HAN CHIANG HIGH SCHOOL, PENANG.

FINAL EXAMINATION 2022

PHYSICS
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Class: JSE11/JSE12/JSE13

Duration: 120 minutes

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. This paper consists of 2 sections.

Section A: 40 Objective questions (40%)
Section B: 8 Structure questions (60%)

2. Answer all questions.

3. Use only 2B pencils to shade your answers in the answer sheet “O” for Section A.

4. Use only blue or black ink to write your answers in Section B.

5. If you wish to correct any answer, neatly cross out the answer.

6. This paper consists of 25 printed pages.

Student Name: ________________ Student Number: ______________

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Section A (Objective Question – 40 %)

1. A train begins a journey from a station and travels 60km in a time of 20 minutes.

What is the average speed of the train?

A 3.0m / s B 5.0 m / s C 50 m / s D 60 m / s

2. Two runners take part in a race.

The graph shows how the speed of each runner changes with time.

What does the graph show about the runners at time t ?

A Both runners are moving at the same speed.

B Runner 1 has zero acceleration.

C Runner 1 is overtaking runner 2.

D Runner 2 is slowing down.

3. The graph shows how the speed of a van changes with time for part of its journey. In which labelled
section is the van decelerating?

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4. A large stone is dropped from a bridge into a river. Air resistance can be ignored.

Which row describes the acceleration and the speed of the stone as it falls?

acceleration speed of
of the stone the stone

A constant constant
B constant increasing
C increasing constant
D increasing increasing

5. A car travels along a straight road.

The speed-time graph for this journey is shown.

During which labelled part of the journey is the resultant force on the car zero?

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6. An object moves at a constant speed for some time, then begins to accelerate.

Which distance-time graph shows this motion?

7. A car travels at an average speed of 60km / h for 15 minutes.

How far does the car travel in this time?

A 4.0km B 15 km C 240 km D 900km

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8. A ball is dropped from a table-top. Air resistance may be ignored.

Which row describes the velocity and the acceleration of the ball at point X?

acceleration velocity

A constant constant
B constant increasing
C increasing constant
D increasing increasing

9. The diagram shows the speed-time graph for a car.

Which area represents the distance travelled while the car is accelerating?
A X B X+Y C Y D Y–X

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 10. Two distance-time graphs and two speed-time graphs are shown.
Which graph represents an object that is at rest?

11. An object has a mass of 50 kg.

The gravitational field strength on Earth is 10.0N / kg.

The gravitational field strength on a distant planet is 4.0N / kg.

What is the weight of the object on Earth, and what is its weight on the distant planet?

on the distant
on Earth planet

A 5.0 kg 12.5kg
B 5.0N 12.5N
C 500 kg 200kg
D 500N 200N

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 12. An astronaut in an orbiting spacecraft experiences a force due to gravity. This force is less than when
she is on the Earth’s surface.
Compared with being on the Earth’s surface, how do her mass and her weight change when she goes
into orbit?

mass in orbit weight in orbit

A decreases decreases
B decreases unchanged
C unchanged decreases
D unchanged unchanged

13. A car travels 100 km. The journey takes two hours. The highest speed of the car is
80km / h, and the lowest speed is 40km / h.
What is the average speed for the journey?
A 40 km / h B 50 km / h C 60 km / h D 120km / h

14. Weight is an example of which quantity?

A acceleration
B force
C mass
D pressure

15. The mass of an object is measured on Earth. The mass is 5.0kg.

The object is taken to the Moon. The mass of the object is measured on the Moon.
What is the mass of the object on the Moon?
A 0 kg
B more than 0 kg, but less than 5.0kg
C 5.0 kg
D more than 5.0kg

16. Which statement about mass or weight is correct?

A Mass is a force.
B Mass is measured in newtons.
C Weight is a force.
D Weight is measured in kilograms.

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17. What is the weight of an object?
A the force of gravity on the object
B the gravitational potential energy of the object
C the internal energy of the object
D the mass of the object

18. Which instrument is used to compare the masses of objects?

A a balance
B a barometer
C a manometer
D a measuring cylinder

19. A customer goes to a market and buys some rice. The stallholder pours rice into a dish
that hangs from a spring balance. He records the reading on the spring balance.

The customer then buys some pasta and the stallholder notices that the reading on the
spring balance, with just pasta in the dish, is the same as it was with just rice in the dish.

The rice and the pasta must have the same

A density.
B temperature.
C volume.
D weight.

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20. A 1 kg sample of aluminium is stored in a laboratory. In a different laboratory, in the
same town, there is a 1kg sample of iron.
Which quantity must these two samples always have in common?

A the same density

B the same temperature
C the same volume
D the same weight

21. Four rectangular blocks, P, Q, R and S are shown. Each block is labelled with its size
and its mass.

Which two blocks have the same density?

A P and Q B P and R C Q and R D R and S

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 22. A student is given four different objects and a metre rule.
Each object has a known mass. She is asked to determine the densities of the materials from which
the four objects are made.
The objects are a copper cylinder, a glass cube, a steel spanner and a stone tile.

Using only the metre rule, she is able to find the densities of only three of the four materials. Which
three materials are these?
A copper, glass and steel
B copper, glass and stone
C copper, steel and stone
D glass, steel and stone

23. A stone has a volume of 0.50cm3 and a mass of 2.0g.

What is the density of the stone?
A 0.25g/cm3
B 1.5 g / cm3
C 2.5 g/ cm3
D 4.0g / cm3

24. A cube of side 2.0cm is placed on a balance.

What is the density of the cube?

A 0.90g / cm3 B 1.2 g/ cm3 C 1.8 g / cm3 D 3.6g / cm3

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 25. The diagrams show four blocks with the same mass.

Which block is made from the least dense material

26. A student is told to measure the density of a liquid and also of a large cube of metal.
Which pieces of equipment are sufficient to be able to take the measurements needed?
A balance, measuring cylinder and ruler

B balance and thermometer

C measuring cylinder and ruler
D measuring cylinder, ruler and thermometer

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27. The diagram shows a cuboid block made from a metal of density 2.5 g / cm3.

What is the mass of the block?

A 8.0 g B 16 g C 50 g D 100 g

28. The diagram shows an experiment to find the density of a liquid.

What is the density of the liquid?

A 0.5 g / cm3 B 2.0g / cm3 C 8.0 g / cm3 D 10.0g/ cm3

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29. Two blocks of metal X and Y hang from spring balances, as shown in the diagrams.

What does the diagram show about X and Y?

A They have the same mass and the same volume but different weights.
B They have the same mass and the same weight but different volumes.
C They have the same mass, the same volume and the same weight.
D They have the same weight and the same volume but different masses.

30. Two cylinders are made of the same metal. Both cylinders have the same cross-sectional
area but one is longer than the other.

cylinder 1 cylinder 2

Which quantity is the same for both cylinders?

A density
B mass
C resistance
D volume

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31. What is a micrometer screw gauge used to measure?
A very small currents
B very small distances
C very small forces
D very small pressures

32. A man stands next to a railway track.

A train travelling at 40m/ s takes 2.0s to pass the man.

What is the length of the train?

A 20 m B 38 m C 40 m D 80 m

33. A skydiver jumps from an aeroplane and falls towards the Earth.

Which statement is correct when the skydiver has reached terminal velocity?

A The skydiver’s speed is decreasing.

B The skydiver’s speed is increasing.
C The skydiver is moving with constant speed.
D The skydiver’s speed is zero.

34. On the Moon, all objects fall with the same acceleration.

Which statement explains this?

A On the Moon, all objects have the same weight.

B The Moon has a smaller gravitational field strength than the Earth.
C The weight of an object is directly proportional to its mass.
D The weight of an object is inversely proportional to its mass.

35. A box of mass 4.0kg is pulled along a horizontal floor in a straight line by a constant force F.

The constant frictional force acting on the box is 2.0 N.

The speed of the box increases from 0.50m / s to 2.5 m/ s in 2.0s.

What is the value of F ?

A 2.0 N B 4.0 N C 6.0 N D 7.0 N

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36. A speed–time graph is used to describe the motion of an object.

Which quantities are calculated from the gradient of the graph and from the area under the
graph?

gradient of the graph area under the graph

A acceleration distance travelled

B acceleration total journey time
C distance travelled acceleration
D total journey time distance travelled

37. A car joins a road at a speed of 14 m / s and accelerates at 4.0 m/ s2 for 5.0 seconds.

What is the final speed of the car?

A 18m / s B 20 m / s C 32 m / s D 34 m / s

38. A student has a measuring cylinder containing water and also has a balance.

Which of these could she use to find the volume of a small metal sphere?

She has no other apparatus.

A either the measuring cylinder containing water or the balance

B the measuring cylinder containing water only
C the balance only
D neither the measuring cylinder nor the balance

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 39. Which statement about mass is correct?

A A mass of 10 kg weighs 1N near the Earth’s surface.

B Mass is a gravitational force.
C Mass increases when the gravitational field strength increases.
D The greater the mass of a body, the more it resists a change in its motion.

40. An object moves at constant speed in the circular path shown.

P
Z X

Which statement about the acceleration of the object when it is at point P is correct?

A The acceleration is in the direction of arrow X.

B The acceleration is in the direction of arrow Y.
C The acceleration is in the direction of arrow Z.
D The object is not accelerating.

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Section B - Subjective Question (60%)
1. (a) A bus travels at a constant speed. It stops for a short time and then travels at a higher constant speed.

Using the axes in Fig. 1, draw a distance-time graph for this bus journey.

Fig. 1
A lift (elevator) starts from rest at the ground floor of a building.

Fig. 2 is the speed-time graph for the motion of the lift to the top floor of the building.

Fig. 2
Use the graph to determine the distance from the ground floor to the top floor of the building.

distance =................................................................. [4]

[Total: 7]
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2. A large plastic ball is dropped from the top of a tall building.

Fig. 3 shows the speed-time graph for the falling ball until it hits the ground.

Fig. 3
(a) From the graph estimate,

(i) the time during which the ball is travelling with terminal velocity,

time = ................................................ [1]

(ii) the time during which the ball is accelerating,

time = ................................................ [1]

(iii) the distance fallen while the ball is travelling with terminal velocity,

distance = ................................................ [2]

(iv) the height of the building.

height = ................................................ [2]

(b) Explain, in terms of the forces acting on the ball, why the ball reaches terminal velocity.

.......................................................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................................................. [2]

[Total: 8]
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3. (a) State what is meant by the terms

(i) weight, ......................................................................................................................

............................................................................................................................. [1]

(ii) density. ......................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................. [1]

(b) A student is given a spring balance that has a scale in newtons. The student is told that the

acceleration of free-fall is 10 m/s2.

(i) Describe how the student could find the mass of an irregular solid object.

...................................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................. [2]

(ii) Describe how the student could go on to find the density of the object.

...................................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................

Fig. 4
Calculate

(i) the magnitude and direction of the resultant force on the object,

magnitude = ………………… direction .............................................................. [2]

(ii) the magnitude of the acceleration of the object.

acceleration =…………………… [2]

[ Total : 10 ]

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4. Fig. 5 shows the vertical forces acting on a toy rocket as it leaves the ground.

Fig. 5
(a) Calculate the size of the resultant vertical force on the rocket.

resultant force = .................................................. N [2]

(b) Explain why the top of the rocket is pointed and has a smooth surface.

.
.............................................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................................... [2]

[Total: 4]

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5. Fig. 6 shows a box attached to a parachute. The box and the parachute are falling through the
air.

Fig. 6
(a) Fig. 6 shows three vertical forces acting on the box and the parachute.

(i) Calculate the resultant vertical force and state its direction.

resultant vertical force = ....................................... N

direction ....................................... [3]

(ii) Suggest and explain what happens to the size of the upward vertical force on the
parachute if the area of the parachute used is increased.

suggestion .........................................................................................................................

explanation ........................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................
[2]

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(b) Fig. 7 shows the speed–time graph for the box before the parachute is opened.

Fig. 7
(i) Determine the time when the speed of the box is 30m/s.

time = ...................................................... s [1]

(ii) Deduce the size of the resultant vertical force on the box when the time is 35s.
Explain your answer.

size of resultant vertical force ............................................................................................

explanation ........................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................................
[2]

(iii) Calculate the distance the box moves between time = 30s and time = 40s.

distance = ..................................................... m [3]

[Total: 11]

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6. A footballer kicks a ball vertically upwards. Initially, the ball is stationary.

(a) His boot is in contact with the ball for 0.050s. The average resultant force on the ball during this
time is 180N. The ball leaves his foot at 20m/s.

Calculate

(i) the impulse of the force acting on the ball,

impulse = ...........................................................[2]

(ii) the mass of the ball,

mass = ...........................................................[2]

(iii) the height to which the ball rises. Ignore air resistance.

height = ...........................................................[3]
(b) While the boot is in contact with the ball, the ball is no longer spherical.

State the word used to describe the energy stored in the ball.

..........................................................................................................................................................[1]

[Total: 8]

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7. Fig. 8 shows remote sensing equipment on the surface of a distant planet.

Fig. 8
Fig. 3.1
(a) The mass of the equipment is 350kg. The acceleration of free fall on the surface of this planet

is 7.5 m/s2
(i) State what is meant by the term weight.

……………………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………………….[1]

(ii) Calculate the weight of the equipment on the planet.

weight = ........................................................[2]

(b) The equipment releases a balloon from a point that is a small distance above the surface
of the planet. The atmosphere at the surface of this planet has a density of 0.35kg/m3.
The inflated balloon has a mass of 80g and a volume of 0.30m3.

Make an appropriate calculation and then predict and explain the direction of any motion
of the balloon. Show your working.

prediction ..................................................................................................................................

explanation ..................................................................................................................................

………………………………………………………………………………….[4]
[Total: 7]
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8. Fig. 9 shows a hammer being used to drive a nail into a piece of wood.

Fig. 9

The mass of the hammer head is 0.15kg.

The speed of the hammer head when it hits the nail is 8.0m/s.
The time for which the hammer head is in contact with the nail is 0.0015s.

The hammer head stops after hitting the nail.

(a) Calculate the change in momentum of the hammer head.

change in momentum = ...........................................................[2]

(b) State the impulse given to the nail.

impulse = ...........................................................[1]

(c) Calculate the average force between the hammer and the nail.

average force = ...........................................................[2]

[Total: 5]

Prepared by : Eric Lim Checked by : Mr. Lim Yee Hoong

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