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Junior Cycle Applied Technology: Woods & manufactured boards

How often Woods & manufactured boards 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

Woods & manufactured boards, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Woods & manufactured boards.

(a)Which Irish hardwood is traditionally used to make hurleys?
  1. Pine
  2. Ash
  3. Spruce
(b)Hardboard is made from?
  1. Solid pine strips glued together
  2. Thin veneers glued in layers
  3. Wood fibres pressed hard together
(c)Hardwoods usually come from which type of tree?
  1. Deciduous trees with broad leaves
  2. Fast-growing conifers
  3. Evergreen trees with needles
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(a) Ash

(b) Wood fibres pressed hard together

(c) Deciduous trees with broad leaves

Your turn: Common Level questions on Woods & manufactured boards.

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
2026Q2b(i), Q4a(ii)
2025Q1b(i), Q1b(ii), Q3d(i)
2024Q1g(i), Q3b(ii)
2023Q1b(i), Q1b(ii), Q2b(i)
2022Q1a(i), Q2g(iv)

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

More Woods & manufactured boards questions

Woods & manufactured boards, 3 marks

An advantage of MDF over solid wood for a model's base?

  1. It is waterproof without a finish
  2. It is stronger than hardwood
  3. It is flat and smooth with no knots
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It is flat and smooth with no knots

MDF comes in large, stable sheets with an even surface and no grain or knots, so it is easy to cut and paint. It soaks up water and is weaker than a good hardwood.

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