Jan 2024 intake Test 1

Answer all the questions. Write the answers for Q1-Q20 in the table below.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

1 Which quantity with its unit is correct?

A acceleration of a bicycle = 1.4 m s–1
B electric current in a lamp = 0.25 A s–1
C electric potential difference across a battery = 8.0 J C –1
D kinetic energy of a car = 4500 N m–1

2 The drag force F acting on a moving sphere obeys an equation of the form F = kAv2, where A
represents the sphere’s frontal area and v represents its speed.
What are the base units of the constant k ?
A kg m5 s–4 B kg m–2 s–1 C kg m–3 D kg m–4 s2

3. The luminosity L of a star is given by

L = 4πr2σT4
Where r is the radius of the star, T is the temperature of the star, σ is a constant with units W m–2K–4.
What are the SI base units of L ?
A kg m2 s–1 B kg m2 s–2 C kg m2 s–3 D kg m2 s–4

4. The diagram shows two vectors X and Y, drawn to scale.

If X = Y – Z, which diagram best represents the vector Z?

5. Which pair of quantities contains one vector and one scalar quantity?
A displacement; force
B kinetic energy; power
C acceleration; momentum
D velocity; distance

6. One property Q of a material is used to describe the behaviour of sound waves in the material. Q is defined as
the pressure P of the sound wave divided by the speed v of the wave and the surface area A of the material
through which the wave travels:
Q = P/( vA) .
What are the SI base units of Q?
A kg m2 s–3 B kg m–3 s–1 C kg m–4 s–1 D kg m–2 s–2
7. A cannon fires a cannonball with an initial speed v at an angle α to the horizontal.

8. The diagram shows a displacement vector.

What is the vertical component of this displacement vector?

A 3.0km B 4.0km C 5.0km D 6.6km

9. What is the unit of power, expressed in SI base units?

A kg m2 s–3 B kg ms–3 C kg ms–2 D kg m2 s–1

10. A cyclist is travelling due south with velocity u. The wind is blowing from the north-east with
velocity w.

The wind has a velocity v relative to the cyclist, where v = w – u.

Which vector diagram shows the magnitude and direction of velocity v?

11.A body is released from rest and falls vertically in air of constant density. Which statement about
the motion of the falling body is correct?

A. As it accelerates, its weight decreases so that its acceleration decreases until it travels with
constant velocity.
B. It accelerates initially at 9.8ms–2 but the drag force increases so its acceleration decreases.
C. Its velocity increases at a constant rate until its velocity becomes constant.
D. The drag force of the air increases continually and eventually the velocity decreases.
 12. A goods train passes through a station at a steady speed of 10ms–1. An express train is at rest at the
station. The express train leaves the station with a uniform acceleration of 0.5ms–2 just as the goods
train goes past. Both trains move in the same direction on straight, parallel tracks. How much time
passes before the express train overtakes the goods train?

A 6s B 10s C 20s D 40s

13. On a stationary ship a golf ball is struck so that it flies off horizontally from the edge of the deck of
the ship at a speed of 72 m s-1 . The deck is 46 m vertically above the sea. Ignore air resistance. What
is the horizontal distance the ball travels before landing in the sea?

A 74 m B 160 m C 220 m D 680 m

14. A rod XY of weight 16N is hinged at X and supported by a string at Y. The string is at an angle of 30°.
The tension in the string is 16N.

What is the horizontal component of the tension at Y?

A 8.0N B 9.0N C 14N D 16N

15. On a journey from town A to town B, a train accelerates uniformly from rest to 30.0 m s–1 in one
minute. It then continues at constant speed for three minutes before decelerating uniformly to rest
again in two minutes. What distance does the train travel from town A to town B?

A 135 m B 180 m C 8.10 km 10.8 km

16. On the asteroid Ceres, a stone dropped from rest from a height of 1.0m would take 2.8s to reach
the surface of the asteroid. What would be the weight of a 70kg astronaut on Ceres?

A 18N B 70N C 250N D 700N

17. A ball is thrown vertically downwards at 4.0ms–1 from a height of 120cm. With which speed does it
hit the ground? Ignore air resistance.

A 4.8 ms–1 B 6.3 ms–1 C 40ms–1 D 49 ms–1

18. A projectile of mass 10kg is fired at 20ms–1 at an angle of 30° to the horizontal.

The kinetic energy of a mass is given by ½ mv2.

What is its kinetic energy at the top of its flight?

A 0J B 500J C 1500J D 2000J

19. An object starts from rest at time t = 0 and moves in a horizontal straight line. The graph shows
how the velocity v of the object varies with time.

What is the distance travelled by the object during the time that its acceleration is zero?

A 300m B 400m C 800m D 1200m

20. A force of 30N is required to pull the strings of a catapult into the firing position.

What is the tension in each string?

A 15N B 17N C 30N D 35N

21. (a) Use an expression for work done, in terms of force, to show that the SI base units of
energy are kg m2 s–2. [2]

(b) The energy E stored in an electrical component is given by

𝑄2
𝐸=
2𝐶
where Q is charge and C is a constant.
Use this equation and the information in (a) to determine the SI base units of C.

SI base units ........................... [2]

22. (a) Define acceleration.
...................................................................................................................................................
.............................................................................................................................................. [1]

(b) A ball is kicked from horizontal ground towards the top of a vertical wall, as shown in Fig. 2.1.

The horizontal distance between the initial position of the ball and the base of the wall is 24 m. The ball
is kicked with an initial velocity v at an angle of 28° to the horizontal. The ball hits the top of the wall
after a time of 1.5 s. Air resistance may be assumed to be negligible.

(i) Calculate the initial horizontal component vX of the velocity of the ball.

vX = .............................. m s−1 [1]

(ii) Show that the initial vertical component vY of the velocity of the ball is 8.5 m s−1. [2]

(iii) Calculate the time taken for the ball to reach its maximum height above the ground.

time = ......................... s [2]

(iv) The ball is kicked at time t = 0. On Fig. 2.2, sketch the variation with time t of the vertical
component vY of the velocity of the ball until it hits the wall. It may be assumed that velocity
is positive when in the upwards direction.

(c) (i) Use the information in (b) to determine the maximum height of the ball above the ground.

maximum height = ........................... m [2]