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Cambridge International A-level Biology 9700: 2022 specimen papers
Everything Cambridge International publishes for the 2022 specimen papers series of 9700: 10 files, grouped by the component they belong to. The board hosts every one of them; nothing on this page is a copy.
Checked against Cambridge International’s own listing on 31 August 2026.
No candidate sat this series. Cambridge International publishes it to show the shape of the papers, so it is practice rather than a past paper.
Specimen papers rather than a sat series: Cambridge publishes these to show the shape of the 2025 to 2027 syllabus, and no candidate sat them.
Cambridge publishes far less of its archive than the other four boards here: on the day this list was checked its public page carried one examined series, June 2024, variant 1 of each paper, together with the 2022 specimen papers, and Cambridge's own words for that are “This is only a selection of our papers. Registered Cambridge International Schools can access a wide range of teaching and learning materials and examination resources through our School Support Hub.” The rest is in the School Support Hub, which needs a registered centre's login, so a Cambridge student without one has a single sat paper per component and not nine years of them.
The files, by component
Paper 1: Multiple Choice
| Kind | File |
|---|---|
| Mark scheme | 2022 Specimen Mark Scheme Paper 1 |
| Other | 2022 Specimen Paper 1 |
Paper 2: AS Level Structured Questions
| Kind | File |
|---|---|
| Mark scheme | 2022 Specimen Mark Scheme Paper 2 |
| Other | 2022 Specimen Paper 2 |
Paper 3: Advanced Practical Skills
| Kind | File |
|---|---|
| Mark scheme | 2022 Specimen Mark Scheme Paper 3 |
| Other | 2022 Specimen Paper 3 |
Paper 4: A Level Structured Questions
| Kind | File |
|---|---|
| Mark scheme | 2022 Specimen Mark Scheme Paper 4 |
| Other | 2022 Specimen Paper 4 |
Paper 5: Planning, Analysis and Evaluation
| Kind | File |
|---|---|
| Mark scheme | 2022 Specimen Mark Scheme Paper 5 |
| Other | 2022 Specimen Paper 5 |
Cambridge is changing the layout and formatting of its question papers from March 2026 for accessibility, and says the assessment content, demand and types of questions will not change. A 2024 paper is the right practice and the wrong shape.
The papers in this series
| Code | Paper | Length | Marks | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9700/1 | Multiple Choice | 1 hour 15 minutes | 40 marks | 15.5% |
| 9700/2 | AS Level Structured Questions | 1 hour 15 minutes | 60 marks | 23.0% |
| 9700/3 | Advanced Practical Skills | 2 hours | 40 marks | 11.5% |
| 9700/4 | A Level Structured Questions | 2 hours | 100 marks | 38.5% |
| 9700/5 | Planning, Analysis and Evaluation | 1 hour 15 minutes | 30 marks | 11.5% |
The series either side
June 2024, the series after. 2022 specimen papers is the oldest series Cambridge International lists for 9700.
Every sitting of 9700 examines the same structure; what changes is the questions. The 9700 past papers page has the whole list of series, and the Cambridge International Biology specification map says which headings this library teaches.
Links were checked against the awarding bodies’ websites on 31 August 2026. InkBiology does not host or reproduce past papers or mark schemes. If a direct link has moved, use the awarding body’s listing linked above.