SMK KEMAYAN

PHYSICS FORM 4
ASSESSMENT 1 (2009)
1 HOUR 30 MINUTES

Name : ..

Class : .

Objective Questions

A 90

Choose the correct answer.

8. The acceleration of a trolley is

2000cms-2. This acceleration in S.I. unit is
A 0.002
C. 0.02
B 0.2
D. 2
E. 20

1. Which one of the following is not a

base quantity?
A. Length
C. Weight
B. Current
D. Time
2. Which one of the base quantities is not
involve in acceleration?
A Length
C. Mass
B Time
3. Which of the following quantity is a
scalar quantity.
A Weight
C. Volume
B Force
D. Acceleration

9.
A
B
C

Which of the following is true?

0.00023 = 2.3 x 10 - 3
0.05 = 5 x 10 - 1
3450 = 3.450 x 10 4
D
46.531 =4.6531 x 10 4
E 5678.9 = 5.6789 x 103
10. Which of the following is most likely to
show a consistent shooting?

4. Which of the followinq quantity is a

vector quantity.
A Work
C. Power
B Velocity
D. Distance
5. What is 0.0455 kg expressed in
standard form?
A 0.455 x 10 - 1 kg
B 4.55 x 10 - 2 kg
C 45.5 x 10 - 3 kg
D 455 x 10 - 4 kg
6. The prefixes according to their value in
ascending order are
A Giga, mega, kilo, centi
B Micro, mili, centi, kilo
C Mega, giga, kilo, centi
D Centi, giga, micro, mili
7. The velocity of a car is 108 km h-1.What
is the velocity in units of ms-1?
A 20
C. 30
B 60
D. 50

11. The ability of an instrument to detect a

slight change that occurs in the
measured quantity is called as
A precision
B accuracy
C sensitivity
D error
12. The error is caused by the position of
eye is not parallel to the scale of an
instrument is called as
A positive zero error
B negative zero error
C parallax error
13. Deceleration means the velocity of an
object is
A Negative
C. positive

B increased
D. decreased
14. Figure(a) shows the existence of zero
error of a vernier calipers. Figure(b)
shows the reading of the vernier calipers
for diameter of metal sphere.

16.

Based on the diagram above, the thickness

of a sheet of paper is
A 3.25 cm
B
3.75 cm
C 0.325 cm
D
0.0375 cm
17. Which of the following shows an object
moving with decreasing acceleration ?

Figure (a)
The actual reading of diameter of the metal
sphere is
A
B
C
D

2.02 cm
2.04 cm
2.06 cm
2.08 cm

18. The diagram below shows a paper tape

chart which is produced by a moving
trolley

15. The figure shows a path of a moving

object.

If AB = 5m , BC = 5m and CD = 7m, find

the total displacement of the object if it
moves from A to D.
A
B
C
D
E

If the ticker timer was connected to a 50 Hz

power supply, what was the acceleration of the
trolley?

3m
7m
13 m
17 m
20m

A. 200 cm s-2
B. 20 cm s-2
C. 100 cm s-2
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D. 10 cm s-2
19. Which of the following statements about errors is correct?
A. Zero error is random error
B. Random errors can be reduced by taking repeat readings.
C. Systematic errors can be due to instruments which are not sensitive.
D. Systematic errors cause the readings scattered on both sides of the actual value.
20. Oil drips at a constant rate from a van moving long straight road. Figure shows the pattern of the
drips on the road.

Which of the following describe the motion of the van?

U to V
V to W
A Acceleration
Deceleration
.
Deceleration
Uniform velocity
B Acceleration
Uniform velocity
.
Deceleration
Acceleration
C
.
D
.

W to X
Deceleration
Acceleration
Deceleration
Acceleration

Answer Sheet
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Structured Questions
1. A car moves with an average speed of 75 km h-1 from town P to town Q in 2 hours as shown in
Figure 1.1.
P

Figure 1.1
(a) (i) Based on the statements given, state two basic quantities and their respective SI units.

[2 marks]
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(ii) State a derived quantity and its SI unit.

[1 mark]
(b) Convert the value

1 . m to standard form.
5 x 10-3

[2 marks]
2. Table 2.1 shows the readings of the thickness of a piece of glass using three different
instrument A, B and C.
Instrument
A
B
C

Thickness/cm
0.4
0.42
0.421
Table 2.1

(a) Based on Table 1.1, name the possible instrument for

i
A,
..
ii
B,
..
iii

C,
..
[3 marks]

(b) One of three instruments is to be used to measured the difference in diameter of a metal ball,
roughly the type of 10 sen coin when its temperature is 0 oC and 100oC.
(i)
Which of the three instruments is not suitable?

[1 mark]
(ii)

Explain your answer in (b)(i).

[2 marks]
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(c) Figure 1.1 shows a target board used to represent consistency and accuracy. The centre of the
board represents the real value of a physical quantity.

Figure 1.1
Draw five dots on the diagram to show a measurement which is consistent but not accurate.
[2 marks]
3. Figure 3.1 and Figure 3.2 show a measuring instrument.

Figure 3.1

Figure 3.2

(a) Name
(i) the instrument.
.......................
[1 mark]
(ii) the physical quantity measured by the instrument.
.
[1 mark]
(b)
(ii) What is the value of the zero error of the instrument?
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[1 mark]

(c) Figure 3.2 shows the instrument being used to measure 25 pieces of papers.
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(i) What is the actual reading of the instrument?

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[2 marks]
(ii) Calculate the thickness of a piece of the paper.

[2 marks]
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FIGURE 3.2
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