PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

NAMFUA SECONDARY AND HIGH SCHOOL
FORM FIVE MID TERM EXAMINATION

PHYSICS
TIME:3:00 HRS MARCH 2023.
Instruction
1. This paper consists section A and B
2. Answer all questions in section A and B two question from section B.
3. Section A carries seventy (70) marks and section B Carries thirty (30)marks
4. Mathematical tables and Non-programmable calculator may be used
5. The following information may be useful
- Acceleration due to gravity g=9.8m/s2
- Moment of Inertia of a sphere Is=2 NR2
5
- Moment of Inertia of solid cycinder 1c = ½NR2
- Atomicity of oxygen (r) = 1.4
SECTION A (60 marks).
Answer all questions in this section.
1. a) i) State the principle of “Homogeneity of dimension”
ii) A small steel of radius r is allowed to fall under gravity through a
column of viscous liquid of coefficient of viscosity n, After sometime the
velocity of the ball attains a constant value VT called terminal velocity. The
terminal velocity depends upon the weight of the ball mg, the coefficient of
viscosity and radius of the ball r. By using dimension method determine the
relation expressing terminal velocity

b) i) Briefly explain what is meant by the term “least count”

ii) In an experiment to determine the spring constant, variation of mass
added to the scale pan tends to the periodic time which is govern by the
equation

T=2 M+m Calculate the spring constant

K

In N/m given the following data

T = (3.28+0.30)s, M = (100+0.16 )g and (10+0.05)g

2. a) i) Explain why horizontal velocity in projectile motio is always constant?

ii) A projectile with K.E 500J is fired for maximum horizontal range.
What is the K.E of the projectile at the highter poind?

b) i) A person is better off falling on a wooden floor than a concrete floor.?

1
 ii) 10g bullet is fixed with a velocity of 300m/s into a pendulum bob which
has a mass of 990g. How highdoes the pendulum bob with the bullet
embedded swing after collision?

3. a) i) A car is travelling round a bend in a road at a constant speed of 22m/s.

The driver moves along a circular path of radius 25m. Explain why although
the speed of the driver is constant, his velocity is not constant
ii) A highway raod designed for an average speed of 72Km/h has turn of
radius 50m. To what angle must the road be bunked so that the cars
travelling at 72km/hr may no overturn

b) Consider two disc as shown in the figure below with mass less spring of
force constant 100N/M. Calculate the frequency of oscillations of the spring
i) When the system is resting on the table
ii) Whem the table is removed and the system is falling freely

4. a) i)A spoon is dropped from an artificial satellite orbiting around the earth
in a circular orbit. Will the spoon reach the surface of the earth? Explain
ii) calculate the distance from the earth to the point where the gravitational
field due to the earth and the moon cancel out. Given that earth-moon
distance is 3.8x108m and the mass of the earth is 81 times that of the moon.

b) A sphere and cylinder having the same mass and radius start from the rest
at the same point on an inclined plane and they are left to volt down the
plane. Determine which one reaches at the bottom first.?

5. a) i)Explain why at least two fixed points are required to define a

temperature scale.
ii) Mention the type of thermometer which is most suitable for calibrations
and what are the two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of the
thermometer mentioned.

b) i) Explain why in cold countries, windows of modern building are double

glazed
ii) A spherical black body of radius 12cm radiate 450w at 500k If the radius
of spherical black body were halved and temperature were doubled. What
will be the power radiated?

6. a) When water is boiled under pressure of 2atm the boiling point is 1200C.
At this pressure 1kg of water has a volume of 10-3m3 and 2kg has volume of
1.648m3. Compute
i) workdone when 1kg of steam is formed at this temperature
ii) Increase in internal energe
b)A quantity of Oxygen is compressed isothermally until its pressure is doubled. It
is then allowed to expand adiabatically until its original volume is restored. Find
the final pressure in terms of the initial pressure.

2
 7. i) Briefly explain three sources and effects of air pollution
ii) Rainfall may affect the plant growth in both positive and negative way,
Explain

b) i) The main interior of the earth is believed to be in molten form. What

seismic evidence that support this belief.?
ii) Describe the soil temperature with regard to agricultural physics which
causes lower crops growth at particular area.

SECTION B. (30Marks)
Answer two questions in this section.
8. a) i) How does p-type semiconductor differ from N-type semiconductor?
Give two point
ii)Briefly explain the effect of temperature and impurity to the conductivity
of semiconductor

b) In figure below, the VBB supply can be varied from OV to 6v. The silicon
transistor ha B=100 and RB=1KSL,RC4KSL, VCC=6.0V, Assume that when the
transistor is saturated VCE = 0V and VBE=0.7V

IC
RC
0 Output +

V1 VBB loop - V0
v1n Input loop
0 IE

i) calculate the minimum base current for which the transitor will reach the
saturation(04 marks)
ii) determine Vi when the transistor is switched on (03marks)
iii) Find the range of Vi for which the transistor is switched off and switched
on(02marks)

c) Briefly explain why common collector (c-c) configuration is also known as

emitter follower (02marks)

9. a)Explain the following observation

i) Light in a bulb comes on once a switch is kept on despite the drift
velocity of electron being very low
ii) The potentiometer is said to be a better device for measuring the
potential difference than moving coil voltmeter
b) Study the circuit below and answer the following questions

3
 4SL A 6SL

2SL 1SL
10SL
10v 8v

I) Calculate the current through 2SL resistor

II) Calculate P.d between point A and B
c) Consider an LCR Series circuit with R=300SL, L = 0.9H, C=2.0NF where
the source of frequency is 50Hz and the voltage is 240v. Determine
i) The circuit impedence
ii) The current through the circuit

10.a) i) With aid of gate diagram, differentiate NAND gate from AND gate
ii)Obtain the truth table of the logic circuit below

B
P

b) i) Identify four properties of an O-pamp

ii) determine the out put voltage for the summing amplifier of input
resistance of R1=R2+R2=R3=10SL with input voltage +3v,+1v, +8v
respectively. The feedback resistance Rf = 10SL. Draw the circuit diagram to
illustrate this

c) i) Differentiate between altenuation and modulation

ii) An audio signal of 1KHZ is used to modulate a carrier of 500KHZ.
Determine the side band frequencies and band width required