Cracking the SAT Chemistry Subject Test

Part C: Five-Choice Completion Questions

The remaining 40–50 questions (a majority of the test) are ordinary looking
multiple-choice questions such as the one below.

    28. Which   is  the formula of  a   compound?

(A) HCl

(B) He

(C) Cu

(D) O 2

(E) Br 2

Here, the answer is A. A compound is a chemical combination of two or more
elements. (We’ll talk more about that later.) This type of question is straight-
forward: You read the question and choose the answer choice that best answers
the question.

Now that you know what kinds of questions you’ll see on the SAT Chemistry
Subject Test, let’s talk about the strategies you can use to tackle these questions.