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Junior Cycle Applied Technology: Switches & motor control

How often Switches & motor control comes up on the Applied Technology papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

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

Switches & motor control, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Switches & motor control.

(a)What does SPST stand for on a switch?
  1. Single push, single turn
  2. Single pole, single throw
  3. Switch power, stop turning
(b)What can an SPDT switch do?
  1. Only turn one circuit on or off
  2. Switch two separate circuits at once
  3. Send current down one of two paths
(c)Which switch is used to reverse the direction of a DC motor?
  1. DPDT
  2. PTM
  3. SPST
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(a) Single pole, single throw

(b) Send current down one of two paths

(c) DPDT

Your turn: Common Level questions on Switches & motor control.

Common Level

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

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q1d(iii), Q2d(i)
2025Q1e, Q2c(i)
2024Q1c(iii), Q1e, Q3a(ii)
2023Q1d(v), Q2e(iii)
2022Q1e, Q3a(iii)

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

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