JURONG JUNIOR COLLEGE

JC1 Promotional Examination 2015

Name Class 16S

PHYSICS 9646/01
Higher 2
Multiple Choice 28 Sept 2015
1 hour 15 min
Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet
Soft clean eraser
Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended)

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.

Write your name and class in the spaces provided at the top of this page.

Write in soft pencil.

Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
Write your name, class and index number on the Answer Sheet in the spaces provided.

There are forty questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are
four possible answers A, B, C and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil on the separate
Answer Sheet.

Read the instructions on the Answer Sheet very carefully.

Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.
Any rough working should be done in this booklet.

(This question paper consists of 22 printed pages)

Data
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speed of light in free space, c = 3.00 108 m s1

permeability of free space, o = 4 107 H m1
permittivity of free space, o = 8.85 1012 F m1
(1/(36)) 109 F m1
elementary charge, e = 1.60 1019 C
the Planck constant, h = 6.63 1034 J s
unified atomic mass constant, u = 1.66 1027 kg
rest mass of electron, me = 9.11 1031 kg
rest mass of proton, mp = 1.67 1027 kg
molar gas constant, R = 8.31 J K1 mol1
the Avogadro constant, NA = 6.02 1023 mol1
the Boltzmann constant, k = 1.38 1023 J K1
gravitational constant, G = 6.67 1011 N m2 kg2
acceleration of free fall, g = 9.81 m s2

Formulae
uniformly accelerated motion, s = ut + 1
2 at2
v2 = u2 + 2as
work done on/by a gas, W = p V
hydrostatic pressure, p = gh
Gm
gravitational potential, =
r
displacement of particle in s.h.m., x = xo sin t
velocity of particle in s.h.m., v = vo cos t

= ( xo2 x 2 )
mean kinetic energy of a molecule of an 3
E = 2 kT
ideal gas
resistors in series, R = R1 + R2 + . . .
resistors in parallel, 1/R = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + . . .
Q
electric potential, V =
4o r
alternating current/voltage, x = xo sin t
transmission coefficient, T exp(2kd)
82 m(U E )
where k =
h2
radioactive decay x = xo exp(t)
0.693
decay constant = t1
2

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1 The number of heartbeats of a person resting in one hour, to the nearest order of
magnitude is

A 101

B 102

C 103

D 105

2 A car is travelling at a velocity of 24 m s -1 due west initially. At a later time, it is seen

travelling at a velocity of 10 m s-1 due south.

North
-1
24 m s

Which arrow shows the change in velocity of the car?

A B

C D

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3 The coefficient of viscosity, , for a fluid is given by:

FL
=
Av

where F is the external force on the fluid, v is the relative speed of the fluid layers, L and
A are the width and area of the fluid layer respectively. The SI base units for are

A N s-1 m-2

B N s m-2

C kg m s-1

D kg m-1 s-1

4 A tennis ball is released from rest at the top of a tall building.

Which graph best represents the variation with time t of the acceleration a of the ball as it
falls, assuming that the effects of air resistance are significant?

A B

C D

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5 Which of the following conditions must be met before the equations of motion can be
applied for a body in motion?

A Air resistance must be negligible.

B The final and initial velocities of the body cannot have the same value.

C The acceleration and velocity of the body must be in the same direction.

D The acceleration of the body must be uniform.

6 A housewife released a bag of rubbish weighing 54 N from rest into a refuse chute from
her unit in a HDB flat. The rubbish passes through two speed detectors at different
locations and the readings shown in the detectors are 14.7 m s -1 and 49.1 m s-1
respectively.
Neglecting the effect of air resistance, the distance between the two speed detectors is

A 20.3 m

B 31.9 m

C 71.7 m

D 112 m

7 On the Moon, the acceleration of free fall is only about one-sixth of that on Earth. The
weight of an astronaut on Earth is 600 N. His mass as measured on the Moon will be

A 600 kg

B 100 kg

C 60 kg

D 10 kg

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8 The load-length graph below is for a suspended vertical spring with a load attached to its
bottom. For a load W, the length of the spring is L.
Load

Length
0 L

The spring constant of the spring is given by

A the gradient of the graph

B the inverse of the gradient of the graph

C ratio of W to L

D ratio of L to W

9 A metal nugget floats in between some water and mercury. The densities of the metal
nugget, mercury and water are 7900 kg m-3, 13600 kg m-3 and 1000 kg m-3 respectively.

Metal
Water nugget

Mercury

What is the ratio of the volume of the nugget submerged in water to that in mercury?

A 0.541

B 0.826

C 0.924

D 1.21

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10 A cupboard is attached to a wall by a screw.

Which force diagram shows the cupboard in equilibrium, with the weight W of the
cupboard, the force S that the screw exerts on the cupboard and the force R that the wall
exerts on the cupboard?

A B

C D

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11 A lift consists of a passenger car of mass 520 kg, supported by a cable that runs over a
light, frictionless pulley to a balancing weight of mass 640 kg. The balancing weight falls
as the passenger car rises with a man of 80 kg in it.

Not drawn
to scale
Balancing
weight

Passenger
car

Calculate the magnitude of the acceleration of the passenger car as it rises.

A 0.032 m s-2

B 0.32 m s-2

C 0.65 m s-2

D 0.75 m s-2

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12 The graph below shows how the force acting on a 4.0 kg body varies with time.

Assuming that the body is initially moving in a straight line at 2.0 m s 1 at t = 0 s, what is
its final velocity?

A 2.3 m s1

B 4.3 m s-1

C 9.0 m s1

D 11.0 m s1

13 Two spheres, A and B, are moving towards each other at speeds u1 and u2 respectively
and make a head-on elastic collision. After the collision, A and B move off with speeds v1
and v2 respectively, as shown.

before collision A B
u1 u2

after collision A B
v1 v2

What is the correct expression that equates the relative speed of approach to the relative
speed of separation?

A u1 + u2 = v1 + v2

B u1 + u2 = v2 v1

C u2 u1 = v2 v1

D u1 u2 = v2 v1

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14 A box of mass m rests on another box of mass 3m. The more massive box slides along a
frictionless surface due to a pulling force F, causing both boxes to move together.

Determine the friction between the boxes in terms of F.

A F

F
B
2

F
C
3

F
D
4

15 A car travels along a straight road at a constant speed of 13.9 m s -1. When it is 100 m
from its starting point, its brakes are applied. It travels a further distance of 20 m before
coming to a complete rest. Calculate the braking distance of the car if the same braking
force is applied when it is travelling at 22.2 m s-1.

A 32 m

B 51 m

C 132 m

D 151 m

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16 A constant force is applied to a body which is initially stationary but free to move in the
direction of the force.
Assuming that the effects of friction are negligible, which of the following graphs best
represents the variation of P, the power supplied, with displacement s?

A P B P

0 0 s
s

C P D P

0 s 0 s

17 A gas is enclosed in a cylinder by a gas-tight, frictionless piston of cross-sectional area

2.5 x 10-3 m2. When a constant external pressure of 3.0 x 10 4 Pa is exerted on the piston,
it settles at a distance from the end of the cylinder.

gas

piston cylinder

The gas is then heated and the piston moves outwards by 5.0 x 10 -3 m. The work done
on the gas by external pressure is

A 150 J

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B 0.38 J

C 0.38 J

D 150 J

18 A 200 kg cart travels along a track from X to Y as shown below. Its kinetic energy at X is
80 kJ, and that at Y is 20 kJ. The work done by the cart against resistive forces as it
travels from X to Y is 10 kJ.

What is the height of point Y above X?

A 25 m

B 31 m

C 36 m

D 51 m

34 The maximum safe speed of a car rounding an unbanked corner is 20 m s 1 when the
road is dry. The maximum frictional force between the road surface and the wheels of the
car is halved when the road is wet.
What is the maximum safe speed for the car to round the corner when the road is wet?

20
A m s1
4

20
B m s1
2 2

20
C m s1
2

20
D m s1
2

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35 A communications satellite of mass m moves at constant angular speed in a circular

orbit of radius r about the Earths centre of mass.
What is the work done on the satellite in one revolution?

A zero

B 2mr22

C mr22

1
D mr22
2

36 An object is fixed on one end of a light rod which rotates in a vertical circle at constant
speed.

Which graph could represent the variation with angle of the tension T in the rod?

A B

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C D

37 Outside a uniform sphere of mass M, the gravitational field strength is the same as that of
a point mass M at the centre of the sphere.
The Earth may be taken to be a uniform sphere of radius r. The gravitational field
strength at its surface is g.
What is the gravitational field strength at a height h above the ground?

gr 2
A
(r h )2

gr
B
(r h )

g (r h )
C
r

g (r h )2
D
r2

38 The gravitational potential energy Ep of a body varies with its distance r from the centre of
a planet as shown below.

What does the gradient at any point on the curve represent?

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A the gravitational potential at that value of r

B the force pulling the body towards the planet

C the acceleration of the body towards the planet

D the potential energy of the body at that value of r

39 A satellite of mass m is in a circular orbit of radius r about the Earth, mass M, and
remains at a vertical height h above the Earths surface. Taking the zero of the
gravitational potential to be at an infinite distance from Earth, what is the gravitational
potential energy of the satellite?

A mgh

B GMm

r

C GMm

r h

D GMm

2r

40 Which statement about geostationary orbits is false?

A All satellites in a geostationary orbit must have the same mass.

B A geostationary orbit must be directly above the equator.

C The period of a geostationary orbit must be 24 hours.

D There is only one possible radius for a geostationary orbit.

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