Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 9702/13 May/June 2023 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 3, May/June 2023: 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
- 29
File names: 9702_s23_qp_13 · 9702_s23_ms_13
Grade thresholds for 9702/13 May/June 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/13 May/June 2023 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 9702/13 May/June 2023
- Question 1
What must be included in a record of a physical quantity? A an integer value for the quantity B an SI unit C a numerical value for the quantity D a unit expressed in base units
- Question 2
What is the ohm expressed in SI base units? A kg …
- Question 3
A desk has a true width of 50.0 cm. Two students, X and Y, measure the width of the desk. Student X uses a tape measure and records a width of …
- Question 4
The diagram shows two vectors, X and Y, drawn to scale. X Y If …
- Question 5
Which equation, representing uniformly accelerated motion in a straight line, can be determined using only the definition of acceleration? …
- Question 6
An object moves from rest with uniform velocity horizontally and uniform acceleration vertically. Which graph showing the variation with time of the displacement of the object from its initial position is correct? …
- Question 7
A device for spraying paint consists of a box with its faces horizontal and vertical. One of its vertical faces contains small holes. Paint is fed into the box under pressure via a vertical tube and exits through the holes …
- Question 8
Each diagram illustrates a pair of forces of equal magnitude. Which diagram gives an example of a pair of forces that is described by Newton’s third law of motion? …
- Question 9
Two balls of identical shape and size but different masses are falling through the same liquid. The sum of the drag force and upthrust acting on each ball is equal to its weight. Which statement about the two balls is …
- Question 10
A perfectly elastic collision occurs between two objects X and Y. The mass of X is m and the mass of Y is 4m. Object X travels at speed v before the collision and speed 5 3v in the opposite …
- Question 11
What is not a requirement for two forces to act as a couple? A The two forces act in opposite directions. B The two forces act through the same point. C The two forces combine to produce zero resultant force. …
- Question 12
A uniform metre rule is pivoted at the 34.0 cm mark, as shown. …
- Question 13
A volume of 1.5 m3 of water is mixed with 0.50 m3 of alcohol. The density of water is 1000 kg m–3 and the density of alcohol is 800 kg m–3. The volume of the mixture is 2.0 m3. What …
- Question 14
An object is falling at a constant speed through a viscous liquid. FU is the upthrust on the object due to the liquid. WL is the weight of the liquid displaced by the object. WO is the weight of the …
- Question 15
An airport has a mechanical system for moving luggage. The system uses a horizontal conveyor belt, a sloping conveyor belt, a lift and a frictionless slide. A suitcase is moved around the airport using this system. …
- Question 16
A car moves along a horizontal road with a constant velocity v against a resistive force F. The engine of the car has an efficiency of 25%. What is the input power to the engine? A 4.0 Fv B Fv …
- Question 17
An object of mass 0.40 kg is projected into the air and follows a curved path above horizontal ground. path of object ground 18 m object, mass 0.40 kg The object takes a time of 1.5 s to move along …
- Question 18
A metal wire has length 5.2 m and diameter 1.0 mm. The metal has Young modulus 360 GPa. The wire is fixed at one end and a force is applied to the other end. The force extends the wire by …
- Question 19
The graph shows how the length of a spring varies with the force applied to it. force 0 0 length …
- Question 20
A progressive wave of frequency 1.5 kHz travels in a medium at a speed of …
- Question 21
Graph 1 shows the variation with time of displacement at a fixed distance along a progressive wave. Graph 2 represents the same wave and shows the variation with distance of displacement at an instant in time. …
- Question 22
A vehicle moves with constant velocity along a road directly towards an observer. The observed frequency of the sound from the vehicle changes as the vehicle moves past the observer. Which phenomenon explains the change in frequency? A diffraction B …
- Question 23
An electromagnetic wave has a wavelength of 2.1 cm in a vacuum. Which region of the electromagnetic spectrum contains this wave? A infrared B microwave C radio wave D visible light
- Question 24
A source of plane polarised light is observed through two polarising filters. source of polarised light rotated anticlockwise rotated clockwise polarising filters observer The filters are positioned so that the source appears at its brightest. One of the filters is …
- Question 25
The diagram shows a string stretched between fixed points X and Y. There is a stationary wave on the string. …
- Question 26
The variation with distance x of the intensity I along a stationary sound wave in air is shown. …
- Question 27
An experiment is set up to demonstrate the diffraction of water waves in a ripple tank. The waves pass through a gap of width w and some diffraction of the waves is observed. The wavelength of the waves is now …
- Question 28
Two coherent electromagnetic waves are travelling in a vacuum. The two waves meet at a point. At this point, the two waves have different intensities. Which statement about the waves is not correct? A They have a constant phase difference …
- Question 29
A parallel beam of light of wavelength 600 nm is incident normally on a diffraction grating. The distance between adjacent slits in the grating is …
- Question 30
A metal wire is connected between the terminals of a cell so that there is a current in the wire. Which statement is correct? A Negatively charged electrons in the wire move from the negative terminal to the positive terminal. …
- Question 31
Two resistors of resistances R and 2R are connected in parallel with a battery of electromotive force …
- Question 32
A wire has a length of 3.0 m and is made of metal of resistivity …
- Question 33
A cell of negligible internal resistance is connected in series with a thermistor, a fixed resistor and an ammeter. The thermistor is placed in a beaker of water and the temperature of the water is slowly increased. A graph of …
- Question 34
A battery with internal resistance is connected to a parallel arrangement of two resistors and a switch S, as shown. V A switch S Initially, switch S is open. What happens to the voltmeter and ammeter readings when switch S …
- Question 35
Kirchhoff’s first law states that the sum of the currents entering a junction in a circuit is equal to the sum of the currents leaving it. The law is based on the conservation of a physical quantity. What is this …
- Question 36
Two resistors have a combined resistance of 34 when connected in series. The same resistors have a combined resistance of 7.4 when connected in parallel. What is the resistance of one of the resistors? …
- Question 37
A potentiometer circuit is used to investigate the electromotive force (e.m.f.) of a cell X. X driver cell …
- Question 38
The table contains data for four different nuclei …
- Question 39
Which statement about – decay is correct? A A neutron changes to a proton in the nucleus and an electron and an antineutrino are emitted. B A neutron changes to a proton in the nucleus and an electron and a …
- Question 40
What is the quark composition of a hydrogen-3 nucleus, …
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