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

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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%. We do not generally provide solutions to the past papers; when marking the PAT, all suitable methods for solving the questions are allowed and we would not want you to feel only one specific way of solving the problem will gain you marks. We have however published sample solutions to the 2009 and 2010 papers and our Access team has created unofficial sample solutions for the 2019 paper; these can all be found below. Do you want detailed Physics Aptitude Test solutions? There are no official solutions to the Oxford PAT online! That’s why we’ve created a comprehensive bank of PAT video resources including:

Atomic structure; that atoms consist of protons, neutrons and electrons, definition of the atomic number, Bohr model of the atom. From 2015 onwards, long physics problems worth 20 marks were eliminated in favour of shorter questions worth <10 marks Distance, velocity, speed, acceleration, and the relationships between them, eg velocity as the rate of change of distance with time, acceleration as rate of change of velocity with time. Understand the difference between vector quantities (eg velocity) and scalar quantities (eg speed). Knowledge and use of equations such as speed = distance / time, acceleration = change in velocity / time or the SUVAT equations. These past papers are a great way of understanding the PAT format and question types, so you should look through one towards the start of your preparation. That way, you’ll have a better understanding of the actual exam and will have some context to work with when revising. As you may notice when going through past papers, the PAT has undergone various changes in the past few years.

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Understanding circuit diagrams including batteries, wires, resistors, filament lamps, diodes, capacitors, light dependent resistors and thermistors. Knowledge of current, voltage and resistance rules for series and parallel circuits. As well as practising PAT questions, you can boost your chances of success with our PAT Tutoring programme.

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. The PAT workbooks contain many questions of varying difficulty and subjectmatter, and the accompanying solutions manuals outline possible approaches toeach question in detail. PAT past papers – for the Physics Aptitude Test for Oxford Physics, Engineering, and Materials Science degrees, and joint courses. Response of a system to multiple forces; Newton's laws of motion; know the difference between weight (= mg) and mass; vector addition of forces. If you are applying for one of the following courses you will be required to sit the Physics Admissions Test (PAT) - formerly known as the Physics Aptitude Test - as part of the admissions process:The meaning of the terms friction, air resistance and terminal velocity and how they can be calculated. These tests are taken on specific dates each year, a few weeks after the application deadline on 29 September. The next test date for the PAT is: Knowledge of elementary mathematics, in particular topics in arithmetic, geometry including coordinate geometry, and probability, will be assumed. Questions may require the manipulation of mathematical expressions in a physical context. Sitat least one past paper in test conditions. This is really important as it will help you get used tohow much time to allocate to each question and keep within the two hour limit. Visit the Department of Physics Youtube channel, and watch their videos about admissions and preparing for the PAT.

If for any reason your school or college cannot apply for centre authorisation or you are no longer in education, please read the information below on taking your test at an open centre. Kinetic energy (= 1/2 mv 2) and gravitational potential energy (= mgh in a constant gravitational field) and their inter-conversion; what other forms of energy exist (eg thermal, sound).Please note that the formulae included in this syllabus do not represent an exhaustive list of formulae which may be used within the test. Syllabus for the Mathematics content Elementary mathematics: Description of reflection at plane mirrors, where the angle of incidence (the angle between the incident ray and the normal) = angle of reflection (angle between the reflected ray and the normal). 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). 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.