Cambridge International Examinations 2013

BIOLOGY
Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level
Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 9700 (Biology) in the October/November 2013 examination.

Component 11
Component 12
Component 13
Component 21
Component 22
Component 23
Component 31
Component 33
Component 34
Component 35
Component 36
Component 41
Component 42
Component 43
Component 51
Component 52
Component 53

Maximum mark
available
40
40
40
60
60
60
40
40
40
40
40
100
100
100
30
30
30

minimum mark required for grade:

A
B
E
30
25
18
31
28
20
30
25
16
40
34
21
41
35
21
43
36
19
30
27
19
29
26
16
24
22
14
27
23
16
30
27
20
61
54
28
61
54
28
65
59
32
20
18
11
20
18
11
24
21
12

The maximum total mark for this syllabus is 260 for A Level and 130 for AS Level.
For this syllabus in this series the grade thresholds were as follows:
Option
AX
AY
EY
AZ
EZ
BX
BY
BZ
CX
CY
CZ
S1
S3
S4
S5
S6

Combination of components
11, 21, 31, 41, 51
12, 22, 33, 42, 52
12, 22, 34, 42, 52
13, 23, 35, 43, 53
13, 23, 36, 43, 53
41, 51 and AS from last June
42, 52 and AS from last June
43, 53 and AS from last June
41, 51 and AS from last Nov.
42, 52 and AS from last Nov.
43, 53 and AS from last Nov.

AS Level

A*

189

171

153

132

112

92

197

179

161

139

118

97

178

161

144

123

102

81

186

169

152

130

108

86

188

169

150

130

111

92

196

177

158

137

117

97

92

82

72

62

53