Cambridge IGCSE Design and Technology 0445 — 2014 Oct/Nov Paper 1 · Variant 1
0445/11/O/N/14 · 50 marks · ≈56 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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Question paper, page 1
This document consists of 4 printed A4 pages and 2 A3 Inserts. DC (SJF/CGW) 86385/2 © UCLES 2014 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education * 4 9 5 5 4 5 1 4 1 8 * DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 0445/11 Paper 1 Design October/November 2014 1 hour 15 minutes Candidates answer on the pre-printed A3 Answer Sheets. Additional Materials: Standard drawing equipment To be taken together with the optional paper for which you have been entered in one session of 2 hours and 15 minutes. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces on both printed Answer Sheets. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. Answer one question. Write/draw your answers in the spaces provided on the Answer Sheets. You may use a calculator. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
Question paper, page 2
2 0445/11/O/N/14 © UCLES 2014 Answer one question only on the A3 pre-printed answer sheets provided. 1 Dirty clothes are sometimes left around untidily in bathrooms. Design a unit that could be used to store dirty clothes in a bathroom. It must have three sections for different types of clothing. (a) List four additional points about the function of such a unit that you consider to be important. [4] (b) Use sketches and notes to show two ways by which divisions could be formed in a storage unit. [4] (c) Develop and sketch three ideas for the unit. [12] (d) Evaluate your ideas and justify why you have chosen one idea to develop more fully. [8] (e) Draw, using a method of your own choice, a full solution to the problem. Include construction details and major dimensions. [12] (f) Suggest suitable specific materials for your solution and give reasons for your choice. [4] (g) Outline a method used to manufacture one part of your solution in the school workshop. [6]
Question paper, page 3
3 0445/11/O/N/14 © UCLES 2014 [Turn over 2 Some shops find it difficult to attract the attention of customers in large shopping malls. Design an advertising unit that will attract customers to the laundry. The unit must be easily transportable. (a) List four additional points about the function of such a unit that you consider to be important. [4] (b) Use sketches and notes to show two flexible joints that could be used on card and other lightweight materials. [4] (c) Develop and sketch three ideas for the unit. [12] (d) Evaluate your ideas and justify why you have chosen one idea to develop more fully. [8] (e) Draw, using a method of your own choice, a full solution to the problem. Include construction details and major dimensions. [12] (f) Suggest suitable specific materials for your solution and give reasons for your choice. [4] (g) Outline a method of producing a prototype of your solution in the school graphics studio. [6]
Question paper, page 4
4 0445/11/O/N/14 © UCLES 2014 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. 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. 3 It is sometimes difficult to get to a washing line in order to hang out clothes in a small garden. Design a modification to the washing line that would allow a person to use its full length. (a) List four additional points about the function of such a modification that you consider to be important. [4] (b) Use sketches and notes to show two mechanisms that might form part of a modification of this type. [4] (c) Develop and sketch three ideas for the modification. [12] (d) Evaluate your ideas and justify why you have chosen one idea to develop more fully. [8] (e) Draw, using a method of your own choice, a full solution to the problem. Include construction details and major dimensions. [12] (f) Suggest suitable materials for your solution and give reasons for your choice. [4] (g) Outline a method used to manufacture one part of your solution in the school workshop. [6]
Mark scheme, page 1
® IGCSE is the registered trademark of Cambridge International Examinations. CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2014 series 0445 DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 0445/11 Paper 1 (Design), maximum raw mark 50 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 should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for Teachers. Cambridge will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2014 series for most Cambridge IGCSE®, Cambridge International A and AS Level components and some Cambridge O Level components.
Mark scheme, page 2
Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper Cambridge IGCSE – October/November 2014 0445 11 © Cambridge International Examinations 2014 1 (a) Accept any four additional suitable points – resists water, hygienic, easy access for items, matches bathroom style, sections labelled, acts as seat, etc. 1 × 4 [4] (b) Accept drawings of any two suitable ways – timber, halving, through/stopped housing, butt, dowel, fabric, shelves, etc. 2 × 2 [4] 2 (a) Accept any four additional suitable points – appealing to customers, reflects ‘laundry’, stable, colourful, lightweight/easy to carry, folds up for storage, etc. 1 × 4 [4] (b) Accept drawings of any two flexible joints – scored, tape, rings, comb, cord, plastic hinge, etc. 2 × 2 [4] 3 (a) Accept any four additional suitable points – does not dirty clothes, weatherproof, easy/simple to operate, cannot catch fingers in mechanism, easy to reach, etc. 1 × 4 [4] (b) Accept any two mechanisms – pulley system, gear train, chain and sprocket, ratchet, winding drum, etc. 2 × 2 [4] Questions 1, 2 and 3 (c) Any suitable ideas. At least three different ideas for maximum marks. Pro rata if fewer. Communication Simple drawings displaying a low standard or limited range of techniques 0–2 Clear drawings displaying a good standard and a range of techniques – shading/colour/annotation etc. 3–4 High quality drawings using a wide range of techniques with clear annotation and detail 5–6 Suitability Simplistic designs showing outlines only 0–2 Rather more detail, sensible solutions that could work 3–4 Accurate solutions, good fitness for purpose, detailed construction 5–6 [12] (d) Evaluation of each of the ideas. At least 3 evaluations up to 2 marks each 0–6 Selection and justification (1 + 1) 2 [8]
Mark scheme, page 3
Page 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper Cambridge IGCSE – October/November 2014 0445 11 © Cambridge International Examinations 2014 (e) Quality of drawing Poor line quality, proportions, little detail 1 Good line work, use of colour, proportions, some detail 2–3 High standard throughout with a range of techniques that show clearly all detail 4 Dimensions 2 or 3 overall dimensions only (1) Additional detail dimensions (1) 2 Construction details A simplistic approach showing little or no detail of construction to be used 0–2 Most constructional detail may be obvious from overall views or with some annotation 3–4 All constructional detail will be clear with good annotation and additional detail drawings as necessary 5–6 [12] (f) Suitable specific materials stated. (1 + 1) 2 Appropriate reasons for choice (1 + 1) 2 [4] (g) Suitable method stated 1 Good detailed description of: processes 3 tools 2 [6] [50]
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