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PHYSICS
Paper 2
2024
2 hours
END OF TERM 1 ONE ASSESSMENT 2024
Uganda Certificate of Education
PHYSICS
Paper 2
Practical
2 hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
This paper consists of two examination items
Answer One item in all
Any additional items answered will not be scored.
Candidates are Not allowed to start working with the apparatus for the first
quarter of an hour. This time is to enable candidates; read the items thoroughly,
checking for the apparatus they will need and plan appropriately
A graph paper will be provided.
Mathematical tables and silent non- programmable calculators may be used.
Turn Over
Item 1
In Kidera sub county Buyende , there is a bridge that was constructed using wood.
Some vehicles have been crossing it daily and it has now collapsed. The Kidera Sub
county members want to construct a long-lasting road bridge. A certain contractor
advised the community that in order to make a long- lasting road bridge, the
stiffness of the material (force constant, N) to be used should at least be 250.0 kgm -
1
. A man brought a material X to be used as a beam on the bridge, the contractor
does not know whether the material is strong enough to be used. He needs to first
determine the stiffness, N, of the material, X, provided.
Experimental setup;
Task:
a) As a student of physics, carry out a scientific investigation to help the contractor
tell whether the material is fit for bridge construction
Hint:
Where D is the depression and g is the acceleration due to gravity.
b) Identify the sources of errors which were made
ITEM 2
In 2002, Major Musana John visited his elder Brother in Bukungu, whom he found
using a concave mirror as a shaving mirror. To Major Musana John’s amazement,
his image in the mirror was bigger. When he returns home, he decided to buy a
concave mirror and use it as his shaving mirror, instead of a plane mirror. The
following day, Major Musana John went to a mirror shop, whose attendants asked
him for the focal length of the concave mirror he wanted to buy but he could not
specify it. After asking him the purpose for which he wanted the concave mirror, it
was recommended that he buys concave mirror of focal length 10 cm but
unfortunately, the available concave mirrors we are not labelled with their focal
lengths. However, one of these concave mirrors had been packed together with an
unlabeled smaller concave mirror of the same focal length. Since the shop
attendants wanted to serve their client, they were determined to find the focal length
of one of the mirrors, but did not have sufficient knowledge to do so.
Experimental set -up
Image of pin, P1 Concave mirror
Search pin, P2
Object pin, P 1
stuck on cork
v
u
Any other setup s may be used.
Task:
a) As a senior four physics student, carry out a scientific investigation to determine
the focal length of the sample concave mirror.
b) Identify the sources of errors which were made
Hint: (𝑢 + 𝑣) = (𝑢𝑣)
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