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EXAMINATION

PHYSICS
Subject Number: M164/II
Friday 17th March, 2023 Time Allowed: 2 hour sessions

PAPER II
(40 marks)
Practical
Instructions
 This paper contains 7 pages. Please Question Tick if Do not write in
check. number answered these columns

 Write your Examination Number at the top 1

of each page of this question paper.

 Answer all the 4 questions in the spaces 2

provided.
 Use of electronic calculators is allowed. 3

 The maximum number of marks for each

answer is indicated against each question. 4

 In the table provided on this page, tick

against the number of questions you have
answered.
 You should hand in your question paper to
the invigilator when you are called to stop writing.

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SECTION A (20 Marks)

1. With an aid of a well labelled diagram, describe how a slide projector works.

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2. Design an experiment that could be done in order to obtain resonance using

a tuning fork and an air column.

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SECTION B (20 Marks)

3. You are provided with the following materials: a candle, matches, metre
rule, lens, lens holder and a screen.
a. Arrange the apparatus as shown in figure 1 below.

b. Light a candle.
c. Move the object (candle) until it is 50 cm away from the lens.
d. Move the screen until a clear image of the object is formed on the screen.
e. Measure the image distance V and record it in the table of results.
f. Repeat steps (c) to (e) for the remaining object distances given.
g. Complete (U + V) column of the table.

Object distance U (cm) Image distance V U+V (cm)

(cm)

(4 marks)

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h. Plot a graph of U + V against U.

(4 marks)
(i). From the graph, determine focal length of the lens.
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4. You are provided with 2 cells, a cell, holder, an ammeter, 5 connecting

wires and nichrome wire with different number of strands.
a. Set up the experiment as shown in figure 2 below

b. Connect one strand of nichrome wire on the gap xy

c. Note and record the ammeter reading in the table of results below
d. Remove the nichrome wire from the gap
e. Repeat steps (b) to (d) using nichrome wires with two, three, four and five
strands.

Table of results
Number of strands (N) Current (A)

(4 marks)

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f. Plot a graph of current against number of strands

(4 marks)

g. Use the graph to explain the relationship between number of strands and
current
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(2 marks)

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