PAT Practice Papers: 200 Questions in the style of the Physics Aptitude Test with Detailed Worked Solutions

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Elementary trigonometry including relationships between sine, cosine and tangent (sum and difference formulae will be stated if required). You’re allowed a calculator in the PAT, but you should still aim to only use it when absolutely necessary. You’re only going to be allowed a basic one anyway, so you’re going to have to do most of the complex calculations yourself. As you may notice when going through past papers, the PAT has undergone various changes in the past few years.

PAT Past Papers - Worked Solutions and Answers Free PAT Questions & Mark Schemes for your PAT Preparation Below you will find PAT question and answer documents for all PAT past papers, to help you with your PAT preparation What do we offer? A massive, all-encompassing bank of online resources crafted by expert Oxford PAT tutors to get you fully prepared to take the Physics Aptitude Test. Find out more about our online PAT courses Basic knowledge of bodies in our Solar System, including planets, moons, comets and asteroids. (Name and relative positions of the planets should be known but detailed knowledge of their physical parameters is not required).

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In 2017, the physics and maths sections were mixed up with one another rather than being two distinct sections

Refraction, including the definition of refractive index (n) as the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in a material and Snell’s law n 1sinθ 1=n 2sinθ 2. Elementary properties of prisms and optical fibres including total internal reflection, where total internal reflection occurs at an angle θ cwhen sinθ c=n 2/n 1 Know what is meant by the phrases ‘phases of the moon’ and ‘eclipses’ and how the position of the observer on the Earth affects their view of these events.Familiarise yourself with the syllabus. The material is aimed at AS level maths and physics plus knowledge of material covered at GCSE. However we cannot guarantee when the material will be covered in your school so you might find you need to teach yourself a few topics before the exam. The meaning of the terms friction, air resistance and terminal velocity and how they can be calculated. PAT past papers – for the Physics Aptitude Test for Oxford Physics, Engineering, and Materials Science degrees, and joint courses.

Look over a range of past papers to help to familiarise you with the format of the test and the content covered. We also publish reports for each test; reports contain information such as the average mark on the paper and the mark students needed to achieve an interview. Do not expect to get all of it correct – most years the average is 50-60%. The older past papers have plenty of questions that will help in your preparation, but be aware that the format of these papers aren’t representative of the exam as it’s currently made. Circular motion including equations for centripetal force (F=mω 2r or F=mv 2/r) and acceleration (a=v 2/r or a=ω 2r). A digital scientific calculator will be included as part of the online interface for the PAT from October 2023 onwards. Candidates must use this and may not bring their own calculators, of any description, into the exam. You will be able to try out the online digital calculator when practising the online practise test available below. The 2023 test will still take the same question format as the past papers from 2018, 2019 and 2020: these and the older papers will still be of use when preparingKnowledge of the formulae for the sum of arithmetic and geometric progressions to n (or infinite) terms. Details of any access arrangements you require (together with evidence to support your request unless your centre already has this information). The PAT is typically taken on paper, so you may want to print off your past papers for a more authentic experience. Just be aware that you will then need to set up your own timer. Approved test centres can register candidates for Oxford admission tests anytime between 1 September and 29 September.

Conservation of energy and momentum (=mass x velocity); power ( = energy transfer/time) and work ( = force x distance moved in direction of force). Authorised schools, colleges and other test centres will be able to register candidates for Oxford’s admissions tests anytime between 1 September and 29 September. University preparation also contains lots of questions which are suitable as university entrance preparation.

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Knowledge of circular orbits under gravity including orbital speed, radius, period, centripetal acceleration, and gravitational centripetal force. This may include equating the force between two masses due to gravity (F=GM 1M 2/r 2) to centripetal force of a smaller body orbiting a larger body (F=mω 2r or F=mv 2/r) and use of centripetal acceleration (a=v 2/r or a=ω 2r). The WJEC Publication Policy explains when WJEC examination documents such as past papers and mark schemes are made available to registered examination centres and to members of the public. Past papers are a useful revision tool. They enable you to gauge your subject knowledge and uncover your strengths and weaknesses, enabling you to understand what areas you need to devote more time to and conversely, what areas you can devote less time to. Ensure that you’ve used the PAT Syllabus as much as possible when revising, as this document details literally everything you need to know. It’s important to know this by heart so you don’t miss any topics or revise something that won’t be covered in the exam.