Cambridge A Level ยท 9702 ยท Paper 1 ยท Multiple choice
Physics 9702/11 May/June 2011 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 1, May/June 2011: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 40 questions, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 40
- Marks
- 40
- Grade A from
- 30
File names: 9702_s11_qp_11 ยท 9702_s11_ms_11
Grade thresholds for 9702/11 May/June 2011
The minimum raw marks Cambridge set for each grade on this component (out of 40). Thresholds change every session and variant, so always compare your score with the paper you actually sat.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/11 May/June 2011 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity | 8 | โ |
| Work, energy and power | 5 | โ |
| Dynamics | 4 | โ |
| Waves | 4 | โ |
| Kinematics | 4 | โ |
| Forces, density and pressure | 3 | โ |
| Deformation of solids | 3 | โ |
| Superposition | 3 | โ |
| Particle physics | 3 | โ |
| Physical quantities and units | 2 | โ |
| Temperature | 1 | โ |
Questions in 9702/11 May/June 2011
- Question 1
Decimal sub-multiples and multiples of units are indicated using a prefix to the unit. For example, the prefix milli (m) represents 10โ3. Which row gives the sub-multiples or multiples represented by pico (p) and giga (G)? pico (p) giga โฆ
- Question 2
Which definition is correct and uses only quantities rather than units? A Density is mass per cubic metre. B Potential difference is energy per unit current. C Pressure is force per unit area. D Speed is distance travelled per second.
- Question 3
A force of 5.0 N pushes a ball due north and another force of 3.0 N pushes it due east. โฆ
- Question 4
The diagram shows a trace of a wave on a cathode-ray oscilloscope. The vertical and horizontal gridlines have a spacing of 1.0 cm. The voltage scaling is 4 V cmโ1 and the time scaling is 5 ms cmโ1. 1 cm โฆ
- Question 5
The diagram shows an experiment to measure the speed of a small ball falling at constant speed through a clear liquid in a glass tube. 115 mm 385 mm โฆ
- Question 6
The graph shows how the acceleration of an object moving in a straight line varies with time. acceleration time 00 Which graph shows the variation with time of the velocity of the object? velocity time 00 A velocity time 00 โฆ
- Question 7
A ball is released from rest at time zero. After 1.0 s it bounces inelastically from a horizontal surface and rebounds, reaching the top of its first bounce after โฆ
- Question 8
A body has a weight of 58.9 N when on the Earth. On the Moon, the acceleration of free fall is โฆ
- Question 9
A body of mass m, moving at velocity v, collides with a stationary body of the same mass and sticks to it. Which row describes the momentum and kinetic energy of the two bodies after the collision? momentum kinetic energy โฆ
- Question 10
A molecule of mass m travelling horizontally with velocity u hits a vertical wall at right-angles to its velocity. It then rebounds horizontally with the same speed. What is its change in momentum? A zero B mu C โ mu โฆ
- Question 11
A cable car of weight W hangs in equilibrium from its cable at point P. The cable has tensions T1 and T2 as shown. T2 T1 weight W cable P cable car Which diagram correctly represents the forces acting at โฆ
- Question 12
The diagram shows four forces applied to a circular object. โฆ
- Question 13
A uniform metre rule of mass 100 g is supported by a pivot at the 40 cm mark and a string at the 100 cm mark. The string passes round a frictionless pulley and carries a mass of 20 g โฆ
- Question 14
A steel sphere is dropped vertically onto a horizontal metal plate. The sphere hits the plate with a speed u, leaves it at a speed v, and rebounds vertically to half of its original height. Which expression gives the value โฆ
- Question 15
A block of mass 2.0 kg is released from rest on a slope. It travels 7.0 m down the slope and falls a vertical distance of 3.0 m. The block experiences a frictional force parallel to the slope of โฆ
- Question 16
A man has a mass of 80 kg. He ties himself to one end of a rope which passes over a single fixed pulley. He pulls on the other end of the rope to lift himself up at an average โฆ
- Question 17
A body travelling with a speed of โฆ
- Question 18
Which process does not require energy to be supplied? A boiling B evaporation C freezing D melting
- Question 19
1.5 m3 of water is mixed with 0.50 m3 of alcohol. The density of water is 1000 kg mโ3 and the density of alcohol is 800 kg mโ3. What is the density of the mixture with volume โฆ
- Question 20
A long, thin metal wire is suspended from a fixed support and hangs vertically. Masses are suspended from its lower end. The load on the lower end is increased from zero and then decreased again back to zero. The diagram โฆ
- Question 21
The Young modulus E can be determined from measurements made when a wire is stretched. Which quantities would be measured in order to determine โฆ
- Question 22
The four graphs represent a progressive wave on a stretched string. Graphs A and B show how the displacement d varies with distance x along the string at one instant. Graphs C and D show how the displacement d varies โฆ
- Question 23
Which statement about sound waves in air at constant temperature is correct? A Amplitude is inversely proportional to velocity. B Frequency is inversely proportional to wavelength. C Velocity is proportional to wavelength. D Wavelength is proportional to amplitude.
- Question 24
A source of sound of constant power P is situated in an open space. The intensity I of sound at distance r from this source is given by โฆ
- Question 25
The basic principle of note production in a horn is to set up a stationary wave in an air column. mouthpiece bell horn For the lowest note produced by a horn, a node is formed at the mouthpiece and the โฆ
- Question 26
Which electromagnetic wave phenomenon is needed to explain the spectrum produced when white light falls on a diffraction grating? A coherence B interference C polarisation D refraction Space for working
- Question 27
A diffraction grating with 500 lines per mm is used to observe diffraction of monochromatic light of wavelength 600 nm. The light is passed through a narrow slit and the grating is placed so that its lines are parallel to โฆ
- Question 28
A potential difference is applied between two metal plates that are not parallel. Which diagram shows the electric field between the plates? โฆ
- Question 29
The diagram shows a charged particle as it approaches a pair of charged parallel plates in a vacuum. โฆ
- Question 30
Two parallel plates, a distance 25 mm apart, have a potential difference between them of 12 kV. What is the force on an electron when it is in the uniform electric field between the plates? โฆ
- Question 31
A copper wire of cross-sectional area 2.0 mm2 carries a current of 10 A. How many electrons pass through a given cross-section of the wire in one second? โฆ
- Question 32
A battery is marked 9.0 V. What does this mean? A Each coulomb of charge from the battery supplies 9.0 J of electrical energy to the whole circuit. B The battery supplies 9.0 J to an external circuit for each โฆ
- Question 33
The graphs show possible current-voltage (I-V ) relationships for a filament lamp and for a semiconductor diode. โฆ
- Question 34
The resistance of a metal cube is measured by placing it between two parallel plates, as shown. Y X The cube has volume V and is made of a material with resistivity ฯ. The connections to the cube have negligible โฆ
- Question 35
The diagram shows part of a current-carrying circuit. The ammeter has negligible internal resistance. โฆ
- Question 36
Four resistors of equal value are connected as shown. โฆ
- Question 37
In the circuit shown, XY is a length L of uniform resistance wire. R1 and R2 are unknown resistors. J is a sliding contact that joins the junction of R1 and R2 to points on XY through a small signal โฆ
- Question 38
The first artificial radioactive substance was made by bombarding aluminium, โฆ
- Question 39
Uranium-238, U 238 92 , decays by ฮฑ-emission into a daughter product which in turn decays by ฮฒ-emission into a grand-daughter product. What is the grand-daughter product? A Th โฆ
- Question 40
Which statement about nuclei is correct? A Different isotopic nuclei have different proton numbers. B For some nuclei, the nucleon number can be less than the proton number. C In some nuclear processes, mass-energy is not conserved. D Nucleon numbers โฆ
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