Common Test Physics

from Common Test Common Test Physics

• Things to note

  • Be careful of confusing m/km system, it comes with a similar feeling as IB Physics

• What is missing in the Common Test Physics that is in IB Physics

• Sundai Common Test Mock Exam

  • 58/100
  • Had a bit of extra time (probably because skipped some questions without knowing anything)
  • Impressions
    • Feels the same as last time
    • In terms of correctness, the kanji that couldn’t be solved as expected
    • The cause is not knowing the formula or topics that have never been solved before
    • Future plans
      • Buy a problem set and solve all the questions that feel difficult to improve scores
        • At the very least, confirmed that my current “weakness” matches the actual situation
      • Memorize formulas

• Tried solving past exams from 2021

  • Had 8 minutes left
    • Didn’t bother reviewing, stopped with the remaining 8 minutes
  • Results
    • 57/100
    • Well, it’s about that level
    • However, simply felt a lack of understanding in physics
      • Didn’t feel much difference from IB or language issues
      • There seems to be hope
  • Reasons (for the lost points)
    • Differences from IB (10)
      • Pulley (5)
      • Beats (5)
      • Adiabatic/Isothermal expansion (0)
        • It’s amazing that I was able to guess this on the spot
      • Electromagnetic Induction formula (0)
    • Simply didn’t understand (15)
      • Behavior of capacitor at 0V (4)
      • Lack of understanding in Capacitor and Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (6)
      • Energy conservation during inelastic collisions (5)
    • Lack of attention or confusion (13)

• Past exams from 2020

  • 65/100
  • 20 points were due to not knowing the syllabus, 15 points were just regular mistakes
  • Impressions
    • Was quite anxious while solving, but surprisingly managed to solve them
    • During the correct answers to these anxious problems, the sense I developed over the past two years was quite helpful
      • Like, this seems right because energy should be conserved

• Haven’t looked at Japanese reference books, so it’s an unknown, needs investigation

• According to the teacher, “IB Physics focuses more on understanding rather than complicated calculations”

  • If the Common Test is not like that, it might be a problem

• Or rather, if you get used to the lukewarm water of GDC