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PHYSICS Grade 12 – ADVANCED LEVEL December 2022

Term 2 – Internal Summative Assessment 11 pages

60 marks 80

minutes

Instructions to the student

Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.

Any working should be done in this booklet.

Electronic calculators may be used.

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 Tasks for the Internal Summative Assessment for the term 2

QUESTIONS WITH MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWERS

1. Which of the following units results when calculating the quantity 2πfL for an inductor in an AC circuit?

A Volt B Ohm C Hertz D Henry

[1]

2. Find the impedance of a series RLC circuit if the inductive reactance, capacitive reactance and resistance
are 184 Ω, 144 Ω and 30 Ω respectively.
A 50 Ω B 250 Ω C 150 Ω D 25 Ω
[1]

3. Which one of the following graphs best shows how the capacitive reactance X varies with AC
frequency f ?

X A X B X C X D

f f f f
[1]
4. A variable inductor is connected across an a.c. source.
What effect does increasing the inductance have on the reactance and current in this circuit?

Reactance Current
A Increases Decreases
B Increases Increases
C Decreases Decreases
D No change No change

[1]
5. A heater is constructed with a 50 Ω resistor.
The average power dissipated in the resistor when an AC current of peak value 2.0 A flows throw it is,
A 400 W B 200 W C 100 W D 50 W

[1]
6. A transformer has 300 turns in its primary coil and 75 turns in its secondary coil. When the current in the
secondary coil is 20 A, the current in the primary coil is
A5A B 25 A C 80 A D 6.4 kA

[1]

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7. A metal coil rotates, with a period of 20 ms, in a magnetic field. The emf induced in the coil has a
maximum value of 12 V. An equation for this time varying voltage is (all values are presented in SI
units)
A 20sin(50πt) B 12sin(50πt) C 12sin(100πt) D 20sin(100πt)

[1]
8. A sinusoidal a.c. current flows through a resistor. The peak-to-peak value of this current is 4.0 A. Which
option best describes the average value of this current over one cycle?

A 0A B 1.0 A C 1.4 A D 2.0 A

[1]
9. A diode bridge rectifier is usually used to
A convert dissipated power into useful power.
B convert direct current into alternating current.
C convert the energy stored in the diodes into another form of energy.
D convert alternating current into direct current.
[1]
10. The diagram below shows a diode bridge with four diodes 1, 2, 3, and 4, an a.c. power supply, an output
resistor and a capacitor. The direction of the current I, at a particular time t, is shown on the diagram.

1 2

I
3 4

Which diodes are conducting at that time t ?

A. 2 and 4 B. 1 and 4 C. 2 and 3 D. 1 and 3

[1]
QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRE SHORT ANSWER
11. A device X is connected across an ac source of voltage V=V0 sinωt. The current through X is given as
π
I =I 0 sin ⁡(ωt + ).
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(a) Identify the device X and write the formula for its reactance.
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(b) Draw graphs showing variation of voltage and current with time over one cycle of AC, for X.

[2]
(c) How does the reactance of the device X vary with frequency of the AC? Show this variation
graphically.

[1]
(d) Draw the phasor diagram for the device X.

[1]

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12. A 50.0 Ω resistor is connected as in Fig.12.1 to an AC generator with max=30.0 V.

Fig. 12.1
What is the resulting peak alternating current if the frequency of the emf is
(a) 1.00 kHz

[2]
(b) 8.00 kHz?
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c) The mains AC supply in Kazakhstan the voltage available from a wall socket is 220 V. What does this
represent?
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[Total: 4]

13. a) Explain what is meant by the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) value of an alternating voltage.
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b) An alternating voltage V is represented by the equation
V = 140 sin(100πt),
where V is measured in volts and t is in seconds.
For this alternating voltage, determine
i) the peak voltage,

peak voltage =......................................V [1]

ii) the r.m.s. voltage,

r.m.s. voltage =......................................V [1]

iii) the frequency.

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 frequency =.....................................Hz [1]
c) The alternating voltage in (b) is applied across a resistor such that the mean power output from the
resistor is 1.5 kW.
Calculate the resistance of the resistor.

resistance =.......................................Ω [2]

[Total: 7]
14. The variation with time t of the current I in a resistor is shown in Fig. 14.1.

Fig. 14.1

The variation of the current with time is sinusoidal.

a) Explain why, although the current is not in one direction only, power is converted in the resistor.
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b) Using the relation between root-mean-square (r.m.s.) current and peak current, deduce the value of the
ratio

average power converted in the resistor

maximum power converted in the resistor

ratio =.........................................[3]
[Total: 5]
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15. A bridge rectifier consists of four ideal diodes A, B, C and D, connected as shown in Fig. 15.1.

Fig. 15.1

An alternating supply is applied between the terminals X and Y.

a) i) On Fig. 15.1, label the positive (+) connection to the load resistor R. [1]

ii) State which diodes are conducting when terminal Y of the supply is positive.
diode ....................... and diode..................[1]

b) The variation with time t of the potential difference V across the load resistor R is shown in Fig. 15.2.

Fig. 15.2
The load resistor R has resistance 2700 Ω.
i) Use Fig. 15.2 to determine the mean power dissipated in the resistor R.

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ii) On Fig. 15.1, draw the symbol for a capacitor, connected so as to increase the mean power
dissipated in the resistor R. [1]

c) The capacitor in (b)(ii) is now removed from the circuit.

The diode A in Fig. 15.1 stops functioning, so that it now has infinite resistance.
On Fig. 15.2, draw the variation with time t of the new potential difference across the resistor R.
[2]
[Total: 8]

16. A student turns the handle of an alternating current (a.c.) generator and the coil rotates. Fig. 16.1
represents the structure of the a.c. generator.

Fig. 16.1

There is an alternating voltage output between the two terminals. Explain why rotating the coil produces an
output voltage.
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QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRE AN EXTENDED ANSWER

17. Electrical energy is distributed around Kazakhstan by a network of high voltage cables. Fig. 17.1 shows
part of this network.

Transmission
Consumer
cables
A B

Power Transformer Transformer

station
Fig. 17.1

a) State the type, step-up or step-down, of

i) Transformer A: ………………………………………………………………… [1]

ii) Transformer B: ………………………………………………………………… [1]

b) Transmission of electrical energy is frequently achieved using alternating high voltages.

Suggest why
i) high voltages are used,
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ii)the voltage is alternating.
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c) A simple transformer is illustrated in Fig. 17.2.

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i) State why the transformer has an iron core, rather than having no core.

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ii)Explain why the core is laminated.
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18. An inductor is connected to an AC generator.
Fig. 18.1 shows the variation of two quantities, A and B, with time t.

Fig. 18.1
a) One of the curves in Fig. 18.1 represents the current in the circuit and the other curve represents the
voltage across the inductor.
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Match each curve with the respective quantity. [1]

Quantity Curve
Current in the circuit
Voltage across the inductor

b) State the phase difference between the two curves.

phase difference =....................................[1]

c) Fill in the gap on the sentence bellow with the word lags or leads.

Curve A …………………………………….………….. curve B. [1]

[Total: 3]

19. A 12 V, 50.0 Hz AC generator is connected in series to a 140 Ω resistor R, a 0.40 H inductor L, and
an 8.0 μF capacitor C.
a) Sketch a diagram of the circuit.

[2]
b) Determine the impedance of the circuit. Show your work.

impedance =..........................................[3]

[Total: 5]

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 MARK SCHEME

Part 1 – MULTIPLE CHOICE (10 marks)

Question Answer Additional Information Question Answer Additional Information
1 B 6 A
2 A 7 C
3 B 8 A
4 A 9 D
5 C 10 C

Question Answer Marks

11. a) (a) Here V=V0sinωt

π
I =I 0 sin ⁡(ωt + )
2
π
Since current is leading the voltage by , hence the circuit must be capacitive and the
2 1
element "X" must be a capacitor. 1
1
Its reactance is given by X c =
ωC

b) Graph of voltage and current w.r.t time in fig(b) 1

1

(b)
c) Graph showing the variation of XC with frequency f in fig(c)
1
Since X c =
2 πfC
1
Xc∝
f
Hence, reactance is inversely proportional to the frequency.

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 d) Phase diagram for device X is shown in fig.(d) 1

Question Answer Marks

12. εm 1
a) The current through the resistor is I =
R 1
30.0
I= =0,600 A
50.0
b) Amplitude of AC current does not depend on frequency of Emf if a resistor is 1
connected to the AC generator. Regardless of the frequency of the generator, the current
is the same, I=0.600A.
c) The voltage of domestic ac is 220 V, it represents the root mean square voltage 1
of supply.

Question Answer Marks

13. a) either the value of steady / constant voltage 1

that produces same power (in a resistor) as the alternating voltage 1

or if alternating voltage is squared and averaged

the r.m.s. value is the square root of this averaged

value
13. b) i) 140 V 1

13. b) ii) 99 V 1

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13. b) iii) 50 Hz 1

13. c) power = Vrms2 / R 1

= 992 / 1500

= 6.5 Ω 1

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Question Answer Marks

14. a) power / heating depends on I2 1

so independent of current direction 1

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14. b) either maximum power = I0 R 1
2
or average power = I RMS R

I0 = √2 × IRMS 1
maximum power = 2 × average power

ratio = 0.5 1

Question Answer Marks

15. a) i) connection to ‘top’ of resistor labelled as positive 1

15. a) ii) diode B and diode D 1

15. b) i) V0 = 4.0 V 1

mean power = V02/2R 1

2
= 4 / (2 × 2700)

= 2.96 × 10–3 W 1

15. b) ii) capacitor, correct symbol, connected in parallel with R 1

15. c) graph: half-wave rectification 1

same period and same peak value 1

Question Answer Marks

16. magnetic field mentioned 1

coil / wire cuts (magnetic) field OR changing (magnetic) field (through coil) 1

e.m.f. / voltage induced OR produced by electromagnetic induction 1

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Question Answer Marks

17. a) i) Step-up 1

17. a) ii) Step-down 1

17. b) i) for same power (transmission, higher voltage) → lower current 1

lower current → less power loss in (transmission) cables 1

17. b) ii) • voltage can be (easily) stepped up/down 1

• transformers only work with a.c. 1
• generators produce a.c.
• easier to rectify than invert
Two sensible suggestions, 1 mark each.

17. c) i) core reduces loss of (magnetic) flux linkage/improves flux linkage 1

17. c) ii) reduces (size of eddy) currents in core 1

(so that) heating of core is reduced 1

Question Answer Marks

18. a) Current A AND Voltage B 1

18. b) 90o or π/2 rad 1

18. c) lags 1

Question Answer Marks

19. a) Correct series circuit showing four components 1

Correct symbol for each component 1

19. b) XL = 2π x 50 x 0.40 = 40π (= 125.7 Ω) 1

XC = 1/(2π x 50 x 8.0 x 10–6) = 1/(8.0 x 10–4π) (= 397.9 Ω) 1

Z = sqrt[(1.0 x 103)2 + (40π – 1/(8.0 x 10–4π)2] 1

Z = 306 Ω

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 Characteristic of tasks for internal summative assessment for the 2 term
Unit Learning objective Levels of *Tota l *Questi *Type of *Time *Mark Total
thinking numb on № question marks
skills er of
tasks

12.1.2.3 - describe the processes occurring in an Higher order 4, MCH,

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alternating current circuit that has active thinking skills 13a),13c), ShA
resistance; 16

12.1.2.5 - be able to apply the Ohm’s law for MCH

1, 2, 3, 21 17
alternating-current circuit that has reactive Application ShA,
11, 18, EA
resistance;
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12.1.2.8 - present a sinusoidally alternating 7, 12, NCH,
current or voltage by an equation of the 11 8
form x=xmaxsinωt Application 13b) ShA

12.1.2.7 - deduce that the mean power in a 5, 8, MCH

resistive load is half the maximum power for Application 14 ShA 8 7
12.1.A
a sinusoidal alternating current;
Alternate 60
current 12.1.2.9 - describe the principle of operation Application
MCH
of a transformer and solve problems using 6, 17c) 5 4
EA
N1/N2=V1/V2=I2/I1 for an ideal transformer;
12.1.2.11 - explain the principle of Knowledge and 17a), EA
alternating current transmission over understanding 8 6
17b)
distance;
12.1.2.14 - distinguish graphically between Knowledge and
15b)i) ShA 5 3
half-wave and full- wave rectification; understanding
12.1.2.15 - explain the use of four diodes (bridge
rectifier) for the full-wave rectification of an 9, 10, MCH
6 4
alternating current; Application 15a) ShA
12.1.2.16 - analyse the effect of a single
capacitor during rectification, including the 15b)ii),
ShA 5 3
effect of the value of capacitance in relation 15c)
to the load resistance; Application
Total: 19 80 min 60
Note: * - sections that can be changed

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