EAST VIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL O LEVEL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2006 SECONDARY FOUR EXPRESS/ FIVE NORMAL SCIENCE (PHYSICS,

CHEMISTRY) PAPER 1 Multiple choice 5152/1

Additional materials: Optical mark sheet DURATION: 1 hour TOTAL MARKS: 40 INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. Write your name, class and index number on the optical mark sheet in the space provided. There are forty questions. Answer all questions. For each question, there are four possible answers, A, B, C or D. Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice on the optical mark sheet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES: Each correct answer will score one mark. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers. Take g = 10 m/s2 throughout this paper. A copy of the Periodic table is given on page ?.

_____________________________________________________________________ This question paper consists of ? printed pages including this cover page.

2 Setter : Mr Isaac Ng / Ms Audrey Tan

The diagram shows a micrometer screw gauge.

0 mm

4 25 20

What is the reading shown? 4.23 mm B 4.73 mm

A

C D

5.23 mm 9.23 mm

The diagram shows a strip of paper tape that has been pulled under a vibrating arm. The arm vibrates at 25 dots per second. 40 cm

What is the speed at which the tape is travelling? A B 3 2.5 cm/s 5 cm/s C D 50 cm/s 100 cm/s

To calculate the density of water, a beaker is partially filled with water. Which mass and volume readings are needed? A B C D Mass beaker beaker water water Volume beaker water beaker water

A sack of coal weighing 250 N is lifted 2.4 m onto the back of a lorry. What is the work done on the sack?
B

1.2 J 60 J

C D

417 J 600 J

4 5 An experiment is carried out to measure the power of a student running up some stairs. Which of the following is not required for this experiment? time taken to run up the stairs total horizontal distance of the stairs total vertical height of the stairs weight of the student 6 Two identical metal plates are painted, one dull white and the other dull black. These are placed at the same distance from a heater as shown in the diagram below. The heater is turned on for 50 minutes.

A B C D

Dull white metal plate

Heater

Dull black metal plate

Which metal plate absorbs more energy and which plate emits more energy in the 50 minutes? A B C D absorbs more black black white white emits more black white black white

5 7 A student puts the bulb of an unmarked liquid-in-glass thermometer into melting ice, then into steam and finally into sea-water. The diagram shows the liquid levels measured from the bulb.
steam

6 cm sea-water 2 cm 1 cm ice

What is the temperature of the sea-water?

A B

2 C 20 C 8

C D

33 C 40 C

A VHF radio station broadcasts at a frequency of 107 MHz (1.07 108 Hz). The speed of radio waves is 3.0 108 m/s. What is the wavelength of the waves broadcast by the station? 0.36 m 1.00 m C D 2.80 m 3.21 m

A B

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A B

Which statement about the image formed by a thin converging lens is correct? It is always real and upright. It is always real and inverted. It is always virtual and upright. It may be either virtual or real.

C D 10 A B C D

Which of the following is a property of all electromagnetic waves? They are all deflected by magnets. They are positively charged. They travel at the speed of sound. They can travel through a vacuum.

6 11 What is the correct order for the speed of sound in air, steel and water? A B C D 12
A B

slowest ---------------------- fastest air steel water air water steel water air steel water steel air

An electric current in a metal wire involves the movement of atoms. electrons. C D molecules. protons.

13

An electrical quantity is defined by 'the energy needed in driving a unit charge round a complete circuit'. What is this quantity called?

A B C D 14

current electromotive force potential difference power In the circuit shown, the reading on the ammeter is 1 A.
A 4 4 V1 4 V2

What would be the readings shown by the voltmeters V1 and V2? Voltmeter readings V1 V2 2V 2V 2V 4V 4V 4V 4V 2V

A B C D

7 15

1 P

3 Q R

4 2

What combination of switches must be closed so that only lamps P, R and S are lit? A B
C

D 16

2 2 1 1

3 3 2 4

4 5 5 5

A student suggests setting up the electrical circuit shown in the diagram.

Live Neutral

100 W 250 V 1 A fuse

Why is the circuit unsafe? A B C D 17

A

The fuse value is too small. The fuse is on the wrong wire. The switch is on the wrong wire. The lamp's power rating is too small. One end, X of a magnetic material attracts the N pole of a compass needle. This shows that the material could be made of steel with a N pole at X. made of steel but unmagnetised. made of copper but magnetised. made of copper with a S pole at X. 18 What is the main function of a basic iron-cored transformer? to change a.c. to d.c. to change to a higher or lower a.c. voltage to provide a steady voltage to store electrical energy

B C
D

A B C D

8 19
A B

How many protons are there in the nucleus of an atom of radium, 88 138 C D 226 314

226 88

Ra ?

20

The table shows how the activity of a radioactive substance changes over a period of time. 0 114 5 102 10 90 15 83 20 73 25 65 30 57 35 51 40 45

time/minutes activity/counts per second

What is the approximate half-life of the substance?

A B

20 minutes 30 minutes

C D

57 minutes 73 minutes