Design and Technology

Official curriculum and assessment

To start HSC Design and Technology revision, open the 2025 Exam. Use the official resources below to choose a task, attempt it independently and check your response against the available assessment guidance. The practice sequence below explains how to turn that review into a focused next attempt. Confirm the paper’s course and syllabus year before using it.

• 2025 Exam (PDF)
• 2025 Marking guidelines (PDF)
• 2024 Exam (PDF)
• 2024 Marking guidelines (PDF)

Editorial guidance prepared 3 November 2026.

How to practise this subject

These practice suggestions are editorial guidance from Australian Study Resources.

1. Open the 2025 Exam, Q1. Task focus — Multiple-choice: identify the most important design factor for a wedding flower arrangement (aesthetics vs durability vs ergonomics vs obsolescence). Attempt it before consulting the marking guidance, then identify the evidence or working that supports your answer.
2. Open the 2025 Exam, Q3. Task focus — Multiple-choice: identify which tool (Gantt chart, Venn diagram, SWOT, life cycle analysis) is used to track project progress over time. Attempt it before consulting the marking guidance, then identify the evidence or working that supports your answer.
3. Open the 2025 Exam, Q4. Task focus — Multiple-choice: identify the reason for durability testing/experimentation of a product. Attempt it before consulting the marking guidance, then identify the evidence or working that supports your answer.
4. Record the specific point you missed, write a corrected response, and attempt another question that requires the same skill. Check older material against your current course before reusing it.