What physics topics appear in the dMAT Battery Science basic tasks?

Your physics basic task is built around the Electric Circuit, covering current, voltage and resistance and how they relate through Ohm's law. This is the same relationship that governs how a real battery cell behaves once it is connected into a circuit, so it sits naturally inside a battery focused module.

Core Circuit Concepts You Should Refresh

Why This Matters for a Battery Focused Module

• A battery cell can be modelled as a voltage source with internal resistance, so Ohm's law describes how much current it delivers under a given load.
• Questions may describe a simple circuit in words or a diagram, then ask you to work out an unknown current, voltage or resistance.
• Parallel and series combinations matter because real battery packs connect many cells together in exactly these configurations.

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My Advice

Make sure you can rearrange Ohm's law confidently for any of its three variables under time pressure, since that flexibility is what most basic circuit questions are really testing. Sketch a simple circuit of your own with two resistors in parallel and practise finding the total resistance by hand until it takes you under a minute.