Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 9702/12 May/June 2024 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 2, May/June 2024: 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
- 30
File names: 9702_s24_qp_12 · 9702_s24_ms_12
Grade thresholds for 9702/12 May/June 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 15 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/12 May/June 2024 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity | 7 | 7 |
| Work, energy and power | 6 | 6 |
| Waves | 6 | 6 |
| Kinematics | 5 | 5 |
| Particle physics | 4 | 4 |
| Forces, density and pressure | 3 | 3 |
| Deformation of solids | 3 | 3 |
| Physical quantities and units | 2 | 2 |
| Dynamics | 2 | 2 |
| Superposition | 2 | 2 |
Questions in 9702/12 May/June 2024
- Question 1
What is a scalar quantity? A a quantity that can be represented as two perpendicular components B a quantity that does not require a unit C a quantity without a direction D a quantity without a magnitude
- Question 2
The value of quantity X has a percentage uncertainty of 2%. The value of quantity Y has a percentage uncertainty of 4%. The value of a quantity W is calculated from the values of X and Y. The value of …
- Question 3
A football is kicked so that it moves vertically upwards through the air. What is the variation in the air resistance and the resultant force acting on the ball as it moves vertically upwards? air resistance resultant force A decreases …
- Question 4
Which statement is not correct? A Acceleration can be determined from the gradient of a velocity–time graph. B Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity. C Displacement can be determined from the area under a velocity–time graph. D Velocity …
- Question 5
The diagram shows a laboratory experiment in which a feather falls from rest in a long evacuated vertical tube of length L. L feather vacuum The feather takes time T to fall from the top to the bottom of the …
- Question 6
A car travels along a straight horizontal road. The graph shows the variation of the velocity v of the car with time t for 6.0 s of its journey. …
- Question 7
Two satellites in deep space collide inelastically. What happens to the total kinetic energy and total momentum? total kinetic energy total momentum A conserved conserved B conserved reduced C reduced conserved D reduced reduced
- Question 8
What is a reasonable estimate of the momentum of a family car travelling at 25 kilometres per hour? …
- Question 9
A ball collides with a wall. Before the collision, the ball moves with velocity …
- Question 10
A lead pellet is shot vertically upwards into a clay block that is stationary at the moment of impact, but is able to rise freely after impact. lead pellet mass 5.0 g stationary clay block mass 95 g impact velocity …
- Question 11
Two forces act on an object. Which diagram represents a couple? …
- Question 12
The diagram shows a uniform rod, XY, that is freely hinged to a vertical wall at end Y. The rod is at an angle of 60 to the wall. …
- Question 13
Water has a density of 1.0 g cm–3. Glycerine has a density of 1.3 g cm–3. A student measures out a volume of 40 cm3 of glycerine into a container. The student adds water to the container to make a …
- Question 14
The force resisting the motion of a car is proportional to the square of the car’s speed. The magnitude of the force at a speed of …
- Question 15
A box of weight W is pulled by a force P along a slope. The length of the slope is d, and the box rises a height h. The frictional force between the box and the slope is F. The …
- Question 16
The kinetic energy of a particle is increased by a factor of 4. By what factor does its speed increase? …
- Question 17
A mass of 28 g is raised vertically upwards through a distance of 4.6 m. What is the change in gravitational potential energy of the mass? …
- Question 18
A sample of metal is subjected to a force which increases to a maximum value and then decreases back to zero. A force–extension graph for the sample is shown. extension force …
- Question 19
Two wires, P and Q, made of the same material, are stretched with an increasing force. A graph is plotted of the variation with force of the extension of each wire. …
- Question 20
An extension–force graph for a spring is shown. 15 extension / cm force …
- Question 21
A man stands stationary in front of a swing. A child sits and swings. …
- Question 22
A loudspeaker is playing music in a room. The door to the room is open and has a width of 0.80 m. Sound waves of many different frequencies pass through the doorway and diffract. The speed of sound in air …
- Question 23
A stationary sound wave is set up between a loudspeaker and a wall. A microphone is connected to a cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO) and is moved along a line directly between the loudspeaker and the wall. The amplitude of the trace …
- Question 24
Polarisation is associated with certain waves. Which waves cannot be polarised? A radio waves from a transmitter B sound waves from a moving source C ultraviolet rays from the Sun D X-rays from an X-ray emitter
- Question 25
A guitar string is plucked. Which statement describes the resulting waves? A Longitudinal waves on the string cause longitudinal waves in the air. B Longitudinal waves on the string cause transverse waves in the air. C Transverse waves on the …
- Question 26
A diffraction grating with N lines per metre is used to diffract light of various wavelengths . The graph shows the relation between the diffraction angle and for different wavelengths in the n th order interference pattern. sin …
- Question 27
A stationary sound wave is formed in the air column inside a tube that is open at both ends. The stationary wave has three nodes. How many antinodes does it have? …
- Question 28
Interference fringes of separation x are observed on a screen at a distance of 1.00 m from a double slit that is illuminated by yellow light of wavelength 600 nm. At which distance from the double slit would interference fringes …
- Question 29
What is the definition of potential difference across a component? A energy transferred per unit charge B energy transferred per unit current C energy transferred per unit distance D energy transferred per unit time
- Question 30
The diagram shows a cell of negligible internal resistance connected to a switch and two resistors of resistances R and …
- Question 31
The I–V characteristics for four components, …
- Question 32
A cylindrical wire has cross-sectional area A and number density of free electrons n. The wire has current I and the free electrons have average drift speed v. A second cylindrical wire has cross-sectional area 0.5A and number density of …
- Question 33
An electric current is formed by moving charge carriers. What is not a possible charge on a charge carrier? …
- Question 34
Which description of Kirchhoff’s first law is correct? A It considers the currents at a junction in a circuit and is a consequence of the conservation of charge. B It considers the currents at a junction in a circuit and …
- Question 35
Two resistors of resistances r and R are connected in parallel. The value of r is less than that of …
- Question 36
The diagram shows four identical resistors connected in a circuit. Which resistor dissipates the most power? …
- Question 37
Nuclide X with proton number Z undergoes + decay to form nuclide Y. The decay may be represented by the equation shown. …
- Question 38
Which fundamental particles form a hadron? A leptons B nucleons C photons D quarks
- Question 39
The unstable nuclide X 218 84 decays through a sequence of emissions of and – particles to form the stable nuclide …
- Question 40
Which statement about radioactive decay is correct? A Neutrinos are always emitted during -decay. B The -particles emitted from a radioactive sample have a continuous range of kinetic energies. C The – particles emitted from a radioactive sample have a …
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