CEED 2023 Question Paper and Solutions

CEED 2023 questions and solutions cover Part A and the Part-B drawing and design tasks.

Part-B answers are assessed on the criteria given with each task, including composition, visual communication and usability. More than one design can meet the brief.

CEED 2023 Paper Structure

Part A lasts one hour. Part B lasts two hours and contains five compulsory questions worth 20 marks each. The two timers are separate; Part A cannot be resumed after Part B starts.

Part-A responses are entered on the computer. Part-B responses go in the supplied answer booklet, even though the question is shown on the screen.

CEED 2023 Part A: Question Types

Part A includes spatial reasoning, object matching, visual patterns and numerical problems. For example, its opening problem uses guards around a five-sided building, while later tasks involve reflected objects and recognising a matching shoe.

NAT questions require a numerical answer. An MSQ may have more than one correct option; an MCQ has one correct option.

For a rotation followed by a reflection, track the same corner or feature through both operations. Counting questions may ask for objects, surfaces, pairs or contact points.

CEED 2023 Part B: Drawing and Design Tasks

The family sketch requires a high camera viewpoint. The cutlery task asks for a consistent product family for young children, so shape, scale and usability need to work together.

For the bus-stop task, five versions of the same crowding issue would not satisfy the request for distinct problems. Identify different user difficulties and show each in one annotated visual. In the identity task, check both the visual concept and the required abbreviation.

Colour restrictions depend on the task. A question may require black pencil or black-and-white icons even when other tasks allow colour.

CEED 2023 Marking Scheme and Answer-Key Notes

A correct NAT earns +3. An MSQ earns +3 only when all correct options, and no incorrect options, are selected. Any other attempted MSQ earns -0.2; there are no partial marks. Correct MCQs earn +2 and incorrect MCQs lose 0.5. Unanswered questions score zero.

Final answer key: The 2023 key accepts either B alone or B and D together for Part-A Question 16. Apply that question-specific exception rather than assuming only one option combination is accepted.

Using This Paper for CEED Preparation

The 2023 Part-A paper has 41 questions and 100 marks. The 2024-2026 papers use 44 questions and 150 marks, with different NAT and MSQ scoring. Compare the question skills across years, but do not score the 2023 paper with the later marking scheme.

The CEED syllabus covers spatial reasoning, observation, materials, communication and drawing.