Leaving Cert Home Economics 2022

The 2022 Leaving Cert Home Economics exam papers and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Section ASection B&CMarking Scheme
What's in the 2022 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 nutrition, calcium, minerals · 6 marks
  • Q1 home design, floor coverings, ventilation, energy · 80 marks
  • Q1 nutrition, teenagers, vitamin d, food choice · 80 marks
  • Q2 digestion, carbohydrates, enzymes · 6 marks
  • Q2 textiles, fashion and design, fibres, pattern modification · 40 marks
  • Q2 vegan diets, alternative protein, food additives · 50 marks
  • Q3 social studies, unemployment, leisure, education · 80 marks
  • Q3 micro-organisms, enzymes, food spoilage, moulds · 50 marks
  • Q3 protein, food science, cookery · 6 marks
  • Q4 housing, mortgages, consumer legislation · 50 marks
  • Q4 vegetables, food preservation, coeliac disease, household appliances · 80 marks
  • Q4 lipids, fatty acids, food science · 6 marks
  • Q5 marriage, family, wills · 50 marks
  • Q5 cookery, pastry · 6 marks
  • Q6 food preservation, freezing · 6 marks
  • Q7 food packaging, consumer studies · 6 marks
  • Q8 cookery, fish, heat transfer · 6 marks
  • Q9 food additives, food science · 6 marks
  • Q10 household finance, taxation, income · 6 marks
  • Q11 consumer studies, consumer protection · 6 marks
  • Q12 household finance, insurance · 6 marks
  • Q13 home safety, consumer legislation, furniture · 6 marks
  • Q14 consumer studies, labelling, environmental awareness · 6 marks

Ordinary Level

Section ASection B&CMarking Scheme
What's in the 2022 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 nutrition, salt, fats, heart disease · 6 marks
  • Q1 milk, dairy, calcium, food waste · 80 marks
  • Q1 home design, lighting, housing for older people, electrical safety · 80 marks
  • Q2 textiles, fashion and design, man-made fabrics, social media · 40 marks
  • Q2 cereals, fibre, menu planning · 50 marks
  • Q2 lipids, nutrition, food sources · 6 marks
  • Q3 sauces, food preparation · 6 marks
  • Q3 poverty, social studies, rural and urban, childcare · 80 marks
  • Q3 food preservation, food safety, food labelling · 50 marks
  • Q4 fish, retailing, consumer complaints, home management · 80 marks
  • Q4 consumer rights, household appliances, energy labelling · 50 marks
  • Q4 fruit and vegetables, vitamin c, freezing · 6 marks
  • Q5 cooking methods, baking, grilling · 6 marks
  • Q5 marriage, family law, separation and divorce · 50 marks
  • Q6 meal planning, invalid cookery, diet · 6 marks
  • Q7 food packaging, recycling · 6 marks
  • Q8 child nutrition, food choice, preschool children · 6 marks
  • Q9 food safety, hygiene, food storage · 6 marks
  • Q10 food additives, food processing · 6 marks
  • Q11 credit, consumer studies, personal finance · 6 marks
  • Q12 income, taxation, personal finance · 6 marks
  • Q13 textiles, household textiles, consumer choice · 6 marks
  • Q14 fabric care symbols, textiles, laundry · 6 marks
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