CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, DUBAI

PRE-MOCK EVIDENCE 1 NOVEMBER 2021

SUBJECT: Physics DATE: 21 Nov. 2021

PAPER/S: 9702/2 (Structured)

TIME: 8:35 – 9:30 a.m. (50 – 55 minutes) YEAR: 12 (AS-Level)

CANDIDATE NAME:

SUBJECT TEACHER: MAJ/ REV/ VNI

Component Max Mark Marks Awarded

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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

 Write your name, section and subject teacher’s name in the spaces provided at the top of
this page.
 Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
 Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
 Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
 Do not write on any bar codes.
 You may use an electronic calculator.
 You may lose marks if you do not show all your working and use appropriate units.

INFORMATION

 The total mark for this paper is 40

 The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document consists of 12 printed pages

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 Assessment Focus

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES/ FOCUS:

AO1: Knowledge and understanding

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

1. Scientific phenomena, facts, laws, definitions, concepts and theories
2. Scientific vocabulary, terminology and conventions (including symbols, quantities and units)
3. Scientific instruments and apparatus, including techniques of operation and aspects of
safety
4. Scientific and technological applications with their social, economic and environmental
implications.

AO2: Handling, applying and evaluating information

1. Locate, select, organize and present information from a variety of sources

2. Translate information from one form to another
3. Manipulate numerical and other data
4. Use information to identify patterns, report trends and draw inferences
5. Present reasoned explanations for phenomena, patterns and relationships
6. Make predictions and construct arguments to support hypotheses
7. Make sense of new situations and evaluate hypotheses
8. Demonstrate an awareness of the limitations of physical theories and models
9. Solve problems

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 Answer all the questions in the spaces provided

1 (a) Determine the SI base units of stress (Stress = Force/Area)

Show your working.

Base units ….....................................[2] AO1

(b) A beam PQ is clamped so that the beam is horizontal. A mass M of 500 g is hung from
end Q and the beam bends slightly, as illustrated in Fig. 1.1.

Fig. 1.1.

The length l of the beam from the edge of the clamp R to end Q is 60.0 cm. The width b
of the beam is 30.0 mm and the thickness d of the beam is 5.00 mm. The material of
the beam has Young modulus E.

The mass M is made to oscillate vertically. The time period T of the oscillations is 0.58
s. The period T is given by the expression

(i) Determine E in GPa.

E = ....................................... GPa [3] AO2

(ii) The quantities used to determine E should be measured with accuracy and with
precision.

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 1. Explain the difference between accuracy and precision.

accuracy: ..............................................................................................................

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precision: ..............................................................................................................

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[2] AO1

2. In a particular experiment, the quantities l and T are measured with the

same percentage uncertainty. State and explain which of these two quantities
contributes more to the uncertainty in the value of E.

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[Total: 8]

2 (a) State the two conditions for a system to be in equilibrium.

1. ....................................................................................................................................

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2. ....................................................................................................................................

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[2] AO1

(b) A paraglider P of mass 95 kg is pulled by a wire attached to a boat, as shown in Fig.

2.1.

Fig. 2.1.

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 The wire makes an angle of 25° with the horizontal water surface. P moves in a straight
line parallel to the surface of the water.

The variation with time t of the velocity v of P is shown in Fig. 2.2.

Fig. 2.2.

(i) Show that the acceleration of P is 1.4 m s–2 at time t = 5.0 s.

[2] AO1

(ii) Calculate the total distance moved by P from time t = 0 to t = 7.0 s.

distance = .....................................m [2] AO1

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 (iii) Calculate the change in kinetic energy of P from time t = 0 to t = 7.0 s.

change in kinetic energy = ................................... J [2] AO2

( i v ) The tension in the wire at time t = 5.0 s is 280 N.

Calculate, for the horizontal motion,

1. the vertical lift force F supporting P,

F = ................................... N [3] AO2

2. the force R due to air resistance acting on P in the horizontal direction.

R = ................................... N [3] AO2

[Total: 14]

3 (a) Two forces, with magnitudes 5.0 N and 12 N, act from the same point on an object.
Calculate the magnitude of the resultant force R for the forces acting

(i) in opposite directions,

R = ................................... N [1] AO1

(ii) at right angles to each other.

R = ................................... N [1] AO1

An object X rests on a smooth horizontal surface. Two horizontal forces act on X as

shown in Fig. 3.1.

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(b)

Fig. 3.1. (not to scale)

A force of 55 N is applied to the right. A force of 18 N is applied at an angle of 115°

to the direction of the 55 N force.

(i) Use the resolution of forces or a scale diagram to show that the magnitude of the
resultant force acting on X is 65 N.

[2] AO2
(ii) Determine the angle between the resultant force and the 55 N force.

angle = ............................... ° [2] AO1

(c) A third force of 80 N is now applied to X in the opposite direction to the resultant force
in (b). The mass of X is 2.7 kg.
Calculate the magnitude of the acceleration of X.

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 acceleration = ...............................m s–2 [3] AO1

[Total: 9]

4 (a) State Newton’s second law of motion

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(b) A constant resultant force F acts on an object A. The variation with time t of the velocity
v for the motion of A is shown in Fig. 4.1.

Fig. 4.1.

The mass of A is 840 g.

Calculate, for the time t = 0 to t = 4.0 s,

(i) the change in momentum of A,

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 change in momentum = .......................... kg m s–1 [2] AO2

(ii) the force F.

F = .................................... N [1] AO1

(c) The force F is removed at t = 4.0 s. Object A continues at constant velocity before
colliding with an object B, as illustrated in Fig. 4.2.

Fig. 4.2.

Object B is initially at rest. The mass of B is 730 g.

The objects A and B join together and have a velocity of 4.7 m s–1.

(i) By calculation, show that the changes in momentum of A and of B during the
collision are equal and opposite.

[2] AO2

(ii) Explain how the answers obtained in (i) support Newton’s third law.

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(iii) By reference to the speeds of A and B, explain whether the collision is elastic.

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[Total: 9]

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