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PDG Candidate Name

ANDERSON JUNIOR COLLEGE

PHYSICS Higher 1 Paper 1 Multiple Choice


Tuesday 16 September 2008
Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet Soft clean eraser Soft pencil (type B or HB recommended)

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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write in soft pencil Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Write your name, PDG on the Answer Sheet in the spaces provided. Shade the last 5 digits of your NRIC/FIN without the letter. There are thirty questions on this paper. 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 choice 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 the question paper.

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Data speed of light in free space elementary charge the Planck constant unified atomic mass constant rest mass of electron rest mass of proton acceleration of free fall c = 3.00 x 108 m s-1 e = 1.60 x 10-19 C h = 6.63 x 10-34Js u = 1.66 x 10-27 kg me = 9.11 x 10-31 kg mp = 1.67 x 10-27 kg g = 9.81 m s-2

Formulae

uniformly accelerated motion

s = u t + 1 at 2
v2 = u2 + 2as

work done on/by a gas hydrostatic pressure

W = p V p = gh
Q 4 0 r

electric potential

V =

resistors in series resistors in parallel

R = R1 + R2 + 1/R = 1/R1 + 1/R2 +

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1 A student takes 6 readings of the diameter of a rod: 5.9 mm, 6.0 mm, 6.1 mm, 5.8 mm, 6.0 mm, 6.2 mm. The actual diameter of the rod is actually 5 mm. Which of the following best describe the errors in the readings? A B C D 2 random error low low high high systematic error high low high low

The capacitance C of a parallel plate capacitor is defined as the charge stored per unit potential difference between its plates.

C=

Q V
C A2kg-1m-2 D A2kg-1m-2s4

What is the unit of capacitance, expressed in SI base units? A CV-1 3 B C2kg-1m-2s-2

A student carries out an experiment to determine the gravitational acceleration, using a pendulum, and obtains a value 9.81 ms-2. The uncertainties in the measurements are shown. Uncertainty in length L of pendulum = 0.7 % Uncertainty in period T of pendulum = 0.1 % The equation for the period T of pendulum is T = 2

L g

How should the answer for gravitational acceleration be stated? A B C D

(9.8 0.1) m s-2 (9.81 0.09) m s-2 (10 8) m s-2 (10 9) m s-2

Which of the following statements is correct? A B C D When an object is in motion, its velocity and acceleration are always in the same direction. When an object is thrown upwards, its acceleration at the highest point is zero. When velocity of an object is zero, its acceleration can be non-zero. When acceleration of an object is zero, its velocity is zero.

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5 The figure below shows the displacement-time graph of a moving object from a point P. Displacement /m

Time /s Which of the following statements correctly describes the motion for the object? A B C D 6 It is speeding up towards P. It is slowing down towards P. It is speeding up away from P. It is slowing down away from P.

A projectile is fired with an initial speed of 51.2 m s-1 at angle 44.5 above the horizontal on a long flat firing range. Point A is the maximum height attained by the projectile. What is the vertical component of the speed and location of the projectile 1.50 s after firing? A B C D Speed/m s-1 21.2 21.2 35.6 35.6 Location Before point A After point A Before point A After point A

The 100 kg mass, which rests on a frictionless table, is attached to a 1 g mass through an inextensible string that goes round a smooth pulley. What is the acceleration of the 100 kg mass?

100 kg

1g

A B C D 8

9.81 10-5 m s-2 9.81 10-2 m s-2 9.81 m s-2 0 m s-2

A trolley moving without friction on an air track collides with an identical stationary trolley and they move off sticking together. Which of the following about the conservation of energy and momentum is correct? A B C D momentum conserved conserved not conserved not conserved kinetic energy conserved not conserved conserved not conserved

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9 Which of the following pairs of forces is an action-reaction pair? A B C D The force a ladder leaning on a smooth wall exerts on the wall and the normal reaction force from the wall. The force a ladder leaning on a smooth wall exerts on the rough floor and the normal reaction from the floor. Weight of a parachutist and the pull of the parachute on him when he is moving with terminal velocity. Weight of a floating object and the upthrust acting on it.

10 Two identical bar magnets are stored in a light plastic frictionless cylinder of negligible mass. When the magnets are arranged as shown in the figure below, the balance reads W.
S

Plastic cylinder

N N S

Top-pan balance If the mass of each magnet is M, which of the following is correct? A B C D W = Mg W = 2Mg Mg < W < 2Mg W > 2Mg

11 The diagram shows a uniform inclined beam with one end hinged to a wall A and the other end is supported by a wire at B. The weight of the beam is W and the tension in the wire is T. The angle EAC is 90. E T D A C B W What is the direction of the force exerted by the wall on the beam? A

AB

AC

AD

AE

12 A spring obeying Hookes Law has an unstretched length of 50 mm and a spring constant of 200 N m-1. What is the tension in the spring when its length is 65 mm? A 3000 N B 300 N C 30 N D 3N

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13 A lightweight object and a very heavy object are moving with equal speeds along a level frictionless surface. Both objects subsequently slide up the same frictionless incline. frictionless incline frictionless level surface Which object rises to a greater height? A B C D The heavy object, because it has greater kinetic energy. The lightweight object, because it weighs less. They both slide to the same height. Cannot be determined from the information given.

14 A block of mass m is pushed against a spring of spring constant k. The spring is compressed by a distance d, the block is then released. It is launched by the spring along a horizontal frictionless surface with a final speed v. A second block, this one having mass 4m is pushed against the same spring and released, gaining a final speed 2v. By what distance was the spring compressed in the second case? A d B 4d C 16d D 25d

15 To accelerate a car at a constant acceleration, the cars engine must A B C D develop ever-increasing power. develop ever-decreasing power. maintain a constant power output. maintain a constant turning speed.

16 A warning siren on top of a tall pole is taken to be a point source and radiates sound waves uniformly in all directions. At a distance 4d, the amplitude of the wave is A. What is the distance from the siren at the point where the amplitude of the wave is 2A? A 8d B 4d C 2d D d

17 A beam of initially unpolarised light passes through three polariods P1, P2 and P3. The polarising axis of each polaroid is shown by an arrow. Polariods P1 and P2 are fixed, with their polarising axes at 45 to one another.

What can be the angle of the polarising axis of polaroid P3 so that the intensity of the emergent light is minimum? A 0 B 45 C 90 D 135

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18 A tall vertical cylinder is filled with water and a tuning fork vibrating at 400 Hz is held over its open top. The water is slowly run out and the first resonance of the air column is heard when the water level is 0.21 m below the top of the cylinder. Neglecting end corrections, how far from the top will the water level be when the next resonance is heard? A 0.32 m B 0.42 m C 0.63 m D 0.84 m

19 If two waves of the same frequency are superposed in phase, the total intensity is proportional to A B C D the sum of the intensities of the waves. the square of the mean value of the two amplitudes. the square of the difference of the two amplitudes. the square of the sum of the two amplitudes.

20 A and B shown in the figure below are two coherent sound sources which are in phase. Point X shows permanent zero displacement. A B X

90 mm

270 mm

From the options given below, choose the sound wave with the minimum wavelength that can satisfy this condition. A 180 mm B 90 mm C 60 mm D 45 mm

21 The graphs show the variation with potential difference V of current I for three circuit elements.

The three circuit elements are a tungsten filament lamp, a metal wire at constant temperature and a semiconductor diode. Which of the following correctly identifies these graphs? A B C D Tungsten filament lamp X Y X Z metal wire Y Z Z Y semiconductor diode Z X Y X

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22 A particular wire in a circuit has a resistance of 5.0 . What is the resistance of another wire made of the same material, has the same cross-sectional area and which is three times as long as the first wire? A 5 B 15 C 45 D 125

23 In the circuit below, resistors X and Y, of resistances R and 2R respectively, are connected to a 6 V battery of negligible internal resistance. When a voltmeter is connected across Y, it gives a reading of 3 V.

What is the reading of the voltmeter when it is connected across X? A B C D zero Between zero and 2 V 2V Between 2 V and 6 V

24 What is the equivalent resistance between the points L and M in the circuit below if each of the resistors has a resistance of 2 ?

N
A 4 B 3 C 2 D 1

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25 The diagram below shows a wire conductor, RS, positioned perpendicular to an uniform magnetic field directed into the paper.

What is the direction in which the wire could be moved at a constant speed to produce the maximum potential difference across its ends, R and S? A B C D perpendicular to both the length of the wire and the magnetic field perpendicular to only the length of the wire perpendicular to only the magnetic field in the direction 45 to the length of the wire

26 A plotting compass is placed next to a vertical wire PQ. When there is no current in the wire, the compass on the horizontal plane ABCD points North as shown in the diagram. Which diagram shows a possible direction for the compass to point when a current passes from Q to P? P

A Q
A 4 B 3 C

27 The figure below shows a cross-section through a solenoid. current into plane of paper

current carrying conductor

current out of plane of paper What happens to the current carrying conductor when it is placed along the center axis of the solenoid? A B C D The conductor moves upward. The conductor moves downward. The conductor moves in the direction out of the plane of paper. The conductor remains stationary.

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28 Let 0 be the de Broglie wavelength of an electron accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 10 V and let 1 be that of an electron accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 1000 V. The value of the ratio 0/ 1 is A 1/10 B 1 C 10 D 100

29 The graph below shows the relationship between the energy E of a photon of electromagnetic radiation and its wavelength . Points P and Q marked on the graph represent two types of electromagnetic radiation. E

Which of the following pairs of electromagnetic radiation correctly identifies P and Q? A B C D P ultraviolet Infra-red microwave microwave Q Radio wave X-ray Gamma ray ultraviolet

30 Which of the following statements is true when photoelectric effect occurs? A B C D The maximum speed with which electrons are emitted is proportional to the intensity of the incident light. The number of electrons emitted per second is proportional to the intensity of the incident light. The maximum energy of the emitted electrons increases with the wavelength of the incident light. The wavelength of the incident light must be greater than a certain threshold value.

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