Cambridge A Level ยท 9702 ยท Paper 1 ยท Multiple choice
Physics 9702/12 Oct/Nov 2019 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 2, Oct/Nov 2019: 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_w19_qp_12 ยท 9702_w19_ms_12
Grade thresholds for 9702/12 Oct/Nov 2019
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 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 14 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/12 Oct/Nov 2019 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 |
| Kinematics | 5 | โ |
| Waves | 5 | โ |
| Physical quantities and units | 3 | โ |
| Forces, density and pressure | 3 | โ |
| Deformation of solids | 3 | โ |
| Particle physics | 3 | โ |
| Superposition | 2 | โ |
| Dynamics | 1 | โ |
| D.C. circuits | 1 | โ |
Questions in 9702/12 Oct/Nov 2019
- Question 1
- Question 2
Which expression gives an SI base quantity? A charge per unit time B force per unit area C mass per unit volume D work done per unit distance
- Question 3
Which list contains only scalar quantities? A area, length, displacement B kinetic energy, speed, power C potential energy, momentum, time D velocity, distance, temperature
- Question 4
A micrometer is used to measure the 28.50 mm width of a plastic ruler. The micrometer reads to the nearest 0.01 mm. What is the correct way to record this reading? โฆ
- Question 5
The sides of a wooden block are measured with calipers. The lengths of the sides are measured as 20.0 mm, 40.0 mm and 10.0 mm. 20.0 mm 10.0 mm 40.0 mm The calipers can measure with an absolute uncertainty of โฆ
- Question 6
A ball is thrown vertically upwards from ground level and reaches a maximum height of 12.7 m before falling back to ground level. Assume air resistance is negligible. What is the total time for which the ball is in the โฆ
- Question 7
A snooker ball has a mass of 200 g. It hits the cushion of a snooker table and rebounds along its original path. The ball arrives at the cushion with a speed of โฆ
- Question 8
A tennis ball is released from rest at time โฆ
- Question 9
The space probe Rosetta was designed to investigate a comet. The probe consisted of an orbiter and a lander. The orbiter had a mass of 170 kg and the lander had a mass of 100 kg. When the two parts โฆ
- Question 10
A positively charged oil droplet falls in air in a uniform electric field that is vertically upwards. The droplet has a constant terminal speed v0 and the electric field strength is E. The magnitude of the force due to air โฆ
- Question 11
A rigid uniform bar of length 2.4 m is pivoted horizontally at its midpoint. โฆ
- Question 12
Two coplanar forces act on an object as shown. object Which diagram shows the resultant F of these two forces? โฆ
- Question 13
Four measuring cylinders are filled with the same liquid to the heights shown. At which position is the pressure the greatest? 30 cm A 30 cm B 10 cm C 10 cm D
- Question 14
The gas in an engine does work on a piston of cross-sectional area 80 cm2. The pressure on the piston has a constant value of โฆ
- Question 15
A power station using coal as fuel has an average power output of 3000 MW. Coal is supplied by 20 trains each day. The efficiency of the station in converting the thermal energy released from the coal to electrical energy โฆ
- Question 16
A wooden cylinder floats partially submerged in a bath of water. A force F is applied to the cylinder until it is just fully submerged. water wooden cylinder F Which statement is not correct? A Some of the water gains โฆ
- Question 17
The motor of a crane lifts a load of mass 600 kg. The load rises vertically at a constant speed of 12 m per minute. What is the useful power output of the motor? A 0.12 kW B 1.2 kW โฆ
- Question 18
The graph shows the effect of applying a force of up to 5.0 N to a spring. spring length / cm force โฆ
- Question 19
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 forceโextension curve for contraction is โฆ
- Question 20
A transverse wave is travelling along a rope. The frequency of the wave is 2.0 Hz. The graph shows the variation with distance of the displacement of the wave at time โฆ
- Question 21
The two graphs represent the same wave. Graph 1 shows the variation with time of the displacement at a particular distance. Graph 2 shows the variation with distance of the displacement at one instant. โฆ
- Question 22
A microphone is connected to a cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO). When a tuning fork is struck and then held next to the microphone, the following waveform is shown on the display of the CRO. The time-base setting on the CRO is โฆ
- Question 23
A loudspeaker emitting a constant frequency of 2000 Hz is swung in a horizontal circle with a speed of โฆ
- Question 24
Two electromagnetic waves have wavelengths of โฆ
- Question 25
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 โฆ
- Question 26
Which statement about a light wave and a sound wave is correct? A Both can travel through free space. B Both have a frequency inversely proportional to their wavelength. C Both have an intensity proportional to their amplitude. D Both โฆ
- Question 27
An outdoor concert has two large speakers beside the stage for broadcasting music. In order to test the speakers, they are made to emit sound of the same wavelength and the same amplitude. The curved lines in the diagram represent โฆ
- Question 28
An electromagnetic wave is incident normally on a diffraction grating. A second-order maximum is produced at an angle of 30ยฐ to a normal to the grating. The grating has 5000 lines per cm. What is the wavelength of the wave? โฆ
- Question 29
P is a point near to charge X as shown. X P When a negatively charged test charge is placed at point P, it is found to experience a force of repulsion from X that is radially away from X. โฆ
- Question 30
A charged oil drop of mass m, with n excess electrons, is held stationary in the uniform electric field between two horizontal plates separated by a distance โฆ
- Question 31
When the current in a wire is 5.0 A, the average drift speed of the conduction electrons in the wire is โฆ
- Question 32
A fixed resistor of resistance 12 โฆ is connected to a battery. There is a current of 0.20 A in the resistor. The current is now doubled. What is the new power dissipated in the resistor? โฆ
- Question 33
There is a current in a resistor for an unknown time. Which two quantities can be used to calculate the energy dissipated by the resistor? A the current in the resistor and the potential difference across the resistor B the โฆ
- Question 34
Two cells with electromotive forces E1 and E2 and internal resistances r1 and r2 are connected to a resistor R as shown. R cell 1 current r1 E1 cell โฆ
- Question 35
A battery has an electromotive force (e.m.f.) E and internal resistance r. The battery delivers a current I to a variable resistor and the potential difference (p.d.) across its terminals is โฆ
- Question 36
Three identical resistors are connected between terminals P and Q in different networks X, Y and Z as shown. โฆ
- Question 37
The diagram shows a variable resistor R and two fixed resistors connected in series in a circuit to act as a potential divider. โฆ
- Question 38
The table gives some data relating to four neutral (uncharged) atoms โฆ
- Question 39
What is not a fundamental particle? A electron B neutrino C neutron D positron
- Question 40
An unstable nucleus decays and emits a ฮฒโ particle. Which changes, if any, occur to the quark composition of the nucleus? quark changes up quarks down quarks โฆ
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