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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ADVANCEDPROFICIENCY EXAMINATION SPECIMEN PAPER MULTIPLE, CHOICE QUESTIONS ‘OR PHYSICS UNIT2 READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item youare about to answer and decide which choice is best Sampleltem Kirchoff’s first law for electric currents can be derived by using the conservation of (A) energy Sample Answer (B) current 7 (C) charge ®® @oO (D) power ‘The best answer to this item is “charge”, so answer space (C) has been blackened. Copyright © 2006 Caribbean Examinations Council ®. Allrightsreserved. 02238010/SPEC2007 Speed of light in free space Permeability of free space Permittivity of free space Elementary charge ‘The Planck's constant Unified atomic mass constant Rest mass ofeleetron Rest mass of proton Acceleration of free fall 1 Atmosphere Avogadro’s constant A772801 SPEC 2007 LIST OF PHYSICALCONSTANTS: Na 3.00% 10° ms sp x 107 Hm 8.85 x 10°? Fmt 1.60x 10°C 663x104 Is 1.66x 1077 kg, 911x107" kg 1.67 x 107” kg 9.81 ms? 1.00% 10° Nm? 6.02x 10” per mole GOON TO THE NEXT PAGE A 3V battery causes a current of 0.5 Ato flow along a wire for 4 seconds. What is the quantity of charge that passes in this time? A) 0125 ® 15C (©) 2¢ () 6c Energy per unit of charge is a measure of (A) power (B) capacitance (C) electric field strength (D) potential difference A current of 0.25 A flows in a uniform wire of length 2 metre and cross-sectional area 2 x 10° m*, when the potential difference acrossthe wire is 4.25V. What is the resistivity ofthe material from which the wire is made? (A) 59x10" Om (B) 4.25x107Qm (© 17x 10*Qm (D) 3.4x10*Qm (0223801 0/SPEC 2007 ‘tem 4 refers to the following diagram shows an arrangement of electrical components in a circuit. ‘The variable resistor is adjusted to provide a smaller resistance. Which changes BEST describe the changes in the ammeter and voltmeter readings? Ammeter ‘Voltmeter Reading Reading (A) decrease increase (B) | decrease decrease (© [increase __| increase (D) increase decrease GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 5, In the diagram below, the cell has an e.m.f of 9.0 V, The reading on the high resistance voltmeter is 5.0V. What is the current 1? hye tt wo 5 my ee (B) WA © (D) Ay Oot A3V battery of negligible internal resistance is connected to six identical resistors as shown, What is the potential difference between X and ¥? (A) Lov (B) LS «c) 20V (D) 3.09 02238010/SPEC2007 1 In closed circuit or loop the algebraic sum of the e.m.f. is equal to the algebraic sum of the products of current and resistance. Which of the following statements is correct? (A) ThisisKirchhoff’s first law which is a consequence of conservation of energy. (B) This is Kirchoff"s first law which is a consequence of conservation of charge. (C) This is Kirchoff’s second law which is a consequence of conservation of energy. (D) _Thisis Kirchoff's second law which is a consequence of conservation of charge. tem 8 refers to the following diagram which shows a positive point charge in free space. ‘The distances from the charge to points X and Y are shown. << x 8 TF y What is the ratio of the electric field strength at X, to the field strength at Y? (A) ok4 @) 41 (©) 161 (D) 16 ‘The force per unit charge on a positive test charge placed at a point in a field is called (A) electric energy (B) electric potential (C) electric field strength (D) dielectric constant GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, y 10, Item 10 refers to the following diagram. pest Each capacitor in the diagram above has capacitance C. What is the effective capacitance between Aand B? 3c Alsen: Cc (B) < at 50. Oo (D) 4c Item 11 refers to the following diagram, 2A, Ahollow solenoid has 100 turns ina length of 0.5m, Ifa steady current of 2A flows in the solenoid as shown in the diagram, what is the ‘magnitude and direction ofthe flux density in the middle, (A) 1.3.x 104 T to the left (B) 5.0.x 104 Tto the left (C) 13x 104 T tothe right (D)— 5.0x 10* To the right 02238010/SPEC2007 12, 1B 14, ‘A wire of length 0.5 m and resistance 592 ‘moves vertically with a velocity of 10m s" perpendicular toa uniform magnetic field of flux density 4.0 x 1057. What is the magnitude of the e.m-f. generated between the ends of the wire? (A) Loxlotv (B).2.0x10*V (©) 4.0x10°V (D) 80x 104V Anelectron beam moving with speed venters uniform magnetic field B, acting down the page as shown. x —>— elgctron beam B ey ‘The beam of electrons will bend (A) into the paper (B) —outofthe paper «c) towards X ) towards Which diagram correctly shows the direction of the forces acting on adjacent current carrying conductors? a) e@>0 (By @> OO © «® 0) off A sinusoidal altemating current of apeak value 20A dissipates power of SOW in a resistor R. The value of the resistor is (A) 0.032 B) 0.060 © 0B2 (@) 0250 02238010/SPEC 2007 7. 18. Which of the graphs below BEST represent the I -V characteristics of a silicon p - n unction diode. & vA os —- (B) as VN 1 o &t —- 1 VA © a =e I A directcurrentof SA dissipates heat ina given resistor at the same rate as a sinusoidal alternating current slowing through the same resistor. What is the root mean square value of the alternating current. (A) RA (B) SA © YK 5 Oye re GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 19, 20. ‘The ratio of the secondary tums to the primary turns in an ideal transformer is 1:30. A 120V ac. supply is connected to the primary coil and a load of 20 Q connected to the secondary coil. What is the secondary current? (A) 180A ® 6A © 13a @) 02A Item 20 refers to the following diagram. ac ac supply R CROL supply R cro | | | s > 2 : > Figure} 2 & 3 i Which of the traces below will be seen on the cathode ray oscilloscopes in Figurel and Figure 2 above? "pena pa “ po -Fe= GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 02238010/SPEC2007 ‘tem 21 refers to the following diagram. +20V ‘Thermistor 2000} ov 21, Thepotential divider aboveis formed froma thermistor and a 200 @ resistor. ‘The thermistor has a resistance of 2 kQ at room temperature and 200.2 at 100°C. ‘Whats the change in the potential atA when the thermistor is moved from water at room temperature to boiling water? (A) Rise ofabout 8V (B) _ Fallofabout8V (©) Riseofabout 18V (D) _ Fallofabout 18V 22. Which pairof values gives the open-loop gain ofan ideal op. amp. and that ofa typical op. amp. Ideal Typical “ao 100 B= 100000 (©) 100000 © (0 100000 0773801/SPRO2007 23. Item 23 refers to the following table. T Ke [ eve Z 0. 1 on) 84 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 Which one of the following combinations gives the truth table shown above?” (8) (Oo ©) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Item 24 refers to the following diagram which shows a non-inverting amplifier with negative feed back, 24. Whichof the following represents the gain of the amplifier? (A) .¥ aa (B) © 25. The gain of the op-amp in the diagram above is (A) 10 8) 2 «© 10 (D) oe (02238010/SPEC2007 26. Item 26 reters to the following diagrams, C4 ao, eey input volenge Cav ¥ Figure vw ” im feats a Figure2 ‘The sinusoidal alternating voltage shown in Figure 2 is applied to the input of the op-amp shown in Figure 1. The voltage of the power supply is: 6V. Which one of the following graphs correctly shows the output voltage with time? (Ay ov + ue a By Now 8 Cy 8 - (Dy Yor GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, -10- Item 27 refers to the following diagram. Item 29 refers to the following diagram of a halftadder. : 1B ees y 27. Which ofthe following statements does NOT apply to the op-amp in the diagram above? 29, IfA=1.and B=0, whatare the values of the ‘The op-amp circuit outputs X and Y? (A) _ iscalleda voltage follower (A) X=0,¥=0 (B) __isusedasan inverter (8) X=LY=1 (C)__ isusedasa buffer (© X=1y¥=0 {D) _hasagainofone () X=0,y=1 tem 28 refers to the following diagram, 30. Which of the following statements about a flip-flop is/are correct? - 1. Itcontains 2 cross-linked NAND or c NOR gates B I. thas 2 input and 2 stable output states IML, thas 2 input and one stable output 28, Which of the following gates is equivalent to state. the combination above? (A) Tonly (A) OR (B) Land Ifonly (B) EXOR (C)_— Honly (©) AND (D) Land only () NAND 31. Which of the following phenomena BOTH demonstrate the wave nature of matter? (A) Reflection and Refraction (B) Polarisation and Photoelectric effect (C) Line spectra and Interference (D) Interference and Diffraction GOON TO THE NEXT PAGE, “Ie 32, Inwhich of the following radiations dothe 38, Which of the following graphs correctly show photons have the LEAST energy? the relationship between the energy, E, of photons of light and their wavelength? (A) xrays (B) ultraviolet ‘ef © y-rays (D) infrared 33. Photoelectrons are emitted from the surface of zinc metal when light of intensity, I, and wavelength, A, is incident on it. Whatis the effect on the work function of the zine metal Ln ifthe intensity is doubled and the wavelength a 1 is reduced to of its previous value? The (EA work function is (A) doubted (B) halved (©) quantered (D) unchanged Ce a 34. E.M. radiation is produced when very high speed elections strike a hard target. This type © «8 of electromagnetic radiation is known as UN. (B) — x1ays © y-rays (D) Microwaves el a (Dy gE GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 02238010/SPEC 2007 36. 37. “2 Item 36 refers to the diagram below. Carbon Resulting Pattern Ring Pattern Ecayuated Tube A beam of electrons are made to strike a thin layer of carbon in an evacuated tube as shown in the diagram above. ‘This experiment provides evidence for (A) interference (B) polarisation (©) theparticte nature of light (D) the wave nature of particles An object of mass m has kinetic energy, 3g. Which ofthe followingisacorrectexpression forits de Broglie wavelength? Anisotope of nickel is represented by Ni. Which line in the table correctly describes a neutral atom of this isotope? (A) AHEh x Number of | Number of | Number of @) A=heme,)} estrons’ |" protons. | electrons (A) 32 28 32 Ocak | 32 2: | 28 © 60 32 28, © zi (D) 28 32 28, GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 02238010/SPEC2007 Stopping Potential 39. 40. 41. 13+ Item 39 refers to the following diagram. Inan experimentto investigate photoclectricity ‘graph of stopping potential of photoelectrons is plotted against frequency of incident radiation, What is the MAXIMUM kinetic energy of photoelectrons emitted by photons with frequency f,? (A) hf, (8) hf, (© hehe, (D) hf,-ne The mass of a nucleus is found to be 8.0032 wand that of ts individual constituent nucleus js 8.0045 u. What is the binding energy of this nucleus? (A) 65x 105 (B) 19x10") © 69x10") (DB) 24x10475 ‘The decay constant of a radioactive sample of radon gas 1 x 107s". Ifthere were 1.6.x 10° atoms of radon gas present at a certain time, T, how much time must elapse before there is only 1.2.x 10° atoms ofradon left? A) 258 (B) 29s (© 45s (D) 4005 (0223801 0/SPEC2007 42, 43. 44, A nucleus of element A decays to mendelevium #°Md by a sequence of three © particle emissions. How many neutrons are there in anucleus of A? (A) 154 (B) 160 © 207 (D) 267 A radioactive substance emits a type of ionising radiation, P, with the following Properties: ‘mass: zero speed: 3 x 10*m s" Which of the following statement about P is true? 1. Pisnotdeflected by an electric field I Phasacharge of equal to that of an electron UL P maybe stopped by a piece of cardboard (A) only (B) only (©) Mand It only (D) — Tand ll only Anarchaeologist finds an ancient wooden relic and obtains its count rate as 20 counts per ‘minute per gram of sample. ‘The count rate obtained form the bark of a living tree is 104 counts per minute per gram and the background count rate is 8 counts per minute What is the approximate age of the relic? [Radioactive carbon '$C_has a half life of 5600 years} (A) 3000 years, (B) 11000 years (©) 17000 years (D) 22.000 years GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE -14- Item 45 refers to the diagram below which shows a geiger-mullertube. Counter ‘Supply 45. Whatare the parts labelled w, x andy? we w x y (iA) | Cathode | Anode | Glass window (B) | Anode | Cathode | Glass window (©) | Cathode | Anode | Mica window (D) [| Anode | Cathode | Mica window IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST, 0223801 0/SPEC2007

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