Exam

The preliminaries exam will consist of ten physics problems covering a wide variety of topics and requiring varying degrees of knowledge. The exam will take place on the morning of Saturday 20th February 2021 and will last four hours.

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PLANCKS UK and Ireland Preliminaries- Exam Information and Rules

-The exam starts after you are invited to the breakout rooms at 10:30 GMT, you have two hours for the first half followed by a break, then two hours for the second half.

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-Go to plancks.uk/kent-exam to download the exam and upload your answers.

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-At least one member of your team must remain in the Zoom call at all times throughout the exam.

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-The exam ends at 15:00 GMT, please upload answers by 15:30 GMT.

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-When uploading, please submit your answer to each question as a separate PDF in your team’s folder.

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-If you have any questions or issues during the exam use the ‘raise my hand’ feature in Zoom or come into the main session.

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-Any corrections/ clarifications to the paper will be announced during the break and uploaded to the clarifications folder on plancks.uk/kent-exam.

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-The use any external resource during the exam is not permitted. You may use scientific, non programmable calculators, watches and medical equipment. You may also use a tablet/ digital writing device to write your answers on, we do not recommend typing your answers.

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-If it is brought to the invigilators’ attention that a team has been cheating or breaking the rules they will be disqualified. Disqualification can happen post submission.

-In situations to which no rule applies, the committee will rule on the matter.