Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level

PHYSICS 9702/13
Paper 1 Multiple Choice October/November 2018
1 hour 15 minutes
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Data

speed of light in free space c = 3.00 × 108 m s–1

permeability of free space µ0 = 4π × 10–7 H m–1

permittivity of free space ε0 = 8.85 × 10–12 F m–1

1
( = 8.99 × 109 m F–1)
4πε 0

elementary charge e = 1.60 × 10–19 C

the Planck constant h = 6.63 × 10–34 J s

unified atomic mass unit 1 u = 1.66 × 10–27 kg

rest mass of electron me = 9.11 × 10–31 kg

rest mass of proton mp = 1.67 × 10–27 kg

molar gas constant R = 8.31 J K–1 mol–1

the Avogadro constant NA = 6.02 × 1023 mol–1

the Boltzmann constant k = 1.38 × 10–23 J K–1

gravitational constant G = 6.67 × 10–11 N m2 kg–2

acceleration of free fall g = 9.81 m s–2

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Formulae
1
uniformly accelerated motion s = ut + 2
at 2
v 2 = u 2 + 2as

work done on/by a gas W = p∆V

gravitational potential φ = – Gm
r
hydrostatic pressure p = ρ gh

pressure of an ideal gas p= 1 Nm <c 2>

3 V

simple harmonic motion a = – ω 2x

velocity of particle in s.h.m. v = v0 cos ω t

v = ±ω ( x 02 − x 2 )

fsv
Doppler effect fo =
v ± vs

electric potential V= Q
4 πε 0r

capacitors in series 1 / C = 1 / C1 + 1 / C2 + . . .

capacitors in parallel C = C1 + C2 + . . .

1
energy of charged capacitor W= 2
QV

electric current I = Anvq

resistors in series R = R1 + R2 + . . .

resistors in parallel 1 / R = 1 / R1 + 1 / R2 + . . .
BI
Hall voltage VH =
ntq
alternating current/voltage x = x0 sin ω t

radioactive decay x = x0 exp(–λt)

decay constant λ = 0.693

t1
2

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1 Which statement is not a reasonable estimate?

A Atmospheric pressure at sea level is about 1 × 105 Pa.

B Light takes 5 × 102 s to reach us from the Sun.

C The frequency of ultraviolet light is 3 × 1012 Hz.

D The lifespan of a man is about 2 × 109 s.

2 Three of these quantities have the same unit.

Which quantity has a different unit?

energy
A
distance
B force

C power × time
D rate of change of momentum

3 Which group of quantities contains only vectors?

A acceleration, displacement, speed

B acceleration, work, electric field strength
C displacement, force, velocity
D power, electric field strength, force

4 An ammeter is calibrated so that it shows a full-scale deflection when it measures a current of

2.0 A.

The diagram shows the display of this ammeter when it is measuring a current.

4 6
2 8
0 10
2 3 4
1
0 5

Which current is the ammeter measuring?

A 0.75 A B 1.5 A C 3.8 A D 7.5 A

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5 The width of a table is measured as (50.3 ± 0.1) cm. Its length is measured as (1.40 ± 0.01) m.

What is the area of the table and its absolute uncertainty?

A (0.7 ± 0.1) m2

B (0.704 ± 0.006) m2

C (0.704 ± 0.011) m2

D (70.4 ± 0.6) m2

6 A stone is projected horizontally at time t = 0 and falls. Air resistance is negligible. The stone has
a horizontal component of velocity vH and a vertical component of velocity vV.

Which graph shows how vH and vV vary with time t ?

A B
velocity velocity
vV vH
vH vV

0 0
0 t 0 t

C vV D
velocity velocity
vH vH

vV
0 0
0 t 0 t

7 Two isolated spheres have masses 2.0 kg and 4.0 kg. The spheres collide and then move apart.

During the collision, the 2.0 kg mass has an average acceleration of 8.0 m s–2.

What is the average acceleration of the 4.0 kg mass?

A 2.0 m s–2 B 4.0 m s–2 C 8.0 m s–2 D 16 m s–2

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8 A mass is placed on a frictionless slope inclined at 30° to the horizontal. The mass is then
released.

What is its acceleration down the slope?

A 4.9 m s–2 B 5.7 m s–2 C 8.5 m s–2 D 9.8 m s–2

9 A parachutist falls vertically from rest at time t = 0 from a hot-air balloon. She falls for some
distance before opening her parachute.

Which graph best shows the variation with time t of the speed v of the parachutist?

A B

v v

0 0
0 t 0 t

C D

v v

0 0
0 t 0 t

10 A ship of mass 8.4 × 107 kg is approaching a harbour with speed 16.4 m s–1. By using reverse
thrust it can maintain a constant total stopping force of 920 000 N.

How long will it take to stop?

A 15 seconds
B 150 seconds
C 25 minutes
D 250 minutes

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11 A rigid, hollow sphere is immersed deep in water and released from rest. It experiences an
upthrust which propels it towards the surface of the water.

Which graph best shows the variation with time t of its upward velocity v?

A B

v v

0 0
0 t 0 t

C D

v v

0 0
0 t 0 t

12 A flat metal disc has radius R.

Forces of magnitude F are applied tangentially at the edge of the disc. The forces are in the plane
of the disc.

Which arrangement of forces produces only a torque of magnitude 2FR ?

A B C D

F F 2F 2F

R R R R

F 2F
F 2F

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13 The diagram shows the jib of a crane at an angle of 35° to the vertical. A cable passes over a
frictionless pulley and carries a load of 1830 N.

pulley
cable

35°

35°
jib cable
1830 N

The force R that the pulley exerts on the cable is in line with the jib. The cable and the pulley are
in equilibrium.

What is the value of R ?

A 1000 N B 1500 N C 2100 N D 3000 N

14 What is a unit for density?

A N m–3 B g mm–1 C kg cm–2 D µg mm–3

15 Which statement about energy is not correct?

A Energy is never lost but it may be transferred between different forms.

B In an inelastic collision, the total energy is constant.
C The efficiency of a system is the ratio of the useful energy output to the total energy input.
D When a machine does work, friction reduces the total energy.

16 An electric kettle is rated as having an input power of 1.50 kW and an efficiency of 65.0%.

The kettle is switched on for 2.00 minutes.

How much energy is transferred to the water in the kettle?

A 0.975 kJ B 117 kJ C 180 kJ D 277 kJ

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17 On a planet, a gravitational force F acts on a mass of 6.0 kg. The mass is moved by force F a
distance of 30 m in the direction of the gravitational field. The work done by the field is 450 J.

What is the force F on the mass and what is the acceleration of free fall g on the planet?

F/N g / m s–2

A 0.067 0.011
B 0.067 0.40
C 15 2.5
D 15 90

18 A girl of mass 50 kg runs up a flight of 20 steps in 7.0 seconds. Each step is 25 cm high.

What is the useful average output power provided by the girl to climb the flight of steps?

A 18 W B 36 W C 350 W D 2500 W

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19 In an experiment to measure the Young modulus of a metal, a wire of the metal of diameter
0.25 mm is clamped, as shown.

wire
clamp
pulley
pulley
marker

F
scale

The wire passes from a clamp, around a frictionless pulley, and then to a second frictionless
pulley where loads F are applied to it. A marker is attached to the wire so that the total length of
wire between the clamp and the marker is initially 3.70 m. A scale is fixed near to this marker.

The graph shows how the reading on the scale varies with F.

8.0
marker position 7.0
on scale / mm 6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0
0 2 4 6 8 10
F/N

What is the Young modulus of the metal?

A 5.5 × 1010 Pa

B 9.4 × 1010 Pa

C 1.6 × 1011 Pa

D 2.2 × 1011 Pa

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20 A scientist is investigating the properties of a new material. She plots a force-extension graph for
the material up to its breaking point.

force R

P
0
0 extension

Which statement must be correct?

A The area under the graph from P to R is the strain energy stored in the material.
B The area under the graph from P to R is the work done in stretching the material.
C The material stretches elastically from Q to R.
D The material stretches plastically from P to Q.

21 A progressive sound wave in air has amplitude x0 and intensity I.

The amplitude of the wave increases to 3x0.

What is the new intensity of the wave?

A I B I C 3I D 9I
9 3

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22 The variation with distance x of the displacement y of a transverse wave on a rope is shown at
time t = 0.

The wave has a frequency of 0.5 Hz.

A point X on the rope is marked. The diagram shows the original position of X and four new
positions.

What is the position of X at time t = 1 s?

direction of
X C D propagation
y

A
0
0 x
B

23 A sound wave is detected by a microphone. The output from the microphone is connected to the
Y-input of a cathode-ray oscilloscope (c.r.o.). The trace on the c.r.o. is shown.

The time-base is set at 0.20 ms per division.

What is the frequency of the sound wave?

A 1000 Hz B 1250 Hz C 2000 Hz D 2500 Hz

24 A bat flies directly towards a fixed ultrasound detector at a speed of 25.0 m s–1 emitting pulses of
ultrasound of frequency 40.0 kHz.

The speed of sound in air is 330 m s–1.

Which frequency does the ultrasound detector record?

A 37.0 kHz B 37.2 kHz C 43.0 kHz D 43.3 kHz

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25 An electromagnetic wave has a wavelength of 1.0 × 10–7 m.

To which region of the electromagnetic spectrum does this wave belong?

A infra-red
B ultraviolet
C visible
D X-ray

26 The diagram shows a stationary wave on a string. The stationary wave has three nodes N1, N2
and N3.

N1 N2 N3

Which statement is correct?

A All points on the string vibrate in phase.

B All points on the string vibrate with the same amplitude.
C Points equidistant from N2 vibrate with the same frequency and in phase.
D Points equidistant from N2 vibrate with the same frequency and the same amplitude.

27 In which situation does diffraction occur?

A A wave bounces back from a surface.

B A wave passes from one medium into another.
C A wave passes through an aperture.
D Waves from two identical sources are superposed.

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28 A student connects two loudspeakers to a signal generator.

signal
generator

As the student walks from P to Q, he notices that the loudness of the sound rises and falls
repeatedly.

What causes the loudness of the sound to vary?

A diffraction of the sound waves

B Doppler shift of the sound waves
C interference of the sound waves
D reflection of the sound waves

29 A parallel beam of white light is incident normally on a diffraction grating. The second-order and
third-order spectra partially overlap.

Which wavelength in the third-order spectrum appears at the same angle as the wavelength of
600 nm in the second-order spectrum?

A 300 nm B 400 nm C 600 nm D 900 nm

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30 Two parallel metal plates are at electric potentials of +800 V and +1300 V.

Which diagram best represents the electric field between the metal plates?

A B

+800 V +1300 V +800 V +1300 V

C D

+800 V +1300 V +800 V +1300 V

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31 The diagram shows two metal plates P and Q. There is a potential difference of 700 V between
the plates. Plate Q is earthed.

–700 V

plate P

5.0 mm R

plate Q

0V

What is the magnitude and direction of the electric field at point R?

A 1.4 × 102 N C–1 from P towards Q

B 1.4 × 102 N C–1 from Q towards P

C 1.4 × 105 N C–1 from P towards Q

D 1.4 × 105 N C–1 from Q towards P

32 The current I in a copper wire can be calculated using the equation shown.

I = Anvq

What does the symbol v represent?

A the average drift velocity of the charge carriers

B the instantaneous velocity of the charge carriers
C the voltage applied across the wire
D the volume of the wire

33 Three resistors are to be connected into a circuit with the arrangement shown.

X 100 Ω 100 Ω Y

100 Ω

The power in any resistor must not be greater than 4.0 W.

What is the maximum voltage across XY?

A 24 V B 30 V C 40 V D 60 V

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34 Gold is sometimes used to make very small connecting wires in electronic circuits.

A particular gold wire has length 2.50 × 10–3 m and cross-sectional area 6.25 × 10–8 m2. Gold has
resistivity 2.30 × 10–8 Ω m.

What is the resistance of the wire?

A 3.6 × 10–18 Ω

B 5.8 × 10–13 Ω

C 9.2 × 10–4 Ω

D 6.8 × 10–3 Ω

35 A resistor X of resistance 40 Ω and a variable resistor are connected to a battery of electromotive

force (e.m.f.) 12 V and internal resistance 2.0 Ω, as shown.

12 V
2.0 Ω

0 – 40 Ω
40 Ω

The resistance of the variable resistor is changed from 0 to 40 Ω.

What is the change in power dissipated in resistor X?

A 2.4 W B 2.7 W C 3.6 W D 5.6 W

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36 All the resistors shown in the resistor networks W, X, Y and Z have the same resistance.

W X

Y Z

Which list gives the networks in order of increasing total resistance?

A W→Z→Y→X

B X→W→Y→Z

C X→Y→W→Z

D X→Y→Z→W

37 In the circuit shown, the ammeter reading is zero.

50 Ω R

12 V 24 V

100 Ω 200 Ω

What is the resistance of resistor R?

A 100 Ω B 200 Ω C 400 Ω D 600 Ω

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38 A neutron collides with a nucleus of uranium-235. One possible nuclear reaction that results is
represented by the equation

235 1 154 80
92 U + 0n → 60 Nd + 32 Ge + x

where x represents one or more particles.

What does x represent?

A one neutron
B two electrons
C two neutrons
D two protons

39 A nucleus Q has the notation yx Q .

Which of the following is an isotope of Q?

y −1 y y y −1
A xQ B x −1 Q C x +1Q D x +1Q

40 In β– decay, a neutron inside a nucleus changes to a proton.

Which statement describes the quark composition of the nucleus during the decay?

A The number of down quarks decreases by one.

B The number of down quarks increases by one.
C The number of down quarks stays the same.
D The number of up quarks stays the same.

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