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PMTA-level
BIOLOGY
(7402/1)
Paper i1
Mark scheme
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MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL BIOLOGY PAPER 1 – 7402/1 – SPECIMEN
Mark iischemes iiare iiprepared iiby iithe iiLead iiAssessment iiWriter iiand iiconsidered, iitogether iiwith iithe iirelevant
iiquestions, iiby iia iipanel iiof iisubject iiteachers. ii iiThis iimark ii scheme iiincludes iiany iiamendments iimade iiat iithe
iistandardisation iievents iiwhich iiall iiassociates iiparticipate iiin iiand iiis iithe iischeme iiwhich iiwas iiused iiby iithem iiin
ithis iiexamination. iiThe iistandardisation iiprocess iiensures iithat iithe iimark ii scheme iicovers iithe iistudents’
iiresponses iito iiquestions iiand iithat ii every iiassociate iiunderstands iiand iiapplies iiit iiin iithe iisame iicorrect iiway.
As iipreparation iifor iistandardisation iieach iiassociate iianalyses iia iinumber iiof iistudents’ iiscripts. iiAlternative
ianswers iinot ii already iicovered iiby iithe iimark iischeme iiare iidiscussed iiand iilegislated iifor. ii If, iiafter iithe
iistandardisation iiprocess, iiassociates iiencounter iiunusual iianswers iiwhich iihave iinot iibeen iiraised iithey iiare
irequired iito iirefer iithese iito iithe iiLead iiAssessment iiWriter.
It iimust iibe iistressed iithat iia iimark iischeme iiis iia iiworking iidocument, iiin iimany iicases iifurther iideveloped iiand
iiexpanded iion iithe iibasis iiof iistudents’ iireactions iito iia iiparticular iipaper. iiAssumptions ii about iifuture iimark
iischemes iion iithe iibasis iiof iione iiyear’s iidocument iishould iibe iiavoided; ii whilst iithe iiguiding iiprinciples iiof
iiassessment iiremain iiconstant, iidetails iiwill iichange, iidepending iion iithe iicontent iiof iia iiparticular iiexamination
ipaper.
Further iicopies iiof iithis iimark iischeme iiare iiavailable iifrom iiaqa.org.uk
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MARK SCHEME – A-LEVEL BIOLOGY PAPER 1 – 7402/1 – SPECIMEN
Mark scheme instructions to examiners
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1. General
The iimark iischeme iifor iieach iiquestion iishows:
the iimarks iiavailable iifor iieach iipart iiof iithe iiquestion
the iitotal iimarks iiavailable iifor iithe iiquestion
the iitypical iianswer iior iianswers iiwhich iiare iiexpected
extra iiinformation iito iihelp iithe iiexaminer iimake iihis iior iiher iijudgement iiand iihelp iito iidelineate
iiwhat iiis iiacceptable iior iinot iiworthy iiof iicredit iior, iiin iidiscursive iianswers, iito iigive iian iioverview iiof
iithe iiareaiin iiwhich ii a ii mark iior iimarks iimay iibe iiawarded.
The iiextra iiinformation iiin iithe ii‘Comments’ iicolumn iiis iialigned iito iithe iiappropriate iianswer iiin iithe iileft-
ihand iipart ii of iithe iimark iischeme iiand iishould iionly iibe iiapplied iito iithat ii item ii in iithe iimark iischeme.
At iithe iibeginning iiof iia iipart iiof iia iiquestion iia iireminder iimay iibe iigiven, iifor iiexample: iiwhere
iiconsequential iimarking iineeds iito iibe iiconsidered iiin iia iicalculation; iior iithe iianswer iimay iibe iion iithe
idiagram iior iiat ii a iidifferent iiplace iion iithe iiscript.
In iigeneral iithe iiright-hand iiside iiof iithe iimark iischeme iiis iithere iito iiprovide iithose iiextra iidetails iiwhich
confuse iithe iimain iipart iiof iithe iimark iischeme iiyet iimay iibe iihelpful iiin iiensuring iithat iimarking iiis
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iistraightforward iiand iiconsistent.
2. Emboldening
In iia iilist iiof iiacceptable iianswers iiwhere iimore iithan iione iimark iiis iiavailable ii‘any iitwo iifrom’
iiisiused, iiwith iithe iinumber iiof iimarks iiemboldened. iiEach iiof iithe iifollowing iibullet iipoints iiis
iia iipotential iimark.
A iibold iiand iiis iiused iito iiindicate iithat iiboth iiparts iiof iithe iianswer iiare iirequired iito iiaward
iitheimark.
Alternative iianswers iiacceptable iifor iithe iisame iimark iiare iiindicated iiby iithe iiuse iiof iiOR.
iiDifferent iiterms iiin iithe iimark ii scheme iiare iishown iiby iia ii/ ii; iieg ii allow iismooth ii/ iifree
iimovement.
3. Marking points i
Marking of lists i i
This iiapplies iito iiquestions iirequiring iia iiset iinumber iiof iiresponses, iibut iifor iiwhich iistudents
iihave iiprovided iiextra iiresponses. iiThe iigeneral iiprinciple iito iibe iifollowed iiin iisuch iia iisituation
iiisithat ii‘right ii+ ii wrong ii = ii wrong’.
Each iierror ii/ iicontradiction iinegates iieach iicorrect iiresponse. iiSo, iiif iithe iinumber iiof iierrors ii/
contradictions iiequals iior iiexceeds iithe iinumber iiof iimarks iiavailable iifor iithe iiquestion, iino
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iimarks iican iibe ii awarded.
However, iiresponses iiconsidered iito iibe iineutral ii(often iiprefaced iiby ii‘Ignore’ iiin iithe
‘Comments’ iicolumn iiof iithe iimark iischeme) iiare iinot iipenalised.
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