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4 areix sean Here } testcope 02138010 MAY/UNE2007 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL, ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION PHYSICS Unit 1 - Paper 01 90 minutes 25 MAY 2007 (a READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY Inaddition to this testbooklet, you should havean answersheet. Each itemin this testhas four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C),(D). Read each item you are about toanswerand decide which choices best. z Onyouranswersheet, find the number which correspondsto your item and shade the space having the same letter asthe answer youhave chosen. Look atthe sample item below. ‘Sampleltem Which ofthe following listsonescalarquality and one vector quantity? (A) mass: temperature Sample Answer (B) momentum :pressure (©) force: velocity ®2eO©oO (D) potential energy : volt The bestanswerto this item is “momentum :pressure”, soanswer space (BYhasbeen blackened. Ifyou wantto change your answer, besureto erase your old answer completely and fillinyournew choice. Whenyouaretoldto begin, tum the pageand workas quickly andas carefully as youcan. Ifyoucannot answeran item, omititand goon tothe next one. Youcan comebacktothe harder item iater. Your score will bethe total number ofcorrect answers. ‘You may do any rough work in this booklet. . “Figures arenotnecessarily drawn to scale. ‘Theuseofnon-programmablecalculatorsis allowed, Thistestconsists of 45 items. You will have 90 minutes to answerthem. Donotbe concerned thatthe answer sheet provides spaces formore answersthan there areitemsin thistest. SMaHTVASXLLAY + OF PHYSICAL Ci Universal gravitational constant Acceleration due to gravity Radius of the Earth ‘Mass of the Earth Mass of the Moon J Atmosphere Boltzmann's constant Density of water Specific heat capacity of water Specific latent heat of fusion of ice Specific latent heat of vaporization of water Avogadro's number ‘Molar gas constant Stefan-Boltzmann constant Speed of light in vacuum 6.67 x 10"! Nm? kg? 981ms?~ 6380 km 5.98 x 10 kg 7.35.x 10" kg 1.00 x 10° Nm? 138x107 SK1 1.00 x 10° kg mr 4200 Tk! Kt 3.34x 10° T kg! 2.26 x 10° Jkgt 6.02 x 10” per mole 831K" mot! 5.67 x 10° Wm? K+ 3.0x 10° mst ance 3. Which S.L. unit could be used to express the power ofalight bulb? Item 2 refers to the following diagram, . ™N 9 %, cal . Coplanar forces with magnitudes 7N, 24N. and X are in equilibrium. What is the value of X? (oN (BR) 24N (© 25N @) 3IN (A) kgm’s? @) kgm's? © -kems? @) kgs* 3. Which of the following graphs applies toa body in motion but with zero acceleration? xm, er = Ws (a) xm © xm, 7 ®) “ we © GO ONTO THENEXT PAGR A body of constant mass will have uniforin acceleration ifthe resultant force acting on it (A) decreases uniformly with time (B) increases uniformly with time © _ isconstant () _isproportional to the displacement from a fixed point A body moves in a circle of radius r with centripetal acceleration, a. Its velocity is v, and angular frequeney is @. Which of the following equations for «are correct? I. UL a=vo (A) 1, Mand itt (8) TandIfonly (©) Land Itonly (D) Mand Mlonly Acconstant force acts on amass m, wl initially at rest. The velocity acquired for a given displacement is proportional to A) Vm ® m Oe o + Avracing car is moving round acircular track at a constant speed of 60 m s'. The radius ofthe track is $00 m... What is the ratio of the centripetal force to the weight of the car? (A) 0.02 () 0.73 ©. 12 ©) 710 02138010/C2007 A body of 2.5 kg initially atrest is acted on by anet force directed along the x-axis which ‘aries as shown in the graph below. Force /N 20 10 42°53" 4 Stimels ‘The magnitude of the momentum obtained would be (A) —_ONs @B) 50 .Ns © TNs (D) 140 Ns Which velocity -time graph BEST represents the motion ofa falling spherical body from rest through glycerine? y a) > t @) : * @) Le GOON TO THE NEXT PAGE 10. u. ‘Two parallel forces act on a rigid body as shown in the diagram above. The size of the torque on the body by these forces is @ Bi ® (©) 2d ) 2 A parachutist of mass: 80 kg descends ically at a constant velocity of 3.0 ms", What is the resultant downward force acting on her? (A) -800N (@) — 560N : (©) 240N (@) ON 12, 13. A D Astone is thrown from A to D. The stone follows a parabolic path such that the highest pointreached is B. Cis pointjust before it lands at D. The vertical component of acceleration of the stone is (A) the least at B B) — thesameat CandB (© maximumata (D)- greatest atD Aslingshot is a child's toy that converts the strain energy of the stretched material into the moving energy of the propelled object. A boy pulls on his slingshot with a force of 20 and it extends by 7 om. At what velocity does the 20 g stone fly off? () 84mst (BR) 70ms* © 16.7 ms! (D) 26ms" 266 14, The true value of a quantity is x, This 15. Two. spheres, one of mass m and the other of quantity is measured a large number of times and the number n, of particular values of x, is mass" aremoving towards each other with plotted against’x. 2 velocity,» Which graph below represents measurements ame we ‘of poor accuracy but high precision? : C) ‘@) (a) ‘The spheres have an elastic collision. Which one of the following statements is correct? * (A) Thetotai kinetic energy after impact is Ymvi. (B) _Thespheres stick togetheron impact. (©) Thetotal kinetic energy after impact iszero. ~ (PD) Themagnitude ofthe total momentum. before impact is y4mv. @) Stem 16 refers to the following graph showing two oscillations. Displacement © Time 16. What is the phase difference between the ‘oscillations? A) mrad @) warad ©- Ynrad ©) ward GOON TO THENEXTPAGE 02138010/C2007 17. 18. 19. [tem .17 refers to the vibrator below which produces stationary waves on a stretched cable, 7 Ga Vibrator ‘The frequency ofthe vibrator is 50 Hz. What is the speed of the wave? (A) 250ms* (8) 500ms* © 750ms* @) .330ms" Which of the following observations indicates that sound waves are longitudinal? (A) Sound waves are diffracted around comers. (B) Sound waves cannot be polarised. (© Sound waves obey the laws of reflection. ) Sound waves are refracted as they pass from cool air to warm air. For a particle oscillating with simple harmonic motion ina vertical plane, which of the following statements is NOT true? (A) The velocity of the particle is miminum at the centre of motion of the particle. (8) Thetotal energy is constant. (©) The acceleration of the particle is directed towards a fixed point. (D) —Therestoring force is maximum at the extremities of the motion. 20. 24. 22. A. Young’s double-slit experiment is performed with white light incident on the slits. The first bright fringe after the central maximum isa (A) green fringe (B) orange fringe (©) white fringe (D) _ blue fringe Which of the following can correct the condition known as long sight? (A) Plano-concave lens (B) Cylindrical lens (© Diverging meniscus lens (D) Converging meniscus lens ‘Two sources of sound, X and Y, that are in phase are positioned as shown in the diagram. They both produce waves with wavelength 2 m and amplitude A. What would be the amplitude of the sound observed at point P? x Sa P ae y (A) %A @®* 2a © o ©. A 23. 24. -8- A sound wave of intensity'I,, has an amplitude of 30 mm. Anotherwave of the same frequency but of intensity I, has an amplitude of 10 mm. Whats the value of 3 9 © nu () 8 An air column in a tube which is closed at one end vibrates in its fundamental mode. ‘The amplitude of the vibrations of the air can be represented in magnitude and direction at various points by arrows with a dot indicating, a very small amplitude. Which diagram BEST represents the oscillation of the air molecules? A) Je oe © i ©) |e t . 02138010/C2007 25, 26. 27. Which of the following is NOT a condit necessary for two-source destructive interference of sound waves tobe observed? (A) Sources must be coherent. (B} Amplitudes ofthe waves must be similar. $ (©) Wavesoverlapping must havea path difference of one wavelength. () Waves overlapping must be out of. phase by mradians. An objectis placed 5 em in frontofadiverging lens of focal length 20 cm. The image is (A) 4cm from the lens on the same side asthe object (8) 6.7 cm-from the lens on the same side as the object (©) 4em from the lens on the opposite side of the object (D) 6.7m from the lens on the opposite side of the object, A motorbike emits an 80 dB noise. ‘The intensity of the sound from the motorbike is (A) 10? Wm? (B) 10% Wm? (©) 104 Wm? () 10 Wm? GOON TOTHE NEXT PAGE 28. 29. 30. A particle oscillates so that its displacement +x from a fixed point is related to time tby the equation , x=3sinS rt, ‘9 Ifxismeasured incm and tis measured in s, ‘we can deduce that the particle 1. moveswith Simple Harmonic Motion II, hasa frequency of 2.5 Hz / T, —hasan amplitude of 1.5 em (A) Land [only (@) I, Mand Ill (© — Mandittonly ©) Monty A pendulum swings freely with a period of 1.0s on the earth's surface where acceleration due to gravity is g. If the pendulum were to swing in another place Where acceleration due to gravity is g’, what ‘would be the value of its new period? X, is a temperature rheasuring quantity of asubstance. X, and X,,, were determined at the ice point and steam point. The temperature on the centigrade scale which corresponds to a value X, is given by Which of the following graphs BEST describes the relationship between 0, and xX? A — ya/e' ®) velg O x : © es Which of the following statements are ‘TRUE about resonance? 1 Ttoccurs at the highest frequency of the oscillating system, II. It causes significant increase in the amplitude of oscillation. UL» Ttoccurs when the driver frequency. is close to the natural frequency of the oscillating system, (A) LandIfonly (By I, Wand Ti (©) Tand Lf onty @) Mand ULonly e& @ @B) © % ‘ ©) Oo x, GOON TO THE NEXT pack 32. 33. 34. 36. ~10- A spherical blackbody of surface area A isat an absolute temperature T,. It i$ suspended at the centre of a container whose walls are at temperature T,. ‘The NET rate of loss of heat by radiation from the body is given by () P=oars (8) P=o ATs © P-oA(t,-Ty @) P=oA(T!-T,) What is the unit of heat capacity? @ SkeK @®) Ske" - © IJK Oo 5 16 x 10°m? of a gas at a pressure of 1750 kPa is contained in a cylinder. The gas is expanded at constant pressure until the volume becomes 140 x 10°m?. How much work is done by the gas? @ 217K (B) 245K (© 273Ks () 347K5 : An adult at rest has a blood pressure of 130/85. Thisis measured in mm of mercury. ‘What would this reading be in Pa? (Density ofmercury = 13600 kgm*.) (A) G.73/1.13)x 10° (B) — (.73/1.13)x 10° (© .73/1.13)x 108 (D) — (.73/1.13)x 10° 9138010102007 36. Which of the following options has the materials CORRECTLY categorized? CRYSTALLINE | AMORPHOUS SOLID SOLID (A)_| glass rubber @®).. | copper diamond. (© _| diamond glass (D)_| rubber copper 37. Adouble layer glass wall has a layer of air trapped between it as shown in the diagram below. Air Glass Which method of heat transfer is SIGNIFICANTLY reduced by the air layer? (A) Conduction (B)_— Convection (© Evaporation (D) Radiation GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE eae 38. Whichofthe followingisNOTanassumption , 40, used in the Kinetic Theory of gases? (A) The volume of the molecules is negligible. (®) The attraction between the moleculesis negligible, (©) Themolecules accelerate between collisions. (D) The duration of collision between moleculesis negligible. at 39. Inwhich of the following graphs does the shaded area show the energy lost during the loading and unloading process ofa polymeric material? “ : P emm ® EN 1 LA © aitm © "| Rein © wy S emm ‘The average kinetic energy permolecule ofa sample of argon gas is 8x 10. Whatis the temperature of the gas? @ Bk B) 386K @ 597K ©) 870K 1 Pe et hy, > Vv 0 PA -——> Vv Ml PA > Vv Vv PA > v ‘The above P-V diagrams represent ideal gas, cycles. Which pair of diagrams corresponds toNNET work being done by the gas? (A) Land Ionly ®) Land IV only (© Mand Ul only (@) and TV only COON TATHENEVT DARE 42. 43. -12- Calculatethe volume occupied by oneatom 44 of copper if ithasamolarmass of 0.0635 kg, and a density 0£8920 kg m”. (A) 1.18x 10m (B) 7.12 x 104m? (C) 2.3310" m? @) 9.41x 10 m The diagram above shows a U-tube containing two immiscible liquids. Which statement about the arrangement is TRUE? (A) The kerosene exerts a greater pressure at X than the pressure exerted by the wateratY. (B) The water exerts a greater pressure at Y than the pressure exerted by the water at X. (C) The pressure atX and Y is equal to atmospheric presstre, (D) The pressure at X is equal to the pressureatY> Analloy is made ofa mixture of two metals. Metal A has a density of 8900 kg m® and ‘Metal B has a density of 7800 kgm?. What isthe density of the alloy if Metal A has three times the volume of Metal B? (A) 8350kgm?s (B) 8625kgm? 8 (©) 8075kgm? (D)-7950kgm? A spring with spring constant k, has an extension x, when amass my, is attached toi Another spring identical to the first is hung parallel to the first and the same mass m is, hhung across both. Which option gives the correct values of extension and spring constant ofthe combination? NN | Extension | Spring constant (A) x2 | 2 B) we | Ok ©| x in @) 2x 2k IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. 02138010/C2007

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