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TEMASEK JUNIOR COLLEGE

2022 IP4 END-OF-YEAR ASSESSMENT

CANDIDATE
NAME

SUBJECT
CG
TUTOR’S NAME

PHYSICS
Paper 1 Multiple Choice 3 October 2022
45 minutes

Additional Materials: Optical Mark Sheet (OMS)

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

1. Write in soft pencil.

2. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
3. The use of an approved scientific calculator is expected, where appropriate.
4. There are thirty questions on this paper. Answer all questions.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil in the Optical
Mark Sheet.

Shade the following 4 digits in the Index Number section on the Optical Mark Sheet.
The first two digits will represent your class while the next two digits will represent your
index number based on the class list in alphabetical order. Leave the last two rows
empty.
E.g. Index number 3 from class 4A will shade 4103.

5. Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong
answer.
6. Any rough working should be done in this booklet.

This document consists of 14 printed pages, including this cover page.

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Data

speed of light in free space, c = 3.00 x 108 m s-1

elementary charge, e = 1.60 x 10-19 C

molar gas constant, R = 8.31 J K-1 mol-1

the Avogadro constant, NA = 6.02 x 1023 mol-1

the Boltzmann constant, k = 1.38 x 10-23 J K-1

acceleration of free fall, g = 9.81 m s-2

Formulae

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uniformly accelerated motion, s = ut + at
2

v 2 = u 2 + 2as

hydrostatic pressure, p = rgh

resistors in series, R = R1 + R 2 + ...

resistors in parallel, 1/ R = 1/ R1 + 1/ R 2 + ...

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1 Which row contains three vector quantities?

A acceleration, force, weight

B acceleration, mass, velocity
C displacement, force, work
D displacement, power, work.

2 A manufacturer measures accurately the dimensions of a wooden floor tile. The approximate
dimensions of the tile are shown.

Which instruments are used to measure accurately each of these dimensions?

3 A ball starts to roll down a steep slope and then along rough horizontal ground.

Which graph best shows the speed of the ball?

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4 Which statement about an object moving in a straight line through air is correct?

A When it accelerates, the resultant force acting on it is zero.

B When it moves at a steady speed, the air resistance acting on it is zero.
C When it moves at a steady speed, the resultant force acting on it is zero.
D When it moves, there is a resultant force acting on it.

5 On the asteroid Ceres, a stone dropped from rest from a height of 1.0 m would take 2.8 s to
reach the surface of the asteroid.

What would be the weight of a 70 kg astronaut on Ceres?

A 18 N B 70 N C 250 N D 700 N

6 Which statement is not in agreement with Newton’s laws of motion?

A If I jump vertically upwards in a train moving at constant velocity, I will land back in my
original position in the train.
B If I hit a ball, the force I exert on the ball is equal in magnitude to the force the ball
exerts on me.
C To maintain constant speed an aircraft’s thrust must exceed the total drag acting on the
aircraft.
D The acceleration of a car increases as the petrol in the fuel tank decreases.

7 An object of mass 12kg is pulled up a smooth inclined plane by a force of 200 N parallel to the
plane. The plane is at an angle of 20° to the horizontal.

What is the resultant force on the object?

A 110 N B 160 N C 196 N D 200 N

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8 A roller of weight 240 N and diameter 1.0m rests against a step of height 0.2 m at point P.

The minimum force F required to cause the roller to roll to the left may be determined by taking
moments about point P. What is the minimum force F?

A 96 N B 120 N C 192 N D 320 N

9 A student balances a non-uniform object on a pivot. To do this, a weight is suspended near the
left-hand end of the object.

Where is the centre of mass of the object?

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10 A spring has a length of 9 cm when loaded with a 200 g mass. The extension-mass graph for
the spring is shown.

The 200 g mass is replaced with a 100 g mass. What is the new length of the spring?

A 7 cm B 8 cm C 9 cm D 10 cm

11 On the rollercoaster section shown, a car and passenger of total mass 400 kg travels at a speed
of 10 m s–1 as it passes through point P.

At which speed will the car and passengers pass through point Q? Assume that frictional forces
are negligible.

A 20 m s-1 B 22 m s-1 C 24 m s-1 D 30 m s-1

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12 A man exerts a horizontal force of 600 N on a box as shown in the diagram. A frictional force
of 200 N acts in the opposite direction. The box moves 3.0 m in 5.0 s.

What is the useful power in pushing the box forward?

A 120 W B 240 W C 360 W D 480 W

13 The input power to a lamp is 6.0 W. The lamp wastes 2.7 J of energy in 3.0 s.

What is the efficiency of the lamp?

A 0.15 B 0.45 C 0.55 D 0.85

14 A dam across a lake is divided into two sections by a rock. Section X is longer than section Y
but the two sections are otherwise identical. The water in the lake by the dam is the same depth
everywhere. The diagram shows a view from above of the lake and the dam.

The water creates a total force on each section of the dam and an average pressure on each
section of the dam.

Which statement is correct?

A The average pressure on X equals the average pressure on Y.

B The average pressure on X is less than the average pressure on Y.
C The total force on X equals the total force on Y.
D The total force on X is less than the total force on Y.

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15 A hydraulic press consists of two cylinders is shown. The diameter of piston Q is twice the
diameter of piston P. A downward F is applied to piston P. Piston P and Q are at the same
level.

Which of the following statements is correct?

A The force at piston Q is 2F.

B Piston P will move a shorter distance than piston Q.
C The pressure at piston P and piston Q is the same.
D The pressure at piston P is higher than at piston Q.

16 A U-tube containing water is used as a manometer.

When one end of the manometer is connected to a low-pressure chamber, both water levels in
the manometer change by 20 cm. The gravitational field strength g is 10 N kg-1. The density of
water is 1000 kg m3.

How far below atmospheric pressure is the pressure in this chamber?

A 2000 Pa B 4000 Pa C 200 000 Pa D 400 000 Pa

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17 A boat with its cargo has a total mass of 1.2 x 107 kg is floating in water as shown.

water line

What is the volume of the boat below the water line? The density of water is 1000 kg m-3.

A 1.2 x 103 m3 B 1.2 x 104 m3 C 1.2 x 105 m3 D 1.2 x 106 m3

18 Very small pollen grains are suspended in a beaker of water. A bright light shines from the side.
Small, bright dots of light are seen through a microscope. The dots move in rapidly changing,
random directions.

What are the bright dots?

A pollen grains being hit by other pollen grains

B pollen grains being hit by water molecules
C water molecules being hit by other water molecules
D water molecules being hit by pollen grains

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19 A sealed gas cylinder is left outside on a hot, sunny day.

What happens to the average speed of the gas molecules and to the pressure of the gas in the
cylinder as the temperature of the gas rises?

20 Which gives the states of matter in which molecules, at a given temperature, have the smallest
spacing between them and move at the lowest speed?

Smallest spacing between Molecules have the lowest

molecules speed
A solid solid
B liquid solid
C solid liquid
D liquid liquid

21 Metal block H has twice the mass of metal block G. They are both heated uniformly using
identical heaters. The temperature-time graphs of the blocks are shown below.

What is the ratio of the specific heat capacities of G and H?

A 0.50 B 1.0 C 2.0 D 4.0

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22 A copper saucepan has a mass of 2.0 kg and is at a temperature of 20 °C. 2.0 kg of hot water
at 80 °C is poured into the saucepan.

Copper has a specific heat capacity of 390 J kg–1°C –1.

Water has a specific heat capacity of 4200 J kg–1°C –1.

Assume that there are no energy losses to the surroundings. What is the final temperature of
the saucepan and water?

A 25 °C B 50 °C C 75 °C D 80 °C

23 When a plastic comb is placed next to a small piece of aluminium foil hanging from a nylon
thread, the foil is repelled by the comb.
Why is this so?

A The comb is charged and the foil is uncharged.

B The comb is uncharged and the foil is charged.

C The comb and the foil have charges of opposite sign.

D The comb and the foil have charges of the same sign.

24 A wire of resistivity r has the dimensions of length, L and diameter, D.

Which of the following physical quantities will give a wire of the same resistance?

resistivity length diameter

A r 2L D/2

B 2r 2L D/2

C 2r L 2D

D 2r 2L 2D

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25 The diagram shows a 6.0 V battery connected to a thermistor and light dependent resistor.

12 V

The following information about the transducers is provided:

Transducer Range of resistance / W
thermistor 3.0 to 7.0
light dependent resistor 2.0 to 11.0

What is the reading of the voltmeter when the thermistor is exposed to high temperature
and the light dependent resistor is covered with an opaque cloth?
A 2.6 V B 4.7 V C 7.2 V D 9.3 V

26 Which of these statements are correct reasons for why a fuse is necessary in a mains
circuit?
Statement 1: It protects the wiring from overheating.
Statement 2: It protects us from getting a shock if we touch the live wire.

A both statements

B neither statement

C statement 1 only

D statement 2 only
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27 A conductor carrying a current into the page is placed in a uniform magnetic field as shown
in diagram below.

uniform
magnetic
field
C

Conductor
with current
into the page
D

At which point will the magnetic field be weakest?

28 Four positions of a current-carrying coil in a magnetic field, as in a d.c. motor, are shown.
In diagrams 2 and 4, the coil is at an angle of 45° to the field lines.

Which row shows the correct comparison between the turning effect of forces in two
different positions?
turning effect of the forces in turning effect of the forces in
positions 1 and 3 positions 2 and 4

A different different

B different same
C same different

D same same

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29 A cathode-ray oscilloscope (c.r.o.) is connected to an alternating voltage. The time-base

setting is 0.5 ms cm–1 and the Y-plate sensitivity is 2 V cm–1. The following trace is produced
on the screen.

Which row shows the correct values of the alternating voltage?

frequency / Hz peak voltage / V

A 500 3.5
B 500 7.0
C 1000 3.5

D 1000 7.0

30 A transformer with an efficiency of 100% has a primary voltage input of 600 V and a
secondary voltage output of 240 V. The secondary coil is attached to a resistor of resistance
120 W.

What is the power dissipated in the resistor and what is the current in the primary coil?

power / W current / A

A 120 0.20

B 120 5.0
C 480 0.80

D 480 1.3