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Take a Diagnostic Exam
IN THIS CHAPTER
Summary: The diagnostic exam is for your benefit. It will let you know where you
need to spend the majority of your study time. Do not make the mistake of study-
ing only those parts you missed; you should always review all topics. It may be to
your advantage to take the diagnostic exam again just before you begin your final
review for the exam. This exam has only multiple-choice questions. It will give you
an idea of where you stand with your chemistry preparation. The questions have
been written to approximate the coverage of material that you will see on the AP
exam and are similar to the review questions that you will see at the end of each
chapter. However, there will be a few questions on content that will not be directly
tested on the AP exam; these questions refer to basic chemistry knowledge that
your teacher will expect you to know and that you will need to know before taking
the AP Chemistry exam. Once you are done with the exam, check your work against
the given answers, which also indicate where you can find the corresponding mate-
rial in the book. We also provide you with a way to convert your score to a rough AP
score.Key Ideas
✪ Answer questions that approximate the coverage of topics on the real exam.
✪ Check your work against the given answers.
✪ Determine your areas of strength and weakness.
✪ Highlight the pages that you must give special attention to.CHAPTER
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KEY IDEA