How much physics II material in physics section?

[trah23]

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I hope someone could help me out a bit, particularly people who have already takin the OATs. In the physics section of the exam was their a considerable amount of physics II related problems? According to the kaplan review ive been studing, only magnetism and optics are primarily focused on in the physics II realm. Are these the main physics II related topics or is stuff like circuits, Guass Surface, amperes law, flat mirrors, loop current method etc. also covered. Most people ive spoken to said that the majority of questions are related to info from physics 1 which would awesome because I got a A in physics 1 but I had a hard time in physics II and got a C+🙁.

I know i kind of just rambled a bit but im kind of stressing over the OAT's and find a optometrist who will let me shadow but anyhow id greatly appreciate anyones feedback🙂

 

[kkoch]

I just took my OAT today. Most of the physics first semester physics material. My test had a couple of questions each on circuits and Guass surfaces. I had a couple of optics questions dealing with flat mirrors and angles of refraction but nothing about curved mirrors or lenses. The bulk of my questions focused on particle motion (velocity, acceleration, and time), force (F=ma), kinetic/potential energy (including springs), angular motion, and Coulombic interactions. That's about all that I remember. The most heavily tested area for me was particle motion (maybe like 8 questions), so do a bunch of practice problems in that area so that you know what equation to use and when to use them. Hope that helps. If you are scoring above 300 on Kaplan test or OAT Achiever, you will be fine. I scored around 310 on both Kaplan and the OAT Achiever in physics and managed a 360 today.

 

[trah23]

thanks for the heads up about particle motion, i appreciate any info on what to put more time and focus on🙂

 

[opt4325]

hey! as far as QR, how was it? more geometry, trig, algebra or a good combo of all 3?

 

[kkoch]

hey! as far as QR, how was it? more geometry, trig, algebra or a good combo of all 3?

QR was mainly algebra (~35 questions) with some geometry (~10 questions) and a little bit of trig thrown in too (~5 questions). The biggest key with the QR section is watching your time so you don't spend too much time on any one problem. If you know algebra front and back and can work quickly, you can probably score 330+ without any knowledge of trig or geometry. I never took a trigonometry course and know little of the subject excepting basic sin, cos, and tan usage in right triangles and I still managed a 390, so I wouldn't spend to much time studying trig. Another tip I can give you is to start with the answers on some of the algebra problems instead of wasting time working through the actual algebra.