SQA Advanced Higher Graphic Communication course assessment and project overview quiz quiz

30 marks

60 marks

90 marks

120 marks

50 per cent

25 per cent

75 per cent

100 per cent

1 hour

2 hours 30 minutes

3 hours 30 minutes

45 minutes

A written essay on design history

A multiple-choice test

An open graphical response to a brief

A spoken presentation only

History and theory

Technical graphics and commercial and visual media graphics

Mathematics and physics

Photography and film

10 single-sided A3 pages

30 single-sided A3 pages

50 single-sided A4 pages

20 single-sided A3 pages

Producing 3D CAD models and production drawings to British Standards

Designing a promotional poster

Choosing a colour scheme for packaging

Setting a typographic hierarchy

An orthographic component drawing

Designing packaging using the elements and principles of design

A sectional view of a part

A dimensioned assembly drawing

It fills the pages quickly

It replaces the need for any graphics

It evidences the candidate's understanding and decision-making

It is only needed for the title page

To explore ideas (preliminary) and develop the chosen idea (working)

To print the final pages

To replace the question paper

To set the page limit

The work is not marked at all

Extra marks are awarded

Nothing, there is no limit

A penalty is applied

Choose a scenario that naturally needs both technical and commercial work

Print 20 blank pages

Pick a single typeface

Model one bolt