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2. (a) Define EACH of rhe following terms:

(i) Magneticflux:

[1 mark ]
(ii) Tesla:

[1 mark ]
(b) State

(i) Faraday'sLaw

[1 mark ]
(ii) Lenz's Law.

[1 mark ]

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(c) Two conductingrods arejoined at right anglesto

eachother as shown in Figure l.

Conducting
bar

Conducting rods
o o r .

. Figure I

A conducting bar in contact with the rods startsat the vertex

and moves with a consrant
velocity (v) of 4-20m s-r arongthemas shown. A magnetic
field of magnitude 0.450 T
is directedperpendicularlyour of the page.

Find the

(i) area of the triangle which is formed at 2 seconds

by the conducting bar and
conducting rods

[2 marks]
(ii) magnetic flux through the triangle at seconds

[2 marks]
(iii) electromoriveforce (e.m.f.)inducedin rhe moving
rod at 2 seconds.

[2 marksl

Total l0 marks

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3. (a) Write an expression for the total resistance, Rr, of three resistors Rt, Rz and R3, in
parallel.

[1 mark I

(b) StateOhm's Law.

ll mark I

(c) Explain thedifferencebetweenthe electromotiveforce (e.m.f.)andthe terminalpotential

difference(p.d.) of a battery.

[2 marks]

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(d) A set of measurements

were made using the circuit of Figure2.

Figure 2

Table I below showssomeof the results obtained.

R v I
0 0 O.1A
5
300a r0v
oo

Thble I

Fill in the blank spacesin rhe tabrewith the missing data.

[6 marks]

Total 10 marks

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4. (a) Explain what is meant by EACH of the following:

(i) P-type semiconductor

lL mark I

(ii) N-rype semiconductor

[1 mark I

t iii) D o p i n g , a s a p p l i e d to s emi conducl ors

[1 mark ]

(iv) Depletionregion

[1 mark ]

O) SuggestONE applicationof a p-n junction diode.

[1 mark ]

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(c) Figure3 showsa combinationof two silicon diodesin a circuit.

1000o

vo

2.0v -r -1- z.ov

I

Figure 3

The characteristicI - v curve for the diodesis shown in Figure 4.

uAz.s
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
0 0.2 vlv

(i) Calculate the voltage, 7r, when

a) Vi=

[2 marksJ
b) Vr = - 10-0V.

[1,mark ]

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(ii) Sketchthe outputwhen V, = 10 Sin 0)t, wherec0 = 100 rad s-1, including
appropriatenumericalvalueson the scales.

[2 marks]

Total 10 marks

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5. (a) In the spaceprovided below sketch a typical gain frequency curve for an operational
amplifier.

[3 marks]
(b) What is meantby a 'virtual earth' rn an operationalamplifier circuit?

[1 mark ]
(c) StateONE effectof positivefeedbackin an operationalarnplifiercircuit.

[1 mark ]

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(d) Figure5 showsa cascade

amplifiercircuit-

100kfi 500ko

Figure 5

Calculate the

(i) net gain of the circuit

[4 marks]

(ii) outputvoltage,Vr, when Vi = 0.01,V.

[1 mark ]

Total 10 marks

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6. (a) (i) Arithmetic operationsare usuallyperformedby adders. A half

addercircuit
is usedto add the l's columnin binary addition. Write the truth
tablefor a
half-adder.

[2 marksl
(ii) You are provided with an Exclusive-OR (EX-OR) gate and
an AND gate for
designing a half adder circuit. Draw a circuit diagram to show
how thesecould
be arranged.

[2 marksJ

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(b) Draw a circuit diagramto show how the NAND garescould be usedto build a flip-flop.

[1 mark ]
(c) Write the truth table for the circuit shown in Figure 6, indicatingthe outputat X, Y and
Z"

Figure 6

[3 marks]

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(d) Draw a simplelogic circuit to represent

the rruthtablebelowin which A and B are
inputsandX is theoutpur.

A B X
0 0 0
0 1 0
r 0 t

[2 marks]

Total 10 marks

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7. (a) State THREE experimental facts about the photoelectric effect which support the
particulate (photon) model of light.

[3 marks]

( b) W he n u l tra v i o l e t l i g h t i s i n c i d e n ton an i nsul ateclmetal pl atc, thc pl ate emi ts el ectrons

for a while and then stops.

Explain why the process'eventually stops.

[1 mark ]

(c) The energy level schernefor a newly discoveredone-electronelement is shown in

Figure 7. The electronis in its groundstate.

n = 4 -2 eY
n = 3 -5 eV

n = 2 -10 eV

n = l -20 eV

Figure 7

(i) Determine the amount of energy it will take to ionize an electron from the
ground state.

[1 mark 1

(ii) Statewhat will happenif a 6 eV photon srrikesthe atom.

[1 mark 1

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(d) from then = 3 stateto then = I state.

An electronmakesa transition

(i) Calculatethe frequencyof radiationemitted.

[2 rnarks]

(ii) Calculatethe wavelengthof radiationemitted.

ll mark 1

(iii) In whichregionof the electromagnetic

spectrumwould this radiationbe found?

[1 mark ]

Total 10 marks

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8. (a) (i) Explainthe principleby which a continuousX-ray spectrumis produced.

[2 marksJ

(ii) Why is a vacancyin an inner electron shell usually requiredfor an atom to emit
an X-ray photon?

[2 marksJ

(b) A beam of X-rays,of intensity/r, is incident on a slab of materialof thicknessx, and

absorptioncoefficientprr,asshown in Figure 8 a.

<-xr€

Figure 8 a

(i) Write an expressionfor the emerging intensity, /, in terrnsof /p, 1t1andx,.

[1 mark I

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(ii) A second slab of material, of thicknessx2 and absorption coefficient pr, is

placedalongsidethe first slabas shown in Figure 8 b.

* r r _tr->
> (,-- t
r-

Figure 8 b

a) Show that the Intensiry,/, is given by

I = Io e-(ts,t, * Frtr)

[3 marks]

b) Calculate the value of / where Io = 500 Wm-2, ltt = 8.0 rn-I,

xt = 2.0 mm, p2 - 4.0 m-l , x2 = 4r0 mm"

[2 marksl

Total 10 marks

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9, (a) Explain what is rneantby EACH of the following tenns:

(i) Nuclear fission

[1 mark J
(ii) Nuclear fusion

[1 mark J
(iii) Binding energy

[1 mark ]
(b) The nucleusof an atom of uranium can be representedby "r1u. How many of EACH
of the following particles are there in the nucleus?

(i) Protons

[1 mark J
(ii) Neutrons

lL mark J

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(c) An inducedfission reaction is describedby the following equation.

'71ru- 23n6rtJ*
-+ tflna + 3?tt * 3!n + E
in *
Masses:

'llru = 235.0439
u
'!|n" = 140.9141
u :
t2*, = 9l .9262u

fn = 1.0087u

I u = 931.5MeV/cz

Calculate

(i) the energy E, in eV released during the reaction

[4 marks]

(ii) the energy, in eY of EACH neutron producbd in the reaction.

ll. mark J

Total L0 marks

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