Physics mock exam
Queensland Certificate of Education - Physics External Assessment. Sit it in one block, time yourself with the on-screen clock, then self-mark against the model answers.
Paper structure from the official QCAA page.
Want the real thing? Open the 2025 Physics paper walkthrough for the official structure and marking criteria.
Structure unverified
QCE subjects moved to the QCAA 2025 General senior syllabuses in 2025, and 2026 is the first year they are externally assessed. Timing follows the 2026 QCAA timetable: two papers, each 90 minutes plus 5 minutes perusal, sat in separate sessions on the same day. This mock runs both as one sitting. We could not confirm the 2026 external assessment format and mark allocation from QCAA documents, so this mock follows the shape of recent past papers. Check the QCAA syllabus and your school's advice before treating it as a dress rehearsal. Its question styles come from past papers set on the 2019 QCAA syllabus; the 2025 syllabus applies from the 2026 external assessments.
Paper at a glance
| Section | Questions | Marks | Recommended time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper 1 Section 1 - Multiple choice | 20 | 20 | 35 min |
| Paper 1 Section 2 - Short response | 7 | 30 | 55 min |
| Paper 2 - Short response | 11 | 45 | 90 min |
The official paper is worth 97 marks. This mock holds 95, because we only use questions we have checked and they don't fill every section of the official paper exactly. Your score is worked out of the marks in the questions you sit, so a perfect paper scores 100%.
Before you start
What this mock covers
- Paper 1 Section 1 - Multiple choice: 20 multiple-choice questions, auto-marked when you submit.
- Paper 1 Section 2 - Short response: 7 short-answer questions (30 marks), self-marked against a model answer.
- Paper 2 - Short response: 11 short-answer questions (45 marks), self-marked against a model answer.
14 syllabus dot points covered
Syllabus dot points examined in this paper:
- Electric fields, point charges and parallel plates (QCE Physics Unit 3)
- Electromagnetic induction, Faraday's law and Lenz's law (QCE Physics Unit 3)
- Length contraction and relativistic momentum (QCE Physics Unit 4)
- Magnetic force on moving charges and current-carrying conductors (QCE Physics Unit 3)
- Mass-energy equivalence $E = mc^2$ (QCE Physics Unit 4)
- Newton's law of universal gravitation and gravitational fields (QCE Physics Unit 3)
- Orbital motion, Kepler's third law and satellite energy (QCE Physics Unit 3)
- Projectile motion (QCE Physics Unit 3)
- Quantum theory: photons, the photoelectric effect and atomic spectra (QCE Physics Unit 4)
- Special relativity: postulates and time dilation (QCE Physics Unit 4)
- The four fundamental forces (QCE Physics Unit 4)
- Transformers and AC power transmission (QCE Physics Unit 3)
- Uniform circular motion, centripetal force and banked curves (QCE Physics Unit 3)
- Wave-particle duality and matter waves: QCE Physics Unit 4
Multiple-choice questions are drawn from the QCE Physics IA1 data test technique, QCE Physics IA2 student experiment quizzes.
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