ENGINEERING D564/12

ADMISSIONS ASSESSMENT

2022 60 minutes

SECTION 2
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
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1 The diagram shows an object of mass 2.4 kg on a smooth horizontal surface.

36 N θ

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A force F acts on the object at an acute angle θ to the horizontal, where tan θ = .
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A force of 36 N acts on the object towards the right.

The object is in equilibrium.

What is the magnitude of the normal contact force exerted on the object by the surface?

(gravitational field strength = 10 N kg–1)

A 24 N

B 27 N

C 48 N

D 51 N

E 72 N

F 75 N

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2 The length of a spring when no force acts on it is L. The spring constant of the spring is
3.0 × 103 N m–1.

The spring is on the floor of an accelerating lift (elevator), and the spring supports a 30 kg
mass.

30 kg

floor of lift

The lift is accelerating downwards at 2.0 m s–2.

What is the difference between L and the length of the spring when the lift is accelerating
downwards?

(gravitational field strength = 10 N kg–1; the spring obeys Hooke’s law)

A 0 cm

B 2.0 cm

C 8.0 cm

D 10 cm

E 12 cm

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3 Electrical energy is transmitted at high voltage to a remote farm using an overhead power
cable. Each of the two wires in the cable has a resistance of 2.5 Ω. The step-down transformer
in the farm has a voltage ratio of 5.0. The transformer is ideal and 100% efficient. It supplies a
power of 40 kW to a resistive load at the farm at a voltage of 250 V.

What is the rate at which electrical energy is transferred to thermal energy in the overhead
cable?

A 1.28 kW

B 2.56 kW

C 5.12 kW

D 32 kW

E 64 kW

F 128 kW

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4 A wave is passing through a medium.

A particle of the medium has zero displacement from its equilibrium position at 0.12 s intervals,
and at no other times.

The wavelength of the wave is greater than 10.0 m.

Two points are 5.0 m apart along the direction of travel of the wave.
π
The phase difference between the particles at the two points at the same instant is radians.
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What is the speed of the wave?

A 1.8 m s–1

B 3.6 m s–1

C 7.2 m s–1

D 62.5 m s–1

E 125 m s–1

F 250 m s–1

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5 Three light springs, P, Q and R, are identical.

Springs P and Q are connected in series as shown. A downwards force T is applied to the
lower end.

Spring R is cut into four equal lengths, and the four pieces arranged symmetrically as shown.
The two connecting bars have negligible mass. A downwards force F is applied to the centre of
the lower bar.

The total extensions of the two systems are equal. The springs obey Hooke’s law.

Which expression gives T in terms of F ?

F
A
16
F
B
8
F
C
4
F
D
2
E 2F

F 4F

G 8F

H 16 F

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6 A nylon cube resting on a horizontal surface has a volume of 64 cm3.

A force F is applied vertically downwards on the top face of the cube so that it compresses the
height by x.

The graph shows the variation of F with x.

F / N 150

100

50

0
0 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25
x / 10 m
–6

What is the Young modulus of the nylon?

(Assume that changes in horizontal cross-sectional area are negligible.)

A 7.7 × 103 Pa

B 4.8 × 106 Pa

C 9.6 × 106 Pa

D 1.2 × 108 Pa

E 1.5 × 109 Pa

F 3.0 × 109 Pa

G 1.9 × 1012 Pa

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7 Five lampposts alongside a straight road are positioned at uniform intervals of 60 m.

A motorbike travelling at a constant velocity passes the first lamppost at time t = 0 s. It passes
the fifth lamppost at t = 20 s.

A car travelling in the same direction as the motorbike is accelerating at 6.0 m s–2. At time t = 0 s
the car passes the first lamppost at a velocity of 3.0 m s–1.

At what time t does the car overtake the motorbike?

A 1.5 s

B 2.0 s

C 2.5 s

D 3.0 s

E 3.5 s

F 4.0 s

G 5.0 s

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8 An electrical appliance has an input power P which is a function of time t during the first
10 seconds after it is switched on.

This function is
P = 3t 2 + 4t

where P is in watts and t is in seconds.

The appliance is switched on at time t = 0.

The appliance has a constant efficiency of 90%.

What is the energy wasted by the appliance during the period t = 2.0 s to t = 3.0 s after it is
switched on?

A 0.60 J

B 0.70 J

C 1.9 J

D 2.9 J

E 4.5 J

F 17 J

G 26 J

H 41 J

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9 A solid cylinder is made of transparent glass of refractive index . It is surrounded by air.
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A ray of light travelling in air hits the cylinder at the centre of one circular face at a non-zero
angle θ to the normal, and refracts as it enters the cylinder.

The ray then strikes the curved surface of the cylinder at an angle of incidence equal to the
critical angle.

What is the value of θ ?

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A sin–1
4

1
B sin–1
3

2
C sin–1
6

3
D sin–1
2

E sin–1 1

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10 An object of mass 20 kg is acted on by a force that varies in magnitude during the time interval
t = 0 s to t = 1.0 s.

The force causes the object’s displacement x to change with time t according to the
relationship

x = – t 3 – 3t 2 + 4

where x is in metres and t is in seconds.

What is the magnitude of the impulse on the object over this time interval?

A 2.8 kg m s–1

B 9.0 kg m s–1

C 55 kg m s–1

D 80 kg m s−1

E 100 kg m s–1

F 180 kg m s–1

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11 Two small hard spheres of mass m and 2m are suspended side by side from light vertical
strings of length l. The more massive sphere is raised so that its string is horizontal, and then
released. It swings through 90° and strikes the smaller sphere. The two spheres stick together,
and rise to a maximum height h as shown in the diagram.

2m

h
2m m

[diagram not to scale]

Which expression gives the height h in terms of l ?

(Assume that air resistance is negligible.)

4l
A
27
8l
B
27
4l
C
9
2l
D
3
8l
E
9
F l

G 2l

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12 Three resistance wires X, Y and Z, made from the same metal, are connected to each other
and to a circular plastic ring as shown.

X
Y

[diagram not to scale]

Wires X and Y each have twice the diameter of wire Z.

Wire X is 12 cm long. Wire Z is 15 cm long and is connected across a diameter of the ring.

A power supply is connected to the two corners of the triangle that lie on the diameter.

What is the value of the ratio

current in X
?
current in Z

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A
5
7
B
20
7
C
10
5
D
7
7
E
5
10
F
7
20
G
7
H 5

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13 A light rope has cross-sectional area 6.0 × 10– 8 m2 and unstretched length 0.24 m.

The rope is fixed horizontally between two supports that are 0.24 m apart.

When a 1.0 kg mass is suspended from the middle of the rope, the vertical displacement of the
middle of the rope from its original position is 0.050 m.

The rope obeys Hooke’s law. Assume that changes in cross-sectional area are negligible.

What is the Young modulus of the material from which the rope is made?

(gravitational field strength = 10 N kg–1)

A 5.2 × 108 N m–2

B 8.0 × 108 N m–2

C 1.0 × 109 N m–2

D 1.3 × 109 N m–2

E 2.0 × 109 N m–2

F 2.6 × 109 N m–2

G 5.2 × 109 N m–2

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14 The three graphs show the displacement, velocity and acceleration against time for an object
moving in a straight line.

The time axis is shown to the same scale on all three graphs.

0
0 time

0
0 time

0
0 time

Which graph represents which quantity?

graph P graph Q graph R

A acceleration displacement velocity

B acceleration velocity displacement

C displacement acceleration velocity

D displacement velocity acceleration

E velocity acceleration displacement

F velocity displacement acceleration

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15 A system of light springs that does not obey Hooke’s law has an unstretched length of 2.0 m.

The extension x of the system is related to the force F applied to it by

F = px 2

where p is a constant.

A force of 2400 N increases the length of the system to 2.2 m.

How much work is done in increasing the length of the system from 3.0 m to 4.0 m?

A 1.2 kJ

B 60 kJ

C 70 kJ

D 120 kJ

E 140 kJ

F 740 kJ

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16 The diagram shows a circuit that includes two batteries, each with negligible internal
resistance.

18 V

A 20 Ω
4.0 Ω

8.0 Ω 20 V

What is the reading on the ammeter?

A 0.0029 A

B 0.0071 A

C 0.063 A

D 0.083 A

E 0.50 A

F 0.65 A

G 1.2 A

H 2.0 A

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17 The upper diagram shows the equilibrium positions of nine equally spaced particles in a
medium.

The lower diagram shows the positions of the same nine particles when a longitudinal wave is
travelling through the medium. The wave is shown at time t = 0, travelling to the right.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
distance / cm

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
distance / cm

The frequency of the wave is 0.5 Hz.

Which graph represents the displacements of the particles at a later time t = 0.5 s?

(On the graphs, positive displacement values represent particle displacements to the right.)
displacement

displacement
A B

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

distance / cm distance / cm
displacement

displacement

C D

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

distance / cm distance / cm
displacement

displacement

E F

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

distance / cm distance / cm
displacement
displacement

G H

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

distance / cm distance / cm

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18 A power supply with constant emf and internal resistance r is connected to an external resistor.

The efficiency of the system is defined as

power dissipated by external resistor

efficiency =
total power supplied by cell

Which graph shows how the efficiency varies with the resistance of the external resistor?

A B efficiency 1
efficiency 1

0.5 0.5

0 0
0 r 0 r
resistance resistance

C efficiency 1 D efficiency 1

0.5 0.5

0 0
0 r 0 r
resistance resistance

E efficiency 1 F efficiency 1

0.5 0.5

0 0
0 r 0 r
resistance resistance

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19 A 10 kg projectile is launched from ground level at an angle of 60° above the horizontal, with an
initial speed of 12 m s−1. The horizontal component of its velocity is to the right.

At the point during its flight when the vertical component of its velocity is zero, the projectile
splits into two pieces, P and Q, each of mass 5 kg.

Immediately after the projectile splits, piece P has velocity 14 m s−1 to the right.

What is the speed of piece Q immediately before it hits the ground?

(Assume that air resistance is negligible, and that the ground is horizontal.)

A 2 m s−1

B 31 m s−1

C 6 3 m s−1

D 4 7 m s−1

E 2 43 m s−1

F 4 13 m s−1

G 4 19 m s−1

H 2 127 m s−1

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20 The density ρ of a sphere varies from its centre to its surface according to the equation

x 
ρ = ρ0  1 − 
 2R 

where x is the distance from its centre, R is its radius and ρ 0 is the density at its centre.

What is the mass of the sphere?

(the surface area of a sphere of radius x is equal to 4π x2)

2 πR ρ0
3
A
3

5 πR 3 ρ0
B
6

8 πR 3 ρ0
C
9
D πR 3 ρ0

29 πR ρ0
3
E
24

19 πR ρ0
3
F
15

4 πR 3 ρ0
G
3
H 2 πR 3 ρ0

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