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Description of the IB Exam |
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Standard Level Exam Info : |
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IB Exam consists
of three parts |
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Paper 1:
30 multiple choice questions (no calculator, should have
periodic table available), 45 minutes
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Questions follow
curriculum very closely (in order from topic 1 to topic
11). Questions: (4-5, stoichiometry)(3-4 atomic
structure)(2-3 periodic trends)(3-4 bonding)(1 gas
laws)(3-5 thermo)(1-2 kinetics)(1-2 equilibrium)(2-3
acid/base)(2-3 redox)(3-6 organic) |
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Paper 2:
Short answer/multi-part essay questions involving mostly
calculations covering the core and higher level
material. (Calculator required, will be able to use data
booklet), 1 hour 15 minutes |
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Paper 2 has two
parts |
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Part A: Answer all
questions |
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Part B: You choose 1
of 3 questions to answer |
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Likely
possibilities: equilibrium, bonding, and organic :
thermodynamics, atomic structure |
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Paper 3:
Short answer/multi-part essay questions covering the
options, 1 hour |
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You choose 2
options to answer. There will be one from each of the
options. Choose only from: |
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Option C: Chemistry in industry and
technology |
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Option E: Environmental chemistry |
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Higher Level Exam Info:
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IB Exam consists
of three parts |
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Paper 1:
40 multiple choice questions (no calculator, should have
periodic table available), 1 hour |
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Questions follow
curriculum very closely (in order from topic 1 to topic
20 or from topic 1 to 11 with HL topics 12-20 mixed in
with core topics). |
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Questions: (1-4,
stoichiometry)(2-4 atomic structure)(1-3 periodic
trends)(4-8 bonding)(1-3gas laws)(4-5
thermo)(2-3kinetics)(2-3 equilibrium)(4-5 acid/base)(3-5
redox)(6-8 organic) |
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Paper 2:
Short answer/multi-part essay questions involving mostly
calculations covering the core and higher level
material. (Calculator required, will be able to use data
booklet), 2 hours 15 minutes |
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Paper 2 has two
parts |
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Part A: Answer all
questions. There is also data based question which
requires you to analyze a set of data. |
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Part B: You choose 2
of four questions to answer |
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Paper 3:
Short answer/multi-part essay questions covering the
options, 1 hour 15 minutes |
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You choose only
questions covering our two option topics. There will be
questions from the other
options. Choose only from: |
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Option C: Chemistry in industry and
technology |
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Option E: Environmental chemistry |
