IB Design Technology SL · 2016 to 2025 (outgoing guide)

10.1 Design for sustainability

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SL archive · 2016 to 2025

10.1 Design for sustainability

Latest exam session: May 2025

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Micro-topics in 10.1 Design for sustainability

In syllabus order. The ring is the share of papers each appears in.

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    10.1.1

    Designing sustainably

    23 questions · in 53% of papersAppears in 19 of the 36 Design Technology SL papers analysed (53%), at least once each.

    Frequently tested

    last May 25 P2 TZ1

Exam pattern

How often each micro-topic has been examined, year by year. Each label is explained under the grid.

Does it repeat?

Questions per year for each micro-topic.

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Micro-topic2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
10.1.1Designing sustainablyFrequently tested
2Designing sustainably, 2016: 2 questions4Designing sustainably, 2017: 4 questions1Designing sustainably, 2018: 1 question3Designing sustainably, 2019: 3 questions3Designing sustainably, 2020: 3 questions·Designing sustainably, 2021: 0 questions2Designing sustainably, 2022: 2 questions4Designing sustainably, 2023: 4 questions3Designing sustainably, 2024: 3 questions1Designing sustainably, 2025: 1 question
  • Frequently testedin at least a quarter of all papers, and still appearing in the last two years

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Questions on 10.1 Design for sustainability, by exam session

Which papers asked about 10.1 Design for sustainability, and which question numbers. Open a paper to see them highlighted.

  • May 2025

    1 question across 1 paper

  • November 2024

    1 question across 1 paper

  • May 2024

    2 questions across 2 papers

  • November 2023

    2 questions across 2 papers

  • May 2023

    2 questions across 1 paper

  • November 2022

    1 question across 1 paper

  • May 2022

    1 question across 1 paper

  • November 2020

    1 question across 1 paper

  • November 2019

    1 question across 1 paper

  • May 2019

    2 questions across 2 papers

  • November 2018

    1 question across 1 paper

  • November 2017

    3 questions across 2 papers

  • May 2017

    1 question across 1 paper

  • November 2016

    1 question across 1 paper

  • May 2016

    1 question across 1 paper

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Which Design Technology SL exam sessions are covered for 10.1 Design for sustainability?

18 exam sessions from 2016 to 2025, the latest May 2025. Every Paper 1 and 2 in every timezone is read and classified in full, which gives 19 papers in this archive.

Which 10.1 Design for sustainability topic comes up most?

Designing sustainably (10.1.1): in 53% of papers, last seen May 25 P2 TZ1. Usually "other", worth about 3.3 marks in a paper that includes it.

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What do "banker", "due" and "rising" mean?

Banker: examined in at least one sitting in four and still appearing. Due: regular before, but absent for the last two exam sessions. Rising: clearly more common in the last two years. Our classification of real papers, not an IB statistic.

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