OCR A Level Product Design Paper 1 Question Paper

Download the official OCR A Level Design and Technology: Product Design H406/01 Principles of Product Design question paper for the June 2025 examination series. This examiner-authentic OCR PDF contains the complete OCR Product Design assessment covering manufacturing processes, sustainability, enterprise, statistics, polymers, intellectual property, historical design movements and health and safety in manufacturing.

The paper includes detailed design and manufacturing questions based on metal toy cars, home inkjet printers and rainwater-collection systems. Students are required to apply product-analysis skills, engineering mathematics, sustainability knowledge, manufacturing understanding and evaluative discussion to realistic industrial design scenarios.

Questions explore manufacturing processes for metal toy cars, design for upgrades and recycling, consumer protection methods, intellectual property considerations and the influence of historical design movements on modern products. The assessment also examines enterprise in product development, statistical interpretation using box plots and pie charts and quantitative calculations involving percentages, ratios and quartiles.

Sustainability forms a major section of the paper, including biodegradable materials, sustainable product development and the implications of using sustainable materials in modern products. Manufacturing sections include thermopolymers, weather resistance, batch production of hollow rainwater containers, specialist tooling, quality-control checks and optimisation of material usage in product stands.

Mathematical-engineering tasks include calculating the volume of material removed from a drilled thermoplastic container and interpreting statistical data from cartridge reliability testing and consumer surveys. Extended-response questions assess analytical reasoning, technical communication and evaluative discussion using OCR’s level-of-response assessment style.

This OCR H406/01 June 2025 question paper is ideal for timed exam practice, mock examinations, manufacturing revision and OCR A Level Product Design preparation. It helps students understand OCR question structure, command words, mathematical requirements and examiner expectations across the Principles of Product Design specification.

Perfect for students preparing for the 2026 OCR examination series, teachers creating classroom assessments and tutors supporting OCR Product Design revision. Pair this paper with the official OCR H406/01 June 2025 mark scheme for complete examiner-guided preparation and assessment practice. Fully compatible with desktop, tablet and mobile PDF viewing.

This document is designed for OCR A Level Product Design students preparing for the 2026 examination series, especially candidates studying manufacturing systems, sustainability, polymers, product analysis and engineering mathematics. It is particularly useful for learners aiming to improve technical problem solving, manufacturing knowledge, evaluative discussion and extended-response exam technique.

It is also highly valuable for teachers, tutors, revision-course providers and independent learners who require authentic OCR exam material for classroom assessment, mock examinations, sustainability analysis, manufacturing-process studies and targeted OCR Product Design revision.