Cambridge O Level · 5054 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 5054/11 May/June 2011 past paper
Cambridge O Level Physics (5054) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 1, May/June 2011: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 40 questions. Free to open, no account needed.
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Which syllabus chapters 5054/11 May/June 2011 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 5054/11 May/June 2011
- Question 1
A plumber measures, as accurately as possible, the length and internal diameter of a straight copper pipe. The length is approximately 80 cm and the internal diameter is approximately 2 cm. What is the best combination of instruments for the …
- Question 2
What is the correct unit for the quantity shown? quantity unit A electromotive force …
- Question 3
A skydiver falls from rest through the air and reaches terminal velocity. What is the acceleration of the skydiver during his fall? A constant at …
- Question 4
A car accelerates from traffic lights for 10 s. It stays at a steady speed for 20 s and then brakes to a stop in 3 s. Which graph shows the journey? speed time …
- Question 5
Which vehicle has an acceleration of …
- Question 6
A car moves in a circle at constant speed. What is the direction of the resultant force acting on the car? …
- Question 7
A student collects stones and finds their density. Which apparatus is needed to measure the mass and the volume of the stones? mass volume A newton meter measuring cylinder and water B newton meter ruler and calipers C top-pan balance …
- Question 8
A uniform beam is balanced at its midpoint. An object is placed on the beam, as shown. 30 cm 60 N Which force will rebalance the beam? …
- Question 9
A student finds the centre of mass of a triangular lamina PQR. He drills a small hole at Q. He suspends the lamina from a pin through the hole at Q so that the lamina swings freely. He then hangs …
- Question 10
The same downward force is applied to four objects resting on a horizontal surface. Which exerts the greatest pressure on the surface? …
- Question 11
Four identical measuring cylinders contain liquid. Two contain water of density 1000 kg / m3. Two contain paraffin of density 800 kg / m3. Which cylinder has the least pressure exerted on its base by the liquid it contains? …
- Question 12
The diagram represents parts of a power station. coal-fired boiler turbine electricity generator What is the order of the energy changes taking place? A chemical → heat → kinetic → electrical B chemical → kinetic → heat → electrical C …
- Question 13
The centre of the Sun produces large amounts of energy. What is the source of this energy? A chemical reaction B nuclear fission C nuclear fusion D radioactive decay
- Question 14
A crane lifts a weight of 1000 N through a vertical height of 30 m. It uses …
- Question 15
According to the kinetic theory, matter is made up of very small particles in a constant state of motion. Which row best describes the particle behaviour in the liquid state? forces between particles motion of particles A strong move randomly …
- Question 16
A balloon filled with air is gently heated. What happens to the mass and the density of the air inside the balloon? mass density A decreases decreases B decreases stays the same C stays the same decreases D stays the …
- Question 17
A certain liquid is used in a liquid-in-glass thermometer. It does not expand uniformly with temperature. What effect will this have on the scale of the thermometer? A It will be non-linear. B It will have a small range. C …
- Question 18
An ice pack is used to cool 0.25 kg of water. The specific heat capacity of water is 4.2 kJ / (kg °C). ice pack How much thermal energy (heat) must the ice pack extract from the water to reduce …
- Question 19
Fillings in teeth should be made from a material which A does not expand when heated. B expands by the same amount as the tooth when heated. C expands less than the tooth when heated. D expands more than the …
- Question 20
The displacement-distance and displacement-time graphs are for a water wave in a ripple tank. …
- Question 21
A ray of light strikes a plane mirror and is reflected. …
- Question 22
In which diagram is the path of the light ray not correct? air water …
- Question 23
The ray diagram shows two rays from a point on an object placed in front of a diverging (concave) lens. diverging lens object What are the properties of the image produced? A real and larger than the object B real …
- Question 24
Which application may use the part of the electromagnetic spectrum called microwaves? A cooking vegetables B detecting small cracks in metals C gaining a sun-tan D lighting a fluorescent tube
- Question 25
Sound travels at different speeds in air, water and steel. For these materials, which row is correct? sound travels slowest in sound travels fastest in A air steel B air water C steel air D water air
- Question 26
Which list contains an example of a non-magnetic material, a magnetic material and a magnetised material? A copper, iron, a compass needle B copper, iron, polythene C iron, steel, a compass needle D iron, steel, polythene
- Question 27
To charge an isolated metal sphere by induction, the following four processes are required. P The sphere is earthed by touching it. Q The earth connection is removed from the sphere. R A charged rod is brought close to the …
- Question 28
The potential difference (p.d.) across …
- Question 29
Which changes both cause a decrease in the resistance of a copper wire? size of wire temperature of wire A decrease in length lower B increase in length lower C decrease in thickness higher D increase in thickness higher
- Question 30
- Question 31
The diagram shows a circuit. A V The lamp is …
- Question 32
- Question 33
The diagram shows three pairs of parallel wires with the currents in the directions shown. …
- Question 34
The coil in an electric motor is wound onto a cylinder. Why is the cylinder made of soft iron? A to deflect the magnetic field away from the coil B to increase the current through the coil C to increase …
- Question 35
The electromotive force (e.m.f.) induced in a conductor moving at right-angles to a magnetic field does not depend upon A the length of the conductor. B the resistance of the conductor. C the speed of the conductor. D the strength …
- Question 36
The diagram shows part of an a.c. generator when its coil is in a horizontal position. N S coil magnet The graph shows the voltage output plotted against time. Which point on the graph shows when the coil is in …
- Question 37
An alternating voltage of frequency 0.5 Hz is applied to the Y-plates of a cathode-ray oscilloscope (c.r.o.). The diagram shows the screen of the c.r.o. What is the time taken for the spot to cross the screen? …
- Question 38
Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen with a half-life of 12 years. If a sample starts with 40 million atoms of tritium, how many atoms of tritium will be left after 12 years? A 40 million B 20 million …
- Question 39
A radioactive nuclide U 238 92 decays into thorium by emitting an alpha-particle. The thorium then decays into protactinium by emitting a beta-particle. What is the symbol for protactinium? A Pa …
- Question 40
Chlorine exists as two isotopes. One has a nucleon number (mass number) of 35 and the other has a nucleon number (mass number) of 37. Which table shows the correct numbers of protons and neutrons in the isotopes? A B …
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