2019

Higher School Certificate

Year 11 Yearly Examination

Physics
General Instructions
• Reading time – 5 minutes
Total marks – 75
• Working time – 2 hours
Section I – Pages 3-11
• Board approved calculators may be
20 marks
used
Attempt Questions 1–20
• Write using black pen Allow 35 minutes for this section
Write your answers on the multiple choice grid
• A data sheet, formulae sheets and
on page 13 of writing booklet
periodic table are provided
• Draw diagrams using pencil Section II – Pages 13– 24
55 marks
• A ruler is required
Attempt Questions 21–32
Write your NESA number in the spaces Allow 1 hour and 25 minutes for this section
provided in the written section of the
paper

This paper MUST NOT be removed from the examination room

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1. A train has its displacement from a station plotted against the time taken, as shown.

Which is the most accurate description of the train’s motion?

speed at point “X” average velocity

(km/h) (km/h)
(A) 20 40
(B) 200 40
(C) 40 40
(D) 200 20

2. Which of the following displacement vs time graphs represents the motion of an object
travelling with a constant acceleration?

(A) (B)

Time Time

(C) (D)

Time Time

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3. Four students undertook an investigation to determine a relationship between the
acceleration of a system and the force applied to it.

A diagram of their apparatus is shown below.

In the investigation the students added increasing masses to the mass carrier and
measured the resulting acceleration of the trolley with the accelerometer.

In each of their final reports the student made a comment about the investigation.
Which statement is correct.

(A) The investigation was invalid because the force applied (gravity), remained
constant
(B) The investigation was reliable because it was repeated many times with
different weights
(C) The investigation was valid because the experimental design enabled the aim to
be tested
(D) The investigation was invalid because the mass of the system did not remain
constant.

4. Two objects of equal mass collide head-on and stick together. If the resultant velocity
of the combined objects is 12 ms-1 to the right, which of the following combinations are
possible velocities of the two objects before the collision?

(A) 8 ms-1 right AND 4 ms-1 right.

(B) 30 ms-1 right AND 6 ms-1 left.
(C) 24 ms-1 right AND 12 ms-1 left.
(D) 16 ms-1 left AND 4 ms-1 right.

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5. A box with mass m is being dragged along a surface by a rope with a tension of 50N,
as shown.

The acceleration of the box can be expressed as:

50sin 35°
(A)
m

50 cos 35°
(B)
m

m
(C)
50 cos 35°

(D) 50m x cos35°

6. A scuba diver is hovering motionless at a depth of 8.0 m below the surface.

At this point in time, it would be correct to say that:

(A) there are no forces acting on the diver.

(B) the net force on the diver is zero.
(C) there is an overall downwards force on the diver to keep underwater.
(D) the diver’s weight is zero.

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7. A student was investigating the kinetic coefficient of friction using the experimental setup
shown below.

Which answer best describes why it would be necessary to pull the spring balance
horizontally.

(A) If it was not pulled horizontally a consistent force would not be applied to the
block.

(B) If it was not pulled horizontally the spring balance would only be measuring a
component of the applied force.

(C) If it was not pulled horizontally the applied force would be a component of the
force the spring balance was measuring.

(D) Pulling it horizontally ensures that the normal force remains consistent during
the movement.

8. What type of image will be formed by the concave mirror in the scenario depicted below.

(A) virtual, magnified and upright

(B) Real, same size and inverted

(C) Real, magnified and inverted

(D) Real, diminished and inverted

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9. Each of the models below represents a 0.1 second trace of a different sound wave.

Which model represents the sound wave with the highest pitch and softest
volume?

(A) (C)

(B) (D)

10. Below shows a displacement/time graph for a transverse wave.

Which of the following waves, if superimposed on the one above, would result in the
most deconstructive interference?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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11. Resonance is caused by:

(A) an object with the same natural frequency as the sound wave.
(B) reflection of a sound wave.
(C) reverberation of the sound wave inside an object.
(D) diffraction of a sound wave around an object.

12. As it enters a second medium, m2, a wave refracts as shown in the diagram.

Which statement can be made about the wave as it enters medium m2?

(A) Its frequency increases.

(B) Its frequency decreases.
(C) The wavelength increases.
(D) The wavelength decreases.

13. A first harmonic frequency is being played on a pipe organ. Consider the pipe organ to
be a closed air column. If the speed of sound in the pipe is 343 m s-1 and the frequency
is 243 Hz, calculate the length of the pipe.

(A) 0.706 m
(B) 1.41 m
(C) 1.88 m
(D) 0.353 m

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14. A mechanical wave travelling on a long spring is found to have a period of 0.5 seconds
and a wavelength of 3 metres. Which of the following is a correct statement about the
wave?

(A) It has a speed of 6 ms-1.

(B) It has a speed of 2 ms-1.
(C) It has a speed of 1.5 ms-1.
(D) Its speed cannot be determined from the data provided.

15. Consider the light intensity at points A and B near a light source.
The intensity of light at A compared with the intensity of light at B is:

A B

(A) the same.

(B) twice as intense.
(C) three times as intense.
(D) four times as intense.

16. In making a substance become electrostatically charged,

(A) electrons are removed from the substance.

(B) protons are transferred from one substance to another.
(C) an electric current flows between substances.
(D) electrons are removed from or are added to the substance.

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17. A 100 mL sample of a liquid substance was heated at a constant rate. The sample of
this substance has a mass of 200 g. The specific heat capacity of the substance, c, is
0.40 J K-1 g-1.

The heating curve obtained is shown below.

Temperature vs time
55

50

45
Temperature (°C)

40

35

30

25

20
0 2 4 6 8 10
Time (minutes)

The latent heat absorbed by the sample when it vaporises is closest to:

(A) 24 J
(B) 320 J
(C) 640 J
(D) 1.5 kJ

18. 3.5 A passes through a resistor in 2.0 s. Calculate the number of electrons this
represents.

(A) 3.6 x 1018

(B) 2.1 x 1019
(C) 1.7 x 1018
(D) 4.4 x 1019

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19. Consider the resistors in the following diagram:

20 Ω
20 Ω
20 Ω

To have an equivalent resistance, the above arrangement of resistors could be replaced

by a single resistor with a value of:

(A) 20 Ω
(B) 30 Ω
(C) 40 Ω
(D) 60 Ω.

20. A circuit was connected as shown.

The reading on the ammeter is 12.0 A.

What is the resistance of the unknown resistor?

(A) 1Ω
(B) 2Ω
(C) 4Ω
(D) 8Ω

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