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BIOCHEMISTRY, CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. This test consists
of about 180 questions and is intended for students who are interested
in graduate programs in biochemistry, cell biology, and molecular
biology, along with related programs such as microbiology and genetics.
The questions are distributed among three subscore areas: Biochemistry
(36%), Cell Biology (28%), and Molecular Biology and Genetics (36%).
- Biochemistry
Chemical and physical foundations; biomolecules: structure, assembly,
organization, and dynamics; catalysis and binding; major metabolic
pathways; bioenergetics; regulation and integration of metabolism;
methodology
- Cell Biology
Cellular compartments of prokaryotes and eukaryotes; cell surface
and communication; cytoskeleton, motility, and shape; protein synthesis
and processing; cell division, differentiation, and development
- Molecular Biology and Genetics
Genetic foundations; chromatin and chromosomes; genomies; genome
maintenance; gene expression; gene regulation in prokaryotes and
eukaryotes; bacteriophages, animal and plant viruses; methodology
BIOLOGY. The test contains approximately 200 questions that
are about equally divided among three subscore areas:
- Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cellular Structure and Function: biological compounds, enzyme activity,
metabolic pathways and regulation, membrane dynamics and cell surfaces,
organelles, cytoskeleton, motility, and cell cycle
Genetics and Molecular Biology: genetic foundations, chromatin and
chromosomal structure, genomic organization and maintenance, gene
expression and regulation, immunobiology, viruses, and recombinant
DNA methodology
- Organismal Biology
Animal and plant structure, function, and organization; reproduction,
growth, and development; characteristics and phylogenetic relationships
of organisms in the kingdoms Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista,
Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
- Ecology and Evolution
Ecology: environment/organism interaction, behavioral ecology, population
structure and function, communities, and ecosystems
Evolution: genetic variability; evolutionary processes, e.g., natural
selection, genetic drift; evolutionary consequences, e.g., fitness
and adaptation, speciation; history of life.
CHEMISTRY. The test contains about 136 questions designed
to cover much of the content of the chemistry courses completed by
students before the middle of the senior collegiate year. The questions
are classified approximately as follows: analytical chemistry (15%),
inorganic chemistry (25%), organic chemistry (30%), and physical chemistry
(30%).
COMPUTER SCIENCE. This test consists of about 70 questions
and is intended for students who plan to seek a graduate degree in
computer science and who have taken courses in computer science at
least to the level of an undergraduate major in computer science.
The questions are classified approximately as follows: software systems
and methodology (35%), computer organization and architecture (20%),
theory (25%), mathematical background (15%), and advanced topics such
as artificial intelligence, modeling, and simulation (5%).
ECONOMICS. The test consists of about 130 questions primarily
concerned with assessing a student's ability to understand basic economic
analysis. About 60% of the test is divided between microeconomic and
macroeconomic analysis, 5-10% is devoted to basic statistics, and
the remaining 25-30% covers the other fields of economics, including
econometrics, labor, industrial organization, public finance, money
and banking, international economics, development, comparative systems,
economic history, history of thought, finance, and urban and regional
economics.
ENGINEERING. The test contains about 140 questions and yields
an engineering subscore based on about 105 questions and a mathematics
subscore based on about 35 questions. The engineering questions emphasize
material studied by most engineers during their first two college
years. Major emphasis is on basic physics and chemistry, mechanics
(statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials), electric circuits
and devices, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics. There are also questions
dealing with transfer and rate, engineering economics and judgment,
and statistics. The mathematics questions are of two kinds: those
that deal with mathematical facts and manipulations needed to work
efficiently in engineering and those that deal with applying calculus
concepts.
GEOLOGY. The test includes approximately 185 questions, most
of which relate to core courses typically included in the undergraduate
curriculum. The content of the test is divided among eight content
areas. About 60% of the questions are evenly divided among three major
areas: stratigraphy and sedimentology, structural geology and tectonics,
and mineralogy and petrology. The remainder of the questions deal
with general geology (about 8%), hydrogeology (about 10%), paleontology
(about 8%), surficial processes/geomorphology (about 6%), and geophysics
(about 8%). These topics are generally dealt with at a level presented
in a physical geology course or other core course.
The three subscores reported for this test are stratigraphy and sedimentology,
structural geology and tectonics, and mineralogy and petrology. Test
questions not in one of these three major areas would contribute to
the total score but not to a subscore.
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH. The test contains approximately 230
questions on literature in English from the British Isles, the United
States, and other countries. It also contains a few questions on major
works, including the Bible, in translation. Factual questions test
a student's knowledge of writers typically studied in college courses;
for example, a student may be asked to identify a writer or work described
in a brief critical comment or represented in a short excerpt. Interpretive
questions test a student's ability to read passages of poetry, drama,
fiction, and nonfiction prose perceptively; such questions may address
meaning, use of language, form and structure, literary techniques,
and various aspects of style.
MATHEMATICS. The test consists of about 66 questions and is
intended to measure both knowledge of the content of undergraduate
mathematics courses for mathematics majors and the mathematical abilities
traditionally expected of anyone who intends to seek a graduate degree
in mathematics. In addition to the usual sequence of elementary calculus-based
courses, the examinee should have had the mathematics-major courses
in abstract algebra, linear algebra, and real analysis that require
students to demonstrate the ability to prove theorems and create counterexamples.
About a quarter of the questions require knowledge in other areas,
such as complex analysis, topology, combinatorics, probability, statistics,
number theory, and algorithmic processes.
MUSIC. The test consists of about 111 multiple-choice questions
and 23 free-response questions. Section I of the test consists of
50 multiple-choice questions and 15 free-response questions. The multiple-choice
questions are based primarily on the history and theory of music from
the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The free-response questions
are based on the fundamentals of theory: scales, key signatures, cadences,
intervals, clefs, transposition, notation, chord-spelling, and harmonic
analysis. Section II of the test consists of 61 multiple-choice questions
grouped into 12 sets, each of which is based on a recorded excerpt
of music, and 8 free-response questions. The multiple-choice questions
are based on musical excerpts from the Middle Ages to the twentieth
century; the questions cover such topics as phrase structure; cadences;
stylistic elements; modulations; key relationships; rhythmic, harmonic,
and contrapuntal devices; instrumentation; form; and historical style
analysis. The free-response questions consist of one single-voice
and one two-voice dictation, two harmonic dictations, two part-writing
exercises, and two counterpoint exercises. The test has three subscores:
subscore 1, History and Theory; subscore 2, Listening and Literature;
and subscore 3, Aural Skills. Information on the scoring of both the
multiple-choice questions and the free-response questions is given
in the descriptive booklet for the Music Test.
PHYSICS. The test consists of approximately 100 questions,
most of which relate to the first three years of undergraduate physics.
Topics include classical mechanics (20%), fundamentals of electromagnetism
(18%), atomic physics (10%), physical optics and wave phenomena (9%),
quantum mechanics (12%), thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
(10%), special relativity (6%), and laboratory methods (6%). The remaining
9% of the test covers advanced topics such as nuclear and particle
physics, condensed matter physics, and astrophysics.
PSYCHOLOGY. The test has about 215 questions drawn from courses
most commonly offered at the undergraduate level, in three categories:
- Experimental or natural science oriented (about 40% of the questions),
including learning, language, memory, thinking, sensation and perception,
physiological psychology, ethology.
- Social or social science oriented (about 43% of the questions),
including clinical and abnormal, developmental, personality, and
social psychology.
- General (about 17% of the questions), including the history of
psychology, applied psychology, measurement, research designs, and
statistics.
The test's total score includes the questions in all three categories.
The test has two subscores: an experimental psychology subscore consisting
of category 1 questions only and a social psychology subscore consisting
of category 2 questions only.
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