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The eight subject tests are described below. Each Subject Test
is intended for students who have majored in or have extensive
background in that specific area. The test scores are used by
admissions or fellowship panels to supplement undergraduate
records and other qualifications for graduate study.
- Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology
The test consists of approximately 180 multiple-choice
questions. The content of the test is organized into three major
areas: biochemistry, cell biology, and molecular biology and
genetics. Throughout the test, there is an emphasis on questions
requiring problem-solving skills as well as content knowledge.
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- Biology
The test consists of approximately 200 five-choice
questions. The content of the test is organized into three major
areas: cellular and molecular biology, organism biology, and
ecology and evolution. Approximately equal weight is given to
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- Chemistry
The test consists of approximately 200 five-choice
questions. The content of the test is organized into three major
areas: cellular and molecular biology, organism biology, and
ecology and evolution. Approximately equal weight is given to
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- Computer Science
The test consists of approximately 70 multiple-choice
questions. The approximate distribution of questions in each
edition of the test according to content categories is indicated
by the following outline: Software Systems and Methodology —
40%, Computer organization and architecture — 15%, Theory and
Mathematical Background — 40%, Other Topics — 5%.>>
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- Literature in English
Each edition of the test consists of approximately 230
questions on poetry, drama, biography, the essay, the short
story, the novel, criticism, literary theory, and the history of
the language. Some questions are based on short works reprinted
in their entirety, some on excerpts from longer works. The test
emphasizes authors, works, genres, and movements. The questions
may be somewhat arbitrarily classified into two groups: factual
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- Mathematics
The test consists of approximately 66 multiple-choice
questions drawn from courses commonly offered at the
undergraduate level. Approximately 50 percent of the questions
involve calculus and its applications. About 25 percent of the
questions in the test are in elementary algebra, linear algebra,
abstract algebra, and number theory. The remaining questions
deal with other areas of mathematics currently studied by
undergraduates in many institutions.>>
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- Physics
The test consists of approximately 100 five-choice
questions. The aim of the test is to determine the extent of the
examinees' grasp of fundamental principles and their ability to
apply these principles in the solution of problems. Most test
questions can be answered on the basis of a mastery of the first
three years of undergraduate physics.>>
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- Psychology
Most editions of the test consist of approximately 205
multiple-choice questions. Each question in the test has five
options from which the examinee is to select the one option that
is the correct or best answer to the question. Questions may
require recalling factual information, analyzing relationships,
applying principles, drawing conclusions from data, evaluating a
research design, and/or identifying a psychologist who has made
a theoretical or research contribution to the field.>>
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