S. What Is The Time For One Complete Swing of Pendulum?: 19-20/FYE/S3E/PHYSICS

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1 A pendulum is set in motion and timed. The time measured for 20 complete swings is 35
s.
What is the time for one complete swing of pendulum?
A 0.50 s B 0.75 s C 1.50 s D 1.75 s
2 A length of cotton is measured between two points on a ruler.
When the length of cotton is wound closely around a pen, it goes round eight times.
What is the distance once round the pen?
A 1.65 cm B 2.2 cm C 13.2 cm D 15.6 cm
3 Which statement about the mass and the weight of an object is correct?
A They are both forces
B They have the same SI units
C Mass is constant while weight depends on gravity
D They are both affected by changes in the acceleration of free fall
4 What is needed to determine the density of a regularly shaped block?
A a balance and a beaker
B a balance and a ruler
C a measuring cylinder and a beaker
D a measuring cylinder and a ruler
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5 The prefixes milli (m), mega (M) and tera (T) are often used with units.
Which row shows their correct values?
m M T
A 102 109 10-12
B 10-3 10-6 10-9
C 10-3 106 1012
D 10-2 10-9 109
6 The diagram shows an aircraft flying in a straight horizontal line at constant speed.
W is the weight of the aircraft.
L is the lift (upward force) due to air flow over the wings.
T is the thrust force due to engine.
D is the air resistance (drag)
The diagram shows the direction of these forces.
What are the relationships between the forces?
A L = W and T = D
B L = W and T is greater than D
C L is greater than W and T = D
D L is greater than W and T is greater than D
7 A child is standing on the platform of a station, watching the trains.
A train travelling at 25 m/s takes 3.0 s to pass the child.
What is the length of the train?
A 15 m B 35 m C 75 m D 100 m
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8 A cyclist of a mass 60 kg rides a bicycle of 20 kg mass. During the first 5 seconds, the
cyclist provides a force of 200 N as he starts from rest.
What is the velocity?
A 2.5 m/s B 12.5 m/s C 25.0 m/s D 125 m/s
9 A ball of mass 0.20 kg is moving forwards at a speed of 70 cm/s. A second ball of mass
0.16 kg is stationary. The first ball strikes the second ball.
The second ball moves forwards at a speed of 50 cm/s.
What is the speed of the first ball after the collision?
A 0.15 m/s B 0.20 m/s C 0.25 m/s D 0.30 m/s
10 A student drives on a freeway at a speed of 90 km/hr.

The total mass of the student and car is 1500 kg.
The student applies the brakes and the car stops after 6 seconds.
What is the average braking force?
A 360 N B 540 N C 6300 N D 23000 N
11 A student does some work by pulling a suitcase along a corridor.

She now pulls a second suitcase along the corridor.
Which row indicates that the student is now doing twice as much work?
the force used to the distance the

pull suitcase suitcase is pulled
A is doubled is doubled
B is doubled is halved
C stays the same is doubled
D stays the same is halved
12 Which of the following situations has no resultant force?
A a car changing direction at a steady speed
B a car moving in a straight line at a steady speed
C a car slowing down
D a car speeding up
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13 The diagram shows a uniform, flat metal sheet hanging freely from a nail at point A.
A weight also hangs freely on a string tied to A.
One of the labelled points is at the centre of mass of the metal sheet.
Which point is at the centre of mass?
14 A manometer is being used to measure the pressure of gas in a tank. A, B, C and D

show the manometer reading at different times.
At which time is the gas pressure inside the tank lowest?
15 A steel spring has a spring constant of 100 N m-1.When a 35 N weight is hung from the
spring, it has stretched a length of 60 cm.
What was the original length of the spring?
A 20 cm B 25 cm C 30 cm D 35 cm
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16 The diagram shows a balance being used to find the weight of a baby. The weight of the
basket can be ignored.
At equilibrium, the pivot is nearer to the baby than to the weight W.
What is the weight of the baby?
A less than W
B more than W
C W
D impossible to tell
17 A heavy uniform plank of length L is pivoted at the center and is kept in equilibrium by
forces F1 and F2 as shown in the diagram below.
What is the ratio of F1 to F2?
A 2:3 B 3:2 C 6:7 D 7:6
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18 Oil in a container varies in depth from 30.0 cm at shallow end to 50.0 cm at the end with
the plug.
The density of oil is 930 kg m-3 .

What is the pressure of oil acting at the bottom of shallow end and on the plug?
Pressure on the bottom Pressure on the

of the shallow end plug
A 279000 Pa 465000 Pa
B 27900 Pa 46500 Pa
C 2790 Pa 4650 Pa
D 279 Pa 465 Pa
19 Hammering a nail into a wooden block involves conversion between different forms
of energy.
Which of following choices present this conversion in correct order?
A chemical energy → gravitational potential energy → kinetic energy → (sound energy

+ heat energy)
B chemical energy → kinetic energy → gravitational potential energy → (sound energy

+ heat energy)
C chemical energy → (sound energy + heat energy) → kinetic energy → gravitational

potential energy
D chemical energy → (light energy + heat energy) → sound energy → gravitational

potential energy
20 A builder lifts 8 slabs from the ground on to the back of a lorry 3.0 m
high. The total time taken is 1 minute and each slab weighs 250 N.
How much useful power does the builder produce?
A 100 W B 1000 W C 2000 W D 6000 W
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21 Which statement about energy is not true?
A Energy cannot be created nor destroyed
B Kinetic energy increases as potential energy decreases in a falling object
C Work done is equal to the energy transformed
D Energy is always in motion.
22 An object has a mass of 240 kg.

It moves with a speed of 126 km/h.
What is its kinetic energy?
A 2.25 kJ B 14.7 kJ C 147 kJ D 225 kJ
23 A body of mass m and speed v has a kinetic energy of Ek. A second

body which has the same mass moves with a speed 2v.
What is the kinetic energy of the second body?
A 1/4Ek B 1/2Ek C 2Ek D 4Ek
24 The gas in a container is heated but is kept at constant volume.
Why does the gas pressure increase?
A The molecules expand.
B The molecules increase in mass.
C The molecules move more rapidly
D The molecules move further apart
25 The table lists the melting points and the boiling points of four different substances
A, B , C and D.
Which substance is a gas at 25 oC?
substance melting point / 0C Boiling point / 0C

A -220 -190
B -2 40
C 98 890
D 1083 2582
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26 A beaker which contains 500 g of water initially at 30 0C is solidified to ice at 0 0C in

a total time of 20 minutes.
The specific latent heat of fusion of ice is 3.36 x 10 5 J / kg while the specific heat
capacity of water is 4200 J / kg 0C
What is the average rate of heat released in the whole process?
A 52.5 W B 87.5 W C 140 W D 193 W
27 Which action would make it easier to fit the metal sphere inside the wooden box?
Metal sphere
Wooden box
A cooling the metal sphere
B heating the metal sphere
C heating the wooden box
D heating the wooden box and cooling the metal sphere
28 Which statement refers to convection?
A It does not involve energy transfer
B It only occurs in liquids or gases
C It only occurs in solids
D It is transfer of heat without the movement of particles
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29 Which statement about the basic properties of thermometer is not true?
A Linearity refers to the uniform expansion of liquid for every change of temperature.
B Sensitivity is the ability of the thermometer to detect small changes in temperature.
C Resistance refers to the ability of the thermometer to withstand extreme

temperature.
D Range is the the difference between the maximum and minimum temperature
the thermometer can read.
30 The diagram shows a section through a series of waves on water.
Which dotted line shows the position of the still water surface after the waves have
passed?
31 Two sets of water waves overlap as shown in the diagram.
From which two points are the sets of waves coming?
A P and S B T and R C Q and T D U and Q

32 Which line gives an example of a longitudinal wave and describes its vibrations?
example of a vibrations
longitudinal wave
A light wave at right angles to the direction the wave travels
B light wave in the same direction as the wave travels
C sound wave at right angles to the direction the wave travels
D sound wave in the same direction as the wave travels
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33 The graph represents a sound wave. The horizontal (x) axis represents time.
The pitch and the volume of the sound are both decreased.
The graphs below are shown to the same scale.
Which graph represents the new sound wave?
34 A communications system uses microwaves with a wavelength of 250 mm.
What is the frequency of the microwaves given its wavespeed is 3.0 x 108 m/s?
A 1.2 × 107 Hz B 2.0 × 107 Hz C 1.2 × 109 Hz D 2.0 × 109 Hz
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35 Which diagram shows total internal reflection of light?
36 An object placed in front of a plane mirror at O produces an image I.

.
If the object moves towards the mirror in the direction shown by the arrow, in which
direction does the image move?
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37 A student shines a narrow beam of white light into a prism as shown in the diagram
which results to spectrum of colours emerging from the prism.
Which three colours does he see at X, at Y and at Z?

X Y Z
A blue green red
B red blue green
C red green blue
D green red blue
38 A student draws three rays of light from point P through a converging lens.
Each point labelled F is a principal focus of the lens.
Which rays are drawn correctly?
A ray Y only
B ray Z only
C ray X and ray Y only
D ray X and ray Z only
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39 The image formed by the plane mirror is upright.
What are the other characteristics of the image?
laterally inverted magnified virtual

(left to right) (larger than the object)
A No yes yes
B Yes no no
C Yes no yes
D Yes yes no
40 The diagram shows the electromagnetic spectrum with three components named.
The spectrum is in order from long wavelength to short wavelength.
Which component of the spectrum is used in remote controls for appliances?
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SECTION B: STRUCTURED QUESTIONS [60 marks]
1 A student was required to take the readings from the set up given below. Carefully take
the readings and calculate the unknowns.
(a) (i) Figs. 1.1 and 1.2 show the dimensions of a rectangular block being
measured using a ruler. They are not shown in full size.
Use the scales shown to find the length and width of the block, giving your
answer in cm.
length of block =............................ [1]
width of block.=............................ [1]

(ii) When the block was made, it was cut from a piece of metal 2.0 cm thick.
Calculate the volume of the block.
volume of the block.=...........................[2]
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(b) Another block has a volume of 20 cm3

Fig. 1.3 shows the reading when the block is placed on a balance
(i) Determine the mass of this block.
Mass =..............................[1]
(ii) Find the density of this block.
Density =.............................[2]
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(c) The student was given an irregular shaped rock. Explain how can the student find for
the rock’s density using the appropriate laboratory apparatus.
You may use a diagram to aid your explanation.
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............................................................................................................................... [3]
[Total : 10]
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2 Fig. 2.1 shows the speed-time graph for a student cycling along a straight, level
road.
Fig. 2.1
(a) Calculate the total distance he traveled throughout the journey.
distance =.................................. [3]
(b) Calculate his acceleration as he speeds up.
acceleration =....................................[2]
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(c) Fig. 2.2 shows three pair of forces A,B and C.
Refer to Fig. 2.2 to dentify which pair of forces, A, B or C, acts on the cyclist
between 11 s and 16 s of the graph in Fig. 2.1.
Explain your choice.
Pair of forces...............................................................................................................
Explanation..................................................................................................................
....................................................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................................. [3]
(d) The cyclist pushes on one pedal with a force of 120 N. The area of his shoe in
contact with the pedal is 16 cm2.
Calculate the pressure on the pedal.
Pressure=......................................Pa [4]
[Total: 12]
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3 Fig. 3.1 shows a girl and a boy on a see-saw.
The see-saw pivots on the log.
(a) Calculate the girl’s moment about the pivot.
girl’s moment = ..................................... [2]
(b) The see-saw is balanced horizontally.

Calculate the weight W of the boy.
weight of the boy = ............................................. [2]
(c) State the two conditions for the see-saw to be in equilibrium.
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............................................................................................................................... [2]
[Total: 6]
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4 Fig 4.1 shows a car and a snow tractor.
Fig. 4.1
The car and the snow tractor have the same weight.
(a) Both the car and snow tractor traveled across the soft snow.
Which of the two will most likely travel safely? Explain.
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.................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................
. ........................................................................................................................ [3]
(b) The car driver checks his tyre pressure in a warm garage. The pressure of the
air inside the tyre when it is warm is 24.0 N/cm2
The car is driven outside and left in the snow.
(i) Suggest a value for the pressure of the air inside the tyre when it is cold.
Pressure = ……………..………. [1]
(ii) In terms of the air molecules inside the tyre, explain the change in
pressure of the air.
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......................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................[2]
[Total: 6]
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5 (a) A student arranges two 450 prisms as shown in Fig. 5. 1 He aims a ray of red
light to hit the surface of one of the prisms at 90 0
Fig 5.1
The critical angle for the glass is 42 0 .

On Fig. 5.1,draw the path of the light through the prisms.
Fig. 5.2
[3]
(b) Visible light is one region of the electromagnetic spectrum, as shown in Fig. 5.2.
(i) Two regions of electromagnetic spectrum are missing from Fig. 5.2.
State the name of the missing region with the longer wavelength.
...........................................................................................................................[1]
(ii) An infra-red sensor is fitted into a room as part of an intruder alarm system.
Explain how the sensor detects a person in the room.
.................................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................[2]
(iii) State two properties that are the same for all electromagnetic waves.
1...........................................................................................................................
2.........................................................................................................................[2]
[Total: 8]
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6 A ray of monochromatic light passes through the glass prism shown in Fig. 6.1.
F
Fig 6.1
(a) State what is meant by the term monochromatic.
................................................................................................................................ . .
............................................................................................................................... [1]
(b) Use the given values on the diagram to calculate for the angle of refraction at A.
angle of refraction=.......................... [1]
(c) (i) Calculate the refractive index of the glass.
refractive index=........................ [2]
(ii) Calculate the critical angle.
critical angle=............................. [2]

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Same light travels in glass at an angle i as shown in Fig.6.2..
Fig. 6.2
(iii) State what happens to the light that strikes the edge of the glass at an angle
greater than the value calculated in c(ii).
.................................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................... [1]
(d) State two applications of optical fibres.
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[Total : 9]
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7 A student in a laboratory uses the apparatus shown in Fig. 7.1 to determine the specific
heat capacity of aluminium.
Fig. 7.1
The readings obtained in the experiment are given below.
mass of the aluminium block = 1.20 kg
initial temperature of the block = 11.2 0C
final temperature of the block = 37.3 0C
electrical energy supplied = 35000 J
(a) Define specific heat capacity.
......................................................................................................................................
......................................................................................................................................
.
................................................................................................................................. [2]
(b) Use the readings above to calculate the specific heat capacity of aluminium.
State the equation you use.
specific heat capacity =............................ [3]
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(c) Because the student knows it is good scientific practice to repeat readings, the
student carried out the experiment again, supplying the same quantity of electrical
energy on the same mass.
This time the temperature readings are:
initial temperature of the block = 32.0 0C

final temperature of the block = 54.1 0C
(i) Use the new temperature readings to calculate a second value for specific
heat capacity of aluminium.
specific heat capacity =..............................[2]
(ii) The student did not make any mistakes when taking the readings.
Suggest a reason why the two experimental values of specific heat capacity
are different.
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..............................................................................................................................[2]
[Total:9]

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A 0.50 s B 0.75 s C 1.50 s D 1.75 s

2 A length of cotton is measured between two points on a ruler.

What is the distance once round the pen?

A 1.65 cm B 2.2 cm C 13.2 cm D 15.6 cm

A They are both forces

B They have the same SI units

C Mass is constant while weight depends on gravity

D They are both affected by changes in the acceleration of free fall

4 What is needed to determine the density of a regularly shaped block?

A a balance and a beaker

B a balance and a ruler

C a measuring cylinder and a beaker

D a measuring cylinder and a ruler

The diagram shows the direction of these forces.

What are the relationships between the forces?

B L = W and T is greater than D

C L is greater than W and T = D

D L is greater than W and T is greater than D

7 A child is standing on the platform of a station, watching the trains.

A train travelling at 25 m/s takes 3.0 s to pass the child.

What is the length of the train?

What is the velocity?

A 2.5 m/s B 12.5 m/s C 25.0 m/s D 125 m/s

What is the speed of the first ball after the collision?

A 0.15 m/s B 0.20 m/s C 0.25 m/s D 0.30 m/s

10 A student drives on a freeway at a speed of 90 km/hr.

What is the average braking force?

A 360 N B 540 N C 6300 N D 23000 N

11 A student does some work by pulling a suitcase along a corridor.

the force used to the distance the

12 Which of the following situations has no resultant force?

A a car changing direction at a steady speed

B a car moving in a straight line at a steady speed

C a car slowing down

14 A manometer is being used to measure the pressure of gas in a tank. A, B, C and D

At which time is the gas pressure inside the tank lowest?

At equilibrium, the pivot is nearer to the baby than to the weight W.

What is the weight of the baby?

What is the ratio of F1 to F2?

A 2:3 B 3:2 C 6:7 D 7:6

The density of oil is 930 kg m-3 .

Pressure on the bottom Pressure on the

Which of following choices present this conversion in correct order?

A chemical energy → gravitational potential energy → kinetic energy → (sound energy

B chemical energy → kinetic energy → gravitational potential energy → (sound energy

C chemical energy → (sound energy + heat energy) → kinetic energy → gravitational

D chemical energy → (light energy + heat energy) → sound energy → gravitational

How much useful power does the builder produce?

A 100 W B 1000 W C 2000 W D 6000 W

21 Which statement about energy is not true?

A Energy cannot be created nor destroyed

B Kinetic energy increases as potential energy decreases in a falling object

C Work done is equal to the energy transformed

D Energy is always in motion.

22 An object has a mass of 240 kg.

What is its kinetic energy?

A 2.25 kJ B 14.7 kJ C 147 kJ D 225 kJ

23 A body of mass m and speed v has a kinetic energy of Ek. A second

What is the kinetic energy of the second body?

A 1/4Ek B 1/2Ek C 2Ek D 4Ek

24 The gas in a container is heated but is kept at constant volume.

Why does the gas pressure increase?