Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 9702/11 Oct/Nov 2022 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 1, Oct/Nov 2022: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 40 questions worth 40 marks, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 40
- Marks
- 40
- Grade A from
- 25
File names: 9702_w22_qp_11 · 9702_w22_ms_11
Grade thresholds for 9702/11 Oct/Nov 2022
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/11 Oct/Nov 2022 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 9702/11 Oct/Nov 2022
- Question 1
What is needed to accurately represent all physical quantities? A a base unit and a number B a unit and a number expressed in standard form (scientific notation) C a unit and a numerical magnitude D an SI unit and …
- Question 2
A voltmeter connected across a resistor in a circuit reads 3.6 V. What could be the current in the resistor and the resistance of the resistor? current resistance A 150 mA …
- Question 3
In an experiment to determine the acceleration of free fall g, the time t taken for a ball to fall through distance s is measured. The percentage uncertainty in the measurement of s is 2%. The percentage uncertainty in the …
- Question 4
Which quantity is a vector? A momentum B speed C temperature D Young modulus
- Question 5
A particle accelerates from rest. The graph shows the variation of the velocity v of the particle with time …
- Question 6
The graph shows the vertical velocity of a parachutist during the first 20 s of her jump. …
- Question 7
What is the definition of linear momentum? A force per unit time B product of force and time C product of velocity and mass D velocity per unit mass
- Question 8
A mass of 0.20 kg is suspended from the lower end of a light spring. A second mass of 0.10 kg is suspended from the first mass by a thread. The arrangement is allowed to come into static equilibrium and …
- Question 9
A snowflake and a raindrop are in still air. They both fall from rest at the same time and from the same height, far above the ground. The snowflake and raindrop contain the same mass of water. Assume that there …
- Question 10
Two trolleys are held together on a horizontal surface with a compressed spring between them. 1 kg 2 kg When they are released, the trolleys lose contact with the spring. The trolley of mass 2 kg moves to the left …
- Question 11
A square board, of side length x, hangs freely from a nail P, as shown. The board has uniform thickness and is made from material of uniform density. …
- Question 12
Forces are applied to a rigid object. The forces all act in the same plane. In which diagram is the object in equilibrium? …
- Question 13
A rigid rod XY has negligible mass and length 75 cm. The rod is suspended from a fixed point P by a string attached to end X. An object of mass 11 kg is suspended by a string that is …
- Question 14
The density of water is 1.0 g cm–3 and the density of glycerine is 1.3 g cm–3. Water is added to a measuring cylinder containing 40 cm3 of glycerine so that the density of the mixture is 1.1 g cm–3. …
- Question 15
A box, in the shape of a cube, falls from a ship into the sea. The box lands with its lower face level with the surface of the sea. surface of sea box on the surface of the sea surface …
- Question 16
A spring is compressed by a mass, as shown. before after mass spring Which statement describes the changes to the energy of the spring when it is compressed by the mass? A The spring gains both gravitational potential energy and …
- Question 17
A man of mass 75 kg runs up a staircase consisting of 30 steps. Each step is 20 cm high. The man takes a time of 7.0 s to run from the bottom of the staircase to the top. What …
- Question 18
- Question 19
Identical springs are joined in four arrangements. Which arrangement has the same spring constant as a single spring? load A load B load C load D
- Question 20
An unstretched spring has a length of 2.0 cm. The spring is then stretched within its limit of proportionality by a tensile force of 1.5 N so that the elastic potential energy stored in the spring is 0.045 J. What …
- Question 21
A signal generator, amplifier and loudspeaker are used to produce different sound waves in the air of a room. The relationships between the properties of these waves are investigated. Which relationship is not correct? A Amplitude is proportional to wavelength. …
- Question 22
When a guitar string is plucked, it causes a longitudinal sound wave in the air, as shown. …
- Question 23
A transverse wave travels along a rope. The diagram shows the rope at time …
- Question 24
A jet aircraft travels at a speed of 0.80v, where v is the speed of sound. The aircraft directly approaches a stationary observer. The frequency of sound emitted by the aircraft is 100 Hz. Which frequency does the observer hear? …
- Question 25
A telescope detects and analyses some electromagnetic radiation of wavelength 2 cm. Which type of telescope is it? A microwave telescope B optical telescope C radio telescope D X-ray telescope
- Question 26
Two waves of the same type overlap. When does the principle of superposition apply? A always B only when the waves have the same amplitude C only when the waves have the same frequency D only when the waves travel …
- Question 27
A stationary sound wave is formed in a tube of length L that is closed at one end. The diagram shows the positions of the nodes and antinodes of the stationary wave. node antinode node antinode Which graph shows the …
- Question 28
A wave on the surface of water passes through a gap between two barriers and is diffracted, as shown. barrier barrier What happens when the frequency of the wave is halved? A Less diffraction is observed. B More diffraction is …
- Question 29
Observable interference fringes are produced using light from a double slit. The intensity of the light emerging from each slit is initially the same. The intensity of the light emerging from one of the slits is now reduced. How does …
- Question 30
- Question 31
A length of wire RS has a circular cross-section. R S area A area A 2 At end R of the wire, the cross-sectional area is A. At end S of the wire, the cross-sectional area is …
- Question 32
A power supply is connected to a component by connecting wires of total resistance 4.9 . The power supply has an output power of 3.6 W and a terminal potential difference of 12 V. How much thermal energy is dissipated …
- Question 33
A copper wire is to be replaced by an aluminium alloy wire of the same length and resistance. Copper has half the resistivity of the alloy. What is the ratio wire copper of diameter alloy wire of diameter …
- Question 34
Three identical filament lamps, P, Q and R, are connected to a battery of negligible internal resistance, as shown. …
- Question 35
Which ratio has the same units as electromotive force (e.m.f.)? A charge per unit energy transferred B charge per unit time C energy transferred per unit charge D energy transferred per unit time
- Question 36
A circuit consists of a battery, a voltmeter and five fixed resistors, as shown. …
- Question 37
A battery of electromotive force …
- Question 38
An -particle passes close to a gold nucleus and is deflected through an angle greater than 90. Which property of the -particle changes as a result of the deflection? A charge B momentum C nucleon number D proton number
- Question 39
A nucleus of U 238 92 decays in stages by emitting -particles and – particles, eventually forming a nucleus of Pb. 206 82 How many -particles and how many – particles are emitted during the decay chain? -particles – particles …
- Question 40
Which list of particles contains only fundamental particles? A antineutrino, beta, meson B baryon, neutrino, positron C electron, neutrino, alpha D lepton, quark, positron
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