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by Nameless on Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:03 pm
At the high school level, the test consists of 60 questions, which must be completed in two hours. The first 20 questions involve biology, the second twenty questions involve chemistry, and the final twenty questions involve physics. No time warning is given, except that tests cannot be turned in until the proctor announces that 30 minutes have passed.
The questions may be answered in any order; there is no penalty for skipping questions.
Questions must be answered to the proper number of significant digits, with "small variation" in the final significant digit acceptable.
The test booklet includes a periodic table of the elements, including atomic weights and atomic numbers, plus other scientific relationships which may be used by the student.
Scratch paper is allowed in the contest, and notations may be made anywhere except on the answer sheet. Students may bring one calculator plus one spare, so long as it does not need external power. Hand-held computers are not allowed, nor are any calculators with factory-installed memory or with the ability to accept memory cards or memory sticks.
Scoring is six points for each correct answer, and two points deducted for each incorrect answer. Unanswered questions are not scored. In addition to the total score, each subsection (biology, chemistry, and physics) is scored separately.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_(UIL_test)]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_(UIL_test)
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The questions may be answered in any order; there is no penalty for skipping questions.
Questions must be answered to the proper number of significant digits, with "small variation" in the final significant digit acceptable.
The test booklet includes a periodic table of the elements, including atomic weights and atomic numbers, plus other scientific relationships which may be used by the student.
Scratch paper is allowed in the contest, and notations may be made anywhere except on the answer sheet. Students may bring one calculator plus one spare, so long as it does not need external power. Hand-held computers are not allowed, nor are any calculators with factory-installed memory or with the ability to accept memory cards or memory sticks.
Scoring is six points for each correct answer, and two points deducted for each incorrect answer. Unanswered questions are not scored. In addition to the total score, each subsection (biology, chemistry, and physics) is scored separately.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_(UIL_test)]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_(UIL_test)
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