There are three ACS exams for General Chemistry: one for first semester, one for second semester, and one for both terms combined..
People that do really well in chemistry and understand it well, typically do good on the final exam and says that it's easy.
Because honestly, if you know your stuff really well, it IS pretty easy.
However, for everyone else (anyone that doesn't understand Gen Chem 100%), it is an incredibly difficult test..
Scoring.
ACS calculates the average number of correctly answered questions by topic area.
Based on this average, each student's score in a particular topic is compared to the overall average and rated as: Below Average, Average, Above Average, or Outstanding Performance..
“The tests have to be administered in a secure environment.” For ACS Examinations Institute tests, that means in-person and with a live proctor. (The Institute has broadened its offerings of online practice exams for general and organic chemistry.).
All exams are comprised of approximately 70 multiple-choice questions.
A passing score of 50% is required..
Many graduate programs use ACS Exams to measure the content knowledge of students starting graduate school.
All ACS Exams are created by committees of educators who teach the course for which an exam is intended.
No governance body of the American Chemical Society dictates content coverage of any exam..
ACS General Chemistry Exam Outline
The ACS General Chemistry Exam contains 70 multiple-choice questions and has a time limit of 110 minutes.
There are ten main content categories on the exam: Atomic structure.
Molecular structure and bonding..
All ACS Exams are created by committees of educators who teach the course for which an exam is intended.
No governance body of the American Chemical Society dictates content coverage of any exam..
To provide tools for programmatic assessment related to the use of ACS Exams in undergraduate chemistry courses, the ACS Exams Institute has built a content map that applies to the entire undergraduate curriculum
At the top two levels, the grain size of the content classification is large and spans the entire undergraduate curriculum
The ACS General Chemistry Exam contains 70 multiple-choice questions and has a time limit of 110 minutes
These are the topics you should be familiar with before taking the exam: Depending on where you take the exam, you may be required to bring different items along with you, so check with the school administrators to ensure you’re prepared
More than 1,000 students sit for the three-part National Exam each April
Coordinators nominate students for the National Exam based on the results of the Local Competitions
Each Local Section can nominate only a certain number of students determined by the number of its ACS members
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