Official June 2026 AQA A-LEVEL DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY: PRODUCT DESIGN 7552/2 Paper 2 Designing and Making Principles Merged Question Paper + Mark Scheme (43pages)

Official June 2026 AQA A-LEVEL DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY: PRODUCT DESIGN 7552/2 Paper 2 Designing and Making Principles Merged Question Paper + Mark Scheme Ace your Mocks!!! G/KL/Jun24/E9 7552/2 (JUN247552201) A-level DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY: PRODUCT DESIGN Paper 2 Designing and Making Principles Wednesday 12 June 2026 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have:  normal writing and drawing instruments  a scientific calculator. Instructions  Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Use pencil only for drawing.  Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.  Answer all questions.  You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages.  If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).  Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. Information  The marks for questions are shown in brackets.  The maximum mark for this paper is 80.  There are 30 marks for Section A and 50 marks for Section B. For Examiner’s Use Question Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8–9 10 11 12–13 14 15 TOTAL Please write clearly in block capitals. Centre number Candidate number Surname ________________________________________________________________________ Forename(s) ________________________________________________________________________ Candidate signature ________________________________________________________________________ I declare this is my own work. 2 (02) G/Jun24/7552/2 Do not write outside the box Section A – Product Analysis Answer all questions in this section. 0 1 Figures 1 and 2 show two chairs. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 1 Figure 2 Materials Polypropylene, powder-coated low carbon steel, beech Beech Joining methods Allen key bolts and locking nuts Traditional wood joints Applied finish Self-finishing thermoplastics, powder-coated steel and clear varnished timber Acrylic paint Analyse and evaluate the suitability of each of the two chairs shown for large-scale production. [12 marks] ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3 (03) G/Jun24/7552/2 Do not write outside the box Turn over 8 ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ____ 12 Turn over for the next question 4 (04) G/Jun24/7552/2 Do not write outside the box 0 2 Explain how reliance on global supply chains can affect the development of a product. In your answer you should refer to:  materials  energy  product cost. [6 marks] ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ____ 6 5 (05) G/Jun24/7552/2 Do not write outside the box Turn over 8 0 3 Outline the key features required in an instruction booklet for self-assembly furniture. [6 marks] ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ____ 6 Turn over for the next question 6 (06) G/Jun24/7552/2 Do not write outside the box 0 4 A shipping container measures 12 m  2.5 m  2.5 m and costs £3000 to transport from manufacturer to retail store. A flat-packed chair is packaged in a single box measuring 600 mm  600 mm  600 mm A full container of flat-packed chairs is shipped. Calculate in pounds and pence the shipping cost of a single, flat-packed chair. Show your working. [3 marks] ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Answer £ ____________________ ____ 3 7 (07) G/Jun24/7552/2 Do not write outside the box Turn over 8 0 5 State three ways manufacturers can reduce the environmental impact of the packaging they use. [3 marks] 1 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 ________________________________________________________________________________ 3 ________________________________________________________________________________ ____ 3 Turn over for Section B 8 (08) G/Jun24/7552/2 Do not write outside the box Section B – Commercial Manufacture Answer all questions in this section. 0 6 Figure 3 shows an initial Styrofoam prototype model of a hairdryer. Figure 3 Analyse and evaluate the suitability of different prototyping methods for further development of the hairdryer prototype model shown in Figure 3 for production. In your answer you should refer to:  modelling materials  virtual prototyping  physical prototyping. [12 marks]