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2 Monthly Class Test for IGCSE 2 – November 2014

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Subject: Physics
Total Marks: 100 (points) Time: 90 (minutes)
Name___________ Score___________
Part1: Multiple Choice Questions 20 Questions (40 points)
1. Scout P signals to scout Q on the other side of a valley by using a mirror to reflect the Sun’s rays.

Which mirror position would allow the Sun’s rays to be reflected to scout Q?

2. Rays of light enter and leave a box.

What could be inside the box to make the rays behave as shown?
A a converging lens B a parallel-sided glass block
C a plane mirror D a triangular prism
3. A boy blows a whistle that has a frequency of 10 000 Hz. The boy’s friend cannot hear the sound
from the whistle. The friend has normal hearing.
What could be a reason why he cannot hear the sound?
A The amplitude is too large. B The amplitude is too small.
C The frequency is too high. D The frequency is too low.
4. A lighted candle is placed in front of a loudspeaker that is making a loud, steady note. The candle
flame vibrates because of the sound wave.

Which type of waves are sound waves and in which direction does the flame vibrate?

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 Suzhou Foreign Language School
2 Monthly Class Test for IGCSE 2 – November 2014
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Subject: Physics
Total Marks: 100 (points) Time: 90 (minutes)
Name___________ Score___________
Part1: Multiple Choice Questions 20 Questions (40 points)

5. Which statement about ultraviolet waves is correct?

A They are used in television remote controllers.
B They can be detected by the human eye.
C They travel as longitudinal waves.
D They have the same speed in a vacuum as radio waves.
6. A boy wears a shirt with a letter F on the front. He stands in front of a plane mirror.

What does he see in the mirror?

7. Which list shows electromagnetic waves in order of increasing frequency?

A visible light, X-rays, γ-rays B visible light, γ-rays, X-rays
C X-rays, γ-rays, visible light D γ-rays, X-rays, visible light
8. The table gives common uses for three types of electromagnetic wave.
Which row correctly identifies the waves?

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 Suzhou Foreign Language School
2 Monthly Class Test for IGCSE 2 – November 2014
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Subject: Physics
Total Marks: 100 (points) Time: 90 (minutes)
Name___________ Score___________
Part1: Multiple Choice Questions 20 Questions (40 points)
9. The diagram shows a ray of light passing through a semicircular glass block into air.

Which row gives the correct name for angle P and states how angle P compares with the critical
angle?

10. When the volcano Krakatoa erupted in 1883, it was heard 5000 km away.
Which statement about the sound from the volcano is not correct?
A If such a loud sound were to be made today, an astronaut orbiting in space (a vacuum) at a
height of 400 km could hear it.
B People further from the volcano heard the sound later than people nearer to the volcano.
C The amplitude of the sound waves would have been smaller further from the volcano.
D The sound was very loud because a lot of energy was transferred to vibrations of the air.
11. A loudspeaker on a boat produces a pulse of sound in the sea. The echo of the pulse is received back at the
boat after 3.0 s. The depth of the sea under the boat is 2250 m.

From this information, what is the speed of sound in the sea water?
A 330 m / s B 750 m / s C 1500 m / s D 6750 m / s

12. A teacher demonstrates the dispersion of white light using a triangular glass prism.

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 Suzhou Foreign Language School
2 Monthly Class Test for IGCSE 2 – November 2014
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Subject: Physics
Total Marks: 100 (points) Time: 90 (minutes)
Name___________ Score___________
Part1: Multiple Choice Questions 20 Questions (40 points)
Which diagram shows how this dispersion happens?

13. To estimate the width of a valley, a climber starts a stopwatch as he shouts. He hears an echo from the
opposite side of the valley after 1.0 s.

The sound travels at 330 m / s. What is the width of the valley?

A 82.5 m B 165 m C 330 m D 660 m
14. A police car sounds its siren when travelling to an emergency. The siren produces two different
sounds P and Q, which are emitted alternately.

The diagram represents the sound waves emitted by the siren.

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 Suzhou Foreign Language School
2 Monthly Class Test for IGCSE 2 – November 2014
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Subject: Physics
Total Marks: 100 (points) Time: 90 (minutes)
Name___________ Score___________
Part1: Multiple Choice Questions 20 Questions (40 points)

Which of the two sounds P and Q is the louder and which has the higher pitch?

15. Which diagram shows how a ray of light could pass through a glass block in air?

16. Some sound from a loudspeaker at P travels directly to Q. Sound also reaches Q after being reflected from a
wall at R.

The speed of sound is 330 m / s.

What is the difference in time for a sound to travel from P to Q by the two routes?
A (6/330)s B (16/330)s C (6x330)s D (16x330)s

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 Suzhou Foreign Language School
2 Monthly Class Test for IGCSE 2 – November 2014
nd

Subject: Physics
Total Marks: 100 (points) Time: 90 (minutes)
Name___________ Score___________
Part1: Multiple Choice Questions 20 Questions (40 points)
17. A ray of light in water is incident on the surface. The angle of incidence is much smaller than the critical
angle.

What happens to this ray?

A It is completely reflected.
B It is completely refracted.
C It is partially reflected and partially refracted.
D It is refracted at an angle of refraction of 90°.
18. Which row shows the nature of light waves, sound waves and X-rays?

19. The diagram shows radiation from a lamp passing through a prism.

Which type of radiation is found at P?

A γ-rays B infra-red C ultraviolet D X-rays
20. Three loudspeakers vibrate at different frequencies of 5 hertz, 25 kilohertz and 50 kilohertz.

Which row shows whether the vibrations from each loudspeaker can be heard by a human?