AITEL EXAMINATION BOARD
PRE-REGISTRATION ASSESSMENT 2024
S.4 PHYSICS
PAPER 1
2 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS
• Attempt any four items in this paper.
• Use only the answer booklets provided to answer the items.
• Where necessary, assume 𝑔𝑔 = 10𝑚s−2.
• Each item is 20 scores
• Density of air is 1.3 kg/m3
• Density of water is 1000 kg/m3
1. Scenario
A boy was travelling with her parents by means of water transport. He carried a ball and a
phone taking selfies along the journey. On their way water waves disturbed the boat and all
he had on his hands dropped in water. However, with much disappointment of loosing his
phone, all over sudden he realised the ball was still on top of water though phone was no
where to be seen. This scene left them wondering the magic with the ball. As they continued
they looked in the air and saw two people seated in a bucket connected to a balloon with
burning flame was carrying them in space. The boy was confused and wondered how the
two men would land safely on the ground though his parents couldn’t explain anything to
him.
Support information
Take the density of water =1000 kg/m3
Acceleration due to gravity = 10 ms-2
Mass of the boat = 200 kg
Mass of a phone = 500 g
Volume of a phone = 50 cm3
Volume of a ball = 20 cm3
Volume of the boat = 3000 cm3
Task:
As a Physics learner, help the boy understand what happened while on the boat and also
explain for him how the two heavy men were being carried by just a balloon with burning
air.
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2. Scenario
Of recent, a story building being constructed in Kampala near Munyonyo collapsed and took
very many lives. However, when police arrested the contractor and asked the cause of the
collapse, he complained that the client didn’t give enough money to buy the appropriate
materials for constructing the building given that the place is affected much by harsh weather
conditions. However, when the KCCA Engineer was tasked to analyse the situation, he said
“the mechanical properties of the materials being used are below the standard required for
a story building near such areas. He said young’s modulus of steel should be about 2x1011
N/m2”. This statement confused the public the more.
Support material
A force of 500 N causes an extension of 20 mm on an iron bar of length 100cm whose
cross-sectional area is 0.05 cm2.
Task
As a learner of Physics, you have been asked by police to produce a report about the scene
to help the police carry out investigation on the contractor.
3. Scenario
Two people stood in the middle of a disco hall at an un known distance between them. The
woman calls the boy and she hear her self 5 seconds later while the boy hears the second
sound after 4.5 seconds. The two discovered that their sound was clearer at night than during
the day. While in the hall their blue and yellow clothes had changed in colour as a result of
the disco lights. These scenarios left them confused and disturbed without understanding the
magic in the hall.
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Task
As a learner of Physics, help the two people analyse and understand what happened to them.
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4. Scenario
A uniform metallic rod of length 4.0 m pivoted at its centre is used at a children’s play resort.
If a boy of mass 48 kg sits 1.5 m from one end. Another boy of mass 40 kg wants to seat at
a distance of 0.6 m from the centre on the other end to balance with the boy at the other end.
Support material
Task
Help the guide at the play resort to direct the learners on how to play the game safely. Also
analyse what would happen to the beam if one end of the rod was heated by a considerably
hot flame when the boys are off the simple machine so that safety is ensured during plays.
5. Scenario
On November 7th ,2022, Uganda as a country launched its first satellite named Pearl Africa
Sat-1 into space with the support from NASA. One of the purposes of the launch was to
study weather patterns to help farmers. On the other hand, data collected from the satellite
showed that while in Uganda was day time, it was night time in the USA. And also, Europe
was experiencing winter season while Uganda was receiving normal weather changes. The
teacher told learners that “there is a lot of information and purposes that the satellite can
provide “but the students couldn’t understand and believe the teacher.
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Task
As a learner of Physics, write an article to be published over the news paper to educate the
public about changes in time, seasons and all the major purposes of an artificial satellite.
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6. Scenario
In a certain town, it is a must for drivers to be tested with their vehicles for road-worthiness.
On a certain day, a car started from rest and accelerated to 50 ms-1 in 10 seconds. The driver
maintained that velocity for 20 seconds and suddenly decelerated to rest in 2 seconds causing
him to crush into windscreen. As a result, the car tyres wore out on the tarmac causing a lot
of heat on the ground.
Support material
Task
You have been tasked to write a report to explain the scene. In your report include a motion
graph, Find the rate at which the car’s velocity reduces and explain why driver crushed into
the wind screen. Advise by stating whether the drivers average speed exceeded the speed
limit of 8 ms-1 and how he would prevent the crushing.
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