AS & A Level Biology (9700)
Genetic technology Banker
12 questions · about 6% of the marks we indexed · examined in 9 of 9 sessions.
Questions by year
2026
- 2026 May/June · Paper 42 · Q3 (a(i))3 marksPCR, electrophoresis & sequencing
- 2026 May/June · Paper 42 · Q4 (a, b, c)10 marksRecombinant DNA & GM organisms
2025
- 2025 Oct/Nov · Paper 42 · Q5 (a, b(i), b(ii), c, d)14 marksGene therapy & genetic screening · PCR, electrophoresis & sequencing
- 2025 May/June · Paper 42 · Q5 (a, b, c, d)12 marksRecombinant DNA & GM organisms
2024
- 2024 Oct/Nov · Paper 42 · Q3 (a, b(i), b(ii), c(i), c(ii))13 marksGene therapy & genetic screening · Recombinant DNA & GM organisms
- 2024 May/June · Paper 42 · Q5 (a, b, c, d)10 marksGene therapy & genetic screening · PCR, electrophoresis & sequencing
2023
- 2023 Oct/Nov · Paper 42 · Q4 (a, b, c(i), c(ii))10 marksMicroarrays & bioinformatics · Recombinant DNA & GM organisms
- 2023 May/June · Paper 42 · Q4 (b, c, d)11 marksMicroarrays & bioinformatics · PCR, electrophoresis & sequencing · Recombinant DNA & GM organisms
2022
- 2022 Oct/Nov · Paper 42 · Q4 (a, b(i), b(ii), b(iii), c)13 marksGene therapy & genetic screening · Recombinant DNA & GM organisms
- 2022 Oct/Nov · Paper 42 · Q5 (a)3 marksPCR, electrophoresis & sequencing
- 2022 Oct/Nov · Paper 52 · Q2 (a, b, c(i), c(ii), c(iii), d, e(i), e(ii), e(iii), f)15 marksSkill: calculations & data processing · Skill: conclusions & interpreting data · Skill: errors, reliability & improvements · Skill: explaining results with biology · Skill: hypotheses & predictions · Skill: statistics (SD, SE, CI, t-test, Spearman, chi-squared) · Skill: variables & controls
- 2022 May/June · Paper 42 · Q4 (a, b(i), b(ii))9 marksRecombinant DNA & GM organisms
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Find the full paper on the official Cambridge past-papers page or ask your school. “Paper 42” means Paper 4, variant 2.
Similar questions
Questions that test the same subtopic in different years. Practise them together to master one skill.
Recombinant DNA & GM organisms 7 questions · 7/9 sessions
Gene therapy & genetic screening 4 questions · 4/9 sessions
PCR, electrophoresis & sequencing 5 questions · 5/9 sessions
Microarrays & bioinformatics Rare2 questions · 2/9 sessions
Subtopics
| Subtopic | Marks indexed | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Recombinant DNA & GM organisms | 48 | 7/9 |
| Gene therapy & genetic screening | 31 | 4/9 |
| PCR, electrophoresis & sequencing | 22 | 5/9 |
| Microarrays & bioinformatics Rare | 7 | 2/9 |
| Skill: statistics (SD, SE, CI, t-test, Spearman, chi-squared) Rare | 3 | 1/9 |
| Skill: calculations & data processing Rare | 3 | 1/9 |
| Skill: conclusions & interpreting data Rare | 3 | 1/9 |
| Skill: explaining results with biology Rare | 2 | 1/9 |
| Skill: errors, reliability & improvements Rare | 2 | 1/9 |
| Skill: variables & controls Rare | 1 | 1/9 |
| Skill: hypotheses & predictions Rare | 1 | 1/9 |