Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 2 · AS structured questions

Physics 9702/22 May/June 2024 past paper

Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 2 (AS structured questions), variant 2, May/June 2024: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 7 questions worth 60 marks, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.

Questions: 7
Marks: 60
Grade A from: 46

Open the question paper Mark scheme

File names: 9702_s24_qp_22 · 9702_s24_ms_22

Grade thresholds for 9702/22 May/June 2024

The minimum raw marks Cambridge set for each grade on this component (out of 60). Thresholds change every session and variant, so always compare your score with the paper you actually sat.

A	B	C	D	E
46	39	31	24	16

Topics in this paper

Which syllabus chapters 9702/22 May/June 2024 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

Chapter	Questions	Marks
Electricity	3	23
Deformation of solids	1	11
Physical quantities and units	1	10
Dynamics	1	10
Superposition	1	6

Questions in 9702/22 May/June 2024

Question 1Physical quantities and units · 10 marks
(a) The list below shows some SI quantities. Underline the quantity that is not an SI base quantity. charge current length time (b) A square solar panel with sides of length 1300 mm is shown in Fig. 1.1. 1300 mm …
Question 2Dynamics · 10 marks
A skydiver jumps from an aircraft at time …
Question 3Electricity · 11 marks
Lightning occurs when charge builds up in the atmosphere, creating a potential difference between the ground and the atmosphere. During a lightning strike there is an average current of …
Question 4Deformation of solids · 11 marks
A pinball machine uses a spring to launch a small metal ball of mass …
Question 5Electricity · 9 marks
(a) State Kirchhoff’s second law. (b) A battery of electromotive force …
Question 6Superposition · 6 marks
Light of a single frequency is incident normally on a diffraction grating. An interference pattern of bright and dark fringes forms on the semicircular screen shown in Fig. 6.1. light semicircular screen diffraction grating Fig. 6.1 (not to scale) The …
Question 7Electricity · 3 marks
A particle Q and a particle R are each composed of one quark and one antiquark. (a) State the name of the class (group) of particles that includes Q and …

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Where can I get the 9702/22 May/June 2024 mark scheme?

Open the mark scheme above - it is the official Cambridge scheme for this exact paper (9702_s24_ms_22), and on a wide screen it sits beside the question you are reading.

What was the grade threshold for an A in 9702/22 May/June 2024?

46 marks out of 60, a C needed 31.

Which topics came up in 9702/22 May/June 2024?

Mostly Electricity, Deformation of solids, Physical quantities and units. The full list is in the table above.

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No. Every paper opens for free without signing in. A free account also saves your pen marks and records your score against the grade thresholds.