Cambridge A Level ยท 9702 ยท Paper 1 ยท Multiple choice
Physics 9702/11 May/June 2017 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 1, May/June 2017: 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
- 32
File names: 9702_s17_qp_11 ยท 9702_s17_ms_11
Grade thresholds for 9702/11 May/June 2017
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/11 May/June 2017 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Kinematics | 7 | โ |
| Work, energy and power | 7 | โ |
| Forces, density and pressure | 6 | โ |
| Electricity | 5 | โ |
| Waves | 5 | โ |
| Particle physics | 3 | โ |
| Physical quantities and units | 2 | โ |
| Superposition | 2 | โ |
| D.C. circuits | 2 | โ |
| Dynamics | 1 | โ |
Questions in 9702/11 May/June 2017
- Question 1
A student creates a table to show reasonable estimates of some physical quantities. Which row is not a reasonable estimate? quantity value A current in a fan heater โฆ
- Question 2
A particle travels in a straight line with speed v. The particle slows down and changes direction. The new speed of the particle is 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
The values of displacement, velocity and acceleration of a vehicle can be deduced from graphs representing its motion. Often the areas under these graphs, or the gradients of the graphs, are used. What would not give a value for a โฆ
- Question 5
A ball is released from rest above a hard, horizontal surface. The graph shows how the velocity of the bouncing ball varies with time. At which point on the graph does the ball reach its maximum height after the first โฆ
- Question 6
A ball is kicked upwards at an angle of 45ยฐ to horizontal ground. After a short flight, the ball returns to the ground. It may be assumed that air resistance is negligible. What is never zero during the flight of โฆ
- Question 7
The mass of a rocket-propelled truck is approximately equal to the mass of the fuel in its tank. The fuel is ignited and the truck is propelled along horizontal tracks by a constant force. The effect of air resistance is โฆ
- Question 8
- Question 9
A student attempts to find the density ฯ of aluminium by taking measurements of a rectangular sheet. mass โฆ
- Question 10
The graph shows how the momentum of a motorcycle changes with time. โฆ
- Question 11
A particle with mass and charge is moving from left to right in a uniform gravitational field and a uniform electric field. The gravitational field is downwards. The gravitational force and the electric force on this particle act in opposite โฆ
- Question 12
A sphere is acted upon by various forces, all of the same magnitude. Which system of forces provides a resultant torque but zero resultant force on the sphere? โฆ
- Question 13
A uniform horizontal footbridge is 12 m long and weighs 4000 N. It rests on two supports X and Y as shown. support X support โฆ
- Question 14
- Question 15
A man climbs slowly at a steady speed to the top of a ladder. What is the main energy transfer taking place for the man as he climbs? A chemical potential to gravitational potential B chemical potential to kinetic C โฆ
- Question 16
During an interval of time, fuel supplies energy X to a car. Some of this energy is converted into kinetic energy as the car accelerates. The rest of the energy Y is lost as thermal energy. What is the efficiency โฆ
- Question 17
A railway engine accelerates a train of total mass 800 tonnes (1 tonne = 1000 kg) from rest to a speed of โฆ
- Question 18
A mass is raised vertically. In time t, the increase in its gravitational potential energy is Ep and the increase in its kinetic energy is Ek. What is the average power input to the mass? A (Ep โ Ek)t B โฆ
- Question 19
Water flows from a lake into a turbine that is a vertical distance of 90 m below the lake, as shown. turbine lake 90 m The mass flow rate of the water is 2400 kg minโ1. The turbine has an โฆ
- Question 20
A wire of diameter d and length l hangs vertically from a fixed point. The wire is extended by hanging a mass M on its end. The Young modulus of the wire is E. The acceleration of free fall is โฆ
- Question 21
The variation of the compression of a spring with the force applied to it is shown in the graph. โฆ
- Question 22
A longitudinal wave travels through a long spring. The spring is shown at one instant. What is the wavelength of the wave? โฆ
- Question 23
A sound wave has a frequency of 2500 Hz and a speed of โฆ
- Question 24
A sound wave is displayed on the screen of a cathode-ray oscilloscope (c.r.o.) as shown. 1 cm The time-base of the c.r.o. is set at 2.5 ms cmโ1. What is the frequency of the sound wave? A 50 Hz B โฆ
- Question 25
A car travelling in a straight line at a speed of โฆ
- Question 26
Which list shows electromagnetic waves in order of increasing frequency? A radio waves โ gamma rays โ ultraviolet โ infra-red B radio waves โ infra-red โ ultraviolet โ gamma rays C ultraviolet โ gamma rays โ radio waves โ infra-red โฆ
- Question 27
The diagram shows a steel wire clamped at one end. The other end is attached to a weight hanging over a pulley. weight fixed stand fixed support vibrator A vibrator is attached to the wire near the clamped end. A โฆ
- Question 28
A parallel beam of light of wavelength 600 nm is incident normally on a diffraction grating. The grating has 300 lines per millimetre. What is the total number of intensity maxima from the grating? โฆ
- Question 29
A pattern of interference fringes is produced using a red laser, a double slit and a screen. The screen is 3.5 m from the double slit. The light from the laser has a wavelength of 640 nm. The pattern of โฆ
- Question 30
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 31
The diagram shows two parallel horizontal metal plates. The top plate is positively charged and the bottom plate is earthed. + liquid drop plates A small charged liquid drop, midway between the plates, is held in equilibrium by the combination โฆ
- Question 32
The diagram shows the symbol for a wire carrying a current I. I What does this current represent? A the charge flowing past a point in the wire per unit time B the number of electrons flowing past a point โฆ
- Question 33
Which values of current and resistance will produce a rate of energy transfer of โฆ
- Question 34
Which component has the I-V graph shown? โฆ
- Question 35
The circuit shown includes a cell of constant internal resistance and an external resistor R. R cell โฆ
- Question 36
A computer is used to detect the change of position of a switch. To detect the change of position, the computer requires a potential difference (p.d.) of 0 V to its input at one switch position and a p.d. of โฆ
- Question 37
In the circuit shown, the battery and ammeter have negligible resistance. โฆ
- Question 38
The table lists the nucleon number and the proton number of various nuclei. The nuclei are represented by the letters L to T. nucleus nucleon number proton number โฆ
- Question 39
A radioactive nucleus is formed by ฮฒโ decay. This nucleus then decays by ฮฑ-emission. Which graph of nucleon number N plotted against proton number Z shows the ฮฒโ decay followed by the ฮฑ-emission? โฆ
- Question 40
What are the structures of the proton and of the neutron in terms of quarks? proton neutron up quark down quark up quark down quark โฆ
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