Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 9702/12 May/June 2013 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 2, May/June 2013: 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
- 27
File names: 9702_s13_qp_12 · 9702_s13_ms_12
Grade thresholds for 9702/12 May/June 2013
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/12 May/June 2013 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 9702/12 May/June 2013
- Question 1
Which pair includes a vector quantity and a scalar quantity? A displacement; acceleration B force; kinetic energy C power; speed D work; potential energy
- Question 2
The unit of resistivity, expressed in terms of base units, is given by kg …
- Question 3
Two forces act on a circular disc as shown. …
- Question 4
A student carried out an experiment in which an electric current was known to decrease with time. The readings he found, from first to last, were 3.62 mA, 2.81 mA, 1.13 mA, 1.76 mA and 0.90 mA. Which statement could …
- Question 5
The diagram shows a calibration curve for a thermistor, drawn with an unusual scale on the vertical axis. …
- Question 6
A sky diver falls vertically from a stationary balloon. She leaves the balloon at time …
- Question 7
The diagram shows an arrangement to stop trains that are travelling too fast. train speed …
- Question 8
A ball is released from rest above a horizontal surface and bounces several times. The graph shows how, for this ball, a quantity y varies with time. 0 0 time y What is the quantity …
- Question 9
- Question 10
Two bodies travelling in a straight line collide in a perfectly elastic collision. Which of the following statements must be correct? A The initial speed of one body will be the same as the final speed of the other body. …
- Question 11
A submarine is in equilibrium in a fully submerged position. sea water steel air What causes the upthrust on the submarine? A The air in the submarine is less dense than sea water. B The sea water exerts a greater …
- Question 12
A vehicle is at rest on a slope. It is considered to have three forces acting on it to keep it in equilibrium. They are its weight W, a normal reaction force R and a frictional force F. Which triangle …
- Question 13
All external forces on a body cancel out. Which statement must be correct? A The body does not move. B The momentum of the body remains unchanged. C The speed of the body remains unchanged. D The total energy (kinetic …
- Question 14
A uniform beam of mass 1.4 kg is pivoted at P as shown. The beam has a length of 0.60 m and P is 0.20 m from one end. Loads of 3.0 kg and 6.0 kg are suspended 0.35 m …
- Question 15
A ball is thrown vertically upwards. Neglecting air resistance, which statement is correct? A The kinetic energy of the ball is greatest at the greatest height attained. B By the principle of conservation of energy, the total energy of the …
- Question 16
A bow of mass 400 g shoots an arrow of mass 120 g vertically upwards. The potential energy stored in the bow just before release is 80 J. The system has an efficiency of 28%. What is the height reached …
- Question 17
A train on a mountain railway is carrying 200 people of average mass 70 kg up a slope at an angle of 30° to the horizontal and at a speed of …
- Question 18
A gas is enclosed inside a cylinder which is fitted with a frictionless piston. gas …
- Question 19
The diagram shows an ice cube floating in water. ice Both the ice cube and the water are at 0 °C. Which statement correctly compares the molecular properties of the ice and those of the water? A The mean inter-molecular …
- Question 20
Two bulbs X and Y containing air at different pressures are connected by a tube P which contains two mercury threads. X Y air pressure 16 000 Pa P air pressure 8000 Pa mercury threads …
- Question 21
What is the unit of the Young modulus? …
- Question 22
A rubber cord hangs from a rigid support. A weight attached to its lower end is gradually increased from zero, and then gradually reduced to zero. force extension 00 stretching contraction rubber cord weight The force-extension curve for contraction is …
- Question 23
The diagram shows a large crane on a construction site lifting a cube-shaped load. cable crane load A model is made of the crane, its load and the cable supporting the load. The material used for each part of the …
- Question 24
The order of magnitude of the frequency of the shortest wavelength of visible light waves can be expressed as 10x Hz. What is the value of …
- Question 25
The diagram shows two waves X and …
- Question 26
What is correct for all transverse waves? A They are all electromagnetic. B They can all be polarised. C They can all travel through a vacuum. D They all involve the oscillation of atoms. Space for working
- Question 27
A transmitter of electromagnetic waves is placed 45 cm from a reflective surface. transmitter reflective surface 45 cm The emitted waves have a frequency of 1.00 GHz. A stationary wave is produced with a node at the transmitter and a …
- Question 28
A teacher sets up the apparatus shown to demonstrate a two-slit interference pattern on the screen. …
- Question 29
Monochromatic light of wavelength …
- Question 30
Two conducting layers of a liquid crystal display of a calculator are 8 µm apart. …
- Question 31
A positively-charged particle is projected into a uniform electric field. Which diagram represents the path of the particle in the electric field? …
- Question 32
A power cable has length 2000 m. The cable is made of twelve parallel strands of copper wire, each with diameter 0.51 mm. What is the resistance of the cable? (resistivity of copper …
- Question 33
A low-voltage supply with an e.m.f. of 20 V and an internal resistance of 1.5 Ω is used to supply power to a heater of resistance 6.5 Ω in a fish tank. What is the power supplied to the water …
- Question 34
A filament lamp has a resistance of 180 Ω when the current in it is 500 mA. What is the power transformed in the lamp? …
- Question 35
Two wires P and Q made of the same material are connected to the same electrical supply. P has twice the length of Q and one-third of the diameter of Q, as shown in the diagram. …
- Question 36
A 12 V battery is in series with an ammeter, …
- Question 37
Five resistors are connected as shown. …
- Question 38
In the circuit below, the reading VT on the voltmeter changes from high to low as the temperature of the thermistor changes. The reading VL on the voltmeter changes from high to low as the level of light on the …
- Question 39
What is the approximate mass of an alpha particle? A 10–28 kg B 10–26 kg C 10–24 kg D 10–22 kg
- Question 40
An actinium nucleus has a nucleon number of 227 and a proton number of 89. It decays to form a radium nucleus, emitting a beta particle and an alpha particle in the process. What are the nucleon number and the …
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