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UJIAN SELARAS PENGGAL 3

STPM 2018
SMK GAJAH BERANG

PHYSICS (960/3)
PAPER 3

One and half hours

TINGKATAN 6 ATAS

DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

1) This paper consist of Section A, Section B and Section C.

Answer ALL the questions on your own answer sheet.
2) In Section A, there are fifteen of objective questions. For each
question, four suggested answers are given. Choose one correct
answer only. Answer ALL the questions.
3) In Section B, there are two structure questions. Answer ALL
the questions.
4) In Section C, there are three questions. Answer any two of the
questions.

Prepared by, Verified by,

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(PN. NORMAZLINA BT MUSA) (EN. CHU YUAN LYE)
KETUA PANITIA FIZIK GPK TINGKATAN 6

This question paper consists of 9 printed pages

*This paper is CONFIDENTIAL until the examination is over.

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SECTION A (15 marks)
Answer all questions in this section

1. The amplitude of oscillation of an object in simple harmonic motion is doubled. Which of

the following will happen?

A The frequency will become double the initial value.

B Total energy will increase to four times the initial value.
C The maximum kinetic energy will become double the initial value.
D The period of oscillation will be halved.

2. What is the velocity of a wave represented by the equation, y=8 sin(4 t−5 x ), with x
and y measured in centimeters and t in seconds?

A 4.0 cms-1 B 2.0 cms-1 C 1.6 cms-1 D 0.8 cms-1

3. The graph shows the variation of amplitude with frequency of oscillation of a system
undergoing forced oscillations. If the amount of damping is increased what will happen to
ao and fo?

ao fo
A decrease decrease
B decrease increase
C increase decrease
D increase increase

4. The frequencies of the three overtones in a tube which is opened at one end are 240
Hz, 400 Hz and 560 Hz. What is the fundamental frequency of the tube?

A 20 Hz B 40 Hz C 80 Hz D 160 Hz

5. A stationary wave is represented as follows: y=3.0 sin 80 t cos 4 xwhere t is in seconds,

and x and y are in cm. The distance between two consecutive nodes is

A 5 cm B 0.2 cm C π cm D π/4 cm

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 2 πt
6. A simple harmonic motion is represented by the following equation: x= A sin where
T
x is the displacement and t is time. The period of the motion is T. Which of the following
graphs shows the variation of the potential energy U, of the particle with time?

7. The figure shows a profile of a progressive wave which moves through point P at the
instant t = 0.

If T is the period of oscillation of the wave, which of the following graphs shows correctly
the wave profile at the instant t = T/2?

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8. If the level of intensity of a sound is reduced by 10 dB, what is the ratio of the new sound
intensity to the original sound intensity?

A 0.1 B 1 C 10 D 100

9. When a tuning fork P is struck together with a standard tuning fork Q of frequency 356
Hz, a beat frequency of 4 Hz is detected. When a little plasticine is stuck to tuning fork P,
a beat frequency of 6 Hz is detected. What is the frequency of tuning fork P?
A 352 Hz B 354 Hz C 356 Hz D 360 Hz

10. Which of the following gives the correct variation when the wave changes from
visible light to X-ray in the electromagnetic spectrum?

Frequency Wavelength Speed

(in vacuum) (in vacuum)

A Constant Decreases Decreases

B Decreases Increases Decreases

C Increases Increases Increases

D Increases Decreases Constant

11. Which of the following shows the correct range of the wavelengths of X-rays?

A 10-3 to 102 m B 10-7 to 10 m C 10-9 to 10-6 m D 10-11 to 10-9 m

12. The graph below shows the variation of displacement, x with time t for an object of
mass 4.0 kg moving in simple harmonic motion.

What is the total energy of the system?

A 0.32 J B 0.79 J C 3.16 J D 8.00 J

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13. Waves from a point source pass through an area that is 2.0 cm wide, as shown.

Within this area, the intensity of the waves is I and their amplitude is A. The waves
reach a second area of width 16 cm. What will be the intensity and amplitude of the
waves when they reach the second area?

Intensity amplitude
A I A
8 4
B I A
64 4
C I A
64 8
D I A
256 16

14. An ambulance moving with velocity 20 ms-1 turns on its siren of frequency of 1000 Hz.
The wailing sound of the siren is heard by a passenger in a taxi moving at a velocity of
30 ms-1 towards the on coming ambulance. What is the frequency of the sound heard by
the passenger if the velocity of sound in air is 330ms-1 ?

A 857 Hz B 861 Hz C 1000 Hz D 1161 Hz

15. A pipe of length 20 cm has one of the ends closed and the other end open. What is the
fundamental frequency ?

A 432 Hz B 431 Hz C 434 Hz D 1293 Hz

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SECTION B (15 marks)
Answer all questions in this section

16. (a) (i) What is the frequency of a simple pendulum of length 1.0 m ?
[2 marks]

(ii) What is its frequency in a lift which is accelerating upwards at 2.0 ms -2 ?

[2 marks]

(b) A progressive wave has a speed of 30 ms-1 and has the same frequency of 250 Hz
as a standing wave.

(i) Calculate the phase difference between two points separated by a distance of
9.0 cm.
[2 marks]

(ii) What is the distance between successive nodes of the standing wave?
[1 mark]

17. (a) What is meant by Doppler Effect?

[1 mark]

(b) An ambulance with its siren emitting a sound of frequency 650.0 Hz moves with a
speed of 30ms-1. Assume that the speed of sound is 340 ms-1, determine

(i) the frequency of the siren heard by the driver of the ambulance,
[2 marks]

(ii) the frequency of the siren heard by a driver who is at the opposite lane waiting for
the traffic light to turn red.
[2 marks]

(iii) the frequency of the siren heard by a driver of a car moving with a speed of 32
ms-1 who is in front of the ambulance.
[3 marks]

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SECTION C (30 marks)
Answer any two questions in this section.

18. (a) What is meant by simple harmonic motion?

[1 mark]
(b)

(i) In the above figure, two springs are joined and connected to a block P of
mass m. The surface is frictionless. The block is pushed to the side and then
released. If the springs both have spring constant k, using Newton’s laws of
motion, show that f =
1
2π √ 2 k gives the block’s frequency of oscillation.
m
[5 marks]

(ii) What is the recovery force for this simple harmonic motion?
[1 mark]

(iii) If mass of block is 0.50 kg and the spring has force constant 2.0 Ncm -1,
determine the period of this oscillating system.
[2 marks]

(iv) The system oscillates with a amplitude of 3.0 cm, write an equation of motion
for this oscillating system.
[2 marks]

(v) Determine the maximum kinetic energy of this oscillating system.

[2 marks]

(c) After sometime, the system stops oscillating, explain the causes of this observation.
[2 marks]

19. (a) State two differences between a transverse wave and a longitudinal wave.
[2 marks]
(b) The displacement, y of a transverse progressive wave varies with the distance, x at
times t=0 s and t=0.20 s are as shown in the graph below.

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 (i) In which direction is the wave propagating?
[1 mark]
(ii) Determine the frequency of the wave.
[2 marks]
(ii) Deduce an equation for the wave.
[3 marks]
(iv) Determine the phase difference between the point A and B.
[2 marks]
(c) A particle of mass 50 g is initially at position B.
(i) Sketch a graph to show the variation of displacement y with time t for the
particle.
[1 mark]
(ii) Calculate the maximum speed of the particle.
[2 marks]
(iii) Calculate the total energy of the particle.
[2 marks]

20. (a) A string of length L is fixed at both ends X and Y. The point P on the string which is
L
from X is displaced from its equilibrium position and then resealed. A standing
4
wave is formed.

(i) Explain how the standing wave is formed along the string.
[2 marks]
(ii) Draw the mode of vibration of the standing wave.
[2 marks]
(iii) If v is the speed of progressive wave along the string, derive the expression
for the frequency of the sound wave produced by the vibrating string.
[2 marks]
(iv) Describe and explain the change to the frequency of the sound emitted if a
string of the same material and length but thinner is used.
[2 marks]

(b) The diagram shows a pipe of length 12.5 cm which is opened at both ends. The
speed of sound in air is 320 ms-1.

Calculate the two lowest frequencies of sound produced by the standing wave set
up in the pipe.
[3 marks]
Draw labelled diagrams to illustrate the standing waves for the two calculated
frequencies.
[4 marks]

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 960 PHYSICS
Values of constants

Acceleration of free fall g = 9.81 m s-2

Avogadro’s constant NA = 6.02 x 1023 mol-1

Boltzman constant k = 1.38 x 10-23 JK-1

Gravitation constant G = 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2 kg-2

Magnitude of electronic charge e = 1.60 x 10-19 C

Mass of the Earth ME = 5.97 x 1024 kg

Mass of the sun MS = 1.99 X 1030 kg

Molar gas constant R = 8.31 JK-1 mol-1

Permeability of free space μo = 4π x 10-7 Hm-1

Permittivity of free space εo = 8.85 x 10-12 Fm-1

Plank’s constant h = 6.63 x 10-34 Js

Radius of the Earth RE = 6.38 x 106m

Radius of the Sun RS = 6.96 x 108 m

Rest mass of electron me = 9.11 x 10-31 kg

Rest mass of proton mp = 1.67 x 10-27 kg

Speed of light in free space c = 3.00 x 108 m s-1

Stefan-Boltzman constant σ = 5.67 x 10-8 Wm-2K-4

Unified atomic mass unit u = 1.66 x 10-27 kg

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