Physics – MOCK Examination

Partner HEI University of Leeds & Leeds Beckett university

Provider Leeds International Study Centre
Programme / International Foundation Year / EC
Pathway
Module Title Physics

Academic 2023-2024
Year/Cohort
Assessment Title
Physics – MOCK Examination

Assessment 40%, 100 marks

Weighting
(In the final exam there may be a different number of questions
but there will still be100 marks.)

Time Allocated 3 hours

Examination Date TBC
Module Leader Dr Rachel A.D. Martins

Instructions to Candidates:
• Calculators are permitted for this exam.
• Answer all questions and show all workings for each question.
• You are advised to quote all formulae used.
• You are reminded of the need for good English and orderly presentation of your an-
swers.

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 DC Circuits Section 1 40 Marks

(In the final exam, this section may be worth up to 50 marks)

Q1 An electric eel is a fish that kills its prey with strong electrical shocks. Some species
are able to discharge a current of 1.0 A at 860 V.

Figure 1

If the current flows for 2.0 ms, how much charge is transferred? (3)

Q2 Copper has a resistivity of  = 1.7 x 10-8 Ωm. A copper wire diameter 1.2 mm and
length 2.1 m.

a) When the current through the wire is 0.34 A, calculate the voltage between the ends of
the wire. (4)

b) Calculate the power dissipated in the wire. (2)

c) Calculate the energy dissipated when the current flows through the wire for 7 minutes.
(2)
d) Let R1 be the resistance of the wire in part a. Another copper wire, also of length 2.1 m,
has diameter 0.3 mm and resistance R2 . Find the ratio R1 / R2. (2)

e) Give an example of a material with a high value of resistivity. (1)

f) What does resistance depend on that resistivity doesn’t depend on? (1)

g) What do resistance and resistivity both depend on? (1)

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Q3
a) Use Kirchhoff’s first law to describe the current through components connected in
series.

b) Use Kirchhoff’s second law to describe the potential difference across components
connected in parallel.
(3)
c) For the example below, given that I1 = 8 A, I2 = 5 A, I4 = 9 A and I5 = 11 A, use
Kirchhoff’s first law to calculate the value of I3. (3)

Figure 2

Q4 Study the circuit diagram below and then answer the following questions.

Figure 3
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a) What is the total resistance of the arrangement of resistors in the circuit above? (3)

b) What is the current through the cell? (2)

c) What is the voltage across each resistor? (3)

d) What is the total power dissipated by this arrangement of resistors? (2)

Q5 A student is given three resistors of resistance 1.0 kΩ, 1.5 kΩ, and 3.0 kΩ, respectively.
Describe the arrangement, using all three resistors, which will give the largest resistance.
Calculate the resistance of this arrangement of resistors. (3)

Q6 Three 12 Ω resistors are connected across the terminals of a 5.0 V battery, drawing a
current of 0.13 A.

a) A voltmeter is placed across the terminals of the battery. What is the reading on the
voltmeter? (3)

b) Calculate the internal resistance of the battery. (2)

Section 2 Capacitors & Transducers 30 Marks

(In the final exam, this section may be worth between about 25 and 30 marks)

Q7 A 82.5 nF capacitor is connected to a 16.0 V supply. The capacitor begins to charge

through a 2.70 MΩ resistor.

a) Draw a graph of charge against time for the capacitor. (2)

b) Calculate the maximum energy stored by the capacitor. (3)

c) Calculate the time constant of this process. (3)

d) How long does it take the capacitor to charge to 25% of Vmax? (3)

e) Calculate the charge stored by the capacitor when the voltage is 4.0 V. (3)

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 f) How long will it take for the capacitor to be considered fully charged? (1)

g) The resistor is replaced by one with a larger resistance. Will the capacitor charge
faster or slower? Explain your answer. (2)

Q8 The diagram below shows a potential divider.

Figure 4

a) Given that Vin = 4 V and Vout = 3 V, Calculate the ratio R1 / R2. (3)

b) The value of resistor R1 increases. What effect does this have on Vout? (2)

Q9
a) Describe a situation where an engineer might choose to use a thermocouple instead of
a thermistor. Explain your answer. (3)

b) Explain what is meant by a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) thermistor. (1)

Q10
Describe how street lights make use of an LDR. (4)

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Section 3 Electromagnetism 30 Marks

(In the final exam, this section may be worth between about 25 and 30 marks)

Q11 A current carrying metal wire is placed in a magnetic field as shown in the diagram
below.

The force on the wire is 0.64 N The length of wire within the magnetic field is 26 cm and
the wire carries a current of 3.1 A.

a) What is the direction of the force on the wire?

(2)

b) The flux density of the magnetic field.

(3)

Figure 5

c) In which direction do the electrons move in the wire? (1)

Q12 A positively charged particle, Particle A, moves into a uniform magnetic field of
strength 1.5 T with a speed of 2.1 x 103 km/s.

Particle A has mass 2.2 x 10-25 kg, charge +2e (where e is the change of an electron) and
initially moves perpendicular to the magnetic field.

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 Figure 6

a) Calculate the magnitude of the force on the Particle A. (3)

b) State the direction of the force. (1)

c) Particle A travels along a circular path. Calculate the radius of curvature of the path. (3)

d) Another charged particle, Particle B, moves into the same magnetic field as shown
above. The momentum of Particle B is 3 times that of Particle A. Particle B also has
charge +2e. Does particle B’s path have a larger or smaller radius of curvature than
particle A’s path? By what factor is it larger or smaller? (3)

Q13 An AC generator contains a coil of wire, with 275 turns, which rotates within a uniform
magnetic field. Each 90° rotation of the coil takes 21.0 ms to occur. The resistance of the
coil is 29.1 Ω. The average current induced is 360 mA. The area of the coil is 1.80 x 10 -3
m2.

a) State Faraday’s law in words and give the formula. Label each term in the formula. (3)

b) Calculate the average emf induced in the coil. (3)

c) Calculate the initial field strength. (3)

d) Describe an application of the motor effect (5)

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