One of the best physics tests that I took was one where each question has a sense of progression. So the first part laid out a fundamental law of physics and th

One of the best physics tests that I took was one where each question has a sense of progression. So the first part laid out a fundamental law of physics and the question was to prove something using it. Then using the result from that the problem was tweaked in a few ways for a few more questions until you were far removed from the original concept but could still explain why and how something worked. To take your gravity example, the first question might be something about calculating gravitational force on the ISS. Then explain that it's rotating in space and therefore has centripetal force that accounts for this gravity. Then compute how fast it must be rotating. And from there you can switch to a completely different topic in the same context. Maybe something about EM radiation from the Sun that falls on the space station.