AS & A Level Physics (9702) — May–June 2023, Paper 11

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Question 1 · 1 mark · SI base units

Which unit is not an SI base unit? A A B kg C C D s

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Question 2 · 1 mark · Estimating physical quantities

What is the best estimate of the number of atoms in a piece of metal of volume 50 cm^3? A 5 x 10^15 B 5 x 10^25 C 5 x 10^29 D 5 x 10^31

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Question 3 · 1 mark · Accuracy and precision

A copper pipe has a true diameter of 42.03 mm. A builder measures the diameter of the pipe five times using digital calipers. The measurements are: 48.01, 47.99, 48.01, 48.00,…

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Question 4 · 1 mark · Addition of forces / vectors

Two forces, each of 10 N, act at a point P, as shown. The angle between the directions of the forces is 120 degrees. What is the magnitude of the resultant force? A 5 N B 10 N C…

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Question 5 · 1 mark · Displacement and velocity

One object moves directly from P to R. In a shorter time, a second object moves from P to Q to R (P, Q and R are three points in a plane, not collinear). Which statement about the…

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Question 6 · 1 mark · Projectile motion

A ball is kicked so that it has an initial velocity of 12 m s^-1 at an angle of 50 degrees to horizontal ground. Assume that air resistance is negligible. What is the maximum…

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Question 7 · 1 mark · Momentum and Newton's laws

A camera drone of mass 1.20 kg hovers at a fixed point above the ground. The drone has four propellers. In a time of 1.00 s, each propeller pushes a mass of 0.400 kg of air…

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Question 8 · 1 mark · Newton's third law

A box rests on the Earth, as shown. Newton's third law describes how forces of the same type act in pairs. One of the forces of a pair is the weight W of the box. Which arrow…

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Question 9 · 1 mark · Viscous drag force

A small ball is held at the surface of liquid oil in a container. The ball is released from rest and falls through the oil. The ball has velocity v. A viscous (drag) force F acts…

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Question 10 · 1 mark · Collisions and momentum

An object of mass m, moving at speed u along a frictionless horizontal surface, collides head-on with a stationary object of mass 4m. After the collision, the object of mass m…

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Question 11 · 1 mark · Torque of a couple

The driver of a car applies two parallel forces to a steering wheel, as shown. Each force has a magnitude of 15 N and acts in the direction shown (each at 65 degrees to the…

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Question 12 · 1 mark · Moments and levers

A farmer is trying to lift the corner of a large water tank. She uses a metal rod as a lever, with a pivot between the tank and the farmer's end. The vertical force from the…

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Question 13 · 1 mark · Equilibrium of forces

The diagram shows a ball of weight W hanging in equilibrium from a string. The string is at an angle theta to the vertical. The tension in the string is T. The ball is held away…

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Question 14 · 1 mark · Pressure

Which expression for pressure is correct? A force per unit area B force per unit volume C mass per unit area D mass per unit volume

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Question 15 · 1 mark · Upthrust and flotation

A ball has a mass of 0.50 kg and a volume of 1.3 x 10^-3 m^3. The ball is floating in equilibrium on still water. The two forces that act on the ball are its weight and the…

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Question 16 · 1 mark · Work done by a force

A man sits on a buggy that is pulled along by a wire attached to a kite. The wire is at an angle of 40 degrees to the horizontal and has a constant tension of 200 N. The man and…

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Question 17 · 1 mark · Energy conservation

A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the surface of the Earth. Which statement describes the energy of the ball as it rises through the air? A The kinetic energy of the ball…

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Question 18 · 1 mark · Hooke's law

A lamp is suspended in equilibrium from a fixed support by three long identical wires. The weight of the lamp causes each wire to have an extension of 0.40 cm. The height h of the…

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Question 19 · 1 mark · Elastic potential energy

The force-extension graph for a spring is shown (a straight line through the origin). What represents the work done to extend the spring? A the area under the graph B the gradient…

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Question 20 · 1 mark · Cathode-ray oscilloscope

In an experiment, a student uses a microphone and a cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO) to analyse a sound wave. The diagram shows the trace on the screen of the CRO; the trace shows…

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Question 21 · 1 mark · Properties of progressive waves

The graph shows the variation with time of the displacement of a particle in a progressive wave. Two measurements, x and y, are labelled on the graph: x is the vertical distance…

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Question 22 · 1 mark · Doppler effect

A car travels at a constant speed along a straight line PQ. A loudspeaker attached to the car emits sound of constant frequency f. A stationary observer is at point O, located…

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Question 23 · 1 mark · Electromagnetic spectrum

Some sources of electromagnetic waves in free space are listed: 1 a radio wave transmitter; 2 a source of X-rays; 3 a 30 mm wavelength radar transmitter; 4 a light-emitting diode…

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Question 24 · 1 mark · Polarisation

A vertically polarised beam of light is incident normally on a polarising filter. The transmission axis of the filter is at an angle of 40 degrees to the horizontal. What is the…

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Question 25 · 1 mark · Principle of superposition

Two progressive waves meet at a point. Which condition must be met for superposition of the waves to occur? A The waves must be coherent. B The waves must be of the same type. C…

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Question 26 · 1 mark · Stationary waves on strings

A string is stretched between a vibration generator and a fixed point. When the vibration generator is vibrating at a frequency f, a stationary wave with five nodes is created on…

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Question 27 · 1 mark · Diffraction

A ripple tank and a barrier with a single gap are used to demonstrate the diffraction of surface ripples on water. Initially, the wavelength of the ripples is five times smaller…

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Question 28 · 1 mark · Double-slit interference

A laser produces a beam of light of wavelength 650 nm. The beam is incident normally on two slits that are a distance of 0.12 mm apart. A screen is placed parallel to the slits.…

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Question 29 · 1 mark · Diffraction grating

A beam of light from a laser is incident normally on a diffraction grating. The diagram shows only the second-order maxima that are produced. The grating has a line spacing of 1.0…

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Question 30 · 1 mark · Electric current and charge

The electric current in a metal wire is 4.0 mA. How many electrons pass a fixed point in the wire in a time of 10 hours? A 2.5 x 10^17 B 2.5 x 10^20 C 9.0 x 10^20 D 9.0 x 10^23

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Question 31 · 1 mark · Potential difference

What is the definition of the potential difference across an electrical component? A the charge per unit time passing through the component B the energy transferred per unit…

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Question 32 · 1 mark · I-V characteristics

Which graph shows the I-V characteristic of a filament lamp? A I stays near zero then rises very steeply at high V. B I increases linearly with V (straight line through origin). C…

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Question 33 · 1 mark · Resistivity

A metal wire has a length of 2.50 m and a cross-sectional area of 4.50 x 10^-6 m^2. The resistivity of the metal is 3.50 x 10^-7 ohm m. The wire is stretched so that its length…

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Question 34 · 1 mark · Circuit symbols

Which circuit symbol represents a microphone? A a symbol resembling a loudspeaker outline (open trapezium) B a symbol resembling an earphone/bell C a circle with a line into a…

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Question 35 · 1 mark · E.m.f. and internal resistance

A battery with internal resistance is connected to a fixed resistor, an ammeter and a voltmeter, as shown. The battery is replaced by a different battery that has the same…

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Question 36 · 1 mark · Potential dividers

Four potential divider circuits each consist of a battery of e.m.f. 9 V and negligible internal resistance connected to a combination of resistors. Each of the resistors in the…

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Question 37 · 1 mark · Potentiometer circuits

A voltmeter is connected into a circuit with the polarity shown. A 3 V cell drives current through a potentiometer wire PQ; a second 3 V cell is connected via the voltmeter. The…

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Question 38 · 1 mark · Antiparticles

A proton has mass mp and charge +e. What are the mass and charge of an antiproton? mass charge A -mp +e B -mp -e C mp +e D mp -e

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Question 39 · 1 mark · Radioactive decay equations

A uranium nucleus has 92 protons and 143 neutrons. The nucleus emits a total of 3 alpha-particles and 4 beta-minus particles to form nucleus X. How can nucleus X be represented? A…

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Question 40 · 1 mark · Hadrons, baryons and mesons

Which statement about a proton is correct? A A proton is a baryon but not a meson. B A proton is a meson but not a hadron. C A proton is both a hadron and a meson. D A proton is…

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