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Junior Cycle Wood Technology: Manufactured boards

How often Manufactured boards comes up on the Wood Technology papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2024.

Manufactured boards, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Manufactured boards.

(a)A smooth manufactured board made by pressing fine wood fibres together with resin is…
  1. Plywood
  2. MDF
  3. Blockboard
(b)Why does plywood always have an odd number of layers (3, 5, 7 and so on)?
  1. So there is a veneer on the edges too
  2. So the board can bend easily both ways
  3. So it is balanced and stays flat
(c)A board made of softwood strips glued side by side and covered on both faces with veneers is…
  1. Blockboard
  2. Chipboard
  3. MDF
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(a) MDF

(b) So it is balanced and stays flat

(c) Blockboard

Your turn: Common Level questions on Manufactured boards.

Common Level

Asked on 2 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2024.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024Q2a
2023Not asked
2022Q2a

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

More Manufactured boards questions

Manufactured boards, 3 marks

One advantage of manufactured boards over solid timber is that they…

  1. Never need their edges covered or lipped
  2. Always show an attractive natural grain
  3. Come in large sheets that don't warp much
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Come in large sheets that don't warp much

Boards come in large sheets (often 2440 x 1220 mm), are stable, have no knots or shakes, and make good use of small, low-grade trees and waste wood.

Manufactured boards, 3 marks

One disadvantage of using chipboard or MDF instead of solid wood is that…

  1. They are full of knots and shakes
  2. The edges need to be covered or finished
  3. They are only sold in small, narrow strips
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The edges need to be covered or finished

The cut edges of manufactured boards show the chips or fibres, soak up finish and can crumble. They are covered with lipping, edge banding or veneer.

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