by Tomás Callanan
DCG 2026 students will have found the paper “fair with challenging parts to some core A short questions.”
In this year’s paper, students had a similar situation to the traditional Leaving Certificate DCG paper, with the usual set amount of core questions A and B being assessed. Again, this year Section C being assessed on only one studied question rather than two.
Typical topics like Intersecting Planes and Axonometric projection being asked in Section B. There was a return of an Oblique Plane in an interesting Golf chipping net question where students who really focused on this area would have been delighted to see. The Intersecting Planes question would have suited a higher-order student. In Section C, Optional Areas, students who studied their respective areas would not have been disappointed, as they were very approachable.
In Section A, the short questions, four questions were presented with students answering three questions. The topics were focusing on True Length/True Angles, Solids in Contact, Developments and Conic Sections. Some challenging parts in each question as students would have found some of the questions difficult to visualise.
Overall, this year’s DCG exam 2026 was fair, with a few high-order components to Section A questions. Students who focused on all core principles rather than cutting the course will have been very happy leaving the exam hall.
