Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 9702/12 Oct/Nov 2022 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 2, 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
- 23
File names: 9702_w22_qp_12 · 9702_w22_ms_12
Grade thresholds for 9702/12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/12 Oct/Nov 2022 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity | 8 | 8 |
| Kinematics | 8 | 8 |
| Waves | 5 | 5 |
| Dynamics | 4 | 4 |
| Forces, density and pressure | 4 | 4 |
| Particle physics | 3 | 3 |
| Work, energy and power | 2 | 2 |
| Physical quantities and units | 2 | 2 |
| Deformation of solids | 2 | 2 |
| Superposition | 2 | 2 |
Questions in 9702/12 Oct/Nov 2022
- Question 1
Which quantity is a physical quantity? A flavour B kelvin C minute D potential difference
- Question 2
What is a power of 3.7 MW when expressed in kilowatts? …
- Question 3
A spring is suspended from a fixed point and a force is applied. The position of a pointer attached to the bottom of the spring against a vertical ruler is recorded. Before the force is applied, the position of the …
- Question 4
What is the difference between a scalar quantity and a vector quantity? A A scalar quantity has direction but a vector quantity does not. B A scalar quantity has magnitude but a vector quantity does not. C A vector quantity …
- Question 5
A toy car travels on a circular track at a constant speed of …
- Question 6
The graph shows how the velocity v of an object moving in a straight line varies with time t from …
- Question 7
A goods train passes through a station at a steady speed of …
- Question 8
A constant resultant force F acts on an object of mass m for time t. What is the change in momentum of the object? …
- Question 9
The acceleration of free fall on the surface of planet P is one-tenth of that on the surface of planet Q. On the surface of P, an object has a mass of 1.0 kg and a weight of 1.0 N. …
- Question 10
A parachutist falls from rest from a balloon. The variation with time of the vertical velocity of the parachutist is shown. In which region is the force due to air resistance much greater than the weight of the parachutist? vertical …
- Question 11
Two solid spheres form an isolated system. Sphere X moves with speed 6 cm s–1 in a straight line directly towards a stationary sphere Y, as shown. sphere X sphere Y 6 cm s–1 The spheres have a perfectly elastic …
- Question 12
What is not a necessary requirement of the forces in a couple? A They act in opposite directions. B They act along different lines. C They have the same magnitude. D They produce a resultant force.
- Question 13
A box of length 12 cm and weight 0.43 N is placed on a horizontal table, with the greater part of its length overhanging the edge of the table. The edge of the table acts as a pivot. The centre …
- Question 14
An object is suspended by two ropes. One rope has a tension of 410 N at an angle of 60 to the horizontal. The other rope has a tension of 210 N at an angle of 10 to the horizontal. …
- Question 15
A solid cube is floating in equilibrium in liquid mercury. The cube is made of iron of density 7900 kg m–3. The cube floats with 42% of its volume above the surface of the mercury. What is the density of …
- Question 16
The diagram shows two vessels, P and Q, both with sides inclined at 45 to the horizontal. vessel P vessel Q Vessel P tapers outwards and vessel Q tapers inwards, as shown. Both vessels contain a liquid. The depth of …
- Question 17
A motor is used to lift a load vertically upwards. The load has weight W. The motor produces useful power output P. The load is lifted at constant velocity v. Which expression gives the time taken for the motor to …
- Question 18
A lamp is switched on for 2.0 hours. The power input to the lamp is 1.0 W. The energy given out by the lamp as light is …
- Question 19
An object of mass m is dropped onto the surface of two planets, X and Y, which have no atmosphere. The height from which the object is dropped and the change in gravitational potential energy of the object, for each …
- Question 20
A known tensile force acts on a metal wire. The wire does not exceed its limit of proportionality. Which two measurements enable the strain of the wire to be calculated? A the unstretched length of the wire and the cross-sectional …
- Question 21
A wire is extended by different forces. The wire obeys Hooke’s law. A graph is plotted to show the variation of a quantity y with a quantity …
- Question 22
A wave pulse moves along a stretched rope in the direction shown. P Which diagram shows the variation with time t of the displacement s of the particle P in the rope? …
- Question 23
Which statement about progressive transverse and longitudinal waves is correct? A Particles in a transverse wave have fixed equilibrium positions but those in longitudinal waves do not. B Transverse waves can be polarised but longitudinal waves cannot. C Transverse waves …
- Question 24
A miniature loudspeaker, initially at rest, falls vertically from a window in a high building. When the speaker has fallen a distance of 10.0 m, it emits a very short pulse of sound of constant frequency 256 Hz in all …
- Question 25
Two electromagnetic waves have wavelengths of …
- Question 26
The wavelength of sound in air may be determined by using stationary waves. In one experiment, a loudspeaker produces a sound wave of constant frequency which is reflected directly back along its original path by a metal plate approximately 1 …
- Question 27
Two progressive waves meet at a fixed point P. The variation with time of the displacement of each wave at point P is shown. …
- Question 28
In which situation does diffraction occur? A A wave bounces back from a surface. B A wave passes from one medium into another. C A wave passes through a gap in a barrier. D Waves from two identical sources are …
- Question 29
Light of a single frequency is incident on a pair of narrow slits that are a distance of 0.10 mm apart. A series of bright and dark fringes is observed on a screen a distance of 2.0 m away. The …
- Question 30
Red light of a single wavelength passes through a diffraction grating. Bright dots are formed on a screen, as shown. bright dot screen The red light is replaced with white light. Which diagram, drawn to the same scale, shows a …
- Question 31
A nichrome wire has a resistance of 15 and a diameter of 3.0 mm. The number density of the free electrons in nichrome is …
- Question 32
The diagrams show two different circuits. …
- Question 33
The potential difference (p.d.) across a filament lamp is increased. Which statement is correct? A The resistance of the lamp decreases because the temperature decreases. B The resistance of the lamp decreases because the temperature increases. C The resistance of …
- Question 34
A metal wire has resistance R. The wire is stretched so that its diameter decreases to 94.0% of the original diameter. The volume of the wire is unchanged. What is the resistance of the stretched wire? …
- Question 35
The diagram shows a cell of electromotive force …
- Question 36
A circuit consists of a battery, a high-resistance voltmeter and four fixed resistors, as shown. The battery has an electromotive force (e.m.f.) of 15.0 V and negligible internal resistance. …
- Question 37
A potential divider circuit is designed to detect the difference in temperature between two different places. …
- Question 38
In the -particle scattering experiment, a beam of -particles is aimed at a thin gold foil. Most of the -particles go straight through or are deflected by a small angle. A very small proportion are deflected by more than 90, …
- Question 39
Which two particles have opposite charges? A alpha-particle and helium nucleus B antiproton and beta-plus particle C beta-minus particle and electron D positron and proton
- Question 40
Which particle is a lepton? A meson B positron C proton D quark
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