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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATION COUNCIL
CARIBBEATI SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIF'ICATE@
EXAMINATION
PIIYSICS
Paper 01- General Proficiency
I hour 15 minates

19 JANUARY 201s (p.m.)

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

l. This test consists of 60 items. You will have I hour and 15 minutes to answer them.

2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

3. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you
are about to answer and decide which choice is best.

4. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having
the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.

Sample Item

The SI unit of length is the Sample Answer

(A)
(B)
newton
metre
@oo@
(C) kilogram
(D) second

The best answer to this item is "metre" so (B) has been shaded.

5. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.
6. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If you
cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may retum to this item later.

7. You may do any rough work in this booklet.

8. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.

You may use a silent, non-programmable calculator to answer items.

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Which of the following units is NOT the unit 5. Three immiscible liquids P, Q and R have
of a fundamental quantity of the intemational densities which differ. Q is denserthan p but
syslem (SI)? less dense than R. Which of the following
diagrams shows how the liquids settle in the
(A) Kilogram t"**8 cYlinder?
Kelvin i ,, ,

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"(B)
(c) Second
(D) Newton
(A) la=
2. The magnitude of current in a circuit was l*=
recorded as 100 pA. What is the value of p?

(A)
(B)
(c)
106
1(16
10-3 (B)
tr
(D) 103 H€
3. The period of a simple pendulum is MOST

tr
E
affected by the
(c)
(A) length of the shing
(B) amplitude of the oscillation
(c) mass of the bob
(D) force used to start it

4. Which ofthe following instuments is suitable (D)

for measuring the diameter of a human hair?

(A) Tape measure

(B) Vemier caliper
(c) Metrerule 6. When two bodies collide, momentum is
(D) Micrometer screw gauge conserved. This nieans that the

(A) kinetic energy before impact is

equal to that after impact
(B) momentum of each body is
unchanged
(c) algebraic sum of the velocities
before impactis equal to the sum
of the velocities after impact
(D) total momentum of the bodies
before impact is equal to the total
momentum of the bodies after
impact

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Item 7 refers to the following diagram.

7. The diagram above represents a 100 g mass which can be balanced by placing a mass at I' If mass I
is to be used to balance the 100 g, it should be

(A) less than 100 g

(B) 100 g
(C) a little greater than 100 g
(D) about 200 g

8. Which of the following statements is 11. A block is allowed to fall freely towards the
NOT tue about the moment of a force? ground. As it falls, its gravitational potential
energy
(A) It is measured in units called newton
metres. (A) increases
(B) It is the amount of force needed to (B) remains constant
keep a body tuming. (c) is converted to intemal energy
(c) It is the tuming effect that a force (D) is converted to kinetic energy
has when it acts on a bodY.
(D) It is the product ofthe force and the
perpendicular distance of its line 12. When a ball is thrown vertically upwards,
of action from a point. and reaches its maximum height, it has

(A) maximum kinetic energY and

9. What is the unit for the moment of a force? maximum potential energy
(B) maximum kinetic energY and
(A) N mimimum potential energy
(B) Nm (c) maximum potential energY and
(c) Nm-l minimum kinetic energy
(D) Nm+ (D) minimum kinetic energY and
minimum potential energy

10. Which of the following features must be

present in a stable, well-designed racing car?

(A) Low centre of gravitY

(B) Narrow wheel base
(C) Sun roof
(D) Long front

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13. A large heavy parcel is tied with string. It is Item 16 refers to the following diagram
less painful for a person to pick up the parcel which shows a dam.
if a cloth is wrapped around the string. This is
because the cloth

(A) exerts less force on the fingers

(B) reddces the tension in the string
(C) makes the parcel lighter
(D) reduces thepressure on the fingers 16. The pressure on the dam at the bottom
ofthe resewoir depends on the

14. Power can be defined as (A) depth of the water

(B) volume of water held by the
(A) force x distance moved dam
(C) mass ofwaterheld backby the
/h\
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force
dam
tlme (D) length of the reservoir
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work done
nme
-- done x time
(D) work 17. Which of the following tools is/are
designed to take advantage ofa large
moment provided by a relatively small
15. An object is removed fromthe ground andplaced
force?
on a shelf. Which of its properties would you
expect to increase?
I. Claw hammer
II. Crowbar
(A) Mass
ru. Pair of tweezers
(B) Volume
IV. PaA of wire cutters
(c) Potential energy
(D) Kinetic energy
(A) I and IV only
(B) II and III only
(C) I, II and III only
(D) I,II and [V only

18. To check the upper fixed point on a

thermometer on the Celsius scale, the
thermometer is placed in

(A) melting ice at atmospheric

pressure
(B) boiling water at atmospheric
pressure
(C) water in contact with mclting
ice at atmospheric pressure
(D) steam above boiling water at
atmospheric pressure

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When illuminated smoke is viewed through The unit for specific latent heat of fusion
a microscope, small, bright specks can be would be
seen moving in a jerky haphazard manner.
These specks are (A) J
(B) J kg.'
(A) atoms (c) JK-'
(D) J kg',Kl ^
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(B) molecules
(C) smoke particles
(D) light particles
Which of the following is NOT an example
ofevaporation?
20. The heat capacity ofa substance is defined
as the amount of heat energy (A) A slice of bread left in the oPen air
becomes dry
(A) the substance can hold (B) Theprocess ofsweating in animals
(B) needed to raise the temPerature of (c) The rapid disappearance of ether if
the substance bY I degree exposed to the air
(c) I kg of.the substance can hold (D) A loaded copper wire Put around
(D) required to change the substance to a block of ice graduallY cuts
another state through the ice

pressure, volume and temperature of

lggqp refers to the following graphs which show how the
a fixed mass of dry gas are interrelated'

Pressure Pressure

temperature scale?
Which of the graPhs can be used to establish the Kelvin

(A) II onlY
(B) I and II onlY
(C) II and III onlY
(D) I, II and III

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A person coming out of the sea would feel The note from a drum is louder when it
cool because is stmck harder because the sound waves
produced have a greater
(A) the sea is cold
(B) convection of thermal energy occurs (A) amplitude
into the air (B) frequency I
(c) s6awater evaporates fromthe skin (C)" wdvelength
(D) heat is lost by radiation (D) velocity

Item 25 refers to the following graphs (with Item27 refers to the following graph.
axes having the same scales) of two sound
u/aves, P and Q.

Displacement

27. The amplitude of the wave on the graph

above is represented by

(A) rR
Displacement (B)
(c) QP
sx
(D) uw

If sounds of differing frequencies are

played in succession, in which of the
following would a change be detected?
25. Which of the following statements is true?
(A) Loudness
(A) P is louder than Q but Q has a higher (B) Speed
pitch. (C) Pitch
(B) P is louder than Q and also has a (D) Amplitude
higher pitch than Q.
(C) Q is louder than P and also has a
higher pitch than P.
(D) Q is louderthanPbutPhas ahigher
pitch.

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Item 29 refers to the following diagram
which shows a beam of white light being
dispersed (R - Red, V - Violet) by a prism
to form a visible sPectrum.
Item 30 refers to the following diagram
which is a right-angled triangular glass
prismABC.

Which of the following features make this

possible?

The colour violet has the shorter

AS
wavelength, hence refracts more
than colour red. 30. The critical angle for glass is 42". X is a
The colour red has the longer ray of light, perpendicular to BC. The ray
wavelength, hence refracts less of light will emerge in the direction of
than colour violet.
III. The colour violet has the longer (A) P
wavelength, hence refracts more (B) a
than colour red. (c) R
The colour red has the shorter (D) S

wavelength, hence refracts more

than colour violet.
31. Diftaction isNOTnormally observedwith
(A) I and II onlY light because
(B) I and [V only
(A) the wavelength is very large
(c) II and III onlY
(B) the light is not bright enough
(D) III and IV onlY
(c) the wavelength is very small
(D) light is a hansverse wave

32. The sharp edges of shadows suggest that

light

(A) has a wave nahrre

(B) is a form ofenergY
(c) travels in straight lines
(D) travels very quicklY

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33. lfa converging lens is used as a magnifoing
Item 36 refers to the following diagram
glass, the image formed is
which shows a light ray.

(A) real, inverted, diminishsd

(B) real, erecl diminished
, (c)
(D)
virtual, inverted, magnifi ed
virtual, erecl riragnified

34. Which row in the table below correctly

compares X-rays and visible light?

X-rays Visible Light

(A) Particles Waves
(B) Higb frequency Low frequency 36. The light ray shown in the diagram above is
(c) Long wavelength Short wavelength iry.ident at the air-glass interface at an angle
(D) Carry less energy Carry more energy ofincidence of50o. Ifthe critical angle ior
glass is 45o, the light ray will be
Item 35 refers to the diagram below which
represents a ray of light passing from glass (A) reflected
to air. (B) refracted
(C) dispersed
(D) diftacted

37. Which ofthe following statements are true

of a diverging lens?
Boundary
I. It is thinner at the centre than at the
edge.
II. It can form only inverted images.
m. It can form only real images.
IV. ItcanformonlydiminisheJimages.
35. The refractive index of glass can be
(A) I and III only
determined by calculating
(B) I and IV only
(c) II and IV only
tA/\
/ sinb (D) I, II and III only
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38. An ammeter has a very low resistance so
(B) ++
slnc
that it can be placed in

(A) parallel with a component and not

affect the circuit
(c) +ry
sln 4
(B) series with a component and not
affect the circuit
(c) parallel with a component and the
ammeter does not heat up
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sin 6
--:-; (D) series with a component and the
sln c
ammeter does not heat up
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Item 39 refers to the following graphs which represent two alternating currents.

CurrenVmA CurrenUmA
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39. Which of the following combinations correctly identifies these currents?

Current with Current with

Greater Frequency Greater Peak Value

(A) I II
(B) il Neither
(c) Neither I
(D) I Neither

40. Which of the following diagrams represents 41. Which of the following relationships between
the electric field existing between two electrical quantities is correct?
oppositely charged point charges?
(A) V:PI
(A) (B) R: VI

(c) o=LV
(D) E= VI

(B)

(C) +

(D)
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Item 42 refers to the following diagram 43. In which of the following diagrams are
below which shows an elechical circuit with resistors P and Q in series with each other
a cell and two filament bulbs. and parallel with R?

(A)

42. Which ofthe following circuits are electrically (B)

the same as the circuit above?
a

(A) PR
(c)
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a

(D)
(B)

Which of the following statements would be

(c)ffi brue of electical wiring in the home?

I. The intemational colour code for

L
the live wire is brown.
II. Switches are connected in the live
wire.
III. When an earth is used, a fuse or
circuit breaker is not needed.
(D)
(A) I only
(B) II only
(c) I and tr only
(D) I, II and III

45. When two magnets, touching at theirN and

S poles, are separated, the force between
them

(A) increases
(B) remains the same
(C) decreases
(D) first increases and then decreases

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46. In I, II and III below, which graph could 47. When an excessive currentpasses through a
have been obtained from measurements fuse, which ofthe following is the sequence
made using the circuit above it? ofevents?

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(A)
.cet

(c).
Wire gets hot -> current is cut
+ wire melts
Wire'gets hot 3
current is cut off
off

wire melts --+

Wire melts -+ current is cut off->

1/
wire gets hot
(D) Wire melts -> wire gets hot '-'+
current is cut off

48. For a simple a.c. generator, which of the

following graphs will be produced by two

ffi
complete rotations of the annature?

u (A) +t

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Number of
rotations

1/ tu
(B)
1^
p-m-f-L

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(D) .t

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(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(c) II and trI only
(D) I, II and III

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49. Igaoring the earth's magnetism, which of 53. The electric power supplied to homes and
(A), (B), (C) or @), correctly shows the factories is alternating rather than direct
direction in which a plotting compass would because
point when placednearthe bar magnet shown
below? (A) the use of a.c. reduces electrical
.i^ , hazards L
(B)
O*r thi use ofa.c. reduces transmission
losses
(A)
o N s
O,"r
(c)

(D)
a.c. enables a wider variety of
appliances to be used
a.c. power lines are less likely to
@or be struck by lightning than d.c.
power lines

50. Magnetic induction occurs when

54. No practical transformer is 100% efficient.
(A) an N pole attracts an S pole Which ofthe following cause energy losses?
(B) iron nails near a magnet become
magnetized I. The resistance of the coils of wire
(c) a magnet is suspended and points II. Magnetization and demagnetization
in the NS direction ofthe core
(D) an electroscope is charged III. Eddy currents in the core

(A) I and II only

51. The direction of a magnetic field is the (B) I and III onty
direction in which (c) II and III only
(D) I, II and III
(A) the S pole ofamagnetpoints when
placed in it
(B) the Npole ofa magnetpoints when Item 55 refers to the following diagram.
placed in it
(c) a positive charge moves when Primary Secondary
placed in it w
(D) a negative charge moves when
placed in it

52. An elechomagnet consists ofinsulated wire

wrapped around an iron core. -
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It works because
w x
(A) step-down transformer a.c. input
(A) iron is always magnetized
(B) iron is a good electrical conductor (B) step-down transformer d.c. input
(C) a magnetic field is produced inside
the coil (c) step-up transformer a.c. input
(D) an electric field is produced inside
the coil (D) step-up transformer d.c. input

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56.
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Isotopes of an element
other in that theyahave
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differfrom
nent differ
a
fromeach
different
different
eachother 59. Sodium 24 decays into Magnesium 24 with
the emission of a B-particle and can be
represented by the following equation. '
(A) number of
6) -,rt,-^L<r- ofelectrons
electrons
(B) number of protons ii Na -+ii ug
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(C), number of neutrons , +,t
(D) atomic number Which of the following options should be
placed in the box to complete the equation?

57. According to the Rutherford-Bohrmodel of a (A) ie

neutral, stable atom, if
(B)
z : number of neutrons, _ie

p : number of protons, and

(c) iH"
e: number of elecftons in the atom,

(D) oHe
then for all elements

(A) n:e 60. In the equation M: Lmcz

(B) p:e
(c) n+e:p (A) c : speed of light, Arz : mass of
(D) n+p:e atom
(B) c : speed of light, Arz : mass lost
58. Which of the following describes two
(C) c : specific heat capacity of
substance, Arz : mass lost
properties of an a-particle?
(D) c : specific heat capacity of
substance, Arn = mass ofsubstance
(A) No charge, very penetrating
(B) Positive charge, very penetrating
(C) Negativecharge,notverypenetrating
(D) Positivecharge,notverypenetrating

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