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TEST CODE 01238010
FORM TP2005118 MAY/JUNE 2005

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION
.• .PHYSICS
Paper 01-General Proficiency
75minutes

( 06 JUNE 20.05 (a.m.))

READ THE FOLLOV!(ING DIRECTIONS CAREFUJ .LY

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I. In ad.di ti on to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.
2. Each item ·in this test has four suggested answers'l"lilttered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are
about to answer and decide which choice is best.
3. Or, your answer sheet, firid the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having the
same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look atthe sample item below.
Sample Item
The SI unitoflength is the
(A)
(B)
(C)
newton
metre
kilogram
Sample Answer

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(D) second
The best answer to this item is "metre" so answer space (B) has been shaded.

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5.
If you wanttochangeyouranswer, be sure to erase youroldanswercompletely and fill in your new choice.

When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If you cannot
answer an item, omit it and go on to the next one. You can come back to the harder item later. Your
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score will be the total number of correct answers.
6. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
7. You may do any rough work in this booklet.
8. The use of non-programmable calculators is allowed.
9. This test consists of60 items. You will have 75 minutes ttJ answer them.
I 0. . Do not be concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces form ore answers than there are items in this
test.

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1. Which of the diagrams below indicates the 3. A student sets upasimplependulum and finds
correct way of taking the reading of the that the period is 1.7 s. To obtain a period.
volume of the liquid in ameasuringcylinder? nearer to one second, he should

I ,.. . (AJ use a heavier bob

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/ (BJ use a lighter bob
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(C)
(DJ
lengthen the pendulum
shorten the pendulum
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4. The instrumentMOSTsuitable for measuring

the external diameter of a test tube is a
II
(AJ micrometer screw gauge
(B) vernier calipers
(C) metre rule
;
' (DJ set square

5. I gram is equal to

III (A) 10 milligrams

(B) l 00 milligrams
(CJ I 000 milligrams
'' (D) 10 000 milligrams
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6.
y
IV p --------

~~7 --- --

Q R x

(A) I When x =0, the value of y is

(B) II
(C) III (A) Q
(D) IV (B) S
(C) p
2. Th~ unit of electrical resistance may be ex- (D) P/R
pressed as

(A) JQ =l V.A'
(B) 10= 1 A.V
(C) lr.!=lA.V"'
(D) JQ = 1 W.A'

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P 6N

The diagram above shows two forces of

magnitudes 6 N and 8 N acting on a particle
P. The resultant force acting on P is of
magnitude

(A) 2N
(B) 10 N
(C) 14-'N
CD) 100N·

8.
10.2cm lOcm
II
metre rule
...__ _ _ _ __,2"'0_,c,,,m,__"-10'-.'-2_cm=--- pivot

The diagram above represents a I 00 g mass which can be balanced by placing mass at I in the
position shown. If Mass I is to be used to balance the I 00 g, it should be

(A) less than JOO g

(B) IOOg

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(D)
a Ii ttle greater than I 00 g
about200g

9. WhichofthefollowingisNOTafundamental 10. Which of the following is NOT a vector

quantity? quantity?

(A) Mass (A) Displacement

(B) . Length (B) Acceleration
(C) Area (C) Density
(D) Time (D) Momentum

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11. The slope of a: velocity-time graph is a 15. The rate of which of the following determines
measure of the power of a machine?

(A) distance . I. Doing work

(B) acceleration 'II. Converting energy
(C) instantaneous velocity III. Changing temperature
(D) average velocity
(A) !only
(B) III only
12. The mass of an astronaut is 70kg when he is (C) I and II only
on the moon. When he returns to earth his (D) I, II and III
approximate weight will be

(A) 70kg 16. The globe shown in the diagram below contains
(B) 420kg a gas whose pressure is measured with a
(C) 70N manometer,M.
(D) 700N
K
13. "When body A exerts a force on body B. I
body B exerts an equal and opposite force
on body A."

This principle is attributable to which of the

following scientists?

(A) Aristotle
(B) Einstein
(C) Galileo
(D) Newton Which of the following statements is/are
correct?

14. An object is removed from the ground and I. The pressure of the gas is less than
placed on a shelf. Which of its properties that of the atmosphere.
would you expect to change? II. For a small pressure difference,
mercury may be used in the
(A) Mass manometer for an accurate reading
(B) Volume of the gas pressure.
(C) Potential energy III. In order to bring the two menisci in
(D) Kinetic energy the manometer to the same level
one could open the stopcock, K.

(A) !only
(B) II only
(C) I and II only
(D) I and III only

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17. The height of liquid in a vessel is hand its · 21.

density p. If the atmospheric pressure is X
and the acceleration due to gravity is g, what Volume/c.m3
is the pressure on the base of the vessel? R
(All quantities are in S.I. units.)

(A) X+hp
(B) (X + f0 pg s
(C) X+hpg
(D) (X + hp)g

-300 -200 -100. 100 Temp/ 0 c

18. Which of the following would be responsible
for the glass-house effect?
Which of the graphs above shows how the
(A) Infra-red rays volume of a fixed mass of gas varies with
(B) Light rays temperature at constant pressure?
(C) Sound waves
(D) Water waves (A) p
(B) Q
19. Which of the units below is used to measure (C) R
the force per unit area on a surface? (D) s
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(A) The newton (N)
(B) The watt(W) 22. Which of the following formulae gives the
(C) The joule (J) efficiency of a machine?
(D) The pascal (Pa)
(A) Load x Distance moved by Effort x l.QQ%
EffortxDistancemovedbyLoad 1
20.
(B) LoadxDistancemovedbyLoad x l.QQ%
Effort x Distance moved by Effort I

(C) EffortxDistancemovedbyEffort x l.QQ%

Loadx Distance moved by Load I
Manx Wall ManY (D) EffortxDistancemovedbyLoad x lQQ%
Load x Distance moved by Effort I
ManXcan hearman Y shouting but he cannot
see him mainly because sound

(A) is a longitudinal wave, and therefore

does not travel in straight lines
(B), has a greater amplitude, and there-
fore passes around obstacles
whereas light does not
(C) has a slower speed, and therefore
has more time to pass around obsta-
cles than light does
(D) has a longer wavelength, and there-
fore diffracts around obstacles more
than light does

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23. 24. Which of the following graphs is obtained if

-the volume of a fixed mass of gas, at a
constant pressure, is plotted against its Ke! vi n
temperature?

{A)

Ice wrapped in
copper gauze
(B)
The figure above shows a piece of ice wrapped
in copper gauze and submerged in a glass test
tube of.water. The water, when heateg atthe
top, boils long before the ice is melted.The
MAIN reason for this is that
(C)
(A) the test tube is a poor conductor of
heat
(B) copper is a good conductor of heat
(C) ice is less dense than water
(D) water is a poor conductor of heat

(D)

25. A flask contains air under pressure. Some of

the airis let out slowly over a period of 10 s.
When the flask is closed the

(A) pressure of the air in the flask will

have increased
(B) volume of air in the flask will have
decreased
(C) temperature in the flask will have
increased
(D) numberofmoleculesstrikingthewall
per second will have decreased

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26. Some molten naphthalene at l oo0c is allowed 28: Temperature
to cool down at room temperature. If naph- p
thalene has a meltingpointof 800C, which of
the following BEST represents the cooling R
curve? Q s
01 •e,, Time
100
(A) 80
The graph above, arising from an experiment
on change ofphase, shows thatsolidification
startedatQ. During which of the stages is the
substance in the liquid phase?
I/min
(A) AtPonly
e1•c (B) Between Q and R
100
(B)
80 (C) Between Rand S
(D) Between P and Q
-'

I/min
- To supply
e1•c /
100
1----lmmersion
80 beater
(C)

Boiling
water
t/min
1413121110
el •c
100 Mass
(D) 80 balance

Some water in a container (as shown above)

is brought to its boiling point by an immersion
t/min
heater. A watch is then started and the time,
t, to boil off a mass, m, of water is found. If
the heater has a power, P, the specific latent
27. Which of the following waves travel only as heat of vaporisation is
longitudinal waves?
(A) Pt
I. Sound waves m
II. Radio waves
(B) E.
III. Water waves
Im

(A) Ionly (C) m

(B) II only Pt
(C) II and III only (D) Pmt
(D) I, II and III

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30. 33. The sharp edges of shadows suggest that light

(A) has a wave nature

(B) is a forrn of ener.gy
(C) travels in straight lines
x y
(D) travels very quickly

The figur~ above shows a wavefront about to

reach a reflecting surface XY. Which of the 34. Which of the fo.llowing diagrams MOST
following diagrams would represent the clearly shows the path of a ray oflight when
wavefront after reflection? it strikes a plane mirror?

... -----'."""-- .... .... ...

(A)
x.
... '
y
(A)

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(B)
·-- ------- ---
x y ~ (B)
.... ~

' ... ... _____ _.... ... ... ,,. "

......

(C) (C)
x y

(D)
x y
(D)
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35. In a projector the object is 5 cm from the lens,
31. The note from a drum is louder when it is
w hilethe screen is 500 cm from the lens on the
struck harder because the sound waves pro-
other side. What is the magnification?
duced have a greater
(A) 50
(A) amplitude
(B) 100
(B) frequency
(C) 250
(C) wavelength
(D) velocity
(D) 500

32. Compared with Xrays, radio waves

(A) have a longer wavelength

(B) haveahigherfrequency
(C) travel faster in air
(D) pass through a sheet of steel more
easily

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The diagram above represents a ray of light
passing from glass to air. The refractive index
of glass can be determined by calculating

(A) sin b IV.

sind

(B) sin a
smc

(C) smc
Which of the ray diagrams shown above are
sin a
correct?
(D) sinb (A) II and III only
sin c
(B) II and IV only
(C) I and III only
(D) I and IV only

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39. Which of the following actions is NOT one of 41. Which of the following equations is NOT
the ways in which thestrengthofthemagnetic correct?
field near a solenoid (long coil) carrying a
current can be increased? (A) 1 C =1 A x 1 s
(B) 1 V = 1 Ax 1 Q
(A) Increasing the resistance of the coil (C) 1 J =1 C x 1 V
(B) Increasing the current in the coil (D) 1 w =1 v x 1 c
(C) Increasing the number of turns per
unit length of the coil
(D) Placing a soft iron core inside the coil 42. A current I flows for a time t between two
points at a potential difference of V. The
power P being delivered is equal to
40. Which of the follow,ing diagrams represents
the electric field existing between two oppo- (A) !Vlt
sitely charged point charges? (B) !Vt
(C) IV
(D) It
(A)
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43. Which of the following current-time graphs
would represent direct current?

I I

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(B)

II I

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(C) +•

m I

(D)

+•
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(B)
II only
ill only
(C) I and III only
(D) I, II and III

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44. A vibrator on a ripple tank sends waves over · 46. An ammeter has a very low resistance so that
the surface of the water. The vibrator is now it can be placed
adjusted so that the number of waves created
each second is doubled. The waves would (A) in parallel with a component and not
now affect the circuit
(B) in series with a component and not
(A) travel at half the original speed affect the circuit
(B) travel llt twice the original speed (C) in parallel with a component and the
(C) have twice the original wavelength ammeter does not heat up
(D) have half the original wavelength (D) in series with a component and the
ammeter does not heat up
45. A student requires a circuit to measure the
resistance of a resistor. Whichofthecircuits Item 47 refers to th.e dia,gram below of the
below is correctly connected? cross-section of a dry cell.

(A) 1---' A l-----1

p
(B)
_ _ _ _ _...J
47. Which of the following is correct?

(A) Q is carbon, R is zinc.

(B) Pis copper oxide, Q is carbon.
(C) Ris iron, Sis ammonium chloride.
(D) S is sulphuric acid, Pis manganese
(C) dioxide.

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(D)

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Item48refers to the following symbols. · 50.

rr.=O--
m.=f>-
B

Two light, aluminium spheres A and B are

48. Which of the symbols represents th~ AND suspended by insulating threads. If they come
gate? '· to rest as shown in the diagram, the force
keeping them apart is
(A) I
(B) II (A) gravitational force
(C) III (B) electrostatic force
(D) IV (C) magnetic force
(D) centripetal force

49. The following graphs show four ways in

which the current in a resistor may vary with 51. The rad.ioactive decay of an isotope oflead is
time. Which graph BEST represents the represented by the equation
current in the resistor when connected in
series with a diode and a source of alternating 214 Pb __. a Bi + 0 e
82 . b -1
current?
The values of a and bare respectively
Current~
(A) 0 . T'~me a b

(A) 214 81

c~"~
(B) 214 83
(B) (C) 215 82
0 T".
1me (D) 215 83

C•rr~•~
(C) 0 . T"1me

(D) C•~'Ptfk
O Time

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Which of the followingaredefinitions of the 55. The graph below shows how the e.m.f. at the
52.
o~tput of an a.c. generator varies with time.
term 'half-life' ofradioactive nuclide?

I. The time taken forthe activity of any

e.m.f.fV
gi vesampleto fall to halfits original 4
value.
2
II. The 'time taken for half the nuclei
present in any given sample. to 0.1 0.2 tis
0
decay.
III. Half the average number of
disintegrations per second.
If the frequency of this waveform is doubled
(A) I and II only which of the following graphs is produced?
(B) I and Ill only
(C) II and III only (A) e.m.f./V
(D) I, II and III 4
2

0.2 tis
53. Which of the following is an isotope of 1 ~ X ?
/ (B) e.m.fJV
(A) 'x
3
4
2

(B) "X
6 0 0.1 0.2 tis

(C) 12x
10 (C) e.m.f./V
4
(D) 2

0 0.1 0.2 tis

54. An isotopeofzinchasanuclide which can be
represented as ~6 Zn . The number of elec- (D) e.m.f./V
trons in a neutral zinc atom is 4
2
(A) 30
(B) 34 0 0.4 tis
(C) 6'I
(D) 94 56. In which of the following devices is a
commutator used?

(A) Transformers
(B) a.c. generators
(C) d.c. motors
(D) Moving coil microphones

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57. T)le Rutherford model of the atom suggests 59. A neutral atom of Argon contains 18 protons
that an atom consists of a and 20 neutrons. Which of the following
statements concerning the atom is/are true?
(A) solid mass of protons and electrons
(BJ nucleus of protons only with orbiting I. Its mass (nucleon) number is 38.
electrons II. It has 20 electrons in orbit about the
(C) nucleus ofequal numbers of neutrons nucleus.
and electrons with orbitingpr.otons III. It is an isotope of the nuclide which
(D) nucleus of protons and neutrons with hasamass(nucleon)numberof40
orbiting electrons and an atomic (proton) number of
18.

58. It is possible to write the symbol fora certain (A) Ionly.

(B) I and II only
particle x as ci x. This particle is a/an
(C) I and III on! y
;. (D) I, II and III
(A) electron '·
(B) neutron
(C)' proton ~-,.60. Radiation coming from a radioactive source
(D) alpha particle was deflected by a magnetic field and it was
stopped by a few millimetres of air. The
radiation was

(A) neutrons
(B) gamma rays
(C) beta-particles
(D) alpha-particles

IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST.

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