4 arene seat mee + = Somat eeteee| test cope 002401 FORM TP 21134 |= sai MAY/UNE 2001 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ® SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION PHYSICS. Paper 01 - General Proficiency hours READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY 1°. Inadkition othistestbooklt. you shouldhave ananswer sheet 2, Each itemin this testhas four suggested answers lettered (A), (B),(C), (D). Read each item you are about to answer and decide which choice is best. 3. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space hhaving the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look atthe sample item below Sample Item ‘TheSlunitoflengthisthe Sample Answer (A) newton! . ®@00® @ ® me (©) kilogram (D) second ‘The hest answer to this item is "metre" so answer space (B) has been shaded 4. Ifyou want to change your answer, be sure fo erase your old answer completely and fil in your new choice. 5. When you are told to begin. tum the page and work as quickly and ascarefully as youcan. I'you ‘cannot answer an item, omit it and go on to the next one. You can come back to the harder item later. Your score will be the total number of correct answers. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale ‘You may do any rough work inthis booklet. “The use of non-programmable calculators is allowed ‘This test consists of 60 items. You will have 75 minutes to answer them. 10. Donothe concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than there areitems in this test, DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. e@ Copyright © 2000 Caribbean Examinations Council, All rights reserved, (002401/ 2001 4d armxseaniens §1, Which of the following is NOT a funda-S. _Which ofthe following means of measure- ‘mental quantity? ‘ment would produce the LEAST ACCU- RATE result assuming the instrument used (A) Temperature isworking properly? (B) — Heatenergy ©) Length (A) Using a metre rule to measure the ©) Time length of a desk (B) Using vernier ealipers to find the thickness of apiece of paper 2. Whichofthe following wouldbecorect? (©) Using a lever arm balance to find the mass of abook 1. I milliampere=10-°A (D) Using astop watch to time 8 400m Ml Lmegohm=10%Q race ML, I microcoulomb= 10°C (A) Tonly 6. ‘Three immiscible liquids P, Qand R, have B) — Tonly densities which differ, Q is denser than P (©) Iandttonly bbutlessdensethan R. Which of he follow ©) Mand at ing diagrams shows how the liquids settle Inthemeasuringeylinder? 3. The instrument MOST suitable for meas- Ey tring the external diameter of atest tube is - the Oy) Q OF esas bea (B) —_vernierealipers © — metrerte ©) setsquare ® zg P ‘A. student finds the time for ball to fll a = 50.0 cm in oil is 14.8 s. She divides the ‘isanceby the imetofindthespeed. andie calculator displays 33783783. The bestway as] towritethisvalueis 7 () 34oms! © @ () 338ems! P (© 3378ems! (©) 33783783ems! P © © GOONTOTHENEXTPAGE ‘002401/F 2001ms ‘Theforcewhichkeepsthemooninorbitis 10, (A) magnetic (B) centrifugal (©) reactive ) gravitational u. % FIN ‘Thediagram above showsasimpleextension {(xforce () graph foralight spring, Which ‘ofthe following statements would} true? 1. The elastic limit of the spring was exceeded. 2 H The spring obeyed Hooke’s law ‘over its entre extension. UI The force per unit extension in the clastic region was 7.5 N cm (A) Tonly (B) Land tt only ©) Mand Mi only ©) tent AnobjectisNOT accelerating if (A) its direction of motion is changing but ts speed isnot (B) its velocity ischanging (© itisstationary foramomentin mid- (D) thas no unbalanced force acting on it (002401/ 2001, Whichofhe followingcouldbeusedtofing the average speed of an object? (A) Change in velocity. ‘Time taken (B) Change in displacement Time taken (© Distance uavelled ‘Time taken (D) Distance travelled x Time taken ‘Aballattachedtoa tring is whirledround at ‘constant speed in ahorizontal circle. Ikis true to say that (A) the velocity is constant (B) there are no forces acting on the body (©) the motion is accelerated {D) _theballwilldrop verically downward ifthe string breaks A book of weight 12Nis resting on table. ‘The force thatthe table exerts on the book ON (B) —_gresterthanON butless than 12 © 2N ©) sreaterthan 12N GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE1B. rs 1. 16. Pull Q | empty “Twoidenticalcoveredtinsaresuspendedby strings fromabeam. TinPisfullofsand while ‘TinQisempty. Youcantell which iswhich by givingeachapush. Thefulltin willreqire a larger pash to start swinging. This is because Tin Pis (A) greater weight than Tin Q (8) greater mass than Tin Q (©) greater momentum than Tin Q (D) greater volume than Tin Q ‘Thekineticeneray ofabody of mass. mand velocity, vis “wy 0. ‘Therateof whichof the following determines the power output of machine? 1. Doing work IL Converting energy HL Changing temperature (A) only (®) Monty (© Iandllonly ©) bland mt (00240172001 “The globe showninthe diagram below con- tainsa gasthe pressure of whichis measured ‘withamanometer,M. ‘Which the following statements wouldbe 1. Thepressure ofthe gas is less than that of te atmosphere ML. the right hand side ofthe mano- ‘meter tbe were closed the read- ing would be more accurate. ML Amorder to bring the twomenisci in ‘the manometer tothe same le\ ‘one could open the stop-cock, (A) Tony (8) only (©) [and ITonly (D) Land Tony is Brass cylinder Jess Foe ‘A brass cylinder is standing on a table as shown in the diagram above. Its heated clectrically until its temperature reaches SOC. Which of the following properties increases asits temperature rises? (A) Density ®) Volume (©) Pressure itexerts on the table (D) Specific heat capacity GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE18 1. Some molten naphthalene at 100°C is 21, allowed 9 cool down at room temperature. naphthalene has amelting point of 90°C, Which of the following BEST represents the cooling curve? a % » * parr orc S ® * Fiyfewe arc oT ta = ws co Tt fala ‘The oardmenty he oles gs cnibewaltaceting velco is (A) mass ae oan © pressure ©) temperature ‘The unit for specificlatentheat of fusion is wis Ske" © IK @) Tig K* ‘0024012001 HF — Ice wrappea in ‘copper gauze ‘Thefigueaboveshowsapiecofice wrapped incopper gauze and submergedinaglasstest tube of water. The water when beated atthe top boils long before the ice is melted. The MAIN reason forthisisthat (A) thetesttube isa poor conductor of heat (B)” copperisa good conductor ofheat (©) iceistess dense than water (D) _wateris poor conductor of heat Whichofthe following wouldcausethehotair above a fire torise? 1. Increase in the speed of the air molecules I. Expansionoftheair ML Decrease in the density ofthe air (A) only ®) Monty (© — Mandittonly ©) Land Which ofthe following occurs when atoms arrange themselves in a regularly repeated pattern? (A) Crysallisation (®) Evaporation © _ Diffusion (D) Condensation GOONTOTHENEXTPAGE‘Whichofthefollowingistrucofevaporation? (A) Iteceursthroughouttheliquidstno definite temperature. (B) —Ttoccursatthe surface oftheliquidat ‘nodefinite temperature. (© Trocoursatthesurface of teliguidat adefinite temperature. (D) _Teoceurs throughout the Higuid ata g (B) — setupaneleciricfield (©) setupapotentialdfferencebetween ‘the metal parts and earth (D) _ensurethatthemetal parts arekeptat the same potential asearth ¢ (GOONTOTHENEXTPAGE ‘00240172001a7. Lj Inthe parallel circuitshown above, the total ccurrentsuppliedby the battery (A) goesthrougheach of teresistors (B) _goesthroughthe argestresistoronly (©. g0es through the smallest resistor only D) equals the sumofthecurrentsinthe tworesistors (002401/°2001 liemd8 referstothe following /-Vgraphsfor various conducting media under certain ‘conditions. a) _ v @ 1 B v © 1 ©) Rn ‘Which graph illustrates the relationship be- ‘ween current and applied pd. for a lamp filament? GOONTOTHENEXTPAGE+12. Anorthpoleandasouthpoleofwoegually $0, strongmagnets arebroughtnear each other. Ifthe earth's magnetic feldisignored, the ‘magnetic fieldlines between thepoles would, look ike xs si. © N s 52. ” N is (0024012001 semi-conductor diode produceshalf-wave ‘rectification alternating curent. Whichof the followingstatements wouldbetrue? L u, uL “ ®) © o The current obtained has a constant vale. “The curent obtained flows only in onedirction. ‘There are periods when ao current flows fromthe source only Monly Vand only Mand only ‘The diagram above shows a typical relay ‘The part labelled P, must be made of w @) © o iron, 6 copper plastic brass Whichofthefollowingistrue whenamagnet ismovedrelativetoacoil? 1 ta ut, WV. “ ® © oO ‘The induced currentisinthe same direction as the change causing, it ‘The greater the number ofturnsof ceil the smallerthe inducede mf. ‘The faster the magnet moves rela tive to the coil the greater the inducede mf ‘Thestronger the magnet the greater the inducede.m.. Land 1V only. and I only Mandiltonly MlandIV only ¢ (GOON TOTHENEXTPAGE,“1B. 53. Aconductor,rotatinginauniformmagnetic field, induces maximum instantaneouscur- rent when the conductor cuts the magnetic fieldlinesat 30° Base OQ © D160 $4, Anidealtransformerhas6000 primary tums and 4 000 secondary turns. The secondary ccurrentis (A) WRoftheprimary current (B) — 2Softheprimary current (©) ¥2timestheprimary current (D) _twicetheprimarycurrent 55. cparticlespassthroughapiece of gold oil It is observed that some of the C-pasticles are deflected from thei original direction, very small numberof thembeing deflectedthrough large angles. Thsexperiment providesevidencethat (A) theatomof goldis very small (B) _theatomofgoldhasasmall positively chargednucleus (© anceparticleisrepelledby theelee- tronsinthe goldatom () — ceparticles are much larger than ‘toms 56. Accordingtothe Rutherford-Bohrmodelofa neutral, stable atom, ifn = number of neu- trons, p = number of protons and umber ofelectronsin the atom, then for allelements W ae ® © neenp D) n+p 37. 59, Which ofthe following statements may be used to define the term half-life’) 1. Itishalf the time required by a nu- cleus to decay. IL Itisthetime forhalfof the nuclei of sample to decay. TI Timetaken for sample undergoing randomdecay process, todecay to halftsoriginal value (A) only. ®) —tandtonly (©) Mand titonly ©) Manda Ate S41 ‘The equation above represents the radioac tive decay of acertain nucleus. The values ofxand y are. x y BT 3 @ 7 © 137 3 ©) 16 3 From which ofthe following can asheet of Jeadof thickness l mmprovide good protec- tion? 1 particles ML. Geparticles aL yerays (A) LandiLonly (®)—Tanditionly (©) Mandtiionly ©) LMand Which ofthe following personsis associated with nuclear energy? (A) Thompson B) Bohr © Chadwick D) Einstein IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. (002401/52001