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Table of Contents
Purpose of the GRE Subject Tests .........................3 Development of the Subject Tests .........................3 Content of the Physics Test ...................................4 Preparing for a Subject Test...................................5 Test-Taking Strategies ............................................6 What Your Scores Mean ........................................6 Practice GRE Physics Test .....................................9 Scoring Your Subject Test ....................................89 Evaluating Your Performance ..............................92 Answer Sheet.......................................................93

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Development of the Subject Tests
Each new edition of a Subject Test is developed by a committee of examiners composed of professors in the subject who are on undergraduate and graduate faculties in different types of institutions and in different regions of the United States andCanada. In selecting members for each committee, the GRE Program seeks the advice of appropriate professional associations in the subject. The content and scope of each test are specified and reviewed periodically by the committee of examiners. Test questions are written by committee members and by other university faculty members who are subject-matter specialists. All questions proposed for the testare reviewed and revised by the committee and subject-matter specialists at ETS. The tests are assembled in accordance with the content specifications developed by the committee to ensure adequate coverage of the various aspects of the field and, at the same time, to prevent overemphasis on any single topic. The entire test is then reviewed and approved by the committee. Subject-matter andmeasurement specialists on the ETS staff assist the committee, providing information and advice about methods of test construction and helping to prepare the questions and assemble the test. In addition, each test question is reviewed to eliminate language, symbols, or content considered potentially offensive, inappropriate for major subgroups of the testtaking population, or likely to perpetuate anynegative attitude that may be conveyed to these subgroups. Because of the diversity of undergraduate curricula, it is not possible for a single test to cover all the material you may have studied. The examiners, therefore, select questions that test the basic knowledge and skills most important for successful graduate study in the particular field. The committee keeps the test up-to-date byregularly developing new editions and revising existing editions. In this way, the test content remains current. In addition, curriculum surveys are conducted periodically to ensure that the content of a test reflects what is currently being taught in the undergraduate curriculum.

Purpose of the GRE Subject Tests
The GRE Subject Tests are designed to help graduate school admission committees and...