Name :…………………………………………………… I/C: …………………………….

SEMESTER 3
960/3 STPM 2022

JABATAN PENDIDIKAN NEGERI KELANTAN

SIJIL TINGGI PERSEKOLAHAN MALAYSIA

PHYSICS 3 (FIZIK 3)

One and a half hours (Satu jam setengah)

Instructions to candidates: For examiner’s use

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DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTIONS PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE pemeriksa)
TOLD TO DO SO.
There are fifteen questions in Section A. For each question, four Section A
choices of answers are given. Choose one correct answer and (Bahagian A)
indicate it on the Multiple-choice Answer Sheet provided. Read the
instructions on the Multiple-choice Answer Sheet very carefully.
Answer all questions. Marks will not be deducted for wrong answers. Section B
Answer all questions in Section B. Write your answers in the spaces (Bahagian B)
provided.
Answer any two questions in Section C. All essential working should 16
be shown. For numerical answers, unit should be quoted wherever
appropriate. Begin each answer on a fresh sheet of paper and 17
arrange your answers in numerical order.
Tear off the front page of this question paper in your answer sheets Section C
of Section B, and tie both of them together with your answer sheets in (Bahagian C)
Section C.
Values of constant are provided.
Answers may be written in either English or Bahasa Malaysia

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Values of constants
(Nilai Pemalar)

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1. The Diagram 1 shows a mass m on a pan hanging from a vertical spring. The pan is moving vertically
in simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of 5.0 cm. Above a certain frequency, the mass will
still in contact with the pan. Find the lowest frequency when this happens.

Diagram 1

A. 0.45 Hz B. 1.40 Hz
C. 2.23 Hz D. 14.00 Hz

2. The displacement, x of a particle in simple harmonic motion varies with time, t as shown in the
graph.

Which equation shows the variation of x with t?

3. A point source emits waves in all directions. The intensity at a distance 2.0 m from the source is 10
W m-2. What is the intensity at a distance of 1.0 m, and 3.0 m from the source?

1m 3m
A 160.0 W m-2 17.8 W m-2
B 17.8 W m-2 160.0 W m-2
C 40.0 W m-2 4.4 W m-2
D 4.4 W m-2 40.0 W m-2

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4. Sound wave W has amplitude, A and frequency, f. Sound wave X is louder and lower in pitch than
sound wave W. What can be said about the amplitude and the frequency of sound wave X?

5. Beats is …
A The destructive interference of sound.
B The phenomenon of regular variation in the intensity of sound with time at a particular
position.
C The volume varies as the sound alternately constructive interfere of sound.
D The diffraction of sound wave.

6. How far from the lens must the film in a camera be, if the lens has a 35.0 mm focal length and
is being used to photograph a flower 75.0 cm away?

A. 65.6 mm B. 36.7 mm
C. -65.6 mm D. - 36.7 mm

7 A very thin transparent coating of refractive index 1.25 is deposited on a lens of refractive index
1.50 to reduce reflection. What is the minimum thickness of the coating so that normal incident
light of wavelength 550 nm undergoes destructive interference after reflection from the lens?
A 5.5 x 10-8 m B 1.1 x 10-7 m
C 1.4 x 10-7 m D 1.8 x 10-7 m

8. In Young's two-slit experiment, a source of green light is used. The separation of fringes in the
interference pattern produced can be increased by increasing
A the distance between the screen and the slit.
B the size of every slit.
C the distance between the two slits.
D the intensity of the green light.

9. A monochromatic light is directed towards a single adjustable slit to produce a diffraction

pattern on a screen as shown in figure below.

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 When the width of the slit is increased,
A the intensity of the central peak increases and the width of the central bright band increases.
B the intensity of the central peak decreases and the width of the central bright band decreases.
C the intensity of the central peak increases and the width of the central bright band decreases.
D the intensity of the central peak decreases and the width of the central bright band increases.

10. A semiconductor films become better electric conductor when illuminated with photons of
energies greater than 1.20 eV. What is the corresponding maximum wavelength of the photon?
A 3.51 × 10−15 m
B 4.18 × 10−15 m
C 5.36 × 10−11 m
D 1.04 × 10−6 m

11. In an X-ray tube, the characteristic line spectrum is produced when

A an electron in the target atom undergoes a transition from outer orbit to the inner orbit
B the kinetic energy of an electron is converted into a photon during deceleration
C the mass of an electron is converted into heat energy
D an electron is knocked out from the target atom

12. When a beam of X-ray of wavelength 3.10 × 10−10 m is directed at a glancing angle of 26.5°
to a crystal, a second order diffraction is observed. What is the interplanar distance of the
crystal?
A 3.88 × 10−10 m
B 6.95 × 10−10 m
C 7.76 × 10−10 m
D 1.39 × 10−19 m
13. What is the decay constant of a radioactive element?
A The probability of a nucleus decaying in one second
B The probability of a nucleus decaying in one half-life
C The time for the number of nuclei to become 1/ 𝑒 of the initial number of nuclei
D The time for the number of nuclei to become half of the initial number of nuclei

14. What is the binding energy per nucleon of 80𝐻𝑔 202 nucleus?
[The atomic mass of 80𝐻𝑔 202 = 201.970 617 𝑢, atomic mass of 1𝐻 1 = 1.007 825 𝑢, mass of
0𝑛 = 1.008 665 𝑢 1 , and 1 𝑢 = 934 𝑀𝑒𝑉]
A 7.76 MeV B 7.92 MeV C 13.1 MeV D 20.0 MeV

15. What is the role of the control rod in producing a controlled nuclear chain reaction in a
nuclear fission reactor?
A To absorb the excess neutrons
B To cool down the nuclear reactor
C To increase the rate of nuclear reaction
D To reduce the kinetic energy of neutrons

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 Section B(15 marks)
Answer all questions in Section B

16. Monochromatic light of wavelength 550 nm is used to illuminate normally a narrow slit. A
converging lens of focal length 50 cm is used to focus the diffraction pattern onto a screen. If
the separation between the first minima is 10.0 mm.
a) Based on the information above sketch the single diffraction setup.
[3 Marks]

b) Write the optical path different of single slit diffraction

[2 Marks]

c) What is the width of the slit?

[3 Marks]

17 a) A guitar string of length 54.5cm emits a fundamental note of frequency 256 Hz.
(i) Calculate the speed of transverse wave on the string. [2 Marks]

(ii) The tension in the string is then increased. Discuss the change in the frequency of
the note emitted. [3 Marks]

b) The string of frequency 256 Hz and another string of frequency 264 Hz are played at the
same time. What is the frequency of the beats produced? [2 Marks]

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 Section C(30 amrks)
Answer any two questions in Section C.

18. The diagram 18 below shows the motion of a 2.00−kg mass on a horizontal spring.

Diagram 18
a) Draw the reference circle. Find the phase constant. [3 marks]
b) Write down the equation of the displacement as a function of time. [2 marks]
c) What is the spring constant? What is the total energy? [2 marks]
d) What is the maximum speed and the maximum acceleration? [4 marks]
e) When exactly will the mass be at equilibrium and moving to the right? When exactly will the
mass be at point C?
[4 marks]

19. (a) A spherical air bubble of radius 4.0 mm in water is shown in the diagram below.

A light ray parallel to the axis enters into the air bubble. The refractive index of water is 1.33.
(i) Determine the position of image due to refraction at the first surface. [3 marks]
(ii) Sketch a ray diagram showing the position of the image formed in (a)(i). [1 mark]
(iii) Determine the position of the final image after refraction at the second surface.
[3 marks]

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 (b) The arrangement of a lens and a convex mirror is shown in the diagram below.

The radii of curvatures of the lens r1 and r2 are 5.0 cm and 10.0 cm respectively. The refractive
index of the lens is 1.5. The convex mirror of focal length 10.0 cm is placed 25.0 cm at the back
of the lens. An object O is placed 60.0 cm in front of the lens. Determine the
(i) Focal length of the lens. [3 marks]
(ii) Position of the image formed by the lens. [2 marks]
(iii) Final position of the image formed by the lens and the convex mirror. [3 marks]

20. (a) Describe the Bohr atomic model. [2 marks]

(b) The energy levels of a hydrogen atom at various states are shown in the diagram below.

(i) What would happen to the photons of energies 12.0 eV and 10.2 eV when they pass
through a stable state atomic hydrogen vapour?
[2 marks]
(ii) If an excited electron experiences a transition from n = 3 to n = 1, determine the
wavelength of the photons that are emitted.
[3 marks]
(c) State four most important results from a photoelectric effect experiment.
[4 marks]
(d) The work function for Cesium is 2.14 eV.
(i) Calculate the maximum wavelength of light that ejects electrons from Cesium target.
[2 marks]
(ii) If light of wavelength 452 nm is illuminated on Cesium, calculate the maximum
kinetic energy of photoelectrons.
[2 marks]

END OF QUESTIONS
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