The exam will consist of ten physics problems covering a wide variety of topics and requiring varying degrees of knowledge.
Exam Information
- The paper consists of 10 problems, each worth a total of 10 marks. For questions with multiple parts, the subdivisions of marks are indicated.
- The exam will start at TBC am. Participants have a total working time of four hours to complete the paper.
- The use of hardware (including phones, tablets, etc.) and external resources (including textbooks, non-team members, the internet etc.) is not permitted. Scientific, non-programmable calculators, watches and medical equipment are allowed. Please leave your phones and devices in the envelope to be collected and handed back to you at the end of the exam.
- When a problem is unclear, a participant can ask, via the invigilators, for a clarification. If the response is relevant to all teams, it will be provided to the other teams.
- Organise your work, in a reasonably neat and coherent way. Indicate at the top of each page your team name, the question number, and the page number for that question. All problems have to be handed in order in the envelope.
- If it is brought to the invigilators’ attention that a team has been cheating, breaking the rules or misbehaving, they will be disqualified. Disqualification can happen post submission.
- In situations to which no rule applies, the PAB (jury) will rule on the matter.
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