Olympiad · Mock test
Pressure and Buoyancy: Olympiad Style Test
An Olympiad-style paper: 12 questions in 25 minutes, 2 minutes a question, +3/-1. Pressure and area, pressure in water and mercury, hydraulic lifts, Archimedes' principle, relative density and floating blocks. One asks you to choose a drawing. Every answer has a worked solution that names the usual slip.
PhysicsHigh School (9–10)General
- questions
- 12
- minutes
- 25
- marks
- 36
- right / wrong
- +3 / −1
questions
minutes
marks
right / wrong
The clock starts when you press Begin, after the instructions.
Exam pattern
| Part | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| All questions | 12 | 36 |
Marking
- Right answer: +3
- Wrong answer: −1
- Left blank: 0
Time
25 minutes on one clock, from when you begin.
Before you start
- It runs like an online exam: one question at a time, with a palette showing what you have answered, skipped or marked for review.
- The clock starts when you press Begin the test, after you have read the instructions, and keeps running even if you reload or leave. At zero, your saved answers are submitted.
- Leaving the test window is recorded, and your teacher can see it.
- Your score, the answers and the explanations show when you finish, with where you stand among everyone who has taken it.