CS (Phy) Mock-B

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Class

NEW SENIOR SECONDARY Class number
PHYSICS AT WORK
(SECOND EDITION)
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MOCK EXAMINATION (Set 1)
Question No. Marks
COMBINED SCIENCE —— PHYSICS
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Section B: Question-Answer Book B
This paper must be answered in English 2 /7
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECTION B
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(1) After the announcement of the start of the examination,
you should first insert your information in the spaces 5 / 10
provided on Page 1.
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(2) Refer to the general instructions on the cover of the
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Question Paper for Section A.
(3) Answer ALL questions. 8 /4
(4) Write your answers in the spaces provided in this Total / 56

Question-Answer Book. Do not write in the margins.
Answers written in the margins will not be marked.
(5) Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be

provided on request. Insert the information required, mark
the question number box, and fasten them with string
INSIDE this Question-Answer Book.
(6) No extra time will be given for inserting your information

or filling in the question number boxes after the ‘Time is
up’ announcement.
New Senior Secondary Physics at Work (Second Edition)

Combined Science — Physics Mock Exam (Set 1) 1
© Oxford University Press 2015
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Section B: Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1 You are given two identical cylindrical containers P and Q with removable caps as shown
in Figure 1.1, a hot water bath kept at 85 C, an ice-water bath and a data-logger
connected to a computer. The containers have temperature sensors fitted on the centre of
their bases. Describe how you would demonstrate that heat transfer by conduction in air is
much slower than heat transfer by convection in air. State your expected observations.
(6 marks)
removable cap
sealed opening
to data-logger
cylindrical cylindrical
container P container Q
Figure 1.1

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2 A student sets up a friction-compensated runway. When a trolley runs down such a

runway, the friction acted on it by the runway is balanced by other forces and it travels
with a constant speed. He then pushes two trolleys X and Y towards each other on the
runway to make them collide, as shown in Figure 2.1. The motions of the trolleys are
recorded by two motion sensors (NOT shown in figure) installed at both ends of the
runway.
X
Y
friction-compensated
runway
Figure 2.1
(a) The student finds that the total momentum of the trolleys after the collision is
significantly different from that before it. Briefly explain why. (2 marks)
(b) Suggest ONE way to modify the experiment so that the change in total momentum
of the two trolleys during collision is minimized. (1 mark)
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(c) After modifying the set-up according to the answer of (b), the experiment is
repeated and the following velocitytime graphs are obtained. The velocity is taken
to be positive when the trolley is moving away from the motion sensor.
Figure 2.2
(i) Estimate the ratio of the mass of X to the mass of Y. (2 marks)
(ii) From Figure 2.2, determine the type of collision. Explain briefly. (2 marks)

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3 A car travels up a slope along a straight road at a constant speed of 15 m s1 as shown in
Figure 3.1. The slope makes an angle of 5 to the horizontal. The mass of the car is
1200 kg. Figure 3.2 shows how the power output of the car’s engine varies with time.
power / kW
27
15 m s1
time / s
5 0 10
Figure 3.1 Figure 3.2
(a) What is the mechanical energy gained by the car from t = 0 to t = 10 s? (3 marks)
(b) What is the energy output of the car’s engine from t = 0 to t = 10 s? (1 mark)
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(c) What is the sum of resisting forces (such as air resistance) acting on the car from
t = 0 to t = 10 s? (3 marks)
(d) Then the car stops on the slope as shown in Figure 3.3. Its centre of gravity is at
point C. A and B are the contact points between the tyres and the slope. Find the
magnitude of the normal reaction N1 acting on A by the slope. (2 marks)
Figure 3.3

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4 In a convenience store, Snowden, who is 1.8 m tall, stands between a wall and a goods
shelf (Figure 4.1). The goods shelf is 2.4 m tall, 0.4 m thick and is placed 2 m from the
wall. A plane mirror is mounted on the wall 3 m above the ground with an angle 45 to
the vertical.
Figure 4.1
(a) Draw the images of the wall and Snowden in the mirror in Figure 4.1. (2 marks)
(b) Mary, the shopkeeper, stands 2 m to the right of the centre of the shelf. Her eyes are
1.4 m above the ground. In Figure 4.1, draw an eye and the path of a light ray to
show how Mary sees Snowden’s head. (3 marks)
(c) If Snowden looks up to see the mirror, can he see Mary’s image in the mirror?
Explain briefly. Neglect the distance between Snowden’s eyes and the top of his
head. (2 marks)
(d) Mary sits down and her eyes are 1 m above the ground. She cannot see Snowden’s
image as it is blocked by the shelf. What is the minimum distance from the wall at
which she can just see the Snowden’s image while sitting? (1 mark)
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5 Read the following article about the Global Positioning System (GPS) and answer the
questions that follow.
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a system for navigation. It can provide one’s
position and a time reference accurately anywhere on the Earth.
The GPS contains a minimum of 24 satellites which revolve around the Earth twice
every day in 6 circular orbits of radii 26 550 km (Figure 5.1). They are controlled by
ground stations and transmit microwave signals to broadcast their changing positions
at different time instants. Users then can receive signals from the satellites and use
them to calculate their precise positions on the Earth (Figure 5.2).
Figure 5.1 Figure 5.2
(a) Two GPS satellites, A and B, revolve in the same circular orbit around the Earth.
Both satellites emit a signal of frequency 1575.42 MHz (1 MHz = 106 Hz) at the
same instant when Leon is walking on a beach with his phone. After time intervals
6.77 × 10–2 s and 7.51 × 10–2 s, Leon’s phone receives the signals from satellites A
and B respectively.
(i) Find the wavelength of the microwave signals. (2 marks)

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(ii) Estimate the distances between Leon and the two satellites. (2 marks)
(iii) Leon is on the plane of the circular orbit. Locate his approximate position on
Figure 5.3 by sketching two appropriate circles. (2 marks)
Figure 5.3
(b) Suggest ONE reason why ultrasound is NOT suitable for transmitting signals in a
GPS system. (1 mark)
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(c) Leon walks from P to Q along a curved path. His phone records his positions at
several different instants during the journey as shown in Figure 5.4.
Figure 5.4
Describe how his phone can estimate the average speed of his whole journey using
these data. (3 marks)

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6 A student connects two identical bulbs X and Y of resistance 60 Ω in parallel to a 3-V

battery, as shown in Figure 6.1. Switch S can turn on or off the lamps. When switch S is
open, the voltmeter shows a reading of 3.00 V. When switch S is closed, the voltmeter
reading drops to 2.95 V.
Figure 6.1
(a) Explain why the voltmeter reading drops when switch S is closed.
(1 mark)
(b) (i) Find the equivalent resistance of the two bulbs. (2 marks)
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(ii) Find the total power output of the two bulbs when switch S is closed.
(2 marks)
(c) In Figure 6.2, the two bulbs are now connected in parallel to the 220-V a.c. mains
via a transformer with 150 turns in its secondary coil. The efficiency of the
transformer is 90.0%.
Figure 6.2
(i) Find the number of turns in the primary coil if it is desired that the output
voltage of the transformer is 3 V. (2 marks)
(ii) Suggest ONE way to increase the efficiency of a transformer. (1 mark)

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Figure 7.1
In Figure 7.1, two parallel metal plates are placed 5 mm apart in a vacuum. Each plate has
an area of 1000 cm2. The top plate carries positive charge and the bottom plate carries
negative charge.
(a) Sketch the electric field set up between the parallel plates in Figure 7.2. Exclude
the region rear the edges. (1 mark)
Figure 7.2
(b) An electron at a high speed flies into the space between the plates and leaves at the
other side. In Figure 7.3, sketch the trajectory of the electron. Neglect the weight of
the electron. (2 marks)
Figure 7.3
(c) A uniform magnetic field is applied between the plates so that the electron travels
through the plates in a straight line. Indicate the direction of the magnetic field in
Figure 7.4. (1 mark)
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Figure 7.4
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Figure 8.1
In Figure 8.1, an external force (NOT shown) is applied to move a conducting square coil
of length 10 cm into a uniform magnetic field pointing into the paper. The coil moves
with a constant velocity v = 2 cm s–1 towards the right.
(a) Indicate the direction of the induced current on Figure 8.1. (1 mark)
(b) Explain why the temperature of the coil increases slightly in the process. (1 mark)
(c) If the induced e.m.f. in the coil is 0.2 V and the resistance of the coil is 0.1 Ω, find
the force applied on the coil. Assume all work done is converted to heat. (2 marks)

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Class

(3) Answer ALL questions. 8 /4

(4) Write your answers in the spaces provided in this Total / 56

(5) Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be

(6) No extra time will be given for inserting your information

New Senior Secondary Physics at Work (Second Edition)

New Senior Secondary Physics at Work (Second Edition)

2 A student sets up a friction-compensated runway. When a trolley runs down such a

(i) Estimate the ratio of the mass of X to the mass of Y. (2 marks)

New Senior Secondary Physics at Work (Second Edition)

Figure 3.1 Figure 3.2

New Senior Secondary Physics at Work (Second Edition)

Figure 5.1 Figure 5.2

New Senior Secondary Physics at Work (Second Edition)

New Senior Secondary Physics at Work (Second Edition)

6 A student connects two identical bulbs X and Y of resistance 60 Ω in parallel to a 3-V

(ii) Suggest ONE way to increase the efficiency of a transformer. (1 mark)

New Senior Secondary Physics at Work (Second Edition)

New Senior Secondary Physics at Work (Second Edition)

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