Cambridge A Level ยท 9702 ยท Paper 4 ยท A Level structured questions
Physics 9702/42 Oct/Nov 2019 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 4 (A Level structured questions), variant 2, Oct/Nov 2019: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 11 questions worth 96 marks, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 11
- Marks
- 100
- Grade A from
- 66
File names: 9702_w19_qp_42 ยท 9702_w19_ms_42
Grade thresholds for 9702/42 Oct/Nov 2019
The minimum raw marks Cambridge set for each grade on this component (out of 100). Thresholds change every session and variant, so always compare your score with the paper you actually sat.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 56 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/42 Oct/Nov 2019 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Medical physics | 2 | 15 |
| Magnetic fields | 2 | 15 |
| Thermodynamics | 1 | 11 |
| Quantum physics | 1 | 11 |
| Temperature | 1 | 10 |
| Oscillations | 1 | 10 |
| Gravitational fields | 1 | 8 |
| Electric fields | 1 | 8 |
| Nuclear physics | 1 | 8 |
Questions in 9702/42 Oct/Nov 2019
- Question 1
(a) State Newtonโs law of gravitation. (b) The astronomer Johannes Kepler showed that the period T of rotation of a planet about the Sun is related to its mean distance R from the centre of the Sun by the expression โฆ
- Question 2
(a) Smoke particles are suspended in still air. Brownian motion of the smoke particles is seen through a microscope. Describe: (i) what is seen through the microscope (ii) how Brownian motion provides evidence for the nature of the movement of โฆ
- Question 3
(a) State what is meant by specific latent heat. (b) A student uses the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 3.1 to determine a value for the specific latent heat of fusion of ice. A V beaker melted ice pan of balance โฆ
- Question 4
A ball of mass M is held on a horizontal surface by two identical extended springs, as illustrated in Fig. 4.1. ball mass M oscillator fixed point Fig. 4.1 One spring is attached to a fixed point. The other spring โฆ
- Question 5
(a) (i) State what is meant by the specific acoustic impedance of a medium. (ii) The density of a sample of bone is 1.8 g cmโ3 and the speed of ultrasound in the bone is โฆ
- Question 7
Describe the principles of computed tomography (CT) scanning.
- Question 8
Electrons enter a rectangular slice PQRSEFGH of a semiconductor material at right-angles to face PQFE, as shown in Fig. 8.1. magnetic field flux density B direction of incident electrons โฆ
- Question 9
(a) Define what is meant by electric potential at a point. (b) In an ฮฑ-particle scattering experiment, ฮฑ-particles are directed towards a thin film of gold, as illustrated in Fig. 9.1. beam of ฮฑ-particles gold film Fig. 9.1 The apparatus โฆ
- Question 10
(a) The upper electron energy bands in an intrinsic semiconductor material are illustrated in Fig. 10.1. conduction band forbidden band valence band Fig. 10.1 Use band theory to explain why the resistance of an intrinsic semiconductor material decreases as its โฆ
- Question 11
(a) State Faradayโs law of electromagnetic induction. (b) A solenoid S has a small coil C placed near to one of its ends, as shown in Fig. 11.1. solenoid โฆ
- Question 12
Radon-222 (222 86 Ra) is a radioactive gas that decays randomly with a decay constant of โฆ
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