Suzhou Foreign Language School

1st Monthly Class Test for IGCSE 3 – October 2014

Subject: Physics

Total Marks: 100 (points) Time: 90 (minutes)

Name___________ Score___________

Part 1 Multiple Choice Questions 20 Questions (40 points)

1. The base SI unit of time is
A) hour. B) minute. C) second. D) millisecond.
2. Write the number 0.00045 in power of ten notation.
A) 4.5 × 10-4 B) 4.5 × 10-3 C) 4.5 × 10-2 D) 4.5 × 10-1
3. 100 mL is equivalent to which of the following?
A) 1 kL B) 10-4 L C) 0.01 L D) 100 cm3
4.The diagram shows one method of measuring the diameter of a beaker.

What is the diameter of the beaker?

A 4.5 cm B 5.0 cm C 5.5 cm D 8.0 cm
5. Vernier calipers read to one tenth of a millimeter.
Which reading shows this precision?
A 3.3 cm B 3.31 cm C 3.310 cm D 3.312 cm
6. Which of the following statements about length is NOT true? Choose the best answer.
A.A volume is the amount of space in any number of dimensions.
B.Converting a unit of centimeter into a unit of millimeter will result in a larger number.
C. An area multiplied by a length gives a volume.
D. The unit of the volume of a sphere with a radius length in meter is m3.
7. There are four objects all with different lengths. A is 3 m, B is 302cm, C is 600mm, and D is 3
x107 nm. Ordered from LEAST to GREATEST, which of the following is true?
A. ABCD B.DCAB C.CADB D.CABD
8. Jane wakes up at 6:15am and takes 180 minutes to get ready. Max wakes up at 8am and takes
15 minutes to get ready. John wakes up at 7:15 and takes 70 minutes to get ready. Which is the
following is true?

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A .Jane and John are ready at the same time
B.Jane gets ready last
C. Max and Jane are ready before John
D.Jane gets ready before John but after Max
9.A car travels at constant velocity and then comes to a rest. Which of the following distance-time
graphs best represents the car?

10.The following diagram represents two people, Jack and Jill. Jack is the dashed arrow and Jill is
the solid arrow. They travel in the same direction in a straight line and start at the same position.

Which of the following is NOT true? Choose the best answer.

A.Jack is always traveling at a greater velocity than Jill
B. The second time Jill stops is for a shorter time than for the first time she stopped.
C. Besides at the starting point, Jack and Jill meet each other 2 times.
D. The school is further than the church.
11.A plumber needs to measure the internal diameter of a water pipe as accurately as possible.
Which instrument should be used?
A stopwatch B metre rule C measuring cylinder D vernier calipers
12. The diagram shows a micrometer scale.
Which reading is shown?

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A 5.64 mm B 7.14 mm C 7.16 mm D 7.64mm
13. The diagram shows part of a vernier scale.

What is the reading on the vernier scale?

A 6.50 cm B 6.55 cm C 7.00 cm D 7.45 cm
14. The diagram shows part of a vernier scale.

What is the correct reading?

A 30.5 mm B 33.5 mm C 38.0 mm D 42.5 mm
15. What is the reading on this micrometer?

A 5.43 mm B 6.63 mm C 7.30 mm D 8.13 mm

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16. One oscillation of a swinging pendulum occurs when the bob moves from X to Y and back to
X again.

Using a stopwatch, which would be the most accurate way to measure the time for one oscillation
of the pendulum?
A Time 20 oscillations and multiply by 20.
B Time 20 oscillations and divide by 20.
C Time one oscillation.
D Time the motion from X to Y, and double it.
17.Fig. 2.1 shows a simple pendulum that swings backwards and forwards between P and Q.The
pendulum has a period of 2 seconds.

Which of the sentence below states the movement of the pendulum in 1 second?
A. Moving from P to R B. Moving from P to Q
C.Moving from R to Q and then from Q back to P
D.Moving from R to Q, from Q back to P and then from P back to R.
18.The diagram shows a working transformer.

Which statement is correct?

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A The input voltage is d.c.
B The input voltage is greater than the output voltage.
C The input voltage is less than the output voltage.
D The input voltage is the same as the output voltage.
19. The number of turns between each pair of output terminals of a transformer is shown in the
diagram.

Between which two terminals will the output be 12 V?

A .P and Q B .Q and R C .R and S D .P and R

20. A step-up transformer with 100 % efficiency has an input voltage of 3 V and an input current
of 2 A.

Under these conditions, what output voltage and output current could be obtained?

Answer Sheet:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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Part 2 Structured Questions 7 Questions (60 points)
1.A ruler is used to measure the length of a piece of cotton, as shown in Fig. 4.1.

Fig. 4.1 (not actual size)

(a) Use the ruler in Fig. 4.1 to find the length of the piece of cotton.

length = ............................................ cm [2]

(b) The left-hand end of the cotton is moved to the 1.0 cm mark on the ruler.
On Fig. 4.1, mark clearly and carefully, with an arrow, where the right-hand end will reach on the
ruler. [1]
(c) The piece of cotton is wound around a wooden rod. The rod has a square cross-section. The
cotton goes around the rod exactly 3 times, as show in Fig. 4.2.

Fig. 4.2

Calculate the thickness of the square wooden rod.

thickness = ............................................ cm [4]

[Total: 7]
2. Fig. 1.1 is the speed-time graph for the motion of a bus along a road.

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 Fig. 1.1
(a) Calculate the distance traveled by the bus in the first 40 s.

distance = .............................................m [3]

(b) The distance traveled between 40 s and 80 s is 315 m.
Calculate the average speed of the bus during the whole 80 s.

average speed = .........................................m / s [3]

(c) Describe the motion of the bus
(i) between 40 s and 70 s,
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(ii) between 70 s and 80 s.
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[Total: 8]
3. A transformer is a device for changing voltages. Fig. 2.1 shows a transformer that has a primary
coil with 1000 turns and a secondary coil with 50 turns.

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 Fig. 2.1
(a) State the material from which the core of the transformer is made.
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(b) The primary coil is connected to a 240 V alternating current supply.
Calculate the voltage across the secondary coil.

secondary coil voltage = .............................................. V [3]

[Total: 5]
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4. One nuclide of sodium is represented in nuclide notation as 11 Na .

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For one neutral atom of 11 Na , state
(a)Its nucleon number,
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(b)its proton number,
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(c)the number of neutrons,
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(d)the number of electrons.
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[Total: 4]
5 (a) Complete the table below for the three types of radiation. [6]

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(b) An isotope of strontium is represented in nuclide notation as 38 Sr .
For a neutral atom of this isotope, state
(i) the proton number, ........................ (ii) the nucleon number, ..............................
(iii) the number of neutrons, ............... (iv) the number of electrons. ............... ......[4]
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6 .Fig. 6.1 shows a beam of radiation that contains -particles, -particles and -rays. The beam
enters a very strong electric field between charged plates in a vacuum.

Fig. 6.1
(a) Indicate the deflection, if any, of the -particles, -particles and -rays, by placing one tick in
each column of the table. [5]

(b) The radiation is said to be ionising. Explain what this means.

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(c) -particles are more strongly ionising and have a shorter range in air than -rays.
Use your knowledge of the nature of these radiations to explain these differences.
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7 .(a) Draw a labelled diagram of the basic structure of a cathode-ray oscilloscope. [6]

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(b) Describe how electrons in the oscilloscope are
(i) emitted,
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(ii) given kinetic energy.
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(c) Fig. 7.1 shows a trace obtained on an oscilloscope screen.

Fig. 7.1
The time-base is set at 10 ms/cm.

(i) Determine the time for one complete oscillation on the screen.

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(ii) Calculate the frequency of the signal applied to the oscilloscope.

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(iii) With the same signal applied to the oscilloscope, the time-base setting is altered to

20 ms/cm. State what effect this has on the trace shown on the screen.

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[Total: 16]

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