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Junior Cycle Applied Technology: Sketching & pictorial drawing

How often Sketching & pictorial drawing comes up on the Applied Technology papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Sketching & pictorial drawing, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Sketching & pictorial drawing.

(a)Why is shading (rendering) added to a design sketch?
  1. To show the exact size of each part
  2. To make it look solid and show the material
  3. To hide any wrongly drawn lines
(b)What is an annotated design sketch?
  1. A sketch coloured in with markers
  2. A sketch drawn with only a ruler and compass
  3. A sketch with notes explaining the design
(c)In an isometric drawing, the receding lines are drawn at what angle to the horizontal?
  1. 30 degrees
  2. 60 degrees
  3. 45 degrees
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(a) To make it look solid and show the material

(b) A sketch with notes explaining the design

(c) 30 degrees

Your turn: Common Level questions on Sketching & pictorial drawing.

Common Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q1c(i), Q2b(v)
2025Not asked
2024Q1f
2023Not asked
2022Q1c, Q2f, Q3c(iii)

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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