Weight-age:

Theory papers (Papers 1 and 2)

40 compulsory multiple choice questions. A copy of the data sheet (see Appendix) is provided as part of

this paper.

40 marks

Paper2:

This paper has two sections.

Section A has a small number of compulsory, structured questions of variable mark value. 45 marks in

total are available for this section.

Section B has four questions to choose from and candidates must answer three. Each question is worth

10 marks.

A copy of the data sheet (see Appendix) is provided as part of this paper.

75 marks

Practical assessment (Paper 4)

A written paper of compulsory short-answer and

structured questions designed to test familiarity

with laboratory practical procedures. Further

details are given in the Appendix.

Qualitative Analysis Notes are not provided.

60 marks scaled to a mark out of 30