VCE Units 3 & 4
VCE Physics practice exams
5 Unit 3 & 4 practice exams laid out like the VCAA papers, with reading time, sections and the same mix of questions, each with a separate marking guide and worked solutions. Plus 2 Unit 1 & 2 papers for Year 11.
2
days to go
- Physics Thursday 12 November 2026, 9:00 am – 11:45 am (in 2 days)
Melbourne time. Official VCAA timetable
What each practice exam looks like
The examination
15 minutes reading, then 2 hours 30 minutes writing: Section A — multiple choice (20 questions); Section B — short answer (15 questions), with the formula sheet at the back.
Areas of study covered
- Motion — Newton’s laws, projectiles, circular motion, momentum, energy
- Fields — Gravitational, electric and magnetic fields
- Electricity generation — Motors, generators, transformers, transmission
- Light, matter & relativity — Interference, photoelectric effect, matter waves, special relativity
- Scientific investigation — Experimental design, uncertainty, graphs
The papers
Unit 3 & 4 · Year 12
Unit 1 & 2 · Year 11
Every paper is $20, purchased once and yours to keep. Open any paper to flip through its first half free, then sit it on screen or print it.
Using practice exams in the last weeks
- Sit a full paper under exam conditions early. Include the 15 minutes of reading time and stop when time is up. The point is to find where marks go, not to get a good score.
- Mark it strictly against the marking guide. Write down every lost mark next to its area of study. Patterns show up after two papers.
- Redo what you lost, a few days later. Without looking at the solution. A question you can only follow is not yet a question you can do.
- Practice with exactly what you will take in. The same calculator and the same notes you are allowed in the exam, so nothing is new on the day.
- Use the VCAA past papers and examination reports too. They are free on the VCAA website, and the reports say where students lost marks. PrepNest papers add fresh questions in the same format.
Not sure which areas of Physics to work on?
The free diagnostic reports each area of study, then builds practice papers on the weakest, $20 each like any VCE paper.
Questions
- When is the 2026 VCE Physics exam?
- Physics: Thursday 12 November 2026, 9:00 am – 11:45 am (Melbourne time). Always confirm against the official VCAA timetable.
- What is in a PrepNest Physics practice exam?
- The examination: 15 minutes reading, then 2 hours 30 minutes writing: Section A — multiple choice (20 questions); Section B — short answer (15 questions), with the formula sheet at the back. Every paper comes with a separate marking guide with worked solutions.
- Are these past VCAA exams?
- No. Every question is new, written in the VCAA format for the current study design. The VCAA publishes past examinations and examination reports free on its website, and they are worth working through first; PrepNest papers give you more practice in the same format once you have used those.
- How much do they cost?
- $20 per paper, purchased once and yours to keep. You can flip through the first half of any paper free before you purchase, and there is nothing to cancel.
- Can I sit a paper on screen?
- Yes. Once purchased, a paper can be sat on screen with a countdown timer and a working-out pad, then checked against the marking guide, or printed and sat on paper the way the real exam is.
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