TCE Physics exam 2026Exam: Fri 13 Nov · TASC timetable
Your TCE Physics exam:
When and how long
- Physics9.00 am start3 h
TASC: morning exams commence at 9:00 am and afternoon exams at 1:30 pm. Your Notice of External Assessment (NoE) shows where and when you sit each exam.
Source: 2026 TASC written exam timetable (TASC), checked Wednesday 23 September 2026. Where a start time, reading time or duration isn't shown, the timetable doesn't publish it: check your personal timetable and the front of your paper.
What the exam covers
We don't have past-paper frequency data for this exam, so here is the course, module by module. Make sure every module is covered.
Night-before and exam-morning checklists
The night before
- Check your Notice of External Assessment (NoE) for where and when you sit each exam.[2]
- Pack a clear, sealable plastic bag: black or blue pens (not erasable), 2B pencils, sharpener, eraser, highlighters, a clear plastic ruler.[1]
- Pack your permitted calculator and a basic analogue watch (it goes on the desk, not your wrist).[1]
- Water only, in a clear plastic bottle up to 1500 mL.[1]
Exam-week survival kit: The last 7 days · The night before and exam morning · What to bring, and what's banned · How to use reading time · If you're sick or something goes wrong · Handling exam-week stress.
Last-week revision
TCE Physics cram sheet
Key formulas, definitions and facts copied from our Physics syllabus pages. One page when printed.
Unit 3: Gravity and Electromagnetism
The electric field strength at a point is the electric force experienced per unit positive charge placed at that point. It is a vector, measured in newtons per coulomb, pointing in the direction a positive charge would be pushed.
The gravitational potential energy of a mass in a field is the work done to bring it from infinity to its current position. It is negative because gravity is attractive, so work is released as the mass approaches.
A magnetic field is a region in which a moving charge or a magnet experiences a magnetic force. Its direction at a point is the direction in which the north pole of a compass needle points, and its strength is measured in tesla.
The elementary charge is the smallest unit of free charge, the magnitude of the charge on a single electron or proton, equal to . All observed free charges are whole-number multiples of this value.
Unit 4: Revolutions in Modern Physics
The half-life of a radioactive isotope is the time taken for half the radioactive nuclei in a sample to decay, a constant value independent of the starting amount.
A gauge boson is a fundamental particle that mediates one of the fundamental forces by being exchanged between interacting matter particles.
A photon is a discrete packet (quantum) of electromagnetic energy whose energy equals Planck's constant multiplied by the frequency of the radiation.
Proper time is measured by a single clock present at both events. Any observer moving relative to that clock measures a longer interval. The proper time is always the smallest measured time interval between the two events.