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The Physics Olympiad Screening Exams are used each year by the American Association of Physics Teachers to help select members for the United State Physics Team. Each year there are two or three rounds of exams consisting of both multiple choice and open response questions. The exams cover a broad range of topics in physics including mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, waves, and optics.

The exams linked below provide examples of the Olympiad screening tests from several previous years. In most cases both exams and exams with solutions are provided.

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2008 Olympiad F=ma Preliminary Test
This is the preliminary US Physics Olympiad contest for 2008. Solutions are provided on the final page.
2008 Olympiad Quarter Final Questions
This file contains the free-response quarter-final questions for the 2008 US Physics Olympics team.
2008 Olympiad Quarter Final Solutions
This file contains the solutions to the open-response quarter-final questions for the US Physics Olympic Team.
2008 Olympiad Semi Final Questions
This file contains the open-response semi-final questions from the 2008 US Physics Olympics Team selection.
2008 Olympiad Semi Final Solutions
This file contains the solutions to the open-response semi-final questions from the 2008 Physics Olympics Team selection competition
2007 Olympiad Tests
This archive contains all the tests used for the 2007 US Physics Olympics selection. It includes the preliminary and semi-final tests and the solutions.
2004 Olympiad Tests
This file contains the multiple choice, preliminary, and semi-final tests for the 2004 US Physics Olympics contest.
2003 Olympiad Tests
This archive contains the multiple choice, preliminary open-response, and semi-final test for the 2004 US Physics Olympics Team selection contest. Answers to the Multiple Choice questions are available at the end of that test.

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Keywords:	advanced placement, standardized evaluations
Record Creator:	Metadata Instance Creation Date October 16, 2003 by Bruce Mason
Record Updated:	Mar 21, 2009 by Bruce Mason
Last Update when Cataloged:	February 2, 2009
Other Collections:	The Physics Front

thanks

Author: salvatore viva
Posted: June 26, 2009 at 7:27AM

i hope to use this in phisycs summer school in Lecce, Italy

( sorry for my English )

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Re: thanks

Author: Bruce, ComPADRE Dir
Posted: Jun 27, 2009 at 3:38PM

I'm glad this can help you out with your class.

Bruce

> On Jun 26, 2009, salvatore viva posted:
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> i hope to
> use this in phisycs summer school in Lecce, Ital
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> ( sorry for my English )

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