During the last twenty years of teaching, my tests contained up to 3 scenarios along with multiple choice questions. For those who are interested, I have provided below some my test scenarios.
Advanced Freefall
- includes knowledge of freefall, FBD, PE, KE, conservation of energy, impulse, impact force, work
Drag
- includes knowledge of dynamic equilibriunm, air resistance, FBD, terminal velocity, kinematics, geometry of a circle
Horizontally Released Projectile
- includes knowledge of freefall, kinematics, trigonometry, range, PE, KE, conservation of energy
Velocity-Time Graphs
- includes knowledge of linear graphs, kinematics, PE, KE, conservation of energy, impulse
Inclined Plane
- includes knowledge of linear graphs, FBD, trigonometry, graph shapes for uniformly accelerated motion
Spring Gun
- includes knowledge of potential energy of a spring, impulse, trigonometry, freefall, horizontally released projectiles, conservation of energy
Recording Plate
- includes knowledge of rectifying graphs, linear regression, slope, freefall, onservation of energy
Coffee Filters
- includes knowledge of rectifying graphs, linear regression, slope, dynamic equilibrium, terminal velocity, drag, graph shapes for constant velocity
Vertically Released Projectiles
- includes knowledge of quadratic formula, freefall, PE, KE, conservation of energy, impulse, kinematics equations
Knots and Pulley
- includes knowledge of static equilibrium, FBDs, vectors, vector components, trignonmetry, simultaneous equations
Torque
- includes knowledge of torque, static equilibrium, rotational equilibrium, metric conversions, weight, forces, moment arms
Tossed Ball (Flipping Physics)
- includes knowledge of kinematics equations, conservation of energy, PE, KE, impulse, freefall, position-time graphs, velocity-time graphs, momentum
History of Matter
- includes knowledge of famous scientists and experiments
Quantized Mass
- includes knowledge of properties of lines, experimental procedure
DC circuit
- includes knowledge of Ohm's Law, Joule's Law, resistors in series and in parallel, terminal voltage
Bulb Brightness
- includes knowledge of Ohm's Law, Joule's Law, resistors in series and in parallel, brightness, power
An Inlined Plane Experiment
- includes knowledge of video analysis, kinematics, graphing data, FBD, trigonometry