Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 4 · A Level structured questions
Physics 9702/41 May/June 2011 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 4 (A Level structured questions), variant 1, May/June 2011: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 10 questions worth 85 marks, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 10
- Marks
- 100
- Grade A from
- 52
File names: 9702_s11_qp_41 · 9702_s11_ms_41
Grade thresholds for 9702/41 May/June 2011
The minimum raw marks Cambridge set for each grade on this component (out of 100). Thresholds change every session and variant, so always compare your score with the paper you actually sat.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/41 May/June 2011 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Electric fields | 2 | 19 |
| Magnetic fields | 2 | 19 |
| Oscillations | 2 | 14 |
| Quantum physics | 1 | 11 |
| Medical physics | 1 | 9 |
| Nuclear physics | 1 | 7 |
| Ideal gases | 1 | 6 |
Questions in 9702/41 May/June 2011
- Question 1
(a) Newton’s law of gravitation applies to point masses. (i) State Newton’s law of gravitation. (ii) Explain why, although the planets and the Sun are not point masses, the law also applies to planets orbiting the Sun. (b) Gravitational fields …
- Question 2
For Examiner’s Use 2 (a) State what is meant by the Avogadro constant NA. (b) A balloon is filled with helium gas at a pressure of …
- Question 3
For Examiner’s Use 3 (a) Define simple harmonic motion. (b) A tube, sealed at one end, has a total mass m and a uniform area of cross-section A. The tube floats upright in a liquid of density ρ with length …
- Question 4
For Examiner’s Use 4 (a) Define electric potential at a point. (b) Two small spherical charged particles P and Q may be assumed to be point charges located at their centres. The particles are in a vacuum. Particle P is …
- Question 5
For Examiner’s Use 5 (a) State what is meant by a magnetic field. (b) A charged particle of mass m and charge +q is travelling with velocity v in a vacuum. It enters a region of uniform magnetic field of …
- Question 6
For Examiner’s Use 6 A transformer is illustrated in Fig. 6.1. load secondary coil primary coil laminated iron core Fig. …
- Question 7
For Examiner’s Use 7 Experiments are conducted to investigate the photoelectric effect. (a) It is found that, on exposure of a metal surface to light, either electrons are emitted immediately or they are not emitted at all. Suggest why this …
- Question 8
For Examiner’s Use 8 (a) The variation with nucleon number A of the binding energy per nucleon BE of nuclei is shown in Fig. 8.1. BE A 0 Fig. 8.1 On Fig. 8.1, mark the approximate positions of (i) iron-56 …
- Question 10
For Examiner’s Use 10 (a) State what is meant by the acoustic impedance Z of a medium. (b) Two media have acoustic impedances Z1 and Z2. The intensity reflection coefficient α for the boundary between the two media is given …
- Question 11
For Examiner’s Use 11 (a) Describe what is meant by frequency modulation (FM …
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