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EXAMINATION

PHYSICS
Subject Number: M164/I
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Friday 24 March, 2023 Time Allowed: 2 hours

PAPER I
(100 marks)
THEORY

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SECTION A (70 Marks)

1. a. Define the line of best fit

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b. Describe how you could measure the volume of a single drop of water using a burette
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2. Figure 2 below is a diagram showing the magnitude of forces exerted by two tractors A
and B being used to shift a large rock R.

a. State the parallelogram rule of resolving vectors

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b. Using the parallelogram rule, complete the diagram to determine the magnitude of the
resultant force and the angle between the direction of the resultant force and that
exerted by tractor B (10N).
(4 marks)
3.. Figure 3 below shows diagrams A and B representing two kinds of waves on a slinky
spring.

a. Label the positions of crest and rarefaction in the figure

(2 marks)
b. State how each kind of wave is produced on the spring
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c. Explain the difference in which the two kinds of waves are transmitted
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d. Mark the distance which represents one wavelength in A and B
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3. a). Define Mechanical Advantage (M.A) of a machine
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b) Figure 4 is a diagram of a pulley system being used to lift a mass of 120kg vertically
through a height of 30m.

a). Calculate the work done in lifting the mass to a height of 30m

(3 marks)

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b). State any two reasons why in practice, the machine in figure 4 is not 100% efficient?
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5. Figure 5. is a diagram of an electric circuit.

a. What will be the ammeter reading if the switch S is in the following conditions?
i. Open

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ii. Closed

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b. If the switch S is closed and the voltage across the 3 Ohm resistor is 6.6V, what will
be the voltage across 4 Ohm resistor?

(3 marks)
6. a). Define nuclear fission
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(b). Two radioactive samples showed the following characteristics
EFFECT ON GOLD EFFECT OF
SAMPLE LEAF CARDBOARD ON
ELECTROSCOPE SAMPLE
A No effect Sample pass through
B Discharged Sample blocked

i. Identify particles emitted by samples A and B

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ii. Why does the particle emitted by sample B get blocked by the card board?
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iii. With the aid of a well-labelled diagram, describe how thickness of paper is controlled
during manufacturing by radioactive thickness gauge process.

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iv. The half-life of Zn-71 is 150s. initially, its activity is 240 counts/second. What will be
the count rate after 600seconds?

(3 marks)

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7. (a). Describe an N-type extrinsic semiconductor is formed
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(b). The figure 5 below shows one of the types of logic gates

i. Name the type of logic gate

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ii. Draw the truth table representing the logic gate above

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8.a). State any two assumptions made in the kinetic theory of gases
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b) A container holds 70cm3 of air. The pressure is 100KPa and the temperature is 7 ◦C.
What is the final pressure when the air is compressed to 30cm3 and the temperature is
37◦C?

(4 marks)
c) A container with a cross-sectional area of 9cm2 is filled with 36cm3 of petrol.
Calculate the pressure exerted by the petrol at the bottom of the container. (Density of
petrol = 0.7g/cm3 and acceleration due to gravity (g) = 10m/s2

(4 marks)

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9. a). Define Torque
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b) Figure 6 below shows two weights on two sides of a pivot. The values shown are
markings on a ruler from zero mark in cm.

i. Workout the value of W.

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10. a). Define tangential velocity
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b). Describe how uniform circular motion is applied in a centrifuge
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SECTION B (30 MARKS)

12. With the aid of a well-labelled diagram, describe how a U-tube manometer can be made
and used to measure lung pressure.

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13. a).Describe an experiment that could be done to identify the followings substances
labelled A, B and C which are diode, resistor and insulator and not necessarily in that
order.
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b) With the aid of a well-labelled diagram, describe how a six’s maximum and minimum
thermometer works.

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14. With the aid of a well-labelled diagram, describe how you can determine the centre of
mass of a thin lamina.

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