Cambridge A Level ยท 9702 ยท Paper 1 ยท Multiple choice
Physics 9702/11 May/June 2014 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 1, May/June 2014: 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
- 28
File names: 9702_s14_qp_11 ยท 9702_s14_ms_11
Grade thresholds for 9702/11 May/June 2014
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 15 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/11 May/June 2014 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity | 8 | โ |
| Work, energy and power | 6 | โ |
| Forces, density and pressure | 4 | โ |
| Kinematics | 4 | โ |
| Particle physics | 4 | โ |
| Physical quantities and units | 3 | โ |
| Deformation of solids | 3 | โ |
| Superposition | 3 | โ |
| Temperature | 2 | โ |
| Dynamics | 1 | โ |
| Waves | 1 | โ |
| D.C. circuits | 1 | โ |
Questions in 9702/11 May/June 2014
- Question 1
Which pair of units contains one derived unit and one SI base unit? A ampere coulomb B kilogram kelvin C metre second D newton pascal
- Question 2
What is equivalent to 2000 microvolts? โฆ
- Question 3
The speed v of a liquid leaving a tube depends on the change in pressure โP and the density ฯ of the liquid. The speed is given by the equation โฆ
- Question 4
An experiment is carried out to measure the resistance of a wire. The current in the wire is โฆ
- Question 5
The Young modulus of the material of a wire is to be found. The Young modulus E is given by the equation below. โฆ
- Question 6
A tennis ball is thrown horizontally in air from the top of a tall building. If the effect of air resistance is not negligible, what happens to the horizontal and vertical components of the ballโs velocity? horizontal component of velocity โฆ
- Question 7
An object is thrown with velocity โฆ
- Question 8
The graph shows how the acceleration of an object moving in a straight line varies with time. acceleration time 00 The object starts from rest. Which graph shows the variation with time of the velocity of the object over the โฆ
- Question 9
An object of mass 4.0 kg moving with a speed of โฆ
- Question 10
The graph shows how the momentum of a motorcycle changes with time. โฆ
- Question 11
The diagrams show two ways of hanging the same picture. โฆ
- Question 12
A man holds a 100 N load stationary in his hand. The combined weight of the forearm and hand is 20 N. The forearm is held horizontal, as shown. โฆ
- Question 13
A spindle is attached at one end to the centre of a lever of length 1.20 m and at its other end to the centre of a disc of radius โฆ
- Question 14
What is the average power output of a laser that can deliver 0.20 J of energy in 10 ns? A 2 nW B 20 mW C 200 kW D 20 MW
- Question 15
A weight W hangs from a trolley that runs along a rail. The trolley moves horizontally through a distance p and simultaneously raises the weight through a height q. rail trolley weight โฆ
- Question 16
The engine of a car exerts a force of 600 N in moving the car 1.0 km in 150 seconds. What is the average output power of the engine? โฆ
- Question 17
Which statement about boiling and evaporation is correct? A Boiling can only occur at the surface of a liquid. B Evaporation can only occur at a fixed temperature. C Only boiling involves a change of phase. D When some of โฆ
- Question 18
There is one temperature, about 0.01 ยฐC, at which water, water vapour and ice can co-exist in equilibrium. Which statement about the properties of the molecules at this temperature is correct? A Ice molecules are closer to one another than โฆ
- Question 19
A crystalline solid is heated at a constant rate and the change of temperature with time is shown in the graph below. temperature time โฆ
- Question 20
The stress-strain graphs for three different materials are shown, not drawn to the same scales. 00 stress strain 1 00 stress strain 2 00 stress strain 3 The three materials are copper, rubber and glass. Which materials are represented by โฆ
- Question 21
The graph is a load-extension graph for a wire undergoing elastic deformation. โฆ
- Question 22
Which statement about longitudinal waves is correct? A Longitudinal waves include radio waves travelling through air. B Particles in a longitudinal wave vibrate at right-angles to the direction of transfer of wave energy. C Some types of longitudinal wave can โฆ
- Question 23
The order of magnitude of the frequency of the longest-wavelength ultraviolet waves can be expressed as 10x Hz. What is the value of โฆ
- Question 24
The speed v of waves in deep water is given by the equation โฆ
- Question 25
A stationary wave on a stretched string is set up between two points P and โฆ
- Question 26
A parallel beam of white light passes through a diffraction grating. Orange light of wavelength 600 nm in the fourth order diffraction maximum coincides with blue light in the fifth order diffraction maximum. What is the wavelength of the blue โฆ
- Question 27
The basic principle of note production in a horn is to set up a stationary wave in an air column. mouthpiece bell horn For any note produced by the horn, a node is formed at the mouthpiece and an antinode โฆ
- Question 28
A horizontal beam of electrons is passed between two horizontal parallel plates, 2.0 cm apart, as shown. โฆ
- Question 29
The diagram shows two points P and Q which lie 90ยฐ apart on a circle of radius r. A positive point charge at the centre of the circle creates an electric field of magnitude E at both P and โฆ
- Question 30
Two electrically-conducting cylinders X and Y are made from the same material. Their dimensions are as shown. โฆ
- Question 31
A battery, with a constant internal resistance, is connected to a resistor of resistance 250 โฆ, as shown. 250 โฆ The current in the resistor is 40 mA for a time of 60 s. During this time 6.0 J of โฆ
- Question 32
Which symbol represents a component whose resistance is designed to change with temperature? โฆ
- Question 33
In the circuit below, a voltmeter of resistance RV and an ammeter of resistance RA are used to measure the resistance R of the fixed resistor. โฆ
- Question 34
In the circuit shown, all the resistors are identical and all the ammeters have negligible resistance. โฆ
- Question 35
The potential difference across a component in a circuit is 2.0 V. How many electrons must flow through this component in order for it to be supplied with 4.8 J of energy? โฆ
- Question 36
What is the total resistance between points P and Q in this network of resistors? โฆ
- Question 37
Alpha, beta and gamma radiations have various depths of penetration in matter and different charges. Which row best summarises the penetration and charge of each radiation? alpha beta gamma A absorbed by a sheet of card negative charge absorbed by โฆ
- Question 38
In 2002, two-proton radioactive decay of an isotope of iron, Fe, 45 26 was observed. What could be the resulting product? A Fe โฆ
- Question 39
U++ is a doubly-ionised uranium atom. The uranium atom has a nucleon number of 235 and a proton number of 92. In a simple model of the atom, how many particles are in this ionised atom? โฆ
- Question 40
The grid shows a number of nuclides arranged according to the number of protons and the number of neutrons in each. A nucleus of the nuclide Li 8 3 decays by emitting a ฮฒ-particle. What is the resulting nuclide? โฆ
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