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Instructions to candidates : Section Marks Marks
Answer all the questions in Section A in the
Obtained
spaces provided. 1 5
Answer any four questions from section B. 2 5
For this section, write your answers on the A 3 5
answer sheets provided. Begin each 4 5
answer on a fresh sheet of paper. Answers 5 5
should be illustrated by large, clearly
labeled diagrams wherever suitable. 6 5
Answers may be written in either Malay or 7 5
English. 8 5
Arrange your answer in numerical order 9 15
and tie the answer sheets to this booklet. 10 15
B 11 15
12 15
13 15
14 15
TOTAL 100

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Physics 960

Constants value

speed of light in vacuum c = 3.00 x 108 m s-1

permeability of vacuum µo = 4π x 10-7 H m-1
permittivity of vacuum εo = 8.85 x 10-12 F m-1
= [1/(36 π)] x 10-9 F m-1
magnitude of electron charge e = 1.60 x 10-19 C
Planck constant h = 6.63 x 10-34 J s
atomic mass unit constant u = 1.66 x 10-27 kg
electron rest mass me = 9.11 x 10-31 kg
proton rest mass mp = 1.67 x 10-27 kg
molar gas constant R = 8.31 J K-1 mol-1
Avogadro constant L, NA = 6.02 x 1023 mol-1
Boltzmann constant k = 1.38 x 10-23 J K-1
gravitational constant G = 6.67 x 10-11 N m2 kg-2
free fall acceleration g = 9.81 m s-2

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1. A water wheel has eight bucket equally spaced around its circumference as shown in diagram
below.
Water

Empty bucket 8 Full, bucket

2

45 0
7 Direction of rotation
3

1.8 m
6 4

5 Water

The wheel makes six revolution per minute. Calculate

(a) the total change in potential energy of the water in the buckets in one revolution of the wheel.

[2]

(b) the average input power to the wheel

[2]

(c) Suggest why a larger number of small bucket is preferred to a smaller number of large bucket
containing the same total mass of water

[1]
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2. The figure below illustrates a mass which can be made to vibrate vertically between two springs.

mass

variable frequency
vibrator

The vibrator itself has constant amplitude. As the frequency is varied, the amplitude of vibration of
the mass is seen to change as shown in Fig 3A

Fig 3A

(a) Name the phenomenon which is illustrated in Fig 3A.

[1]
(b) For the mass vibrating at maximum amplitude, calculate the angular frequency.

[2]

(c) A light piece of card is fixed to the mass with its plane horizontal. On Fig 3A, draw a curve to
show the new variation with frequency of the amplitude of vibration of the mass.
[1]
(d) State one situation in which the phenomenon illustrated in Fig 3A is used to advantage.

[1]

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3 A uniform copper rod with thermal conductivity 380 W m-1 K-1 which is perfectly insulated has a
cross-sectional area of 2.50 cm2 and length 20.0 cm. Heat is conducted by the copper rod. When the
steady state is achieved, the temperatures at the ends of the rod are 130 oC and 20 oC.
Calculate

(a) the rate of heat flow in the rod.

[3]

(b) the temperature 15.0 cm from the hot end.

[2]

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4 (a) Electrical conduction in a metal can be explained in terms of motion of free electrons. State the
estimated values at room temperature for mean random velocity of the free electrons.

[1]

(b) A 5.0 A current flows through a wire of length 1.50 m and crass sectional area of 1.2 mm2
where the potential difference across the wire is 0.24 V.

(i) Calculate the power dissipated from the wire

[2]

(ii) Explain what will happen to the drift velocity of the free electrons if the power produced in
the wire is increased.

[2]

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5.
330 kΩ

33 kΩ +15 V
V1
V0
V2
10 kΩ + -15 V

(a) State the name of the amplifier circuit which is connected to various input as shown in the
diagram above.

[1]

(b) Calculate the output voltage V0 if V1 is 0.50 V and V2 is 0.20 V.

[3]

(c) What happen to the output voltage if the supply ±15 is replaced with ±9V ?.

[1]

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6 (a) Write the lens maker’s formula. Explain the symbols that you use.

[2]

(b) The diagram below shows a lens that has a curved surfaces with radius of curvature
20.0 cm and 60.0 cm. The refractive index of the lens material is 1.65.

Determine the focal length of the lens when the lens is immersed in water of refractive
index 1.33.

[3]
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7 Monochromatic light with wavelength 365 nm illuminates a metallic surface with work function 2.30
eV.

(a) Calculate the maximum speed of the photoelectrons emitted.

[3]

(b) Estimate the de Broglie wavelength of the photoelectrons.

[2]

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The graph above represents the decay of a sample of a specific radioactive element. Find the half-life
of the element.

Hint :
N = N 0 e − λt
dN
Count rate = − λ N 0 e − λt
dt

[5]

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Section B [60 marks]

Answer any four questions in this section

9 (a) Define the terms moment of a force and draw a sketch to illustrate the meaning. [2]

(b) State the condition for a body to be in equilibrium [1]

(c) During the construction of many modern bridges, section are added from both banks until the
two halves meet at the centre. Figure 1 below shows a new section S, of weight 3.0 × 10 5 N ,
after it has been attached to an existing part B of a bridge

Support cable

S B

3.0 × 10 5 N

The support cable which keeps section S in equilibrium is at an angle of 25 0 to the horizontal.
The existing part B of the bridge provides a horizontal force on S.

(i) Draw a labeled vector diagram and show the three forces on S [2]

(ii) Use your diagram to determine the tension in the cable and the horizontal force which B
exerts on S [2]

(d) In the sport of clay pigeon shooting, a clay disc is launched into the air by a spring, and the
contestant fires a shot at the moving disc. A launching device has been modified to project the
disc vertically upwards. The spring in the launching device has a spring constant of 2000 Nm −1
and the clay disc has mass 80g. In use the spring obeys Hooke’s law and the extension decreases
from 13 cm to 7.0 cm.

(i) Sketch a graph of force against extension for the spring and shade the area which represent
the loss of energy stored by the spring when launching the clay disc. [2]

(ii) Calculate

(a) the loss of elastic potential energy of the spring [2]

(b) the initial speed of the clay disc, assuming all the energy lost by the spring becomes
kinetic energy of the disc [2]
(c) the height to which the disc will rise, assuming that air resistance is negligible. [2]

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10 (a) State three differences between a progressive wave and a stationary wave. [3]

(b) In large auditoriums, the walls are covered with thick curtains. State the effect of thick curtains
on the sound waves and hence explain the advantage of this practice. [2]

(c) Two sound waves have frequencies 890 Hz and 894 Hz respectively. The intensity of the sound
waves at a given point is 6.3 x 10-9 W m-2.

(i) What are the conditions required for beats to be heard from two separate sound
sources? [2]

(ii) What is the frequency of the resultant wave and what is the beat frequency? [2]

(iii) Determine the maximum intensity level of the beats heard at the point concerned.
[The minimum intensity of audible sound is 1.0 x 10-12 W m-2] [2]

(iv) Another sound sources with intensity level 98.0 dB is located at the point. What is the ratio
of the intensity of the first sound to that of the second sound? [2]

(d) A high-speed train is travelling at a speed of 47.4 m s-1 when the engineer sounds the 418 Hz
warning horn. The speed of the sound is 343 m s-1. What is the frequency of the sound as
perceived by a person standing at a crossing when the train is approaching? [2]

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11 (a) State Hooke’s Law [2]

(b) Explain the main difference between elastic deformation and plastic deformation [3]

(c) The graph shows a simplified version of the variation of the load applied against
the extension of the material. The original length of the wire is 1.0 m and its
diameter is 1.5 mm.

(i) The material is brittle or ductile ? [1]

(ii) What is the Young’s Modulus of the material ? [3]

(iii) If the wire snaps when the load reaches the value at P, how much energy is
required to snap the wire ? [3]

(iv) Assume that the cross-section of the wire remains constant throughout the
extension. What is the stress in the wire when the load reaches the value at P ?
[3]

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12. (a) Explain why a charge Q will move in a circular path in a uniform magnetic field, B. Write an
expression for the force, F exerted on the charged particle. Explain any quantity you have given
in your expression. [4]

(b) An electron is moving in a circular path in a uniform magnetic field. If the radius of the path is
2.5 × 10 −2 m and the magnetic field strength is 2.0 × 10 −2 T and the specific charge of electron
e
( ) is − 1.76 × 1011 Jkg −1 .
m

(i) Derive an expression for the angular velocity of the electron [2]
(ii) Calculate the orbital period if the electron [2]
(iii) If the kinetic energy of the electron is reduced by half of its initial value, what is the value
of the orbital period? [2]

X X X X X
electron path
X X X X X

(c) Figure shows an electron moving with constant velocity enters an electric field which is
perpendicular to a magnetic field. If the magnetic field strength, B is 0.008 T and the electric
field strength, E is 6.0 × 10 4 Vm −1 ,

(i) show the direction of the electrostatic force and the magnetic force exerted on the electron.
[2]
(ii) calculate the velocity of the electron [3]

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13 (a) State Bohr’s second postulate [2]

(b) The energy of the electron in a hydrogen atom is given as

13.6
En = − eV , n = 1, 2, 3, …
n2
A hydrogen atom is excited by a photon and makes a transition from energy level n = 1 to
energy level n = 4.
(i) Explain how the hydrogen atom is excited. [2]
(ii) What is the energy absorbed by the excited atom? [2]
(iii) Calculate the wavelength of the photon. [3]

(c) (i) Explain the difference between the process of production of continuous X-rays with the
process of production of line X-rays from an X-ray tube. [4]
(ii) The accelerating potential difference across an X-ray tube using copper as target is 5.0 kV.
Calculate the minimum wavelength of the X-rays produced. [2]

14 (a) Give definition for each of the following terms

(i) isotope
(ii) nuclear fission
(iii) nuclear fusio [3]

(b) (i) State the quantities that are conserved in the nuclear reaction. [3]

(ii) Copy and complete the equations below :

10
5 B + 24He 
→136C + ………………………..
…………………………. + 37Li 
→ 2 24He
10
5 B + 01n 
→ 37 Li + ………………………….. [3]

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(c) (i) Calculate the energy released when 13 Al decays to 13 Si [2]

(ii) If the γ - ray emitted has a wavelength of 6.99 x 10-13 m , calculate the energy of γ -ray
photon. Hence, deduce the total kinetic energy of the products of decay.

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[ Mass of 13 Al atom = 27.98191 mu ,
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Mass of 13 Si atom = 27.97693 mu, where mu is the atomic unit.] [4]

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