PHYSICS-A-H156 · Cambridge OCR AS Level
Physics A - H156 Exam Tips
In the high-pressure environment of the OCR AS Level Physics exam, the initial minutes are often where grades are secured or lost. Top scorers do not jump straight into answering the first question. Instead, they spend the first five minutes scanning the papers—H156/01 Breadth in…
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Total marks
140
Time limit
3h
Grade scale
Additional note
Calculator policy
A scientific or graphical calculator that meets JCQ regulations may be used (some GCSE Mathematics and Science papers are non-calculator). Graphical calculators must be set to exam mode; you must clear any stored programs, notes or data before the exam, and the calculator must not be able to retrieve stored text or formulae.
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Mistakes
- In the high-pressure environment of the OCR AS Level Physics exam, the initial minutes are often where grades are secured or lost. Top scorers do not jump straight into answering the first question. Instead, they spend the first five minutes scanning the papers—H156/01 Breadth in Physics and H156/02 Depth in Physics—to identify the experimental setups, graphical analysis tasks, and high-tariff calculation questions. This visual preview primes your brain with the relevant physical frameworks and keeps you from being blindsided by challenging multi-step problems later in the paper.
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