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Name: Class:

960/3 Trial STPM 2021 (*Exam in 2022)

SMK King George V
PHYSICS
PAPER 3
One and a half hours
SIJIL TINGGI PERSEKOLAHAN MALAYSIA
(MALAYSIA HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE)

Instructions to candidates: For examiner’s use

DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU Total Marks
ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Question
marks obtained
Section A
Answer all questions in Section A. Indicate the correct answer on 1-15 15
the Multiple-choice Answer Sheet provided.
Section B
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Answer all questions in Section B. Write the answers in the spaces
provided. 17 7
Section C
Answer two questions only in Section C. You may answer all the 18 15
questions but, only the first two answers will be marked. Write the 19 15
answers in the answer sheets provided. All working should be shown.
For numerical answers, units should be quoted wherever appropriate. 20 15
Begin each answer on a fresh answer sheet. Total 60

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This question paper consists of 9 printed pages
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Section A [15 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. Which of the following statements concerning simple harmonic motion is true?

A The velocity is maximum when the displacement is zero.

B The velocity is directly proportional to the displacement.
C The acceleration is zero when the displacement is maximum.
D The acceleration is positive when the displacement is positive.

2. The variation with time t of the displacement x of a particle in simple harmonic motion from
point O is given as
𝑥 = 5.0 sin 20𝑡
Where x is in cm and t in seconds. What is the period of the simple harmonic motion?

A 0.050 s B 0.20 s C 0.22 s D 0.31 s

3. The wave intensity at a distance of 5.0 m from a point source is 4.0 W m -2. What is the
intensity of the wave at a distance of 2.0 m from the point source?

A 0.64 W m-2 B 1.6 W m-2 C 10 W m-2 D 25 W m-2

4. The equation for a standing wave is 𝑦 = 4.0 cos 4𝑥 sin 5𝜋𝑡, where x and y are in cm.
What is the displacement of the point at x=2.0 cm when t=0.50 s?

A -0.58 cm B 0 cm C 0.54 cm D 4.0 cm

5. A string of length L is stretched between two fixed points. Two successive resonant
frequencies emitted by the string are 315 Hz and 420 Hz. What is the fundamental resonant
frequency of the string?

A 105 Hz B 140 Hz C 210 Hz D 280 Hz

6. A 30.0 cm long guitar string with a mass per unit length of 9.00 x 10-3 kg m-1 is stretched to
a tension of 28.0 N.
What is the fundamental frequency of the guitar?

A 27.9 Hz B 84.0 Hz C 93.0 Hz D 185 Hz

7. A sound wave has an intensity of 4.00 μW m-2. What is the intensity level of sound?
[Threshold of hearing is 10-12 W m-2]

A 25.0 dB B 40.0 dB C 66.0 dB D 76.0 dB

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8. An audio source emitting sound of frequency 700 Hz is attached to an end of a 0.50 m rod.
The rod is rotated in a horizontal circle with an angular velocity of 50 rad s -1. What is the
maximum frequency of the sound received by a stationary observer?
[Speed of sound in air = 330 m s-1]

A 360 Hz B 640 Hz C 648 Hz D 757 Hz

9. An object is placed 15.0 cm from a concave spherical mirror with focal length of magnitude
10.0 cm. The characteristics of image formed are

A real, inverted and magnified.

B real, upright and diminished.
C virtual, upright and magnified.
D virtual, inverted and diminished.

10. A point of object O is at a distance of 20.0 cm from the concave end of a glass block of
refractive index 1.50 as shown in the figure. The radius of curvature of the concave surface is
50.0 cm.

Where is the image formed due to refraction of light at the concave surface?

A 25.0 cm to the left of the concave surface

B 37.5 cm to the left of the concave surface
C 25.0 cm to the right of the concave surface
D 37.5 cm to the right of the concave surface

11. An astronaut is in a space craft orbiting 250 km above the Earth. Assume that the
wavelength is 550 nm and pupil diameter = 5.0 mm.

What is the approximate size of the smallest object on the Earth that can be resolved by the
astronaut's eye?

A 25 m B 34 m C 58 m D 65 m

12. Electrons are accelerated from rest through a potential difference 𝑉 . The de Broglie
wavelength λ of the electrons

A is directly proportional to 𝑉
B is inversely proportional to 𝑉.
C is directly proportional to √𝑉.
D is inversely proportional to √𝑉.
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13. The angular momentum of electron in the nth orbit of a hydrogen atom is

𝑛2 ℎ 𝑛ℎ 𝑛2 ℎ 𝑛ℎ
A B C D
4𝜋 4𝜋 2𝜋 2𝜋

14. Which of the following experiment illustrates the wave nature of a particle?

A Photoelectric effect
B Diffraction of a beam of electrons by a crystal
C Line spectrum emitted by a hydrogen discharge tube
D Production of X-rays when electrons collide into a metal target

15. A nuclear reactor uses U-235 as fuel to generate 100 MeV of energy for the fission of each
U-235 nucleus. If the output power of the nuclear reactor is 1.0 MW, how many U-235 nuclei
has undergone fission in one second?

A 3.1𝑥106 B 4.0𝑥106 C 6.3𝑥1016 D 7. 1𝑥1016

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Section B [15 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

16. (a) State Huygen’s principle. [2 marks]

(b) State two conditions to obtain interference pattern. [2 marks]

(c) A beam of a laser of wavelength 635 nm is directed to a single slit of width 0.050 mm. The
pattern formed on a screen placed 1.50 m from the slit as shown in the diagram below.

(i) Name the property of light wave that causes the pattern on the screen. [1 mark]

(ii) Calculate the distance x of the first minimum of the pattern from the centre of the screen O.
[3 marks]
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17. (a) Define the half-life and decay constant of a radioactive substance. [2 marks]

(b) A doctor uses 1.49 μg of iodine-131 to treat thyroid disorder. Iodine-131 has half-life of
8.0 days. Calculate

(i) the number of iodine-131 initially present. [2 marks]

(ii) the initial activity of iodine-131. [3 marks]

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Section C [30 marks]

Answer any two questions in this section.

18. (a) Define simple harmonic motion. [2 marks]

(b) Derive the expression for the period of oscillations for vertical spring-mass system.
[5 marks]

(c) The maximum speed of a 1.2 kg mass attached to a vertical spring with a force constant of
35 Nm-1, is 0.95 ms-1.

(i) Determine the frequency of oscillation, and [2 marks]

(ii) Determine the total energy of the spring-mass system. [2 marks]

(d) A simple harmonic motion has amplitude 𝐴 = 5.00 cm and angular frequency 𝜔 = 5.20
rad s-1.

At time 𝑡 = 0, 𝑥 = 2.00 cm. The equation for the SHM is given by:

𝑥 = 𝐴 sin(𝜔𝑡 + 𝜙) where 𝑥 is measured in centimeters and 𝑡 in seconds

(i) Determine the phase angle 𝜙. [2 marks]

(ii) Determine the first time it reaches 𝑥 = −2.5 cm. [2 marks]

19. (a) (i) Write the thin lens formula. [2 marks]

(ii) The distance of an object from a converging lens is 5 times the focal length of 5.0 cm.
Determine the distance of the image from the lens. [2 marks]

(b) A bulb, a spherical mirror and biconvex lens are placed on the same axis as shown below.

The mirror and the surface of the lens have the same radius of curvature of 8.0 cm.
The refractive index of the lens is 1.5. All the rays from the bulb striking the mirror are to be
directed towards the lens. The rays emerging from the lens are parallel to one another.

(i) Sketch the related ray diagram. [2 marks]

(ii) Determine the distance between the mirror and the lens. [3 marks]

(c) A lens maker wants to make a converging glass lens (n = 1.50) with the same curvature on
both sides and a focal length of 20.0 cm.

(i) Determine the radius of curvature for both surfaces. [2 marks]

(ii) If the lens is placed in carbon disulfide (n = 1.63), the converging lens becomes a diverging
lens. Explain qualitatively how this can occur. [4 marks]
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20. (a) State two properties of X-rays. [2 marks]

(b) Explain the formation of characteristics lines spectrum in the X-ray spectrum. [3 marks]

(c) The graph shows the X-ray spectrum from an X-ray tube.

(i) Copy the graph above, and on the same axes, draw a new X-ray spectrum if the potential
difference across the X-ray tube is increased. [1 mark]

(ii) Explain how the X-ray with minimum wavelength is produced, and hence, derive the
equation for minimum wavelength. [4 marks]

(iii) Estimate the potential difference across the X-ray tube. [2 marks]

(iv) It is known that the target is made up of one of the following elements, copper,
molybdenum, argentum or tungsten which respectively have the line 𝐾𝛼 of frequencies
1.9𝑥1018 𝐻𝑧, 4.3𝑥1018 𝐻𝑧, 5.4𝑥1018 𝐻𝑧, and 1.4𝑥1019 𝐻𝑧.
Identify the target element of the X-ray tube. [3 marks]

End of question paper

Prepared by Pn. Kang Seow Hung

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Values of constants

Acceleration of free fall g = 9.81 m s−2

Avogadro’s constant NA = 6.02 × 1023 mol−1

Boltzmann’s constant k, kB = 1.38 × 10−23 J K−1

Gravitational constant G = 6.67 × 10−11 N m2 kg−2

Magnitude of electronic charge e = 1.60 × 10−19 C

Mass of the Earth ME = 5.97 × 1024 kg

Mass of the Sun MS = 1.99 × 1030 kg

Molar gas constant R = 8.31 J K−1 mol−1

Permeability of free space μ0 = 4π × 10−7 H m−1

Permittivity of free space ε0 = 8.85 × 10−12 F m−1

 1  −9
=  x10 F m
-1

 36 

Planck’s constant h = 6.63 × 10−34 J s

Radius of the Earth RE = 6.38 × 106 m

Radius of the Sun RS = 6.96 × 108 m

Rest mass of electron me = 9.11 × 10−31 kg

Rest mass of proton mp = 1.67 × 10−27 kg

Speed of light in free space c = 3.00 × 108 m s−1

Stefan-Boltzmann constant σ = 5.67 × 10−8 W m−2 K−4

Unified atomic mass unit u = 1.66 × 10−27 kg