Leaving Cert Physics 2016

The 2016 Leaving Cert Physics exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2016 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 laws of equilibrium, moments, centre of gravity · 40 marks
  • Q2 stretched string, fundamental frequency, mass per unit length, graphical analysis · 40 marks
  • Q3 diffraction grating, wavelength of light, monochromatic light · 40 marks
  • Q4 resistivity, resistance and temperature, nichrome wire · 40 marks
  • Q5 power and energy, polarisation, capacitance, particle physics · 56 marks
  • Q6 simple harmonic motion, hooke's law, simple pendulum, gravitation · 56 marks
  • Q7 heat and temperature, conservation of energy, heat pump, latent heat · 56 marks
  • Q8 semiconductors, p-n junction, diode, rectifier · 56 marks
  • Q9 nuclear fission, radioactivity, half-life, nuclear equations · 56 marks
  • Q10 electromagnetic induction, faraday's law, resistors in parallel, circuits · 56 marks
  • Q11 laws of refraction, wavelength, photon energy, emission spectra · 56 marks
  • Q12 conservation of momentum, electric field, doppler effect, particle physics · 56 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2016 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 mechanics, momentum, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q2 light, refractive index, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q3 sound, speed of sound, resonance, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q4 electricity, joule's law, heating effect, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q5 short questions, mechanics, heat, electricity · 56 marks
  • Q6 gravity, force, weight · 56 marks
  • Q7 waves, sound, total internal reflection, optical fibres · 56 marks
  • Q8 electricity, resistance, parallel circuits, current · 56 marks
  • Q9 heat, latent heat, specific heat capacity, heat pump · 56 marks
  • Q10 thermionic emission, cathode ray tube, x-rays, electrons · 56 marks
  • Q11 passage question, light, refraction, spectrum · 56 marks
  • Q12 energy, magnetism, domestic electricity, nuclear physics · 56 marks
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