ANDERSON SECONDARY SCHOOL

O Preliminary Examination 2023

Secondary Four Express

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CLASS: 4 / INDEX NUMBER:

PHYSICS 6091/01
Paper 1 Multiple Choice 11 September 2023
1 hour
0800 – 0900 h
Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write in soft pencil.

Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
Write your name, class and register number on the Answer Sheet in the spaces provided
unless this has been done for you.

There are forty questions in this section. Answer all questions. For each question, there are
four possible answers A, B, C and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your answer in soft pencil on the separate
Answer Sheet.

Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.
Any rough working should be done in this booklet.
The use of an approved scientific calculator is expected, where appropriate.

For Examiner’s
Use

Total
40

This document consists of 20 printed pages.

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1 A vernier calipers is used to measure the size of a tennis ball.

The diagram shows the scale of the vernier calipers when it measures the radius of the tennis
ball.

What is the diameter of the tennis ball?

A 3.26 mm
B 38.6 mm
C 65.2 mm
D 67.2 mm

2 What is not a reasonable estimate of the physical property indicated?

A 1  102 m for the length of a football field

B 2  103 W for the power dissipated by the heating element of an electric kettle
C 3  108 m/s for the speed of a radio wave in vacuum
D 6  102 N for the weight of a fully grown racehorse

3 The diagram shows the velocity-time graph of a cyclist’s journey.

velocity / ms-1

5.0

time /s
8 12 26 38
0 0

- 5.0

What is the average speed for the cyclist’s entire journey?

A 1.0 ms-1
B 1.2 ms-1
C 1.8 ms-1
D 2.8 ms-1

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4 In a laboratory experiment, a feather falls from rest in an evacuated vertical tube of length L.
The feather took a time of t to fall from the top to the bottom of the tube.

velocity / ms-1

time / s
0 t

The diagram shows the experiment setup and the velocity – time graph of the feather as it
falls.

How far will the feather have fallen from the top of the tube in 0.5t?

A 0.13 L
B 0.25 L
C 0.50 L
D 0.75 L

5 A man with an open parachute falls to Earth at constant speed. The following forces act:

P the upward force of the parachute on the man

Q the upward force of the man on the Earth
R the downward force of the Earth on the parachute
S the downward force of the man on the parachute

Based on Newton’s Third Law, which two forces are an action-reaction pair?
A P and Q
B P and S
C Q and R
D Q and S

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6 A tennis ball of mass 0.060 kg is initially moving at 53 ms-1. It is struck in the opposite direction
by a tennis racket exerting a force of 120 N in the opposite direction for 0.070 s.

Racket

Ball

Racket
direction

What is the speed of the ball just after it leaves the racket?

A 10.4 ms-1
B 36 ms-1
C 87 ms-1
D 160 ms-1

7 A coin falls from rest through the air and eventually reaches a constant speed. Two forces P
and Q act on the coin as show in the diagram.

What happens to force P and what happens to the resultant force before the coin reaches
constant speed?

force P resultant force

A decreases decreases
B decreases increases
C increases decreases
D increases increases

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8 The graph below shows how the resultant force acting on an object varies with time.

Which graph correctly shows how the velocity of the object varies with time?

A velocity

B velocity

C velocity

D velocity

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9 A box has an internal volume of 1000 cm3. It is filled with water initially.
When a solid object is placed in the closed box, the volume of water that overflowed from the
box is 320 cm3.

water

object

Given that the density of the object is 8.00 g/cm3, what is the mass of the object?

A 85.0 g
B 2560 g
C 4160 g
D 5440 g

10 The diagram below shows a hinged light rod supporting a block of wood that is held horizontal
by a wire stay.

wire stay

block of wood

rod
hinge

What is the tension in the wire stay, T?

A T = W × a/c
B T = W × b/c
C T = W × c/a
D T = W × c/b

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11 The diagram shows a non-uniform plank. Its centre of gravity is not at its geometrical centre.
The 2 m pole is laid on two light supports across two weighing balances.

Support A plank Support B

230 g 670 g

Where is the planks centre of gravity?

A 1.5 m to the right of support A

B 1.7 m to the right of support A
C 0.27 m to the left of support B
D 1.3 m to the left of support B

12 A vertical tube, closed at one end, is fully submerged in mercury (Hg). A column of air is
trapped inside the tube.

Atmospheric pressure is 76 cm Hg.

What is the difference between the pressure of air in the tube and the atmospheric pressure?

A 20 cm Hg
B 60 cm Hg
C 96 cm Hg
D 136 cm Hg

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13 An electric motor produces a force F to pull a trolley up a ramp up the slope with constant
speed. There is friction between the ramp and the trolley.

What is the work done by the force F equal to?

A thermal energy transferred to the surroundings due to friction

B sum of gain in kinetic energy and potential energy by the trolley
C sum of gain in kinetic energy and work done against friction.
D sum of gain in potential energy by the trolley and work done against friction

14 The diagram shows a cylinder made of insulating material with a movable piston at one end.

What happens to the gas inside the cylinder when the piston is moved?

A The pressure of the gas remains unchanged when the piston is pulled outward.
B The pressure of the gas increases when the piston is pulled outward.
C The temperature of the gas increases when the piston is pushed inward.
D The volume of the gas increases when the piston is pushed inward.

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15 A fixed mass of gas is heated while kept at constant volume.

How do the properties of the molecules of the gas change as it is heated?

average speed frequency of collision average distance

between molecules
A decrease decrease unchanged
B decrease decrease increase
C unchanged increase decrease
D increase increase unchanged

16 The lengths of the mercury thread in the stem of a mercury thermometer are indicated below:

Length at 10 C = 15 mm
Length at 50 C = 80 mm
Length at X C = 95 mm

What is the unknown temperature X?

A 49 oC
B 59 oC
C 69 oC
D 129 oC

17 One junction of a thermocouple thermometer is immersed in a beaker of liquid at temperature

T1 as shown in the diagram. The other junction is placed in a different beaker of liquid at
temperature T2.

Which of the following scenarios will produce a voltmeter reading of zero volts?

A when T1 = 0 oC and T2 = 100 oC

B when T1 = 0 oC, T2 can be any temperature
C when T1 = T2
D when T2 = 0 oC, T1 can be any temperature

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18 The following statements describe heat loss from objects:

I. heater with polished metal grills at 60 oC placed on the floor of room;

II. heating element of a kettle at 100 °C, in water;
III. metal pan with black surfaces at 200 °C, in contact with a concrete floor;
IV. filament of lamp at 1000 oC in an evacuated glass bulb.

Which object(s) loses most of its heat by radiation?

A IV only
B I and III
C II and IV
D I, II and IV

19 The same heater was used to heat 3 different liquids X, Y and Z.

The mass of the liquids and the temperature increase after five minutes was recorded.

liquid mass of liquid / g increase in temperature after 5.0 minutes / o C

X 200 15
Y 100 12
Z 150 10

Which of the following correctly compares specific heat capacities cX, cY and cZ of liquids X, Y
and Z respectively?

A cX > cY > cZ
B cY > cZ > cX
C cZ > cX > cY
D cZ > cY > cX

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20 A piece of copper of mass 1.0 kg at 600 °C is placed into m kg of water at 25 °C.

The temperature of both copper and water changes until they reach thermal equilibrium.

specific heat capacity of copper 385 J kg-1 oC-1

specific heat capacity of water 4200 J kg-1 oC-1
specific latent heat of vaporisation of water 2.27 x 106 J kg-1

What is the value m if only 0.050 kg of water is boiled off?

A 0.114 kg
B 0.251 kg
C 0.454 kg
D 2.84 kg

21 On a warm day, a carton of fresh milk is covered with a wet cloth.

Why does the covering help to reduce the temperature of the milk?

A Water is always colder than milk.

B Water has a higher heat capacity than milk.
C The cloth insulates the milk from the warm surroundings.
D Some water evaporates from the cloth so the remaining water on the cloth becomes
cooler.

22 A wave of frequency 6.0 Hz moves across the surface of the water. In 20 seconds, a wavefront
moves a distance of 1.6 m.

What is the wavelength of the wave?

A 1.3 cm
B 2.6 cm
C 5.2 cm
D 8.0 cm

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23 The diagram shows a travelling wave along a string. At the instant shown, particle S is moving
upwards.

Which of the following is/are correct?

I. The wave is travelling to the right.

II. Particles P and Q are moving at downwards.
III. Particle Q and R are moving at the same speed.

A II only
B I and II only
C II and III only
D I, II and III

24 A shoe shop puts a mirror on the wall so that customers can look at their shoes. The length of
the mirror is 50 cm. A customer has eyes 150 cm above ground level.

The bottom of the mirror is at height h above the ground.

What is the smallest value of h that allows the customer to see an image of his shoes in the
mirror?

A 0 cm
B 12 cm
C 25 cm
D 38 cm

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25 A light beam is incident on the flat surface of a semi-circular glass block and refracted in the
diagram below. A graph of sin a against sin b is plotted as shown.

What is the critical angle of the glass?

A 36.1o
B 38.7o
C 51.3o
D 55.3o

26 The image of an object formed is smaller than the object when the object is placed 15 cm from
a converging lens. When the object is placed at a distance of 13 cm from the same lens, the
image of the object becomes slightly bigger than the object.

What is the approximate focal length of the lens?

A 7 cm
B 8 cm
C 12 cm
D 14 cm

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27 The diagram shows two types of waves used for telecommunication. Wave X passes signals
between transmitters and receivers on earth. Wave Y is used for space-based communication
between a satellite and a dish.

Wave Y (signal
sent via satellite)

Wave X (signal
sent directly)

What are waves X and Y?

Wave X Wave Y
A radio wave microwave
B radio wave infra red
C ultrasound microwave
D infra red ultrasound

28 A ship that is stationary on the surface of the sea sends pulses of sound vertically downwards
towards the sea bed.
Each pulse that reflects from the sea bed is received 1.0 s after it is sent out.
A whale swims under the boat and a pulse is received 0.60 s after it is sent out.
The speed of sound in sea water is 1500 m/s.

What is the distance of the whale above the sea bed?

A 300 m
B 450 m
C 600 m
D 750 m

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29 The diagram shows the different displacement – time graph of the musical notes played on a
flute.

Which waveform, A, B, C or D, has the lowest pitch?

30 The diagram shows two conducting spheres, P and Q, placed in contact with each other.
Sphere Q is earthed. Both P and Q are initially neutral.
A positively charged rod is brought near but not touching sphere P.
The earthing wire is first removed, followed by the rod.

What will be the final charge on the two spheres?

P Q
A negative negative
B neutral negative
C positive negative
D positive positive

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31 An electron is placed at point N in the electric field as shown below. Point N is mid-way
between the two small positively charged spheres as shown in the diagram.

Which direction does the electron move to?

A The electron moves downwards.

B The electron moves upwards.
C The electron moves into the paper.
D The electron does not move.

32 During a thunderstorm, a lightning flash occurs when charge flows between a cloud and the
Earth. On average, one lightning flash delivers an average current of 12 000 A for a time of
0.11 ms.

What is the quantity of charge transferred during this flash?

A 0.13 C
B 1.3 C
C 1 100 000 C
D 110 000 000 C

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33 The diagram shows a power supply connected in series with an ammeter and three resistors
(10 Ω, 20 Ω, 30 Ω). The circuit can be completed by using a moveable contact M.

power
supply

When M is connected to Y, the ammeter reads 0.8 A.

What is the ammeter reading when M is connected to X and Z?

X/A Z/A
A 0.8 0.4
B 0.8 1.2
C 2.4 0.4
D 2.4 1.2

34 Two pieces of copper wire, P and Q, are shown below. The length of Q is 3 times the length
of P while the cross-sectional area of P is 3 times that of Q.

wire P
wire P
IP

wire Q IQ

wire Q
Both wires are connected to a dry cell in parallel.

What is the ratio of IP : IQ where IP and IQ are the current flowing through wires P and Q
respectively?

A 1:9
B 1:1
C 3:1
D 9:1

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35 Which circuit will allow all the lamps to work at equal brightness when the switches are closed?

A C

B D

36 One of the wires in the three pin plug of a metal toaster was not connected properly as shown.

Which of the following will occur as a result of this error?

A The toaster cannot be switched on.

B The fuse will blow and the toaster cannot be switched on.
C The fuse will blow but the toaster will remain live.
D The fuse will blow and current will flow through the earth wire.

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37 The diagram below shows a sensitive device surrounded by a shield that prevents the
magnetic field from reaching the device.

How does the shield protect the device?

A It directs the magnetic field around the shield until it emerges on the right-hand side
B It absorbs the magnetic field when it falls on the shield.
C It reflects the magnetic field in all directions away from the shield.
D The left-hand side of the shield scatters the magnetic field.

38 A beam of electrons travels through a vacuum. The beam passes between the poles of a
magnet as shown.

What is the direction of the magnetic field and the direction the electron beam will be
deflected?

direction of the magnetic field direction of deflection of electron beam

A

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39 As a magnet is moved into the coil of wire as shown, there is a small positive reading on the
sensitive ammeter.

Which of the following changes will cause the ammeter to produce a negative reading?

I. Moving the opposite pole into the coil.

II. Pulling the magnet out of the coil.
III. Pushing the magnet in faster.
IV. Unwinding some of the turns of the wire.

A II only
B I and II only
C III and IV only
D I, II and IV only

40 An imported device is designed to operate when connected to a 100 V mains supply. When
connected to a transformer, the current in the device is 18 A as shown in diagram.
The transformer is connected to the 230 V mains supply and has an efficiency of 100%.

Transformer

18 A
230 V
Device
Mains supply

What is the input current to the transformer?

A 7.8 A
B 23 A
C 35 A
D 41 A

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