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    CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

    General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level


    and Advanced Level

    PHYSICS 9702/3
    PAPER 3 Practical Test
    INSTRUCTIONS
    MAY/JUNE SESSION 2002
    1 hour 15 minutes

    Great care should be taken that any confidential information given


    does not reach the candidates either directly or indirectly.

    These instructions consist of 6 printed pages and 2 blank pages.


    SP (CW/CG) S21727/2
    © CIE 2002 [Turn over
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    Instructions for preparing apparatus

    These instructions detail the apparatus required for the experiment in this paper. A summary of the
    questions that will be presented to the candidates is included, to allow the Physics teacher to test
    the apparatus appropriately. No access is permitted to the question paper in advance of the
    examination session.

    It is assumed that the ordinary apparatus of a Physics laboratory will be available.

    Instructions for the Practical Physics Supervisor

    Candidates should be informed that, if they find themselves in real difficulty, they may ask the
    Supervisor for practical assistance but that the extent of this assistance will be reported to the
    Examiner, who may make a deduction of marks.

    The Supervisor should complete the report form on pages 7 and 8 and enclose it in the envelope
    containing the answers of the candidates. A note of any help given to, or any particular difficulties
    experienced by, a candidate should also be enclosed, especially if the Examiner would be unable
    to discover these from the written answers.

    It is assumed that candidates will provide themselves with such standard items as a 30 cm rule, a
    pair of compasses, a 0° to 180° protractor, a set square and a calculator.

    Squared paper should be available.

    Whenever a stopwatch or stopclock is specified, candidates should be advised, in advance, that


    they may, if they wish, use quartz wristwatches with stopwatch facilities.

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    Question 1.

    Apparatus requirements per candidate

    Stand, boss and clamp

    30 cm rule

    Two lumps of plasticine (or other type of modelling clay). Each lump should have a mass of 20 g. The
    initial shape of the plasticine must be irregular.

    Rod, diameter about 3 mm and length about 300 mm. A knitting needle or wooden skewer has been
    found to be suitable. The rod must be sufficiently pointed at each end so that the plasticine can be slid
    on to it without difficulty.

    Expendable steel spring (e.g. Philip Harris catalogue number A41397 or Griffin & George catalogue
    number XBV-590-010H).

    Small cork. The cork should have a hole through its central axis so that it can be pushed on to the rod.
    The size of the hole should be such that the rod fits tightly into the cork. The middle of the cork is to
    have an external diameter which is the same as the diameter of the supporting loop of the spring so
    that when the cork is pushed into the supporting loop of the spring it makes a tight fit as shown in
    Fig. 1.1.

    spring

    cork needle

    Fig. 1.1

    Two small blocks of wood (to be used to grip the spring).

    Stopwatch reading to 0.1 s or better.

    The rod should be pushed into the cork so that the cork is situated about half way along the rod. The
    spring should be pushed on to the cork so that it is positioned in the centre of the rod. The remaining
    apparatus is to be assembled by the candidate.

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    Procedure to be followed by candidates

    Candidates will be required to load the rod symmetrically with two plasticine balls. Candidates will
    clamp the spring using the blocks of wood so that the loaded rod is suspended horizontally as shown in
    Fig. 1.2.

    clamp

    blocks of
    wood

    spring
    plasticine ball

    cork

    rod
    d d

    Fig. 1.2

    At the start of the experiment Supervisors must be particularly vigilant to ensure that
    candidates are timing torsional oscillations in a horizontal plane. Candidates will not be
    penalised if they require assistance to ensure that they are using the correct oscillatory mode.

    Candidates will measure the period T of torsional oscillations of the loaded rod for different values of d.

    A graph of T 2 against d 2 should give a straight line which does not pass through the origin.

    Information required by the Examiners

    None.

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    9702/3

    This form should be completed and sent to the Examiner with the scripts.

    REPORT ON PRACTICAL PHYSICS

    General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level

    May/June Session 2002

    General

    The Supervisor is invited to give details, on the reverse of this form, of any difficulties experienced by
    particular candidates, giving names and index numbers. These should include reference to:

    (a) accidents to apparatus or materials;

    (b) any other information that is likely to assist the examiner, especially if this cannot be
    discovered in the scripts;

    (c) any help given to a candidate.

    Other cases of individual hardship, e.g. illness, disability, should be reported direct to CIE on the
    normal ‘Special Consideration Form’.

    In cases of faulty apparatus (not arising from a candidate’s mishandling) which prevent the required
    readings being taken, the following action is permissible.

    The Invigilator – in consultation with the Physics teacher responsible for preparing the examination –
    may allow extra time to give the candidate a fair opportunity to perform the experiment as if the fault
    had not been present. The candidate should use a spare copy of the Question Paper when the fault
    has been rectified or when working with a second set of apparatus. The Invigilator is asked to provide
    CIE with details of such cases of time compensation (a copy being enclosed with the scripts),
    especially

    (i) the candidate’s name and index number,


    (ii) the extra time allowed,
    (iii) notes on the nature of the fault, the action taken to rectify the difficulty and any other
    comments which would be helpful to the Examiner in making a fair assessment of the
    candidate’s work during the practical examination.
    ✂

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    Information required

    A list, by name and index number, of candidates requiring help, with details of help provided.

    Declaration (to be signed by the Principal)


    The preparation of this practical examination has been carried out so as to maintain fully the security of
    the examination.

    Signed ...........................................................

    Centre Number ……………………………

    Name of Centre ..................................................................................................................................


    ✂

    9702/3/INST/M/J/02

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