Worksheet for the Physics Test, Form GR9677
Answer Key and Percentage* of Examinees
Answering Each Question Correctly
QUESTION TOTAL QUESTION TOTAL
Number Answer P+ C I Number Answer P+ C I
1 B 73 51 B 70
2 B 29 52 C 15
3 B 55 53 C 34
4 A 34 54 B 18
5 B 29 55 A 30
6 B 43 56 C 42
7 A 22 57 C 41
8 A 37 58 E 22
9 A 40 59 B 36
10 B 47 60 B 9
11 D 36 61 B 26
12 C 36 62 C 13
13 B 37 63 A 56
14 D 66 64 C 26
15 E 12 65 D 44
16 B 20 66 E 25
17 E 40 67 C 28
18 C 77 68 E 61
19 B 17 69 A 14
20 D 20 70 D 14
21 C 27 71 A 20
22 C 26 72 A 29
23 D 24 73 C 34
24 D 70 74 B 21
25 E 38 75 D 27
26 C 13 76 B 52
27 D 49 77 D 12
28 D 40 78 E 36
29 E 58 79 D 22
30 C 28 80 C 31
31 E 65 81 B 27
32 B 41 82 E 15
33 C 56 83 D 15
34 D 31 84 D 20
35 A 79 85 B 15
36 D 46 86 B 36
37 D 53 87 A 6
38 D 39 88 B 57
39 E 54 89 D 18
40 A 21 90 ** **
41 A 28 91 E 25
42 B 52 92 D 15
43 C 17 93 D 26
44 A 48 94 D 28
45 E 45 95 E 23
46 C 36 96 A 28
47 C 28 97 E 11
48 C 30 98 D 39
49 C 22 99 B 44
50 C 33 100 C 51
Correct (C)
Incorrect (I)
Total Score:
C – I/4 = ____________
Scaled Score (SS) = ____________
* The P+ column indicates the percentage of Physics Test examinees that
answered each question correctly; it is based on a sample of December 1996
examinees selected to represent all Physics Test examinees tested between
October 1, 1993, and September 30, 1996.
** Item 90 was not scored when this form of the test was originally administered.
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Score Conversions and Percents Below*
for GRE Physics Test, Form GR9677
TOTAL SCORE
Raw Score Scaled Score % Raw Score Scaled Score %
67-99 990 97 30-31 690 59
65-66 980 96 29 680 57
64 970 96 28 670 55
63 960 95 27 660 53
62 950 95 26 650 50
61 940 94 24-25 640 48
59-60 930 93 23 630 45
58 920 92 22 620 43
57 910 91 21 610 40
56 900 91 19-20 600 38
54-55 890 90 18 590 35
53 880 89 17 580 32
52 870 88 16 570 29
51 860 86 15 560 27
50 850 85 13-14 550 25
48-49 840 84 12 540 23
47 830 83 11 530 20
46 820 82 10 520 18
45 810 81 9 510 15
44 800 79 7-8 500 13
42-43 790 77 6 490 11
41 780 76 5 480 9
40 770 74 4 470 7
39 760 73 3 460 6
38 750 71 1-2 450 4
36-37 740 69 0 440 3
35 730 67
34 720 65
33 710 63
32 700 61
*Percentage scoring below the scaled score is based on the performance of
11,322 examinees who took the Physics Test between October 1, 1993, and
September 30, 1996.
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Evaluating Your Performance the practice test. Note: due to changes in the test-taking
population, the percentile rank data have also changed.
Now that you have scored your test, you may wish to To obtain current percentile rank information, visit the
compare your performance with the performance of GRE Web site at www.gre.org/codelst.html, or contact
others who took this test. Both the worksheet on page the GRE Program.
74 and the table on page 75 use performance data from It is important to realize that the conditions under
GRE Physics Test examinees. which you tested yourself were not exactly the same as
The data in the worksheet on page 74 are based on those you will encounter at a test center. It is impos-
the performance of a sample of the examinees who took sible to predict how different test-taking conditions
this test in December 1996. This sample was selected to will affect test performance, and this is only one factor
represent the total population of GRE Physics Test that may account for differences between your practice
examinees tested between October 1993 and September test scores and your actual test scores. By comparing
1996. The numbers in the column labeled “P+” on the your performance on this practice test with the perfor-
worksheet indicate the percentages of examinees in this mance of other GRE Physics Test examinees, however,
sample who answered the questions correctly. You may you will be able to determine your strengths and
use these numbers as a guide for evaluating your perfor- weaknesses and can then plan a program of study to
mance on individual test questions. prepare yourself for taking the GRE Physics Test under
The table on page 75 contains, for each scaled standard conditions.
score, the percentage of examinees tested between
October 1993 and September 1996 who received lower
scores. Interpretive data based on the scores earned by
examinees tested in this three-year period were used by
admissions officers in the 1997-98 testing year. These
percentages appear in the score conversion table in a
column to the right of the scaled scores. For example,
in the percentage column opposite the scaled score of
660 is the number 53. This means that 53 percent of
the GRE Physics Test examinees tested between
October 1993 and September 1996 scored lower than
660. To compare yourself with this population, look at
the percentage next to the scaled score you earned on
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