General Certificate of Education Advanced Level

PHYSICS
PAPER 3

27 May 2022 1 hour 30 minutes

Physical Quantities, Errors and Uncertainties, Electric Fields
Current of Electricity, D.C Circuits, Capacitance, A.C and Operational Amplifiers

TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name in capital letters on a separate sheet of paper making sure the sheet
of paper is properly fastened.

Answer all questions

Your answers must be clear for the examiner to see and neatly written otherwise
dirty work will result in penalties

All working for numerical answers must be shown

INFORMATION TO CANDIDATES
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question
You are reminded of the need for good english and clear presentation in your answers
QUESTION1

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QUESTION 2

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QUESTION 3

QUESTION 4

a) State what is meant by the following terms for an ideal operational amplifier

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 i. Infinite bandwidth
ii. Upper threshold voltage [2]

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QUESTION 5

a) A capacitor of capacitance C is made of two metal plates insulated from one

another so that the potential difference across is V.

I. Show that the average current I in the ammeter is given by the

expression
I = fCV [2]
b) Explain why the capacitor is said to store energy but not charge [2]

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QUESTION 7

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