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Leaving Cert Engineering: History of technology

How often History of technology comes up on the Engineering papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 9 of the last 9 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker

June 2028 is the first exam on the new Engineering course. These come from the 2016–2025 papers, so read them as a guide.

History of technology, Higher Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on History of technology.

(a)Charles Hull is known for inventing?
  1. Fused deposition modelling (FDM)
  2. Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing
  3. The first CNC milling machine
(b)Charles Parsons, of the Birr Castle family in Co. Offaly, is best known for?
  1. The diesel engine
  2. The dynamo
  3. The steam turbine
(c)George Devol is credited with inventing?
  1. The first industrial robot, the Unimate
  2. The first CNC lathe, built at MIT
  3. The first microprocessor, the Intel 4004
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(a) Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing

(b) The steam turbine

(c) The first industrial robot, the Unimate

Your turn: Higher Level questions on History of technology.

Higher Level

Asked on 9 of the last 9 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2025Q1(e)
2024Q1(e)
2023Q1(f)
2022Q1(f)
2021Q1(c)
2019Q1(d)
2018Q1(h)
2017Q1(g)
2016Q1(c)

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

More History of technology questions

History of technology, 2 marks

Robert Boyle, born at Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford, is known for?

  1. Ohm's law
  2. The law of electromagnetic induction
  3. Boyle's law on gas pressure and volume
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Boyle's law on gas pressure and volume

Boyle found that at constant temperature the pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume. It underpins pneumatics and compressors.

History of technology, 2 marks

Michael Faraday discovered?

  1. The transistor
  2. Electromagnetic induction
  3. The lead–acid battery
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Electromagnetic induction

Faraday showed that a changing magnetic field induces a current. This is the principle behind generators, transformers and induction hardening.

History of technology, 2 marks

Francis Beaufort, born in Navan, Co. Meath, is known for?

  1. The Beaufort wind force scale
  2. The Kelvin temperature scale
  3. The Richter earthquake scale
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The Beaufort wind force scale

Beaufort, a naval officer and hydrographer, devised the 0 to 12 scale of wind force from sea and sail conditions. It is still used in forecasts.

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