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The PAT Self-Assessment

Fifteen questions from the PAT archive on this site, scored the moment you finish, with physics and mathematics reported separately and every question you miss linked straight to its worked solution. Oxford has retired this test, so treat it as a measure of your physics problem solving rather than as a mock.

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This PAT self-assessment material was drafted with AI assistance

Every question in it comes from the PAT papers published on this site, which are an archive of exercises rather than preparation for a test anyone can still sit. All 120 answer keys in the PAT archive were checked by computer algebra, for correctness and for being the only correct option.

How it differs from the ESAT library: every ESAT question on this site is written by one member of the group and sat under timed conditions by another before it is published, to the standard set out on the quality assurance page. This material has not been through that process.
What that means for you: use it as a way of organising your preparation and as extra practice. Do not use it as a predictor, and do not use it instead of official past papers, which are the better resource and are free.
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What this is worth sitting for

Oxford physics interviews. The PAT and the interview ask the same thing: describe a situation, decide which physics applies, and carry it through. That is a skill you can still be examined on, and it is the reason Oxford keeps the real past papers online.
ESAT physics practice. The ESAT is what Oxford now sets for Physics, Physics and Philosophy and Engineering Science, and the physics here overlaps it heavily. If you are choosing what to work, work the ESAT library first and use this as extra material.
The mathematics half. Candidates preparing for a physics test often prepared only physics. The two scores are reported apart here for that reason, because one number across all fifteen would hide it.
Your score is yours. It is worked out in your browser and shown immediately. Sending it to yourself by email is optional and comes after the result.

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[01] Before you start

15 questions from the PAT archive, scored by section: Physics, Mathematics.
Oxford has retired this test. The last PAT sitting was October 2025, and Oxford now uses the ESAT for Physics, Physics and Philosophy and Engineering Science. This is a self-assessment over an archive, not a mock of a test you can book.
A clock runs and nothing cuts you off. Treat it as a problem set rather than a timed paper: what matters is which physics and which mathematics you reach for.
Every question comes from the PAT papers published on this site, and every one you miss links straight to its worked solution.
Physics and mathematics are scored apart. Candidates preparing for a physics test often prepared only physics, and the mathematics is usually the easier of the two to improve.
Your score is yours. It is worked out in your browser and shown immediately. Sending it to yourself by email is optional and comes after the result.

The diagnostic is interactive and needs JavaScript. The questions it draws on are all published as full worked solutions, so nothing here is behind the script:

Where to go next

The ESAT library The test Oxford now sets for physics and engineering, 1,053 questions written and checked by hand
The ESAT preparation plan Sequenced, if you have a test to sit rather than an interview to prepare for
The ESAT diagnostic The same fifteen-question format, over the hand-checked library
The PAT sequence An order to work this archive in, undated because there is no sitting left to work back from
The PAT method library Every method behind the worked solutions, with the questions that drill it
The PAT archive Six exercise papers, 120 questions, every one with a worked solution
Enquire about one-to-one preparation Places are limited and taken by application