New material added on 26-Dec-97.
Below are sample questions in PDF format. If you have trouble with the PDF files please let us know <competition@physics.miami.edu>. If some symbols appear to be missing on the screen try printing the file and seeing what happens. You should return to this page often because sample questions will appear spontaneously.
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Loop-the-loop (46 KB PDF file),
a challenging mechanics problem.
The half cylindrical lens,
a challenging optics problem.
Sample computational problems (32 KB PDF
file).
Below are some sample multiple choice questions. Some of the questions involve topics not normally covered in a high school physics course. We put them there to give you an idea of the additional material which is covered in the introductory non-calculus university physics course. Some questions require conversion factors which we will provide in the actual examination. In the samples below you should look them up in your physics text book.
Sample problems 1 (24 KB PDF file).
Sample problems 2 (48 KB PDF file).
Sample problems 3 (40 KB PDF file).