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CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®

EXAMINATION

PHYSICS

Paper 02 - deneraJ Proficiency

2 hourS 30 minutes

, READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This paper consists of two sections: A and B.

2. Section A consists of THREE questions. Candidates must attempt ALL questions in

this section.

3. Section B con'sists of THREE questions. Candidates must attempt ALL questions in

this section.

4. All answers MUST be written in this answer booklet.

5. Do NOT write in the margins.

6. Ail working MUST be clearly shown.

7. You may 'use a silent, non-prograrrimableca\culator, but you should:note tllat the us~
of an inappropriate number of figures in answers will be penalized.

8. . Mathematical tables are provided.

9. [f you ne,ed to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so on the
original page, you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the back of this booklet.
Remember to draw a line through your original answer.

, 10. If you use the extra page(s) you MUST write the question number clearly in
the box provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant, include
the question part beside the answer.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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SECTION A

Answer ALL questions.

You MUST write your answers in this answer booklet.

'1. Astudent carried out an·experiment to investigate the temperature~ise of250 g of a liquid When
~eated by an electrical in?mersion~ heater. The results of t~:e experi~ent are recorded in Tab!e 1.
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TABLE 1.

Electrical Energy, E Temperature Rise of

(kJ) Water, AT (K)

0.0 0.0

3.7 3.0

7.0 6.0

10.5 9.0

14.5 12.0

18.0 15.0

. (a) On the grid provided on page 5, plot the graph ofelectrical energy, E, against temperature
rise, ~T. . (8 marks)

. . (b) Using your graph, calculate the slope, S, of the graph.

(5 marks)

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(c) What physical quantity does the slope represent?

(1 mark) 1

(d) Use the value pfthe slope S, calculated in I (b) on page 4, to determine the specific heat
capacity of the liquid ~n the units J g:: I lei . . Assume there is negligible heat transferred to
or from the container holding the liquid. '.

(4 marks)

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(e) The initial 'temperature of the water was 10°C beiow room temperature and the final
temperature was 10°C above room temperature.

(i) How does this procedure help in minimizing error in the experiment?

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(ii) State ONE other useful precaution that the student should have taken,

(1 mark)

(f) Given that the power supplied to the immersion heater was kept constant at 40 W, calculate
the time taken for 18.0 kJ of energy to be supplied.

(4 marks)

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 (c) What physical quantity does the slope represent?

(1 mark)

(d) Use the value of the slope S, calculated in I (b) on page 4, to detennine the specific heat
capacity of the liquid in the units Jg::' Ie'. Assume there is negligible heat transferred to
or from the container holding the liquid . .

(4 marks)

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(e) The initial temperature of the water was 10°C below room temperature and the final
temperature was 10°C above room temperature.

(i) How does this procedure help in minimizing error in the experiment?

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(ii) State ONE other useful precaution that the student should have taken.

(1 mark)

(f) Given that the power supplied to the immersion heater was kept constant at 40 W, calculate
the time taken for 18:0 kJ of energy to be supplied.

(4 marks)

Total 25 marks

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2. (a) · Figure 1 shows a"cross section of a zinc~arbon cell:

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Label the parts of the cell indicated in Figure 1. (2 marks)

(b) The zin<r<:arbon cell is a primary cell. The lead-acid cell is a secondary cell. State THREE
differences between these cells .

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(c) A solar module (power source) is used to charge a 12 V batt~ry. D~ring one phase of the
charging, a constant current of 1 A is supplied for four hours.

(i) Calculate the charge added to the battery in Coulombs.

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(4 marks)

(ii) Calculate the energy, in kJ, added to the battery.

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(iii) Suggest, with a reason, a value for the voltage of the solar module during battery
charging.

(2 marks)

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3. (a) (i) Fill in the blanks in the following passage about the moments of forces . .

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a bodiis in equ~ilibrium the sum of the ..:.............:...................................... ;........... .

about-'any ...... i·;........................... :..........:. ..............~ ............................ is equal to the·

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(ii) Apart from the 'seesaw', identify TWO situations in Which a force will result in
a turning effect.

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(b) Figure i shows Kyle and Keion balanced ·on a seesaw. Kyle's weight is 500 Nand Keion's
weight is 300 N. The seesaw is made of a unifonn plank of weight 800 N which is 4 m
lbng, pivoted at its centre .

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Keion

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(i) By taking moments about the pivot, calculate the distance, x, that Keion must sit
from the pivot to balance the plank if Kyle sits I m from one end of the plank.

(4 marks)

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(4 marks)

(iii) What is the moment ofth~ reaction force about the pivot? .

(1 mark)

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SECTIONB

Answer ALL questions.

Yoli MUST write your answers in this answer booklet.

.~. (a) (i) State TW.o <?xamples of observations which provide evidence that light c~n ~e
refracted: :' : . :
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(ii) Figure 3 shows a ray of light travelling from air to water.

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Figure 3

Complete Figure 3 by adding the normal at the point of incidence, the refracted
ray, and indicating the angles of incidence and refraction. (3 marks)

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(iii) As the light ray travels from air to water, determine if the speed of the light ray
will increase or decrease. Give a reason for your response .

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•(2 marks)

(b) A glass pr!sm, as· shown in Figure 4, may be· used to produce a spectrum.

Figure 4

(i) What is the name of the effect that is created?

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(1 mark)

(ii) On Figure 4 above, trace the path of the white light into and out of the prism
indicating the red ray and the violet ray. (2 marks)

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(c) An experiment was conducted toyerify Snell's law of refraction by measuring the angle
.of incidence, i, and the angle of refraction, r, for a light ray entering a glass block. The
data was recorded as shown in Table 2.

TABLE 2

Angle of Angle of
sin i sin r sin ilsin r
Incidence, i . Ref~ction, r :
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50° 31° 0.52

60° .35° 0.87 0.57

(i) Complete Table 2 by inserting the missing values. (2 marks)

(ii) Detennine the angle of refraction if an incident angle of70° was·recorded for this
experiment. (Use the refractive index of glass as 1.52.)

(3 marks)

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(i) NOT Gate

TABLE 3

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(1 mark)
(ii) NOR Gate

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INPUT OUTPUT
0 0

0 I

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(2 marks)

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(c) Figure 5 shows a basic home security system that provides protection for two windows
and front and back doors. The .use of OR gates facilitates the system with all inputs on
Low (0). Ifa disturbance occurs the input turns to High (1). The alarm will sound only if
a High (1) output is received. ·

Window 1 .
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Back Door
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Figure 6 shows an intruder at Window 2 causing its input to change to High (1).

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Back Door
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(i) Find the logic combination that causes the alarm to sound by determining the
outputs at A, Band C in Figure 6.

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B= .... ;....................................................;.... ;...............................................;....;...... .

C = ..•;.... ~.............................................. ,:; ...................................................., ....;....... .

(3. marks)

(ii) If a simultaneous disturbance is triggered at the back door and at Window 2, 'show
on Figure 7, the logic output at A, B and C.

Window 1 A ...;:.........

Window 2

Alarm
Front Door

B ..............

Back Door

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(3 marks) .

(d) State THREE ways in which advances in electronics, such as the introduction of logic
gates, have made a positive impact on societY.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(3 marks)

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6. (a) Figure 8 shows a typical layout of Rutherford's experiment used to determine the
composition of the atom.

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(i) State the names of the components labelled A, Band C.

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(3 marks)

(ii)' Using your knowledge from Rutherford's experiment, explain why it was critically
important for him to use the substance or element for the component labelled A .

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(iii) State TWO conclusions from Rutherford's experiment about the model of the atom_·

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(c) A radioactive element X undergoes a decay process which results in the formation of ~
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(i) State the type of decay process that occurred.

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(1 mark

(ii) • Determine the values of p and q.

(2 mark:

(iii) If element ythen undergoes a beta decay and forms an element Z, write the reacti<
equation.

(2 marl< ,

(iv) How does radioactive decay affect a particle's mass?

(1 rnai

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