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IBDP MOCK EXAMINATION (March 2019)

School code : 004196

Name of the student: Section :

Grade : 12 Roll No:

Subject : Physics- SL Paper Component : Paper 1

Duration: 45 minutes Marks: 30

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Name of the teacher: Vratik U

Instructions to the candidates:

● This is the Question paper.

● Each Questions carries 1 marks.
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1. Repeated measurements of a quantity can reduce the effects of
A. both random and systematic errors.
B. only random errors.
C. only systematic errors.
D. neither random nor systematic errors.

2. The volume flow rate U of liquid flowing along a tube is measured as a function of the tube radius r. It
is suspected that the relationship between U and r may be of power law form, i.e.

U = krn where k and n are constants.

If log U is plotted against log r and a straight line results, the value of the power n

A. is equal to the gradient of the graph.

B. is equal to the inverse of the gradient.
C. can be obtained from the intercept on the log U axis.
D. can be obtained from the intercept on the log r axis.

3. Two stones P and Q are thrown from the top of a cliff, one straight up and the other straight down, at
the same initial speed. Both eventually hit the ground.

If air resistance is negligible, what will be true of the speeds with which the stones hit the ground?

A. Stone P hits the ground with the greater speed.

B. Stone Q hits the ground with the greater speed.
C. Both stones hit the ground with the same speed.
D. The comparative speeds of impact depend on the height of the cliff.
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4. A car travels along a straight road. It first accelerates from rest, then travels at a constant velocity, then
decelerates to a stop. It then remains at rest. Which graph below best represents the displacement s
of the car as a function of time t?

5. Two bodies P and Q on a frictionless horizontal surface are connected by a light cord. The mass of P
is greater than that of Q. A force F is applied to Q as shown, accelerating the bodies to the right.

The magnitude of the force exerted by the connecting cord on body P will be
A. Zero.
B. less than F but not zero.
C. equal to F.
D. greater than F.
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6. An amusement park ride sometimes called ‘the fly’ is a large cylinder which can rotate. A person
stands against the wall, and after the cylinder is rotating at a certain rate the floor drops away. The
person remains ‘stuck’ in position against the wall - like a fly.

Which one of the following is the correct free-body force diagram showing all the forces acting on the
person when the person is in the position shown above?

7. A small explosion is used to separate a space capsule from its rocket, after the rocket fuel is used up.

In this process, what happens to the total momentum and total kinetic energy of the system consisting
of capsule plus rocket?
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Total momentum Total kinetic energy

A Increase Increase

B Increase Unchanged

C Unchanged Unchanged

D Unchanged Increase

8. The pressure a gas exerts on a container wall is due to the

A. change in kinetic energy of the gas molecules as they strike the wall.
B. change in momentum of the gas molecules as they strike the wall.
C. average potential energy of the gas molecules.
D. force of repulsion between the gas molecules.

9. The distribution of electric field lines in a certain region of space varies as shown in the figure.

The magnitude of the electric field in this region

A. increases to the right.
B. decreases to the right.
C. increases in the downward direction.
D. increases in the downward direction.

10. An electron and a proton travelling with the same velocity are injected into a region of uniform
magnetic field at 90o to the magnetic field direction. The initial magnetic forces on them are
A. equal in magnitude and direction.
B. equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
C. equal in magnitude and perpendicular to each other.
D. in opposite directions and differing in magnitude by the ratio of their masses.
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11. Nuclei with a Z number greater than about 20 and which are stable against radioactive decay have
A. equal numbers of neutrons and protons.
B. more neutrons than protons.
C. fewer neutrons than protons.
D. no neutrons.

12. What type of single radioactive decay process does not change the value of Z, the value of N or the
value of A?
A. Only beta decay
B. Only alpha decay
C. Only gamma decay
D. Both beta and gamma decay

13. A street musician is playing an instrument in a large, open city square. Although Abdul cannot see the
musician around the corner, he can still be heard. The main phenomenon that allows Abdul to hear the
musician is

A. the Doppler effect.

B. Diffraction.
C. Refraction.
D. Reflection.

14. A surfer is out beyond the breaking surf in a deep-water region where the ocean waves are sinusoidal
in shape. The crests are 20 m apart and the surfer rises a vertical distance of 4.0 m from wave trough
to crest, in a time of 2.0 s. What is the speed of the waves?
A. 1.0 ms-1
B. 2.0 ms-1
C. 5.0 ms-1
D. 10.0 ms-1
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15. An astronaut drops an apple on the surface of the Moon where the acceleration due to gravity is of

that ⅙ on Earth. The time it takes for the apple to fall to the ëgroundí compared with an apple dropped

from the same height on Earth is

A. the same.
B. √6 times as long.
C. 6 times as long.
D. 36 times as long.

16. The count rate against time for a particular radioactive isotope is shown below.

The half-life, in seconds, for this radioactive isotope is approximately

A. 50
B. 60
C. 100
D. 125

17. In the alpha scattering experiment of Rutherford, Geiger and Marsden, alpha particles were incident
on a thin gold foil. The majority of the alpha particles
A. were stopped by the foil.
B. were virtually undeflected.
C. were deflected through large angles.
D. caused nuclear reactions in the foil.
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18. Jorge builds a simple electric motor but makes a mistake. He forgets to include the commutator and
brushes and connects the coil directly to the power supply. The setup is represented in the diagram
below (only one turn of the coil is shown).

With the coil in the position shown, when the switch S is closed the coil will
A. rotate normally – but the wires would tangle.
B. stop after half a revolution.
C. stop after a quarter of a revolution.
D. not move.

19. Which one of the following graphs best represents how the power dissipated in the filament of an
electric light bulb varies with the potential difference across the filament?
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20. An organ pipe is closed at one end and open at the other as shown below.

Which one of the following diagrams correctly shows the positions of the displacement nodes and
antinodes when the fundamental standing wave is formed in the tube?

21. Two waves of equal frequency, wavelength and amplitude, A, are travelling along a string towards the
same point P as shown below.

If the waves arrive at P at the same time, which of the following best describes the subsequent motion
of the string at point P?
A. It will not move.
B. It will oscillate with amplitude A.
C. It will oscillate with amplitude 2 A.
D. It will oscillate with varying amplitude.
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22. When a gas is compressed at constant temperature, the pressure increases. This is because the
molecules of the gas
A. repel each other.
B. are squashed together.
C. hit the walls of the container at a greater average speed.
D. hit the walls of the container more often in a given time.

23. A fixed volume of an ideal gas is at a temperature of 27oC . In order to double the pressure at
constant volume the temperature must be
A. decreased to minus 123oC .
B. decreased to 13.5oC .
C. increased to 54oC .
D. increased to 327oC .

24. The mass of an object is measured to be 4.652 kg and its volume 2.1 m3. If the density (mass per unit
volume) is calculated from these values, to how many significant figures should it be expressed?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

25. The lengths of the sides of a rectangular plate are measured, and the diagram shows the measured
values with their uncertainties.

Which of the following is the best estimate of the percentage uncertainty in the calculated area of the
plate?
A. ± 2%
B. ± 4%
C. ± 6%
D. ± 8%
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26. Which of the following diagrams represents the direction of the centripetal force F acting on a car
travelling in a circular path?

27. The specific latent heat of vaporisation of a substance is defined as the amount of thermal energy
required to
A. change a liquid to vapour at constant pressure.
B. change a liquid to vapour at constant temperature.
C. change unit mass of liquid to vapour at constant pressure.
D. change unit mass of liquid to vapour at constant temperature.

28. The element of an electric heater has a resistance R when in operation. What is the resistance of a
second heater that has a power output three times as large at the same operating voltage?
A. R/9
B. R/3
C. 3R
D. 9R
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29. A magnetic force acts on an electric charge in a magnetic field when
A. the charge is not moving.
B. the charge moves in the direction of the magnetic field.
C. the charge moves in the opposite direction to the magnetic field.
D. the charge moves at right angles to the lines of the magnetic field.

30. The nucleus of an atom contains protons. The protons are prevented from flying apart by
A. the presence of orbiting electrons.
B. the presence of gravitational forces.
C. the presence of strong attractive nuclear forces.
D. the absence of Coulomb repulsive forces at nuclear distances.