 2011 0400 02 © University of Cambridge International Examinations 2011 AO1 Gathering, recording, research and investigation (a) Investigate and research a variety of appropriate sources (b) Record and analyse information from direct observation and/or other sources and personal experience 20 AO2 Exploration and development of ideas (a) Explore a range of visual and/or other ideas by manipulating images (b) Show a development of ideas through appropriate processes 20 AO3 Organisation and relationships of visual and/or other forms (a) Organise and use the visual and/or other forms effectively to express ideas (b) Make informed aesthetic judgements by recognising the effect of relationships between visual and/or other forms 20 AO4 Selection and control of materials, media and processes (a) Show exploration and experimentation with appropriate materials (b) Select and control appropriate media and processes, demonstrating practical, technical and expressive skills and intentions 20 AO5 Personal vision and presentation (a) Show personal vision and commitment through an interpretative and creative response (b) Present an informed response through personal evaluation, reflection and critical thinking 20 100
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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2011 May/June, Paper 2 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.