OCR Design & Technology A2 Product Design Exam

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  1. Lazuz's Avatar
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    OCR Design & Technology A2 Product Design Exam
    Couldn't find a thread on this.

    Is anyone doing it tomorrow? & what type of question topic do you plan to pick?

    1. Built environment and construction
    2. Engineering
    3. Food
    4. Graphic Products
    5. Manufacturing
    6. Resistant Materials
    7. Systems and Control
    8. Textiles

    Personally, I think Resistant Materials and Graphic products are probably the ideal options.
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    Hey I'm sitting this exam tomorrow but I'm gonna answer textiles because I don't know enough about the others :/
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    I'm resitting this paper tomorrow! gonna answer resistant materials, but as of right now I have done ZERO revision :P woops
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    (Original post by bethmarydowd)
    I'm resitting this paper tomorrow! gonna answer resistant materials, but as of right now I have done ZERO revision :P woops
    there is actually very little revision resources for this course which is a bit crap, I've been trying to but I'm finding it pretty difficult
  5. Lazuz's Avatar
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    (Original post by ksfarag)
    Hey I'm sitting this exam tomorrow but I'm gonna answer textiles because I don't know enough about the others :/
    Ah, alright. Best of luck.

    (Original post by bethmarydowd)
    I'm resitting this paper tomorrow! gonna answer resistant materials, but as of right now I have done ZERO revision :P woops
    Haha, same. I'm doing re-sit and have done fudge all, unfortunately. I'll probably go down the route of resistant materials too, since it's what my teacher recommended.

    My best advice for revision would be past papers. Last time, I was given 3 sheet fulls of topics to revise, none of which came of real help. I recommend just printing off the Resistant Materials questions in some past papers and practicing them. That really is the best option.

    Best of luck to you both
  6. Lazuz's Avatar
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    (Original post by ksfarag)
    there is actually very little revision resources for this course which is a bit crap, I've been trying to but I'm finding it pretty difficult
    Look at past papers, trust me! Looking through the book and reading the little things, is a waste of time, in my opinion.
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    (Original post by Lazuz)
    Ah, alright. Best of luck.



    Haha, same. I'm doing re-sit and have done fudge all, unfortunately. I'll probably go down the route of resistant materials too, since it's what my teacher recommended.

    My best advice for revision would be past papers. Last time, I was given 3 sheet fulls of topics to revise, none of which came of real help. I recommend just printing off the Resistant Materials questions in some past papers and practicing them. That really is the best option.

    Best of luck to you both
    i did graphic products in the first one and got a D, but i only need 6 marks to get an A overall so unfortunately i'm not motivated at all to revise :\

    yeahh you're right i came on here to find revision materials cause i'm just stuck :P
    we've been through all of the past papers as a class but the exam I did just threw things out of the blue so i still wasn't prepared! nightmare
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    Hello I am doing this exam as well tomorrow, tbh I am not looking forward to it, because there is very little revision resources available. Any body going to be doing the graphic products questions? I find it a bitch!
    Anybody else in the same boat?
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    (Original post by olg207)
    Hello I am doing this exam as well tomorrow, tbh I am not looking forward to it, because there is very little revision resources available. Any body going to be doing the graphic products questions? I find it a bitch!
    Anybody else in the same boat?
    yup i have the choice between graphics and resistant materials and i don't know much about either!! relying on the 2nd component for the marks
  10. olg207's Avatar
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    How did we find the exam today people?
  11. bethmarydowd's Avatar
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    (Original post by olg207)
    How did we find the exam today people?
    actuallllly sucked :P total flunked it...
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