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- Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:17 pm
- Forum: Questions about Exams
- Topic: Diag CP Q2
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- Views: 3223
Diag CP Q2
A student recently asked us why we don't take into account NaI dissolving into Na+ and I- when calculating molality, which is a great question! NaI is indeed a soluble compound, but the trick is not to confuse molality with normality. Molality is defined as the number of moles of the entire compound...
- Wed Jun 19, 2019 1:14 pm
- Forum: Questions about Exams
- Topic: FL1 QR Q7
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1480
FL1 QR Q7
A student recently asked us about the solution to the following question: "A certain theater has an equal number of blue and yellow lights. One of the star performers provides the lighting crew with lighting specifications for a performance. For the opening act, the performer wants 40% of the blue l...
- Fri Jun 14, 2019 1:12 pm
- Forum: Questions about Exams
- Topic: Exam Scoring
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1419
Exam Scoring
A student recently asked us about how NS PCAT exams are scored. Since every exam is unique, every Pearson and Next Step PCAT exam has a unique scoring scale tailored to student performance on that exam. The Next Step scoring scales were developed based on the distribution of student scores on each e...
- Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:31 pm
- Forum: Questions about Exams
- Topic: PCAT constants?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4193
Re: PCAT constants?
murphyrachel63, that's a great question. You should assume that most chemistry equations and formulas will not be provided for you on the test, so it's a good idea to start committing them to memory. Rather than try to memorize them by brute force, however, I recommend using these equations as much ...
- Tue Jun 11, 2019 9:05 am
- Forum: Questions about Exams
- Topic: Using the Q Banks
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1495
Re: Using the Q Banks
Hi Rachel, I'm glad you've asked! To review this set, you will need to submit the QBank after you have completed the number of questions you wish to answer. I recommend not looking at the solutions for the unanswered questions, and then you can take the remaining questions on a new "attempt" wheneve...
- Tue May 21, 2019 12:26 pm
- Forum: Questions about Exams
- Topic: FL 1 CR Passage 2
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1319
FL 1 CR Passage 2
A student recently asked us about the statement, "The document was also subject to internal and external peer reviews" in paragraph 4. This refers to the review process for the international guidelines on tularemia, both internally within the development group, and externally outside this group. Whi...
- Fri Feb 15, 2019 12:08 pm
- Forum: Questions about Exams
- Topic: Exam Difficulty
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1481
Exam Difficulty
A student recently asked us if the Next Step PCAT exams vary or progress in difficulty. This is a great question, and it's one we get asked a lot! All of the Next Step PCAT exams are designed to be representative of the official PCAT in terms of content, difficulty, and scoring, so the exams should ...
- Wed Feb 06, 2019 5:21 pm
- Forum: Questions about Exams
- Topic: Full Length 2 CP Q19
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1323
Full Length 2 CP Q19
A student recently asked us how to determine the reaction rate for the following question: "Which of the following is the rate constant for Reaction 2?" To answer this question, we have to turn to Table 1 presented in the passage, which presents the reaction rate at different concentrations of O2 an...
- Mon Dec 31, 2018 9:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mitosis & Meiosis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4319
Re: Mitosis & Meiosis
Meiosis:

- Mon Dec 31, 2018 9:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mitosis & Meiosis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4319
Mitosis & Meiosis
A student recently asked us this question about mitosis and meiosis: "During mitosis, the number of chromosomes stays the same, but the number of sister chromatids changes. So when we say we have 46 chromosomes, does that mean there are about 92 sister chromatids (after S phase and before anaphase)?...