OCR AS Level in Design and Technology: Product Design
H006/01 Principles of Product Design
Combined Question paper & Marking Scheme A+ May
2025
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 12 May 2025 – Afternoon
AS Level in Design and Technology: Product
Design
H006/01 Principles of Product Design
Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
You can use:
• a ruler (cm/mm)
• a scientific calculator
• geometrical instruments
* H 0 0 6 0 1 *
Please write clearly in black ink. Do not write in the barcodes.
Centre number Candidate number
First name(s)
Last name
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink. You can use an HB pencil, but only for graphs and diagrams.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. You can use extra paper if you
need to, but you must clearly show your candidate number, the centre number and the
question numbers.
• Answer all the questions.
• Where appropriate, your answer should be supported with working. Marks might be given
for using a correct method, even if your answer is wrong.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 90.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 24 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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1 Table tennis is a sport in which players use a bat to hit a ball back and forth over a net at the centre
of a table.
Portable retractable nets have recently been developed for users to access the sport more easily as they
can be attached to any table.
Fig. 1.1 shows a portable retractable net attached to a table.
Fig. 1.1
net attached
to the table
Fig. 1.2 shows a portable net retracted.
Fig. 1.3 shows a portable net partly extended.
Fig. 1.4 shows a portable net extended and being attached to a table.
Fig. 1.2 Fig. 1.3 Fig. 1.4
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(a) Identify a target market for the portable net.
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(b) Identify two design constraints that would have influenced the designer in the development of the
portable net shown in Fig. 1.1.
Justify each of your answers.
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(c) Analyse the design of the table tennis net shown in Fig. 1.2, Fig. 1.3 and Fig. 1.4.
(i) Describe one way that the table tennis net design could impact on a user’s lifestyle.
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(ii) Identify and explain one improvement that could be made to the aesthetics of the table tennis net design.
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(d) It is important for the designer of the table tennis net to learn from existing products.
Discuss the challenges and opportunities for a designer when analysing existing products to inform
their design decisions.
Use examples of products in your answer.
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H006/01 Principles of Product Design
Combined Question paper & Marking Scheme A+ May
2025
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 12 May 2025 – Afternoon
AS Level in Design and Technology: Product
Design
H006/01 Principles of Product Design
Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
You can use:
• a ruler (cm/mm)
• a scientific calculator
• geometrical instruments
* H 0 0 6 0 1 *
Please write clearly in black ink. Do not write in the barcodes.
Centre number Candidate number
First name(s)
Last name
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink. You can use an HB pencil, but only for graphs and diagrams.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. You can use extra paper if you
need to, but you must clearly show your candidate number, the centre number and the
question numbers.
• Answer all the questions.
• Where appropriate, your answer should be supported with working. Marks might be given
for using a correct method, even if your answer is wrong.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 90.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 24 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
Turn over
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1 Table tennis is a sport in which players use a bat to hit a ball back and forth over a net at the centre
of a table.
Portable retractable nets have recently been developed for users to access the sport more easily as they
can be attached to any table.
Fig. 1.1 shows a portable retractable net attached to a table.
Fig. 1.1
net attached
to the table
Fig. 1.2 shows a portable net retracted.
Fig. 1.3 shows a portable net partly extended.
Fig. 1.4 shows a portable net extended and being attached to a table.
Fig. 1.2 Fig. 1.3 Fig. 1.4
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(a) Identify a target market for the portable net.
..................................................................................................................................................................... [1]
(b) Identify two design constraints that would have influenced the designer in the development of the
portable net shown in Fig. 1.1.
Justify each of your answers.
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[4]
(c) Analyse the design of the table tennis net shown in Fig. 1.2, Fig. 1.3 and Fig. 1.4.
(i) Describe one way that the table tennis net design could impact on a user’s lifestyle.
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(ii) Identify and explain one improvement that could be made to the aesthetics of the table tennis net design.
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(d) It is important for the designer of the table tennis net to learn from existing products.
Discuss the challenges and opportunities for a designer when analysing existing products to inform
their design decisions.
Use examples of products in your answer.
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