Sustainability — AS & A Level Design And Technology (9705) questions by topic
Sustainability questions ask you to explain design decisions behind everyday products, such as why a coffee machine's display and buttons are arranged as shown, describe how an MDF bookcase's carcase and shelves are constructed, and give reasons why a food mincer made of a body, crank, handle and auger is designed to be taken apart. Explain, describe and discuss cover the developed written answers, while identify and give test shorter, specific points.
9 questions from 2023 to 2025 sit on this page, each part of a single 20-mark essay-style response. Because sustainability reasoning is marked on how clearly a design feature is linked to its purpose, such as ease of disassembly for repair or recycling, submitting an answer for instant marking checks that the link has actually been made rather than the feature only being described.
May–June 2025, Paper 11
Fig. 4.1 shows a bookcase made from MDF. The 3D cutaway sketch shows: a 6 mm MDF back panel, 18 mm MDF carcase (sides, top and bottom), 18 mm MDF shelves with books shown resting…
Answer this question and get it marked →Fig. 5.1 shows a coffee machine. The front view shows: a digital display panel at the top displaying the text 'PLEASE PLACE CUP THEN SELECT DRINK' with cup icons; below this, two…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 12
Fig. 4.1 shows a bookcase made from MDF. The 3D cutaway sketch shows: a 6 mm MDF back panel, 18 mm MDF carcase (sides, top and bottom), 18 mm MDF shelves with books shown resting…
Answer this question and get it marked →Fig. 5.1 shows a coffee machine. The front view shows: a digital display panel at the top displaying the text 'PLEASE PLACE CUP THEN SELECT DRINK' with cup icons; below this, two…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 13
Fig. 4.1 shows a bookcase made from MDF. The 3D cutaway sketch shows: a 6 mm MDF back panel, 18 mm MDF carcase (sides, top and bottom), 18 mm MDF shelves with books shown resting…
Answer this question and get it marked →Fig. 5.1 shows a coffee machine. The front view shows: a digital display panel at the top displaying the text 'PLEASE PLACE CUP THEN SELECT DRINK' with cup icons; below this, two…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2024, Paper 11
Fig. 5.1 shows an incomplete design for a package for chocolates. The package consists of a card sleeve (printed with 'CHOCOLATES') and two circular vacuum-formed trays (Ø300 × 30…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 12
Fig. 1.1 gives details of a chair which is to be made in a school workshop. Part A consists of Ø80 mm recycled card tubes forming the seat slats. Part B is 18 mm thick plywood…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 13
Fig. 3.1 shows an assembled view and an exploded view of a food mincer. The mincer consists of: a body, a crank, a handle and an auger. Give two reasons why the food mincer has…
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- Working drawings and graphics (23)
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- Mechanisms (12)
- CAD/CAM (7)
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