Pearson Practice Test

[hchu]

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I recently bought 2 sets of Pearson's practice tests
and wondering if I could pause during the test.
Anyone nervous about those passage questions?

 

[HunterrV]

The Pearson Practice Tests are pretty laid back when it comes to pausing and taking breaks. Obviously you want to simulate the test environment as much as possible, but you can stop whenever you want and come back to finish the test.

Pertaining to the 2nd question... yes, I'm very afraid of the passage questions. They are pretty much the only questions I miss but they take up like a 3rd of the 48 questions for Bio and Chem.

 

[hchu]

Thanks for your replying.
Yeah same here with the passage questions.
Math section on Pearson seemed to be harder than Kaplan's.

 

[vs12345]

During the actual PCAT you probably don't want to get up from your seat unless you relax during your 15 minute break. As for the passage questions, according to these practice exams, you can still get a fairly high percentile score with a combination of 50% correct on the passages and 90% correct on the stand alone questions.

Remember, out of the 48 questions, 8 of them are experiment questions that Pearson is throwing in that don't count towards your score. Only thing is we don't know which 8 questions don't count.

 

[MUkitten]

During the actual PCAT you probably don't want to get up from your seat unless you relax during your 15 minute break. As for the passage questions, according to these practice exams, you can still get a fairly high percentile score with a combination of 50% correct on the passages and 90% correct on the stand alone questions.

Remember, out of the 48 questions, 8 of them are experiment questions that Pearson is throwing in that don't count towards your score. Only thing is we don't know which 8 questions don't count.

So the 8 experimental questions don't count AT ALL? For instance, if we get them correct, would they improve our score, but if we get them incorrect, they just don't hurt us? I wasn't sure how they were counting them, if at all.

 

[vs12345]

So the 8 experimental questions don't count AT ALL? For instance, if we get them correct, would they improve our score, but if we get them incorrect, they just don't hurt us? I wasn't sure how they were counting them, if at all.

That is correct. Pearson only puts them into the PCAT so they see how students like us do on those questions. They are basically prepping for future years with these experimental questions. If these experimental questions are "too difficult" then they will see that in our scores and know how to word questions for future years. Basically, these experimental questions are for the test makers to know if their questions are too easy or hard (along with the actual PCAT itself)

 

[hchu]

Does anyone know if passage based questions can be experimental questions?

 

[clutchtho]

Does anyone know if passage based questions can be experimental questions?

yes they can