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STPM 2017 TERM 2 TRIAL

Physics 960/2
1 hour 30 minutes

SEK. MEN. KEB. TINGGI MELAKA

(Malacca High School. Estd.1826)
Ke Arah Kecemerlangan Pendidikan

STPM 2017 TERM 2

TRIAL EXAMINATION

PHYSICS
PAPER 2
(1 hour and 30 minutes)

Instructions to candidates:

DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

Answer all questions in Section A. Marks will not be deducted for wrong answers. For each question,
four suggested answers are given. Choose the correct answer and shade the corresponding letter on the
objective answer sheet provided.
Answer all questions in Section B. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Answer any two questions only in Section C. All essential working should be shown. For numerical
answers, unit should be quoted wherever appropriate. Begin each answer on a fresh sheet of foolscap
paper and arrange your answers in numerical order.
Values of constants are provided on last page in this question paper.

Prepared by: Checked by : Verified by:

_______________________________ ________________ ________________

(Mr Wee Choi Chiang & Miss Julie Yap) (Mr Wee Choi Chiang) (En. Azmi Bin Sakmis)
Guru Physics Tkn 6 Ketua Panitia Physics Tkn 6 PK Tingkatan 6

This question paper consists of 11 printed pages.

 Section A [15 marksl

Answer aill questians in this section.

Indicate the coruect answer on the Multiple-choice Answer sheet provided.

1. Which of the following statements concerring electric field stength is not tue?

A The electric field strength of a point charge is inversely proportional to the square of
the distance from the charge.
B Electric field strength is a vector quantity.
C The electric field stength at a point in an electic field is the force experienced by a
positive unit charge at the point.
D The electric field strength is zero when the electric potential is zero.

2. An oil drop with charge q is stationary in a vertical electric field.E. What is the mass of
the oil drop?
I g is the acceleration due to gravity]

AqE BLE t1
LE
g
qE
Dg{t

3. A dielectric material is inserted between the parallel plates of a capacitor in the circuit as
shown in the diagram below.

Which of the follclwing correctly summarizes the change, if any, in the potential
difference and capacitance of the capacitor?

Poiential diffisrgycg" Capacitqm?e

A Does not change [ncreas#s
B Increases Increases
C Does not change Decreases
D I)ecreases flecrefrses

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 The diagram below shows a parallel plate capacitor which is connected to a battery.
The eiectric energy stored in the capacitor is E

i--*-,- - j
Ifone of the plates of the capacitor is moved so that the separation between the plates
becomes half of the initial separation, the electric energy stored in the capacitor becomes

Als ?
Lr
Bls4
CE DzE

5. The diagram below shows a capacitor C \ rith capacitance 2 pF, connected to a resistor R
ofresistance l0Cf.

If the capacitor initial charge of 4x10-5 C, what is the current that flows through
has an
the circuit irnmediately afterthe switch S is closed?

A O.[A B O.2A C 1A D 2A

6. When the potential difference of a copper wire increases, rarhich of the following
concerning the drift velocity v and number of elecfrons per unit volume r is corect?

n v
A Does not change Does not change
B Does not change Increases
C Increases Does not change
D Does not change Decreases
 7. The current flows through an insulated wire XY with variation of cunpnt density as
shown in the diagram below.

Curuent
density

hnglh of rvfoefromX

Which of the following statements is correct?

A End X of the wire is thinnerthan end y of the wire.
B End Y of the wire is thinner than end X of the wire.
c The electric potential gradient along the wire is uniforrn.
D The current at end X is more than the current at end y.

8. A battery with e.m.f. 2.0Y and internal resistance which can be neglected, is connected
to forn resistors as shown in the diagram below.

2.{T V

What is the potential difference between point P and point

Q in the circuit?

AOV B 0.50 v c 0.75 V D 1.00 v

9- Which of the foltowing statements about a potentioraeter wire is not true?

A The potential difference Ercross apotentiometer wire is directlyproportional

to the
length of the potentiometer wire.
B The resistance of a potentiometer wire is directly proportional to the
length
of the
potelrtiometer wire.
9' Tht potentiometer circuit can be used to compare resistances between two resistors.
D. The potentiometer circuit can be used to measure the capacitance
of a capacitor.

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10. A copper rod which carries current /is placed pe,rpendicutarly in a uniform magnetic
field B as shown in the diasarn below.

@
I @@ @ @ @
@ @@ s @ @
@ +I @
@ @ @ @ @ @
@ @ @ @ @ @
Which of the following shows correctly the orientation of the directions of magnetic field
4 the velocity v of the electron in the rod and the force F'exerted on the electrons?

NY

11. Two concenfrate circular coils P and Q are placed in the same plane. CoiI P has 10 tums
of radius 4 cm and carties a current of 1.0 A. Coil Q has 20 tums of radius 12 cm and
the magnitude and direction of the curent in this coil are adjusted so that the resultant
magnetic field in the common centre of both coils is zero.
What is the current in the coil Q?

A 0.75A B 1.5A c 2.25A D 4.5A

12. .Lenzlaw conceming elecfromagnetic induction is the result of the consenration of

A mass B charge C energy D momentum
 13. Three long wires P, Q and R are arranged parallel with one another in avacuum as shown
in the diagram below.

Given that the force per unit length between two wires, each carrying currents of lA and
separated by 10 cm is 2xl0'N m-'. What is the magnitude and direction of the resultant
force per rmit length experienced by wire R?

Magnihlde direction
A
B
ffi-,
3x10'6Nm-l
upward
dowrnrrard
C 6x 10{N m-l upward
D 6x1o-6Nm-l downward

14. A coil of wire which has n tums and cross sectional arcaAis ptaced in a magnetic field B,
-
urith its ptane perpendicular to the magnetic field. The coil is then tumed at frequency/
about its diameter, at right angles to the magnetic field.
What is the maximum e.m.f. induced in the coil?

A TnnfHA B ZranHA C frnTBA D WBA

15" A mutual inductor consists of two coils X and Y as shown in the diagram below, where
one quarter of the magnetic flrx produced by X is linked to Y and produces mutual

xffi Y[.]
inductionM.

\Ifhat is the mutual induction \Mhen Y is ussd as the primary coil?

AM.
4
BryZ CM D LTVT

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Section B: Answer all the questions in this section in the space provided.

16. (a) Explain briefly the mechanism of charging a parallel plate capacitor. [2]
When the switch is closed, the free electrons will flow from the negative terminal of
the battery to the connected plate, electrons from another plate will flow back to the
positive terminal of the battery.
The charge stored in the capacitor will increase exponentially. When the potential
difference across the capacitor is equal to the emf of the battery, the capacitor will
be fully charged.

(b) Figure below shows a circuit that is used in a defibrillator in which a short pulse of charge is
used to revive a patient who suffers a cardiac arrest in which their heart stops beating.

The graph below shows how the charge on the capacitor varies with time when the
capacitor is charging.

(i) Determine the emf of the power supply. [2]

Q=CV

V=4,000V

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 (ii) Calculate the maximum energy stored in the capacitor. [2]

W=1/2 QV

= 200 J

(iii) Determine the energy it delivers to the heart in first 6.0 ms during discharge. [2]

17. The diagram shows the paths taken by two moving charged particles when they enter
a region of uniform magnetic field of 1.0 T perpendicularly with the same velocity of 2.0x106 m s-1.

(a) Determine the types of charge (positive or negative) of the particles. [2]
P : Positive

Q: Negative

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 (b) Given the radius of curvature of the path P is 4.15 cm and the mass of particle P is 6.64x10-27
kg, determine the charge of particle P. [2]

(c) Determine the magnitude and direction of an electric field which should be applied to the region
so that both particles will travel through the region without any deflection. [3]

Bqv=qE
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E=2.0x10 Vm -1
Downward direction

Section C : Answer any two questions only from this section on answer sheets.

18. (a) A cable used in high-voltage power transmission consists of six aluminium wires
surrounding a steel wire. A cross-section is shown in diagram below.

The resistance of a length of 1.0 km of the steel wire is 3.3 Ω. The resistance of a length of 1.0 km
of one of the aluminium wires is 1.1 Ω. The steel wire has a diameter of 7.4 mm.

(i) Calculate the resistivity of steel. [3]

(ii) Explain why only a small percentage of the total current in the cable passes through the
steel wire. [2]
(iii) The potential difference across a length of 1.0 km of the cable is 75 V. Calculate the total
power loss for a 1.0 km length of cable [3]
(iv) State one way to reduce the power loss in the cable. [1]

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18 (a) (i)

(ii)

Resistance of steel cable is much higher than that of aluminium, therefore the
current flowing through the steel wire is very small compared to the current
through the aluminium wire.
(iii) Total resistance = 0.1737 Ω

(iv) Use high transmission voltage so that the current is small.

(b) (i) V=E-Ir

(ii) E = 0.90V

(iii) r = gradient of the graph

= 2730 Ω

(iv) V = 1.8 V

r = 5.46 kΩ
Resistance of LED = 80 Ω

Current I = 1.8/(5460+80) = 0.32 mA

No the LED will not work.

19. (a) (i) The current flowing in each wire will produce a magnetic field which acts on another wire.

Therefore both wires will experience a magnetic force of equal magnitude but opposite
direction.

(ii) Attraction

(iii)
The magnetic field due to current I 1

19 (b) (i) One ampere is the current flowing in two long straight parallel thin wires separated

at distance of 1 m apart in vacuum which will produce of magnetic force of

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2x10 N per meter on each wire.

(ii)

(c) (i) Same direction as in upper rod.

(ii)

against current I

(iii) 0.5489 kg

(iv)
20. (a) Faraday's law states that the magnitude of the induced emf is directly proportional to
the rate of change of magnetic flux linkage.

Lenz's law states that the induced current always flows in direction so as to oppose
the change of magnetic flux which causes it.

(b) (i)
Φ = BA
=3x

(ii) Anticlockwise

E = Blv
IR = Blv

I = 0.12 A

(iii) Magnetic force F = BI L

= 0.036 N

(iv) W = F s
= 0.036 x 0.5 x 2
= 0.036 J

Mechanical energy --> Electric energy ---> Heat

(v) No current induced

because there is no change in magnetic flux

Section A:

1. D