Cambridge A Level ยท 9702 ยท Paper 1 ยท Multiple choice
Physics 9702/13 Oct/Nov 2017 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 3, Oct/Nov 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
- 30
File names: 9702_w17_qp_13 ยท 9702_w17_ms_13
Grade thresholds for 9702/13 Oct/Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/13 Oct/Nov 2017 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Kinematics | 9 | โ |
| Waves | 6 | โ |
| Electricity | 6 | โ |
| Forces, density and pressure | 5 | โ |
| Particle physics | 4 | โ |
| Physical quantities and units | 3 | โ |
| Work, energy and power | 3 | โ |
| Deformation of solids | 2 | โ |
| Dynamics | 1 | โ |
| Superposition | 1 | โ |
Questions in 9702/13 Oct/Nov 2017
- Question 1
How many cubic nanometres, nm3, are in a cubic micrometre, โฆ
- Question 2
The maximum theoretical power P of a wind turbine is given by the equation P = kฯAv n where ฯ is the density of air, A is the area swept by the turbine blades, v is the speed of the โฆ
- Question 3
What is the horizontal component of the force shown? โฆ
- Question 4
A school has a piece of aluminium that it uses for radioactivity experiments. Its thickness is marked as 3.2 mm. A student decides to check this value. He has vernier calipers which give measurements to 0.1 mm and a micrometer โฆ
- Question 5
Four possible sources of error in a series of measurements are listed. 1 an analogue meter whose scale is read from different angles 2 a meter which always measures 5% too high 3 a meter with a needle that is โฆ
- Question 6
A football falls from the top of a tall building. Which graph best represents the way in which the distance x fallen varies with time โฆ
- Question 7
Two identical cars P and Q are travelling along a straight road. Car Q is travelling at twice the speed of car P. The brakes are applied to both cars, producing the same constant deceleration. Which graph shows how the โฆ
- Question 8
A man stands in a lift that is accelerating vertically downwards, as shown. lift acceleration Which statement describes the force exerted by the man on the floor? A It is equal to the weight of the man. B It is โฆ
- Question 9
A snooker ball of mass 200 g hits the cushion of a snooker table at right-angles with a speed of โฆ
- Question 10
Two railway trucks of masses m and 3m move towards each other in opposite directions with speeds 2v and v respectively. These trucks collide and stick together. What is the speed of the trucks after the collision? โฆ
- Question 11
A stone is projected horizontally in a vacuum and moves along the path shown. โฆ
- Question 12
Two forces, each of magnitude F, act along the edges of a rectangular metal plate, as shown. โฆ
- Question 13
A solid sphere falls at constant (terminal) velocity in a liquid. The three forces acting on the sphere are shown in the diagram. drag D upthrust U weight W not to scale How are the three forces related? โฆ
- Question 14
A thin horizontal plate of area 0.036 m2 is beneath the surface of a liquid of density 930 kg mโ3. The force on one side of the plate due to the pressure of the liquid is 290 N. What is โฆ
- Question 15
A ball is thrown vertically upwards. Air resistance is negligible. Which statement is correct? A By the principle of conservation of energy, the total energy of the ball is constant throughout its motion. B By the principle of conservation of โฆ
- Question 16
A car of total mass 1560 kg is travelling with a constant speed of โฆ
- Question 17
A horizontal cylinder of cross-sectional area A is fitted with a frictionless piston and contains air at pressure P. It is immersed in hot water and the length of the air column increases from x to y. The pressure P โฆ
- Question 18
A trolley rolls along a horizontal surface and then travels up a slope before reaching a second horizontal surface. The slope is of length L. The trolley has mass M. The slope is at an angle ฮฑ to the horizontal โฆ
- Question 19
The diagram shows an arrangement used to find the output power of an electric motor. The wheel attached to the motorโs axle has a circumference of 0.5 m and the belt which passes over it is stationary when the weights โฆ
- Question 20
A sample of metal is subjected to a force which increases to a maximum value and then decreases back to zero. A force-extension graph for the sample is shown. extension force โฆ
- Question 21
A load is hung from the end of a metal wire. The load is increased and the wire stretches elastically. The table shows the length of the wire for different loads. load / kN length / mm โฆ
- Question 22
The graph shows how the displacement of a particle in a wave varies with time. displacement / cm time โฆ
- Question 23
A wave travels along a coiled spring. The graph shows the variation with time of the displacement of a point on the spring. 0 0 time / s displacement โฆ
- Question 24
An electrical signal is displayed on a cathode-ray oscilloscope (c.r.o.). The time-base setting is 50 ms divโ1. The Y-gain setting is 2 V divโ1. What is the amplitude of the signal? โฆ
- Question 25
A source of sound of frequency F at point Z is moving at a steady speed. The pattern of the emitted wavefronts is shown. โฆ
- Question 26
A car travelling at a steady speed in a straight line passes close to a stationary observer. The observer measures the frequency of the sound from the engine. As the car approaches, the observed frequency is 220 Hz. When the โฆ
- Question 27
Which frequency of electromagnetic radiation could be ultraviolet? โฆ
- Question 28
An electromagnetic wave travels in a straight line through a vacuum. The wave has a frequency of 6.0 THz. What is the number of wavelengths in a distance of 1.0 m along the wave? โฆ
- Question 29
A beam of laser light is directed towards a narrow slit. panel slit cross-section of beam of light After emerging from the other side of the slit, the light then falls on a screen. What is the pattern of light โฆ
- Question 30
The diagrams show four pairs of waves. In each case the displacement y measured at a fixed point is plotted against time t. Which pair of waves is not coherent? โฆ
- Question 31
The diagram shows the electric field near a positively charged sphere and a negatively charged sphere. Four electrons โฆ
- Question 32
Lightning can occur between a charged cloud and the Earthโs surface when the electric field strength in the intervening atmosphere reaches 25 kN Cโ1. The diagram shows the electric field between the base of a cloud and the Earthโs surface. โฆ
- Question 33
The number density of conduction electrons in copper is โฆ
- Question 34
A simple circuit comprises a source of electromotive force (e.m.f.) connected to a load. How does the output power P of the source depend on the internal resistance r of the source and the resistance R of the load? A โฆ
- Question 35
An ideal diode has zero resistance when forward biased and infinite resistance when reverse biased. The diode is connected in series with โฆ
- Question 36
Two cells, each with electromotive force (e.m.f.) E, but different internal resistances r1 and r2, are connected in series to a resistor R. The reading on the voltmeter is โฆ
- Question 37
Three identical cells each have electromotive force (e.m.f.) E and negligible internal resistance. The cells are connected to three identical resistors, each of resistance R, as shown. โฆ
- Question 38
In each arrangement of resistors, the ammeter has a resistance of 2 โฆ. Which arrangement gives the largest reading on the ammeter when the same potential difference is applied between points P and โฆ
- Question 39
Each option shows the number of neutrons, protons and electrons in two atoms, some of which are ionised. Which pair of atoms in the table are isotopes of the same element? neutron proton electron โฆ
- Question 40
Which combination of up (u) and down (d) quarks forms a proton? โฆ
Other Physics papers from Oct/Nov 2017
- 9702/11 Multiple choice
- 9702/12 Multiple choice
- 9702/21 AS structured questions
- 9702/22 AS structured questions
- 9702/23 AS structured questions
- 9702/41 A Level structured questions
- 9702/42 A Level structured questions
- 9702/43 A Level structured questions
- 9702/51 Planning, analysis & evaluation
- 9702/52 Planning, analysis & evaluation
- 9702/53 Planning, analysis & evaluation