Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is built — 1,020 original practice questions covering the full scope of an introductory physics course, organized chapter by chapter — and it opens soon. Join the notify list and we will email you the day it launches.
This program is part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog — join the notify list and we’ll email you when enrollment opens.
PassProfessor’s Introductory Physics program is a chapter-simulation program for students taking an introductory physics course. You pick the course, then pick the textbook and edition your class uses, and the program builds chapter-based simulation exams optimized for that book’s chapter order — so the practice you do this week matches the chapter your instructor is teaching this week. The bank holds 1,020 original questions across 10 chapters plus five advanced layers — three in-depth sets, an applied-cases set, and an integrative synthesis set, covering measurement and vectors, kinematics, Newton’s laws, energy, momentum, rotation, gravitation and fluids, oscillations and waves, thermodynamics, and a survey of electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics. There is no licensing exam at the end of an introductory physics course — there is your instructor’s exam, chapter by chapter — and this program is built to rehearse exactly that.
PassProfessor’s Introductory Physics program is a chapter-simulation program for the undergraduate algebra-based physics sequence (Physics I–II): 1,020 original practice questions across 10 chapters plus in-depth, applied, and synthesis layers, organized by textbook and edition so chapter drills and timed simulation exams match the chapter your instructor is teaching. It rehearses your instructor’s chapter tests and finals — there is no licensing exam for a college course — with results reported by chapter.
What this program is — and what it is not
It is a simulation of your course, not a licensing product. Licensing-exam prep rehearses one fixed, official exam. A college course works differently: your instructor chooses the textbook, sets the chapter order, and writes the exams. This program is designed around that reality. The textbook-and-edition selector aligns the simulations to the chapter sequence of the book your course actually uses, and chapter drills let you practice one chapter at a time, at the point in the semester when you need it.
It is not published, sponsored, or endorsed by any textbook publisher or author. PassProfessor is an independent study provider. The program is never branded or titled under a textbook’s name, and nothing in it reproduces textbook text, textbook figures, or a publisher’s test bank. Selecting your textbook only tells the program which chapter order to organize your practice around.
Every question is original. The bank was built from the published structure of an introductory physics course — the standard chapter sequence and topic scope the discipline itself uses — and every stem, scenario, and answer option was written from scratch and checked against verified disciplinary facts. Sources supplied facts and course structure only; the questions are ours.
What’s included
1,020 questions, organized the way your course is organized. The bank follows a 10-chapter structure that mirrors the standard introductory physics course, from measurement, units, and vectors through the closing survey of electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics, plus five advanced layers — three in-depth sets, an applied-cases set, and an integrative synthesis set. The full chapter-by-chapter breakdown is in the coverage table below.
Chapter drills. Practice a single chapter — only that chapter — until the misses stop repeating. Finished the forces lectures? Drill Chapter 3 until free-body diagrams feel automatic. Thermodynamics test in ten days? Work Chapter 9 in sequence, the way your course presents it.
Chapter-based simulation exams. When a chapter test or a unit exam approaches, sit a timed simulation built from the chapters it covers, in the proportions your selected textbook’s organization suggests. Simulations draw questions you have not seen first, so a second or third run at the same chapter is a fresh test, not a memory exercise.
A textbook-and-edition selector. Different textbooks divide the same material into chapters differently — one book’s single chapter is another book’s two. When you select the textbook and edition your course uses, the program maps its bank onto that book’s chapter organization, so the chapter number in your practice means the same chapter in your syllabus.
Results broken down by chapter and topic. Your practice results report by chapter, so a weak area — say, rotational motion, or thermodynamics — shows up in your data while there is still time to fix it, not for the first time on a graded exam.
A note on editions and course versions. Instructors adopt different textbooks and different editions of the same textbook, and departments periodically revise the course itself. The bank’s organization follows the discipline’s standard chapter structure — the sequence the field itself teaches — and the selector maps that structure onto your edition’s numbering, so a chapter that your book splits in two, or merges into one, still lines up with the practice built for it. Where an instructor reorders chapters, chapter drills can be assembled in your course’s order; the practice follows the syllabus, not the other way around.
The course at a glance
Introductory Physics has no single official exam, so there is no official exam-facts table to publish — your instructor’s syllabus is the authority for your course’s test dates, formats, and grading. What is standard is the scope of the discipline itself, summarized here as course background. For the full picture of what an introductory physics course covers and how to study it, see our Introductory Physics study guide.
| Undergraduate introductory physics — the course this program simulates | |
|---|---|
| Course type | Undergraduate college course, usually a two-semester sequence (commonly taken by life-science, pre-health, and general science students; calculus-based sections follow the same topic order) |
| Standard scope | Measurement, units, and vectors; kinematics in one and two dimensions; Newton’s laws, friction, and circular motion; work, energy, and power; momentum and collisions; rotational motion and angular momentum; gravitation, statics, and fluids; oscillations, waves, and sound; thermodynamics and kinetic theory; introductory electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics |
| How the course is assessed | Instructor-set chapter tests, unit exams, and a final — formats and weights vary by instructor and institution |
| This program’s bank | 1,020 original questions across 10 chapters + in-depth, applied, and synthesis layers |
| Program format | Chapter drills and chapter-based simulation exams, organized by your selected textbook/edition |
How the practice maps to the course
Every question in the bank carries the chapter it belongs to. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question from the delivered file — they sum to 1,020.
| Chapter | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1: Measurement, Units and Vectors | 51 |
| Chapter 2: Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions | 51 |
| Chapter 3: Newton’s Laws, Friction and Circular Motion | 51 |
| Chapter 4: Work, Energy and Power | 51 |
| Chapter 5: Momentum, Impulse and Collisions | 51 |
| Chapter 6: Rotational Motion, Torque and Angular Momentum | 51 |
| Chapter 7: Gravitation, Statics and Fluids | 51 |
| Chapter 8: Oscillations, Waves and Sound | 51 |
| Chapter 9: Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory | 51 |
| Chapter 10: Electricity, Magnetism, Optics and Modern Physics | 51 |
| Depth I: Mechanics in Depth | 102 |
| Depth II: Waves, Thermodynamics and Fields in Depth | 102 |
| Depth III: Circuits, Optics and Modern Physics in Depth | 102 |
| Applied Physics: Applied Physics Cases | 102 |
| Synthesis: Integrated Physics Synthesis | 102 |
| Total | 1,020 |
The three in-depth layers deserve a note: they are where the bank spends its weight — 306 of the 1,020 questions revisit the survey chapters at full exam difficulty, in multi-step combinations. A student who can drill a chapter but cannot yet combine two is exactly who those layers are built for.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When the program opens, set up your course first: select Introductory Physics, then select the textbook and edition your syllabus names.
- Drill the chapter you are in. After each lecture block, drill that chapter while the material is current. Short, chapter-matched practice beats a single long session the night before the test.
- Watch your chapter breakdown. Your results show which chapters are costing you. Return to the weakest chapter’s drill before moving on — physics builds on itself relentlessly, and a shaky vectors foundation resurfaces in forces, momentum, and fields.
- Simulate before each graded test. In the days before a chapter test or unit exam, sit a timed simulation over exactly the chapters it covers. Practice the pacing and the question style, not just the facts.
- Use the integrated set before midterms and finals. The cross-chapter questions combine chapters the way cumulative exams do. They are the closest rehearsal for a final that reaches back to the start of the term.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a licensing exam prep program? No. Introductory physics is a college course, not a licensed credential, and there is no official physics exam to prepare for. This is a chapter-simulation program: it rehearses the tests your own instructor gives, chapter by chapter, using original questions built to the standard scope of the algebra-based undergraduate sequence.
How many practice questions are in the Introductory Physics program? 1,020 questions. They are organized into 10 chapters — from Chapter 1, Measurement, Units and Vectors, through Chapter 10, Electricity, Magnetism, Optics and Modern Physics — plus three in-depth layers, an applied-cases set, and an integrative synthesis set that combine concepts across chapters. The chapter-by-chapter counts are published in the coverage table on this page and were counted directly from the question bank.
Does this program cover the calculus-based sequence too? The bank follows the algebra-based organization, which shares its topic order and most of its problem types with the calculus-based sequence; calculus-based sections add derivations and calculus techniques that this program does not rehearse. If your course is calculus-based, the chapter drills still match its scope chapter by chapter, but your instructor’s calculus-specific problems need your course’s own problem sets alongside.
How does the textbook selector work? When the program opens, you first pick your course — Introductory Physics — and then pick the textbook and edition your class uses. That selection tells the program how to organize the simulations: the bank is mapped onto your book’s chapter order, so chapter drills and simulation exams line up with the chapters as your syllabus presents them.
Is this program affiliated with my textbook’s publisher or author? No. PassProfessor is an independent study provider. The program is not published, sponsored, or endorsed by any textbook publisher or author, it is not branded under any textbook’s name, and it contains no textbook text and no publisher test-bank material. Your textbook selection is used only to organize your practice by chapter.
Where did the questions come from? They were written from scratch for this program. The bank was built from the published structure of the undergraduate physics course — its standard chapter sequence and topic scope — and each question was checked against verified facts of the discipline and passed through the college build lane’s quality control before delivery. No question is copied or adapted from a textbook, a test bank, or another provider.
What topics does the program cover? The standard scope of the algebra-based sequence: measurement, units, and vectors; kinematics; Newton’s laws, friction, and circular motion; work, energy, and power; momentum and collisions; rotational motion; gravitation, statics, and fluids; oscillations, waves, and sound; thermodynamics and kinetic theory; and a survey of electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics.
Can I practice just one chapter? Yes — that is the core of the design. Chapter drills draw only from the chapter you select, and simulation exams can be built over any set of chapters, so your practice can match a single chapter test, a multi-chapter unit exam, or a cumulative final.
Are the problems worked at exam difficulty? The in-depth, applied, and synthesis layers exist for exactly that: they combine chapters and chain steps the way unit exams and finals do — a collision that becomes an oscillation, an energy problem inside a rotation problem. Chapter drills build fluency; the layers convert it into exam performance.
When can I start using the Introductory Physics program? Soon — the 1,020-question bank is complete and quality-checked, and the program is in final preparation. Join the notify list on this page and we will email you the day it opens.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation and study provider, based in Salt Lake City, UT and operating entirely online. This program is study preparation only: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any textbook publisher, textbook author, college, university, or instructor, and it reproduces no textbook content. Practice questions are original, written to the published structure and standard scope of an introductory physics course; they are not questions from any instructor’s exam or any publisher’s test bank. Your course syllabus is the authority for your course’s schedule, formats, and grading.