Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 9702/12 May/June 2017 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 2, 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
- 29
File names: 9702_s17_qp_12 · 9702_s17_ms_12
Grade thresholds for 9702/12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 15 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/12 May/June 2017 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 9702/12 May/June 2017
- Question 1
What is the approximate average speed of a winning female Olympic athlete running …
- Question 2
Two forces act on a circular disc as shown. …
- Question 3
What correctly expresses the volt in terms of SI base units? …
- Question 4
The current in a block of semiconductor is 30.0 mA when there is a potential difference (p.d.) of 10.0 V across it. The dimensions of the block and the direction of the current in it are as shown. 30.0 mA …
- Question 5
The diameter of a cylindrical metal rod is measured using a micrometer screw gauge. The diagram below shows an enlargement of the scale on the micrometer screw gauge when taking the measurement. …
- Question 6
A ball is set in motion at P on a frictionless surface. It moves up slope PQ, along the horizontal surface QR and finally descends slope RS. …
- Question 7
A rubber ball is dropped onto a table and bounces back up. The table exerts a force F on the ball. Which graph best shows the variation with time t of the force F for the short time that the …
- Question 8
A golf ball of mass m is dropped onto a hard surface from a height h1 and rebounds to a height h2. The momentum of the golf ball just as it reaches the surface is different from its momentum just …
- Question 9
A book of weight W is at rest on a table. A student attempts to state Newton’s third law of motion by saying that ‘action equals reaction’. W book table If the weight of the book is the ‘action’ force, …
- Question 10
A metal cylinder is suspended vertically in equilibrium by a cord. The diagram shows the cylinder in four different positions …
- Question 11
In a machine, many couples act on a rotating object as shown. …
- Question 12
A uniform beam is pivoted at P as shown. Weights of 10 N and 20 N are attached to its ends. The length of the beam is marked at 0.1 m intervals. The weight of the beam is 100 N. …
- Question 13
What are the SI base units of the quantity density pressure …
- Question 14
Which quantities are conserved in an inelastic collision? kinetic energy total energy linear momentum A conserved not conserved conserved B conserved not conserved not conserved C not conserved conserved conserved D not conserved conserved not conserved
- Question 15
A cyclist is travelling at a constant speed up a hill. The frictional force resisting the cyclist’s motion is 8.0 N. The cyclist uses 450 J of energy to travel a distance of 20 m. What is the increase in …
- Question 16
A stone of mass m falls from rest at the top of a cliff of height h into the sea below. Just before hitting the sea the stone has speed v. What is the average force of air resistance acting …
- Question 17
A railway engine accelerates a train of total mass 1200 tonnes (1 tonne = 1000 kg) from rest to a speed of …
- Question 18
What is a correct derivation of the equation relating power, force and velocity? A power = taken time done work and work done = force × displacement so power = taken time nt displaceme force × so power = force …
- Question 19
A cable on a suspension bridge supports a weight of …
- Question 20
What are the units of stress, strain and the Young modulus? stress strain Young modulus A newton metre pascal B newton no unit newton C pascal metre newton D pascal no unit pascal
- Question 21
A rubber band is stretched and then relaxed to its original length. The diagram shows the force-extension graph for this process. force extension …
- Question 22
The period of an electromagnetic wave is 1.0 ns. What are the frequency and wavelength of the wave? frequency / Hz wavelength …
- Question 23
Which statement about progressive longitudinal waves is not correct? A The oscillations of the particles are parallel to the direction of travel of the wave energy. B They have a series of nodes and antinodes. C They need a medium …
- Question 24
A bicycle gear wheel is a disc with 50 ‘teeth’ equally spaced around its edge, as shown. The gear wheel is rotated 10 times each second. A springy strip of metal is vibrated by the rotating ‘teeth’. The metal strip …
- Question 25
An ambulance travels along a straight road at a speed of …
- Question 26
Three different electromagnetic waves P, Q and R have the frequencies shown. frequency / Hz …
- Question 27
Which row describes the oscillations of two moving particles in a stationary wave that are separated by a distance of half a wavelength? phase difference amplitude A 90° different B 90° same C 180° different D 180° same
- Question 28
A parallel beam of red light of wavelength 700 nm is incident normally on a diffraction grating that has 400 lines per millimetre. What is the total number of intensity maxima from the grating? …
- Question 29
Two wave sources are oscillating in phase. Each source produces a wave of wavelength λ. The two waves from the sources meet at point X with a phase difference of 90°. What is a possible difference in the distances from …
- Question 30
Which diagram best illustrates the electric field around a positive point charge? …
- Question 31
The path of an electron with initial speed v in the uniform electric field between two parallel plates is shown. x plates The vertical deflection x is measured at the right-hand edge of the plates. The distance between the plates …
- Question 32
The current in a circuit component is 2.00 µA. How many electrons pass through the component each second? …
- Question 33
- Question 34
Two wires have the same length and the same resistance. Wire X is made of a metal of resistivity …
- Question 35
A cell has a constant electromotive force. A variable resistor is connected between the terminals of the cell. The resistance of the variable resistor is decreased. Which statement about the change of the cell’s terminal potential difference (p.d.) is correct? …
- Question 36
Four resistors are connected in a square as shown. …
- Question 37
A circuit is set up as shown. …
- Question 38
In a television programme to illustrate scientific models, a presenter fires a gun many times at a bale of hay. Two small cannon balls are embedded within the hay some distance apart from each other. The hay bale measures approximately …
- Question 39
A certain nuclide, uranium-235, has nucleon number 235, proton number 92 and neutron number 143. Data on four other nuclides are given below. Which nuclide is an isotope of uranium-235? nucleon number proton number neutron number …
- Question 40
During β– decay, which change takes place to the quark composition of the nucleus that emits the β– particle, and which other particle is emitted? quark change other particle emitted A down to up antineutrino B down to up neutrino …
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