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Junior Cycle Wood Technology: Nails, screws & fittings

How often Nails, screws & fittings comes up on the Wood 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

Nails, screws & fittings, Common Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Nails, screws & fittings.

(a)One advantage of using screws rather than nails to join two parts is that screws…
  1. Are always quicker to put in than nails
  2. Can be removed and refitted without damage
  3. Never need a pilot hole or a clearance hole
(b)What is the claw of a claw hammer used for?
  1. Starting small panel pins
  2. Setting nails below the surface
  3. Pulling out nails
(c)One advantage of nails over screws is that nails are…
  1. Quicker to put in
  2. Stronger at pulling parts together
  3. Easier to remove neatly
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(a) Can be removed and refitted without damage

(b) Pulling out nails

(c) Quicker to put in

Your turn: Common Level questions on Nails, screws & fittings.

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
2026Q2a, Q2b
2025Q2g
2024Not asked
2023Not asked
2022Q1d

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

More Nails, screws & fittings questions

Nails, screws & fittings, 2 marks

Knock-down (KD) fittings are used in flat-pack furniture mainly because they…

  1. Make the furniture heavier and stronger
  2. Replace the need for any wooden parts
  3. Let it be taken apart and put back together
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Let it be taken apart and put back together

KD fittings such as cam locks, block joints and cross dowels join panels without glue. Furniture can be flat-packed, carried easily and put together with simple tools.

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