2 3. HME 2 = = ‘You mus sign below and return dis booket ‘vith the anse shoe allure todo seme ‘esl in dngoaietion. FORM TP 2011102 pace Mavasunt st cove OF 238010 oul CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SHCONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION PHYSICS Paper 01 — General Proficiency 75 minutes O2.JUNE 2011 (a.m), : READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 75 minutes to answer them In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet. Each item in this test has four suggested answers letterei! (A), (B), (C), (D), Read each item you are about to answer and decide whicl» choice is best. (On your answer shect, find the number which corresponds to your item and shacle the space having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the'sample item below. Sample Item ‘The SI unit of length is the (A) newton (B) metre (C) kilogram (D) second ‘The best answer to this item is “metre” so answer space-(B) has been shaded - If you want to'change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new chojee. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you ean. Wy cannot answer an item, omit it and go on to the next 6ne. You may return to the omitted item later ‘Your score will be the total number of correet answers. Figures are not necessarily dawn to scale You may do any rough work in this booklet. The use of non-programmable calculators is allowed. DO_NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO So. Comirinht 2000 An1 Which of the following is a fundamental 1. 3.141592 expressu.d to two significant quantity? : figures is (A) Density @ 3 (B) Mass (B) 3.14 (©) Relative Density @ 33 wD) © 3 Which of the following quantities has the 5. Alice of bread is srjueezed into a little ball ame value as 6 WC? : Which quantity de es NOT change? (A) 6x10C : (A) Volurre 6x 10°C (B) Mase (©) 6x10C (©) Dersity (D) 6x 10"C : (DP) Wath \When used in front ofa unit the prefix'megs’ 6, -——_A’boy racasured the height of the laboratory means table with a metre rule. Which of the follo: ving is MOST likely to be correct? a) - 10" @ to - (&) 0.00895 m cw (B) 0.0895 m (D) 10 ©) 0.895 m (D) 895m In relation to thie diagrams below, which of the follow ng statements is/are correct? 1. Body A isin neutral equilibrium. 1, Body Bis in unstable equilibrium, Til, Body Cis in stable equilibrium, (A) Wonly 4B) Vand Honly (C) Wand Il only (by 1, and tit GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01238010/F 201110. 13, 4 Bm! a ‘What is the unit of the moment ofa force? (a) oN ®) Nm (Nm! ‘ (©) Nm Which of the following is a vector physical quantity? (A) Speed (B) Energy (C) Mass (D) Displacement 2. A scalar quantity has (A) magnitude only (B) direction only (©) magnitude and direction (D) weight only A hydroelectric power station uses a renewable source of energy, X. This energy Which of the following expressions used (0 find the speed Fan object? (A) Change in veloc Time taken cement (B) Change in« Time taken (©) Distance vetted re taken (DP) Distaneé traveled x Time taken Which of the following is unit of work? A) kgmst 1@) Nm © Nm ©) Is! 15 water to the top of a mountain so that it has gravitational potential energy. As the water runs down the mowniai, i ‘ums a turbine which converts ¥ energy into Z energy. Which set of answers lor, x x z (A) Flectrical potential —_—Kinetie (B) Solar kinetic (©) Geothermal potentiat . (D) Chemical Kinetic electrical Power can be measured in 1S, ic ®) Nm (© kgm? ©) Is! “A book of weight 12.N is vesting on a table ‘The force that the table ex on the book is (A) zer0N (B) greater than ze10 1 but fess 12N © 12N (D) greater than 12Liem 19 refers to the diagrams below which show some simple machines, Pr@, L- Wheel bareow WL Garden fork 16., When in use, in which ofthe machines is the cffort or applied force LESS than the load or resist- (A) Land {only (8)° Land If only (©) Mand Ht onty (B) 1, Wand tt coun £7 refiors to the diagram below which shows two different size containers with water at different levels connected by a glass tube and controlled by a tap. i SSS ¥ " Q 175 Wen the tp is opened, water will flow fom container Po container Q uti (A) the level of Q is at X (2) container Ps empty (C) . the level of Pis at Y (D) the water evels of P and Q are equal GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. o1288010/ 201118. 19, * Temperature 20. Which of the following is/are renewable source of énergy? 1. Solar radiation I. Wind energy TT Geothermal energy cs) B) © (Dy Lonly Land UI only Tand II only 1, Wand It A solid object, ¥, floats in mercury and sinks in water. A solid object, Y, floats in both ‘mercury dnd water. Which of the following is true about X and Y? (A) (B) © () XGis less dense than Y, X is more dense than Y. X and ¥ are both denser than ‘mercury. X and Y are both denser than water. tem 20 refers to the following graph, Time ‘The graph shows the results ofan experiment ‘onchange of phase. Solidification starts at Q. During which of the stapes is the substance in the liquid’ phase? (A) AtPonly (B) Between Q and R (©) Between Rand S . {D) Between Pand Q 21. 22, 23, “Hem 21 refers to the figure bel shows a piece of ice weapped in copper gauze and submerged in a glass test tbe of water Jee wrapped in copper name ‘The water when heated at the top boils long before the ice is melted. ‘The MAIN reason for this is that xcs) the test tube is a poor conductor of heat : (B) copper or of heat = ©) water is a poor conductor of heat (D) ice is fess dense than water : Which of the following (lypes of radiation) ch is responsible for an amy of SC into an atom of "IN? (A) Alpha (B) Beta > (© Gamma (D) Neutron A flask contains air under pressure, Some the air is let out slowly aver a period &f 10 = *seconds. When the flask is closed the (A) pressure of the air in the flask will have increased (B) volume ofair in the ask will have, decreased (©) temperatuie in the flask, will have : inéreased (D) number of molecules striking the wall per second will have decreasedoo In which of the following is conduction me 2a. MALIN method of enengy transfer? (A) Food heated in a microwave oven. (8) Phergy wansferred from the sun to arth, i © xd being cooked on a barbecue ceil. : (D) Food being cooked in a pot on an clvie stove, 21. Some molten naphthalene at 100°C is allowed to cool down to room temperature, If naphthalene has a melting point of 80 °C, which of the following graphs BEST represents the cooling curve? + rey ‘A 100 e ao. acy wo ie 28, ae ‘vimin © wy Ine specie satci teat vt sepvunsnnnso water is the energy required to change 1 kg of water at (A) 0°C twice toc (B)— 99.9°C to steam at 100.1 °C (C) 100°C to steam at 100 °C (D) 0 °C to steam at 100°C A metal OF mass, m, -quites energy,,B, to raise its temperature. irom T, to T,, The specific heat capacit’ of the metal will be given by (A) Which of the following statements BES? explains Fxéwsnian motion of smoke particle: ini? % ‘The air molecules are movirlg anc colliding withthe smoke particles (15) Smoke particles are colliding witl each other, (© Convection currents of air caus the vibration of smoke particles. ‘The intense beam of light cause the smoke particles to vibrate. CN) @)29. 30. Ee Whici of the following would be the basic differeiice between a transverse mechanical wave and a longitudinal mechanical wave? ‘Medivin through which they travel I. Direction of vibration of particles in medium MI, Wavelength 4A) Tonly 4B) only (©) and Tonly {D) and IM only In which of the following groups are th: electromagnetic waves written in crder of increasing frequency, starting with th: Towest? (A) X-rays, ultraviolet, infrared; radio (B) X-rays, infrared. +"-raviolet, radio © rays, infrared, witraviolet ©) rae, utravioet, x-rays ‘Hem 3% Peters to the diagram below which shows a locgituidinal wave where C and R, represent compressions and rarefractions respectively GR G RG) UTP a If X= wavelength, the distance t-aween C, and R, is a ' i (a) (B) 1 © 1a @ 22 32. 33. 34 35. Which of the following statements: about “sound is NOT correct? (A) Sound is transmitted as transverse (8B) Sound may be produced by, vibrating systems, (©) Sound dows not travel through a vacitum. : “(D) Sound travels slower than light Actay of light in air strik an angle of incidence of 0° glass block at The light will be (A) undeviated i (B) totally reflected (©) refiacted at 90° to normal (D) refracted at an unknown angle “tna longitudinal wave, the particles (A) remain stationary {B) move forward with the speed ofthe wave (©) move backwards and forwar paralletto the direction of travel : of the wave (P) move from side to sid perpendiculat ti the direetion of travel of the wave Wie projector the slide the len ‘while the screen is 500 ci from the Fem the other side. What on the magnification? {A) 50 (B) 100, () 250 1D) 50038. Aueye ean see the image ofan object which is placed in front of a plane mirror because (A) light from the object passes through co) (C) light from the person’s eye travels a straight line (D) tight from the objectis reflected off the mitror to the eye For which of the following object distances will’a convex lens of focal length 18 em produce a real image? L | Sem I. * 360m WL. Sdem (— Tonly (8) Land {only (©) Tana ttt only (DB) 1, Mand ut Which of the following units is the SMALLEST quantity? (A) 1 microampere (B) 1 milliampere (C) 10? ampere (DB) 10% ampere _ 0123801 0/F 2011 39, ‘Which of the following diagrams represents the electric field existing between two ‘oppositely charged point charges? a) ) ees © SSS —— at Se Which of the following relationships between electrical quantities is-eorrect? @) v=Pr @®) R-vI E © 3 Rey () E=vI GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEtem 41 refers to the circuit below where the ammeter reads 0.4 A and the vol ¥, 41.” What is the resistance of R? (150 @) 159 © 0670 ©) 02a 42, Which of the following gives the correct colour code for electrical wiring? LIVE ‘NEUTRAL EARTH oe Blue Green/yellow i (B) Red Blue Green © — Blue Green/yellow Brown (D) Green Brown BlueIn which of the eireuits below would the rnsters give readings which would enible you to determine the resistance of the filament lamp? ro) oy 44, _Theelectrie curient supplied to homes and to factories is altemating (a.c) rather than direct (d.c.) because + (A) the use of ac. reduces electrical hazards : (B) the use of ac. reduces transmission losses (©) we. enables a wider variety of appliances to be used (D) ac, power lines are less likely to + be struck by lightning than-d.e. power lines 12380107" 2011” 45. wa) (B) 1) Magnetic induction occurs when (A) aN pole attracts aS pole (B) a magnet is suspended and points in the N S direction (©) ton nails near a magnet become ‘magnetised {D) _anclectroscope is charged Which of tlie following diagrams shows the magnetic field between «bar magnet and a piece of iron? oe N Se row SE 3 oak Se GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE41, 48. Item 47 refers to the diagram below which represents a straight wire carrying a current into the plane of the paper. Which of the following diagrams BEST represents the magnetic field around the wire? A ee ee A plastic rod, P, is rubbed with cloth, Q. P. becomes positively charged. ‘This is because (A)__ protons flowed from Q to P (B) protons flowed from P to Q (©) electrons flowed from Q to P (D) electrons flowed from P to.Q Hem 49 refers to the diagram below which shows flexible wire loosely supporter in a strong magnetic field a 49. - When the switch, X, is closed the wire moves: (A) downwards (B) upwards (© towards the north pale @) toward the south pote 50, “Which of the following graphs illisteates ow ALTERNATING curs) Current “ oP aaa. View Current @ o-pacscs. Time OO sar © 0 Current oo Hat H‘A conductor, rotating ina uniform magnetic field, induces maximum instantaneous ‘current when the conductor euts the inagnetic field ines at 30° (45° ©. 90° (D) 180° Which of the following graphs is a sepresentation of the eurrent/p.. relationship for a mi “w @ i ' ae : Sane ERE ae 123801078 2041 « 54, tem 53 refers to the following diagram of a simple a.c. generator.” ‘The pars labelled X in the diagram are known as the (A) coils 2 B) armatures © — slipsings ©) commutators Rectificstion can BEST be done by using a (A) transformer (B) capacitor (C) transistor ()) diode GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE58. 56. 57: 21s Item 55 refers to the diagram below which 58. shows the shell model of an atom, © Which of the following statements isfare correct? on) 1. The mass (nucleon) mumber is LI. I, The atomic (proton) sumber is 5. III. The atom shown in the diagram is positively charged (A) Tonly {B) only (©) Land only (D) 1, Mand IIL According to th» Rutherford Bohr model of a neutral, stile atom, ifn = number of neutrons, p ~ number of protons and e = ‘number of el “trons in the atom, then for all elements A on (B) p=e () nte=p : (D) ntp=e ‘An isotope of zine has a nuefide which ean be represented as Zn. The number of electrons in a neutral atom is (Ay 30 (B) 34 © 6 oO 4 0, Which of the fotlowit sythbols for an isotope ofa nuclide repre by 3X7 would bie possible d L wx I m. Mx A) Tonly {B) — Monly (©) Wonly (D) Tend M only Which of the following are definitions of the term ‘half-life? of radioactive nuclide? 1. The time taken for the activity of any give saniple fo fall-to half sts original valu ML. The time taken for half the nivelei present in any given sample te decay, Il, Half the average number of disintegrations per second, (A) Land th only (B) Land Mhonly (©) Mand til only (D) 1, Wand Hl Inthe equation AE = Asn", A) speed,of light, Ain = nvacs of ato : 4(B) —e= speed of light, Air = mass oe lost specifie heat capacity of substan s lost (D) © = specific heat capacity of substance, Ant of substance IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME 1} CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK. ON THIS TEST: