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PHYSICS 5054/1
PAPER 1 Multiple Choice
Tuesday 8 JUNE 1999 Afternoon 1 hour
Additional materials:
Multiple Choice answer sheet
Soft clean eraser
Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended)
TIME 1 hour
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number on the answer sheet in the spaces provided
unless this has already been done for you.
There are forty questions in 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.
Read very carefully the instructions on the answer sheet.
0 1 2 3 4 5
mm 30
A mass
B temperature
C volume
D weight
A B C D
4 A stone of mass of 12 g and having a density of 3 g/cm3 is carefully lowered into 25 cm3 of water in
a measuring cylinder.
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5 A spanner is used to loosen a nut. The turning effect depends on the force applied and the
perpendicular distance from the force to the nut.
A moment
B pivot
C pressure
D resultant
A length
B mass
;;
C shape
D speed
;
A
reservoir of
water
B
dam
C D
generator
8 The equation E = mc 2 gives the amount of energy released as a result of nuclear fission.
In which jar is the pressure exerted by the water on the base the greatest?
A B C D
What is the total weight of the atmosphere pressing down on a flat horizontal roof of dimensions
4 m x 2 m?
A High energy molecules escape and the water gains thermal energy from the surroundings.
B High energy molecules escape and the water loses thermal energy to the surroundings.
C Low energy molecules escape and the water loses thermal energy to the surroundings.
D Low energy molecules escape and the water gains thermal energy from the surroundings.
12 How are the forces between the molecules in a gas and the average speed of these molecules
best described?
least most
expansion → expansion
A gas liquid solid
B liquid solid gas
C solid gas liquid
D solid liquid gas
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14 The lengths of mercury thread in the stem of a mercury thermometer are given in three situations.
A 20 °C B 25 °C C 30 °C D 33.3 °C
15 When you stand in bare feet with one foot on a stone floor and the other on a carpet, the stone
floor feels colder than the carpet.
17 Which of the following is a correct example of a longitudinal wave and of a transverse wave?
18 The diagram shows the direction of movement of a wavefront XY in medium 1 and, later, in
medium 2.
X
medium 1
medium 2
Y
X
How do the speed and frequency of the wave change when the wavefront passes into medium 2?
speed frequency
A decreases decreases
B decreases no change
C increases decreases
D increases no change
19 Red light travelling in glass strikes a glass-air boundary. Some light is reflected and some is
refracted.
A B C D
y y
Points labelled F are one focal length from the lens and points labelled 2F are two focal
lengths from the lens.
O
B C D
2F F A F 2F
Y
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22 A sound wave from a violin has a larger amplitude than that from a flute. The sound wave from the
flute has a higher frequency than that from the violin.
Which instrument produces the louder sound and which produces the sound of higher pitch?
23 Three bars of metal are known to be brass, iron and steel. A magnet is placed at one end of each
metal bar.
The diagrams show how many tacks are picked up by each metal bar.
N N N
S S S
tacks
24 Recorded audio tapes should not be left near the back of a working television set.
A high-energy electrons.
B high-energy X-rays.
C strong electric fields.
D strong magnetic fields.
25 Which diagram shows the V/ I characteristic graph for a conductor that obeys Ohm’s law?
A B C D
V V V V
0 0 0 0
0 I 0 I 0 I 0 I
26 Why is a positively charged object made neutral (discharged) by someone touching it?
A 0.20 C B 5.0 C C 12 C D 20 C
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28 Similar cells are used to light similar lamps in the circuits below.
R
P Q
brightest dimmest
A Q P
B Q R
C R P
D R Q
29 Many houses have an electricity meter that is read so that the cost of the electricity used by the
customer may be calculated.
A charge
B current
C energy
D power
S N
cathode-ray
oscilloscope
Which change does not increase the size of the induced e.m.f.?
34 The diagram shows a light-sensitive alarm which uses a light-dependent resistor (LDR), a reed
relay and a buzzer.
buzzer
LDR
reed relay
Which of the following describes the resistance of the LDR, the position of the reed relay switch
and the condition of the buzzer when light is shining?
35 A beam consisting of α-particles, β-particles and γ-rays passes through a magnetic field at right
angles to the direction of the beam.
What happens?
36 The half-life of isotope X is four days and its initial mass is 32 mg.
A 4 mg B 8 mg C 12 mg D 16 mg
How many neutrons, protons and electrons are there in a neutral atom of this isotope?
38 In the Geiger-Marsden experiment, a narrow beam of α-particles was fired at a thin piece of gold
foil in a vacuum. A few of the particles were scattered through large angles.
incident
sound wave
brickwall
A a greater amplitude.
B a shorter wavelength.
C the same speed.
D the same velocity.
40 Forces exist between two masses, between two charges and between two magnetic poles.
In which line are the forces only of attraction and not of repulsion?
force force
A + electric + N magnetic S
B + electric – m gravitational m
C m gravitational m N magnetic N
D N magnetic N + electric –
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