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Introduction to Geology

Provider
Prometric
Format
Multiple choice: one correct answer and three incorrect options; remote ProProctor or authorized test-center delivery subject to registration conditions.
Exam questions
Total questions: 100; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
2 hours
Passing score
ACE-recommended minimum score: 400; institutions determine their own credit-awarding requirements.
Exam fee
$100 examination fee; administering institutions may charge an additional administration fee.
Examination outline
  • Core Knowledge (30%)
    • Earth Materials: Minerals and Rocks
    • Igneous Rocks: Intrusive, Extrusive
    • Sedimentary Rocks: Characteristics, Interpretation
    • Metamorphic Rocks
    • Rock Cycle
    • Plate Tectonics: Geomagnetics, Plate Boundaries, Plate Movements
  • Surface Processes (30%)
    • Weathering and Soil
    • Mass Wasting
    • Streams and Floods
    • Groundwater and Karst
    • Glaciers and Glaciation
    • Oceanic and Coastal Systems
    • Deserts and Wind
    • Hydrologic Cycle
  • Tectonic Earth Processes (30%)
    • Geologic Time: Planetary Geology, Relative Time, Absolute Time, Field Relations
    • Structural Geology: Folding, Faulting, Mountain Building
    • Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards
    • Geophysics: Earthquakes and seismology, interior of the earth, gravity and isostasy
  • Applications (10%)
    • Mineral and energy resources
    • Environmental geology
    • Climate change
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