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3N
5N
OY is of magnitude 3 N.
What is the magnitude of OX?
A
2N
3N
4N
5N
P and Q
Q and R
R and S
S and P
3N
P
4N
4N
Three coplanar forces, each of magnitude 10 N, act through the same point of a body in the
directions shown.
10 N
10 N
30o 30o
10 N
In which vector triangle does the vector Z show the magnitude and direction of vector XY?
D
X
The diagram shows a resultant force and its horizontal and vertical components.
vertical
component
resultant
horizontal
component
The horizontal component is 20.0 N and = 30. What is the vertical component?
A
8.7 N
10.0 N
11.5 N
17.3 N
A vector quantity V is resolved into two perpendicular components X and Y. The angle between V
and component X is .
V
Y
X
The angle between component X and the vector V is increased from 0 to 90.
How do the magnitudes of X and Y change as the angle is increased in this way?
increase
increase
increase
decrease
decrease
increase
decrease
decrease
A force of 5.0 N pushes a ball due north and another force of 3.0 N pushes it due east.
N
5.0 N
3.0 N
2.8 N
4.0 N
5.8 N
8.0 N
10 A vector has magnitude R and perpendicular components P and Q, as shown in the diagram.
R
vertical component Q
horizontal component P
horizontal component
R sin
R cos
R cos
R sin
R sin
R cos
11. A steel wire is stretched in an experiment to determine the Young modulus for steel.
The uncertainties in the measurements are given below.
measurement
uncertainty
load on wire
2%
length of wire
0.2%
diameter of wire
1.5%
extension
1%
1.3%
1.8%
4.7%
6.2%
12 A student measures the time T for one complete oscillation of a pendulum of length l.
Her results are shown in the table.
l/m
T/s
0.420 0.001
1.3 0.1
l
g
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0.02%
4%
8%
16%
0.5 %
0.8 %
1.3 %
1.7 %
14 In a simple electrical circuit, the current in a resistor is measured as (2.50 0.05) mA. The
resistor is marked as having a value of 4.7 2 %.
If these values were used to calculate the power dissipated in the resistor, what would be the
percentage uncertainty in the value obtained?
A
2%
4%
6%
15
The resistance R of a resistor is to be determined. The current I in the resistor and the potential
difference V across it are measured.
The results, with their uncertainties, are
V = (15.0 0.5) V.
I = (2.0 0.2) A
The value of R is calculated to be 7.5 .
What is the uncertainty in this value for R ?
0.3
0.5
0.7
16 A student wishes to determine the density of lead. She measures the mass and diameter of
a small sphere of lead:
mass = (0.506 0.005) g
diameter = (2.20 0.02) mm.
What is the best estimate of the percentage uncertainty in her value of ?
A
1.9%
2.0%
2.8%
3.7%
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18.
x = P Q.
P is measured as 1.27 0.02 m.
Q is measured as 0.83 0.01 m.
What is the percentage uncertainty in x to one significant figure?
A
0.4 %
2%
3%
7%
STRUCTURED QUESTION
1.
(a)
Define pressure.
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cylinder
Fig. 2.1
The following measurements were made on the cylinder:
mass = 5.09 0.01 kg
diameter = 9.4 0.1 cm.
(i)
2.
(a) State the difference between a scalar quantity and a vector quantity.
scalar: ..............................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................................
vector: ..............................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................................... [2]
(b) Two forces of magnitude 6.0 N and 8.0 N act at a point P. Both forces act away from
point P and the angle between them is 40.
Fig. 1.1 shows two lines at an angle of 40 to one another.
40
Fig. 1.1
On Fig. 1.1, draw a vector diagram to determine the magnitude of the resultant of the
two forces.
magnitude of resultant = ...................................... N [4]
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19 A spring of unextended length 0.50 m is stretched by a force of 2.0 N to a new length of 0.90 m.
The variation of its length with tension is as shown.
2.0
tension / N
0
0
0.50
length / m
0.90
0.80 J
0.90 J
1.8 J
force at Y
force at Z
tension
compression
tension
tension
tension
compression
compression
tension
compression
compression
compression
compression
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21 Which of the following types of wave can be polarised?
A
22 Sound wave X has intensity 1012 times greater than that of sound wave Y.
By how much is the amplitude of X greater than the amplitude of Y?
A
106 times
5 1011 times
1012 times
23 The graph shows the shape at a particular instant of part of a transverse wave travelling along a
string.
displacement
S
Q
distance along string
R
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high
frequencies
visible
low
frequencies
infrared
X-rays
microwaves
X-rays
ultraviolet
microwaves
X-rays
infrared
length x
antinode
one wavelength
antinode
two wavelengths
node
one wavelength
node
two wavelengths
26 A two-slit arrangement is set up to produce interference fringes on a screen. The fringes are too
close together for convenient observation when a monochromatic source of violet light is used.
In which way would it be possible to increase the separation of the fringes?
A
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28 Which diagram represents the electric field of a negative point charge, shown by ?
A
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29 An electron, travelling horizontally at constant speed in a vacuum, enters a vertical electric field
between two charged parallel plates as shown.
electron
electric field
What are the horizontal and vertical components of the motion of this electron when it is in the
field?
horizontal component of
motion
vertical component of
motion
constant speed
acceleration upwards
constant speed
acceleration downwards
acceleration downwards
acceleration upwards
30 The electric field strength between a pair of parallel plates is E. The separation of the plates is
doubled and the potential difference between the plates is increased by a factor of four.
What is the new electric field strength?
A
2E
4E
8E
The potential difference across a component equals the current providing the resistance and
other physical conditions stay constant.
The potential difference across a component equals the current multiplied by the resistance.
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32 The current in a resistor is 8.0 mA.
What charge flows through the resistor in 0.020 s?
A
0.16 mC
1.6 mC
4.0 mC
0.40 C
33 A cell of e.m.f. 2.0 V and negligible internal resistance is connected to the network of resistors
shown.
5.0 k
2.0 k
2.0 V
Q
3.0 k
5.0 k
V1 is the potential difference between S and P. V2 is the potential difference between S and Q.
What is the value of V1 V2?
A
+0.50 V
+0.20 V
0.20 V
0.50 V
5k
9V
V
3V
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35 In the circuit below, the battery converts an amount E of chemical energy to electrical energy
when charge Q passes through the resistor in time t.
Which expressions give the e.m.f. of the battery and the current in the resistor?
e.m.f.
current
EQ
Q/t
EQ
Qt
E/Q
Q/t
E/Q
Qt
battery
2.0
4.0
P/W
1.0
0.50
1.0
1.5
2.0
1.0
2.0
1.5
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37 A researcher has two pieces of copper of the same volume. All of the first piece is made into a
cylindrical resistor P of length x.
x
current
resistor P
All of the second piece is made into uniform wires each of the same length x which he connects
between two bars of negligible resistance to form a resistor Q.
x
current
resistor Q
bar of
negligible
resistance
wires
Q may have a larger or smaller resistance than P, depending on the number of wires made.
It is random.
It is spontaneous.
It is exponential.
It is non-linear.
39 The symbol 77
32 Ge represents a nucleus of germanium that decays to a nucleus of arsenic by
emitting a -particle.
What is the symbol of this arsenic nucleus?
A
76
32 As
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40 Each of the nuclei below is accelerated from rest through the same potential difference.
Which one completes the acceleration with the lowest speed?
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1
1
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