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MDCAT Worksheet
🩺 Paper Pattern & Marking Scheme
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🎯 What you'll practice: The 210-MCQ paper pattern, the +4/−1/0 marking scheme, total/passing marks, and the recommended subject attempt order.
🧠 Section A · Concept Check ● BEGINNER 4 × 1 = 4
1Total MDCAT MCQs:
2Marks for a wrong answer:
3Biology's share of the paper:
4Official passing percentage:
🧮 Section B · Problem Solving ● INTERMEDIATE 2 + 3×3 = 11
5A blank/unattempted MCQ earns marks.
6English carries only questions out of 210.
7A student attempts all 210 and gets 150 correct, 60 wrong. Calculate their total score.
8What is the maximum possible score on the MDCAT?
9Name the recommended subject attempt order, in sequence.
🚀 Section C · Challenge ● CHALLENGE 5
10Why is random guessing a losing strategy under this marking scheme? Explain using the expected value of a 4-option guess.
💭 Reflection — the most useful thing I learned:
A ___/4 B ___/11 C ___/5 Total ___/20
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1-C 2-B 3-B 4-B | 5 = 0 6 = 10 7 = (150×4)−(60×1) = 600−60 = 540 8 = 840 9 = Biology → Chemistry → Physics → English | 10 = Expected value of a random guess on a 4-option MCQ = (1/4)(+4) + (3/4)(−1) = 1 − 0.75 = +0.25, so blind guessing barely breaks even on average and is far worse than educated elimination — only guess after ruling out at least one option.