Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

0610 Biology June 2016

Grade Thresholds

BIOLOGY
Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 0610 (Biology) in the May/June 2016 examination.

minimum raw mark required for grade:

maximum raw
mark A B C D E F G
available
Component 11 40 – – 24 21 19 17 15
Component 12 40 – – 24 21 19 17 15
Component 13 40 – – 25 22 20 18 16
Component 21 40 30 25 21 18 16 14 12
Component 22 40 31 26 21 18 16 14 12
Component 23 40 30 25 21 19 17 15 13
Component 31 80 – – 42 36 29 24 20
Component 32 80 – – 40 34 28 23 18
Component 33 80 – – 39 33 26 21 16
Component 41 80 40 34 27 22 16 13 10
Component 42 80 45 38 31 24 17 14 12
Component 43 80 46 40 32 25 18 15 12
Component 51 40 28 24 20 18 16 12 8
Component 52 40 31 26 22 19 16 12 8
Component 53 40 30 26 23 20 17 14 11
Component 61 40 28 24 21 18 15 12 9
Component 62 40 29 25 22 19 15 12 9
Component 63 40 29 26 23 19 16 13 10

Grade A* does not exist at the level of an individual component.

The maximum total mark for this syllabus, after weighting has been applied, is 200.

The overall thresholds for the different grades were set as follows.

Combination of
Option A* A B C D E F G
Components
BX 21, 41, 51 141 122 103 85 72 60 49 38
BY 22, 42, 52 154 133 112 92 76 61 51 41
BZ 23, 43, 53 151 132 113 95 80 65 55 45

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 Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education
0610 Biology June 2016
Grade Thresholds

Combination of
Option A* A B C D E F G
Components
CX 21, 41, 61 140 122 104 86 72 59 49 39
CY 22, 42, 62 151 131 111 92 76 60 51 42
CZ 23, 43, 63 149 131 113 95 79 64 54 44
FX 11, 31, 51 – – – 108 94 81 68 55
FY 12, 32, 52 – – – 107 93 80 66 52
FZ 13, 33, 53 – – – 108 94 80 67 54
GX 11, 31, 61 – – – 109 94 80 68 56
GY 12, 32, 62 – – – 107 93 79 66 53
GZ 13, 33, 63 – – – 108 93 79 66 53

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