Paper 1- DP1 (SL) [25 marks]

1. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.1

A car has an initial speed of 16 m s−1. It decelerates at 4.0 m s−2 until it
stops.

What is the distance travelled by the car?

A. 4 m

B. 16 m

C. 32 m

D. 64 m [1]

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C
2. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.2
A block of mass 2.0 kg accelerates from a speed of 15 m s−1 to a speed
of 20 m s−1 without changing its direction.

What impulse acts on the block?

A. 2.5 N s

B. 5.0 N s

C. 10 N s

D. 17.5 N s [1]

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C
3. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.3
A net force of 8.0 N accelerates a 4.0 kg body from rest to a speed of 5.0
m s−1.

What is the work done by the force?

A. 50 J

B. 40 J

C. 32 J

D. 20 J [1]

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A
4. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.4
A person stands in an elevator (lift). The total mass of the person and
the elevator is 800 kg. The elevator accelerates upward at 2.0 m s−2.

What is the tension in the cable?

A. 1.6 kN

B. 6.4 kN

C. 8.0 kN

D. 9.6 kN [1]

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D
5. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.5
An object is released from rest in a vacuum at a height H above the
Earth’s surface.

As the object falls it passes a point at a height of 0.75H above the

surface.

kinetic energy of the object at a height of 0.75H

What is gravitational potential energy of the object at a height of H
?

A. 16
1

1
B. 4

9
C. 16

D.
3

4
[1]

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B
6. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.6
A bird of weight W sits on a thin rope at its midpoint. The rope is
almost horizontal and has negligible mass.

The tension in the rope is

A. less than
W

B. equal to
W

C. between and W
W

D. greater than W [1]

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D
7. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.18
Planets X and Y orbit the same star.

The average distance between planet X and the star is five times
greater than the average distance between planet Y and the star.

orbital period of planet X

What is orbital period of planet Y
?

A.
3
√5

B. √5

C.
3
√ 52

D. √ 53 [1]

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D
8. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.7
The internal energy of a real gas is

A. zero.

B. equal to the intermolecular potential energy of the particles.

C. equal to the total kinetic energy of the particles.

D. equal to the sum of the intermolecular potential energy and the

total kinetic energy of the particles. [1]

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D
9. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.8
The black-body radiation curve of an object at 600 K is shown. The
intensity units are arbitrary.

What is the radiation curve of the same object at 450 K?

The original curve is shown with a dashed line.

[1]

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10. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.9

Star X has a luminosity L and an apparent brightness b. Star X is at a
distance d from Earth.

Star Y has the same apparent brightness as X but is four times more
luminous.

What is the distance of Star Y from Earth?

A. 4d

B. 2d

C.
d

D.
d

4
[1]

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B
11. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.10
Four identical resistors, each of resistance R, are connected as shown.

What is the effective resistance between P and Q?

A.
3R

B. R

C.
4R

D. 4R [1]

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A
12. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.11
Conductor X is connected to a cell of emf E. A power of 16 W is
dissipated in X.

Conductor Y is made from the same material with the same diameter as
X but is twice as long. A cell of emf 2E is connected to Y.

Both cells have negligible internal resistance.

What power is dissipated in Y?

A. 8.0 W

B. 16 W

C. 32 W

D. 64 W [1]

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C
13. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.12
Two containers, X and Y, are filled with an ideal gas at the same
pressure.

The volume of X is four times the volume of Y. The temperature of X

is 327 °C and the temperature of Y is 27 °C.

What is ?
amount of substance in X

amount of substance in Y

A. 1

B. 1

C. 2

D. 8 [1]

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C
14. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.13
An electromagnetic wave has a wavelength that is about the size of
the diameter of an atom.

What region of the electromagnetic spectrum does the wave belong

to?

A. Infrared

B. Visible light

C. Ultraviolet

D. X-ray [1]

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D
15. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.14
A particle undergoes simple harmonic motion of period T . At time
t = 0 the particle is at its equilibrium position.

What is t when the particle is at its greatest distance from the

equilibrium position?

A. T

B. T

C. 3T

D. T [1]

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C
16. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.15
Diagram 1 shows the variation with position of the displacement of a
standing wave formed on a string.

Diagram 2 shows the variation with position of the displacement of a

travelling wave moving to the right along a string.

Points P, Q, R and S are points on the string.

What is the phase difference between P and Q and the phase

difference between R and S?

[1]

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C
17. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.16
A mass of 0.25 kg hangs from a spring of spring constant 4.0 N m−1.

What is the natural frequency of oscillation for this system?

A. 0.50 Hz

B. 0.64 Hz

C. 1.6 Hz

D. 2.0 Hz [1]

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B
18. [Maximum mark: 1] 23N.1A.SL.TZ1.15
A wave is travelling from medium 1 to medium 2.

Medium 1 has a refractive index n1 and medium 2 has a refractive index

n2. The wavelength of the wave in medium 1 is λ1 and in medium 2 is λ
2. What is correct for the comparison of the refractive indices and
wavelengths?

[1]

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C
19. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.SL.TZ1.11
Which graph represents the variation with displacement of the
potential energy P and the total energy T of a system undergoing
simple harmonic motion (SHM)?

[1]

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B
20. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.SL.TZ2.12
A longitudinal wave is travelling through a medium. The variation with
distance d of the displacement x of the particles in the medium at time
t is shown.

Which point is at the centre of a compression?

[1]

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A
21. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.SL.TZ2.13
A mass is oscillating with simple harmonic motion. At time t, the
acceleration is at a positive maximum.

What are the displacement and velocity of the mass at time t?

Displacement Velocity

A. positive maximum zero

B. negative maximum zero

C. positive maximum negative maximum

[1]
D. negative maximum negative maximum

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B
22. [Maximum mark: 1] 23N.1A.SL.TZ1.2
A pendulum is displaced by angle θ and released from rest.

What is the initial acceleration of the pendulum?

A. zero

B. g sin θ

C. g cos θ

D. g [1]

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B
23. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.SL.TZ1.20
A stuntman rides a motorcycle on the inside surface of a cylinder.

Which is the correct free-body diagram showing all the forces acting
on the cyclist at that position?

[1]

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 C

24. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.SL.TZ1.7

A block of mass 2.0 kg is placed on a trolley of mass 5.0 kg, moving
horizontally. A force of 8.0 N is applied to the block which slides on the
surface of the trolley. The frictional force between the trolley and the
ground is zero.

The trolley accelerates at a rate of 1.0 m s−2. What is the coefficient of

dynamic friction between the block and the trolley?

A. 0.05

B. 0.15

C. 0.25

D. 0.35 [1]

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C
25. [Maximum mark: 1] 23N.1A.SL.TZ1.9
Energy is supplied at a constant rate to a fixed mass of a substance. The
graph shows the variation of the temperature of the substance with
time.

Which statement about the substance is correct?

A. Specific latent heat of vaporization>specific latent heat of fusion

B. Specific latent heat of fusion>specific latent heat of vaporization

C. Specific heat capacity of solid>specific heat capacity of liquid

D. Specific heat capacity of vapour>specific heat capacity of liquid [1]

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