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FORM TP 23II9

C A R I B B E A N E X A M I N A T I O N S C O U N

SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

EXAMINATIONPHYSICS

Paper 01 - General Proficiency

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Each tem n this testhas our suggested nswers ettered A), (B), (C), (D). Readeach temyouareabout o answerand decidewhich choicc is best.

On your answersheet, ind the number which corresponds o your item and shade he spacehaving he same etteras the answcryou havechosen. [-ook at the sarnple teln be ow.

Sample Item

The SI unit of length is the

(A) newton

(B) metre

(C) kilogram

(D) second

SampleAnswer



1 .

n

The unit of electrical esistancemay be 4'

expressed s

( A ) l o - 1 v A '

( B ) I Q = 1 A V

( C ) l Q = 1 A V - r

( D ) 1 C l = 1 W A '

Which f he ollowingsNOTa undamental

quantity?

(A) TemPerature

(B) HeatenergY

(C) Length

(D) Time

Which of the fol lowing is suitable for

measuring he dianreter f a humanhair?

(A) TaPe measure

(B) VerniercaliPers

(C) Micrometer screw gauge

(D) Metre rule

Three rnmiscible iquidsP, Q and R have

densities hichdiffer. Q isdenscrha' P bu t

lessdense hanR' Which of the fohowing

diagrams howshow the iquidssettle n the

measuringYlinder?

5 .

(A) Itsf a =l * =

Hl P el-R-

rr"=r'-

Ul P =

l - =l a =

(D)

3.

(B)

100g

Figure 1

Figure shows measuringcylindercontain-

inga ixedvolumeof liquid' Figure2 showsa

roiid Uodysubmergedn the iquid' ln each

case, he total massof the containerand its

contentss ndicated. hedensity f thesolid

is

(A) 0.30g mL-'

(B) 0 .33 mL'

(C) 3.00g mL'

(D) 3.20gr'J'l

160g

Figure 2

(c)

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Item 6 refers o thediagram below. 6. When : 0, hevalue fy is

(A) a(B) S(C) P(D) P/R

7.

Thediagramabove epresents 100g masswhich canbebalanced y placinga rrassX at thepositionshown. If MassX is o beused o barancehc r00 g, it shourdbe

(A) less han t00 g(B) equal o 100g(C) a little greater han

I00 g(D) about 200g

8. Which of the ol lowing sNOT trueabourthe moment of a force?

(A) It smeasurednunits al leclewton_metres.

(B) It is thcamount f fbrcenecdeclokeepa body urning.

(C) It is he urning ffect hata forcehaswhen t actson a body.

(D) It is the product f the orceand heperpendicularistancef i ts ineofact ion roma point .

9. A stable el l-designedacing ar nust avea

(A)(B )

(c)

(D )

low centre fgravityvery largemass

veryh ghd ag a -resstancc

long ront

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Which of the following is NOT a vector

quantitY?

(A) DisPlacement

(B) Acceleration

(C) DensitY

(D) Momentum

Whichofthe ollowing canbeused ofindthe

speed fan object?

(A) Change n velocity

Time taken

(B) Change n displacentent

Tinre taken

(C) Distance ravelled

Time taken

(D) Distance ravelledx Tirne taken

When two bodies collide, momentum is

conserved' This means hat the

(A) kineticenergy eforempact sequal

to that after imPact

(B) momentumofeachody sunchanged

after mPact

(C) algebraicumofthevelocities efore

imPact s equalto hesumof the

velocities fter mPact

(D) totalmomentum f thebodiesbefore

impact sequal o the otalmomentum

of thebodiesafter mPact

A bookof weight12N is rest ing n a table'

The force hat he tableexertson thebook s

( A ) 0 N

itj greater han0 N but less han 2 N

(c ) 12N(D) greater han 12N

An object is removed rorn the ground and

placei on a shelf- Which of its properttes

would You exPect o change?

(A) Mass

(B) Vo lume

(C) Potentialenergy

(D) Kinetic energy

'fhekinetic energyof a body of ntass' rr '

and velocitY, ', is

(C) tttv'

A liquid is containcd n a beaker' It is truc

to saY hat tlre Pressure

(A) is greatcst t hebottomof the iquid

i"l is grcatest t hesurface fthc liquicl

iCj is hcsame tal l evelsn heiquid

(D) exertcd y the iquid s he same s

atnlosPheric ressure

Which of the bllowingunits sused o

measurehe forcePcrunit areaon a

surface?

(A) The newton(N )

(B) The watt (W )

(C) The oule (J)

(D) The Pascal Pa )

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LnvB)

(A) nt

(D) tttv2.)

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1 8 . Whichof the fo l lowing s ong i tud ina ln

nature?

(A) Infrared ay s

(B) Lightrays

(C) Soundwaves(D) Water waves

Whichofthe bl lowing sresponsibleortheglasshouseffect?

22. Somemoltennaphthaleneat00'Cisal lowed

to cool down at room temperature. Ifnaphthaleneas a rnelt ingpoirr tof 80"C,whichof the ol lowingBES1'representshc

cooling urve?

e/0c100

(A) Eo

(B)

e/oc100

80

19 .

(A)

(fJ)

(c)(D)

(c)

(D)

Thc specificheatcapacityof a material sthe energy equired o

(A) nrclt I kg of the mater ialwith no

changeof temperature(B) changc he ternpcrature f the

rnaterial y I K

Micror,vaves

[Jltravioletays

Light ays

lnfiared ays

'l-/K:0t"C-.273

r/K: gt"c + 273

T/K= 213 loC

273r/K:

Ot"C

change kg of the iquid mater ial

to I kg of gaswithouta changen

tempcrature

charrgehe temperature f I kg ofthe nraterialbv I K

(A)

(B)(c)(D )

20. Whichofthe ol lowins scorrect?

(c)

21 .

(D)

y'min

/min

/min

/min

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25 . When a gas s heated n a closedcotttainer

at a constartt olume, the pressureof the

gas r ises. Which of the fol lowirrg state-

lnents orlccrnng his act s/arc1'RtJE' /

23.

'fhefigtlre above shows a piece of ice

wrapped in copper gauzeand submerged

in a glass est tube of water''f lte

water

whenheated t he op boils ongbefore he

ice s nrelted'The MAIN reasonbr this s

that

(A) the est ubc s a poorconductor f

heat

(B) copper s a goodconductor fheat

(C) ice s cssdenseltanwater

(D) water s a poorcolrductor f heat

24. An electrickettle ull of water is plugged

into the mains. The process y which heat

travels hrough he watcr is

(A) electrification

(B) cvaporat iol l

(C) convect ion

(D) radiation

'fhcpressrrreisesbecausehe gas

molccules trike he walls ltlr thc

container ith grcaternotnetltunt''I 'he

pressure isesbecauselre gas

molecules ow coll idc with the

walls ol'thc contaittcr nore fie-

quent ly.

Thc pre;;sureisesbccause he

fbrcesbetwcen hc gas nolcculcs

are argcrat highcr elllpcraturcs.

I on ly

I and II onlyI I and l l on ly

I , I l a n d l l

I I .

I I I .

t.

(A)

(B)(c)(D)

26. A flaskcontairts ir undcrpressurt:Someof

thc air s ctoutslow y overa pcr iodof I 0 s '

Whcn he 'lask s clcscclhe

pressure f thc air in the laskwil l

have ncrcased

volumeof air n the laskwi l l have

dccreased

tenrperaturen thc flask will have

increased

numberofmolectres trikinghewall

persecondwill llavedecreased

(A)

(B)

(c)

(D)

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/:;t- - t--_

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Ice wrapped n

coppcr gauze

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27.

Displacement

Which of the ollowing statement(s) bout hewave shown in the diagrarn above is/areTRUE?

L PointsP, Q and R are n phase.I l . PointsS and 'are out ofphase.

III. The wavelength f the wave is thcdistancePR.

Plane water waves which travel fronrdeepwater to shallow water

(A) are diffracted

(B) increase hcir spcccl(C) undergoa change n fiequency(D) undcrgoa changc n u,avclength

Ir l

\ \ t- - - - t

- - t '

'fhefigureaboveshowsarvavef'ront bcluto

rcach rcf lect ir rgsur lhccY. Whichofthefollowingwou d eprcsenthewavefrorrt fterreflection'2

\ - . - -- - t '

29.

30.

(A)(B )

(c)(D)

I only

II only

I and l only

I I and I I only

28 .

(A)

(B )

(c)

(D)

Y

Y

Y

C,

lrli l l

R, C, R, c, R, c.

l l | t l t l l l l l l i l' lhe

diagram bove epresents longitudinalwavewhere,C andR representompressions

and rarefactionsespectively. If l" is thewavelength,he distance etweenC, and t.is

Y

(A)

(B)

(c)

(D )

) x, l nL2,"

l ] "

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Which of the following statements bout

sound is NOT correct?

(A) Sound s transmitted s trattsverse

waves.

(B) Soundniay be producedby vibrat-

ing sYstems.

(C) Sounddoesnot travel hrough a

vacuum.

(D) Sound ravelsmore slowly than

l ight .

Which ofthe followingtypesof radiation s

responsible or an atom of rf c changing

into an atornof If Nl

(A) cr

(B) p(c) v(D) Inliared

The sharpedgesof shadowssuggest ha t

l isht

Which of thc ollou'itrgwould be ruco{'the

imageof an objecl placedat the bottomol '

a tankof waterandvie*'ed vcllically' i'orrl

above'/

I . l t is v r t t ral

I I . I t i s d i n r i n i s h e d .

l l l . [ t is t tcarct ' o t lrc c1'c han the

ob.icct.

(A) lon lY

( B ) | a n d l o n l Y

( C) l a n d l l o nh

( D) l l a r r d l l o r r l l '

Which of thc diagrzrtrls lrS-f rcprcserrts

thepassage f abeanr -rvhte ght hlotrgh

a triangularglassPrisnl'/

35.3 1 .

32.

33.

36.

(A)(B)

(c)

(D)

has a wave nature

is a form of energY

travels n straight ines

travelsveryquicklY

(c)

The ablebelow ists he efractivendices

of fourdifferentmaterials

Material Refiactive Index

Air 1 . 0

l ce t . 3

Perspex 1 . 5

Diamond L . q

In which medium would the l ight waves

have he slowestsPeed?

(A) A i r

(B) I ce

(C) PersPcx

(D) Dia tnond

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A(D)

Ax*--7-\\

' fhe

i rnage onthc t i l rn t l l ' a c i t t t tera is

usua l l y

invertcd. inr inishcd,eal

inverted, inr inishcd. ir tual

upr igh t , in r i r rshed. ca l

Lrpr iht .nragtr i l iccl.'cal

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n(A) L\(-"L)

iu,

(A)

(B)

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41.8. For whichof the ollowing objectdistances

wil l a convex ensof focal ength 8 cm

produce a real image?

I . 15c m

II. 36 crn

III. 54 cm

(A) I only

(B) I and I on ly

(C) II and II only

(D) l, I I and I I

A plastic od,P, s rubbedwith cloth,Q. P

becomesositively harged. his s bccause

(A) protons flowcd lionr Q to P(B) protons lowed from P to Q

(C) electrons -lowed rom Q to P(D) clectrons lowed fiom P to Q

Whichof the ollow ingdiagrarnsepresents

theelectricieldexisting etweenwo

oppositely harged ointcharges?

(C) +

Thecurrent n awire soneampere f a charge

of

(A) l0 coulombs lows through t for

l0 seconds

(B) I coulonrb lows through t in l0

seconds

(C)l0 coulombs low through t in Isecond

(D) 100coulombs lows through t in

l0 seconds

Which of the oll owing forrnulae in which

the symbolshave heir usualmeaning) s a

rnathematical xpression f Ohm's Law?

( A ) V = l R

( B ) P = V I

( C) Q = l t(D) E= Pt

A beamof lightpassesiom onemedium o

anotherof greater efiactive ndex. Whcn

it refracts hc

(A) liequency changes

(B) wavelength hanges(C) spced ncrcases

(D) bcanr ends way ionr thenormal

' fhercfract ive indcx of a t ransparent

medium with a cr i t icalangle,c, for l ight

travclling from thc medium to air is

IL'

90"s in

sin90"si l r c

S I N C

42.39 .

(A)

44.(B)

( A )

(B)

o -o

\ F

( D )4 \

(c)

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A studentequires circuit o measurehe

resistancef aresistor.Whichofthecircuits

below scorrectlYonnected?

(c)ffi

When a largecurrentpasseshrough a fusc'.

which of the following is the sequence r

events?

(A) Wire getshot -+ wire melts ->

current is cut of f

(B) Wire getshot -+ current s cut of f

->wire melts

(C) Wire melts -> current s cut off ->

wire getsho t

(D) Wire nrelts + wirc getshot '>

current s cut of T

47.45.

(A) Thediagranl bove ltows nelectrical

circuitwith a celland wo filamerrtulbs'

Whichof thc ol lowing ircuitsselectr ical ly

thesamcas hecircuitabovc?

(A )

(D)

48 .

(D,ffi

t ranslormct

capacitor

transistor

diode

(A)

(ts)(c)(D )

(8,ffi

(8, i l(c)

f--clL

Rect if lcat ion anBES'l be doncby usinga

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50.9. Steel s NO'f suitable or use n an electro_magnet ecauset

(A)(B)

(c)(D)

is too di l ' l lcult o magnet ise

retains nagnetisnroo wellloses ts nragnetisrnoo easilycontains oo rnanydomains

Wh chofthc ollowingC'ANNO'l'be eflectcdbv a magneticleld?

(A) Alpha parr ic les(f l) Betapart ic lcs

(C) Gamnra, ays(D) lr lectrons

Whichol- thebl lowing redellnit iorrsl. the

tcrnr 'ha '- l c 'ol ' adioact iverucldc, /

l .- l - hc t in re takcn lb r thcac t iv i t yo fany

givcrr arnplco al l tohal l ' i ts r iginalvaluc

I l .' l 'hc

t inre-akcrrbrhal l ' the ucleipreset nalry iven arrrplcodecay

l l l . Flalf heaverageumber l 'dis inte-grat ions ersecond

(A) I and l onl1,

and l l on ly

and l l o r r ly

l l a n d l l

Whichofthe ollr)rvngpersonssassttciar.edwit l t nuclearencrgr, '?

(A) l 'hompsorr

(R) l lo l r r

(C) Chadu ' ick( D) [ ; i ns t en

Whichofthecircuits elow ouldproclucehetrace n heoscilloscopecreen ho'arnn thediagram bovewhen he endsof the resistorareconnectedo theY plates?

5 1 .

(A)

52 .

(B )

(B) I

(c) rr(D) I ,

(c)

53.

(D)

C.R.O

C.R.O

C.R.O

C.R.O

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Item 54 refers o the following diagram ot

a simPlea.c.generator'

The parts labellcd X in the diagram are

known as the

(A) coil

(B) armature

(C) sl iP tngs

(D) commutator

Item 55 refers to the following diagram'

W SecondrtrY

Coil

Appropriateabels or W andX wouldbe

A conductor, otating n a uniform mag-

netic I'ield, nducesmaximum instantane-

oo,

-"u,t"n,when the concluctor uts the

magnetic ield lines at

(A) 30o

(B) 45o

(c) 90"

(D) 180"

The RutherfordmocJel f theatom suggests

that an atom consistsof a

(A) solidmassof protons. nd:t"t-tJ:lt

igi nucleus f protons nlywtthorbrtrng

electrons

(C) nucleus f equalnumber's f neutrons

andelectronswith orbiting protons

(D)nucleusof protonsandneutrons

with orbitingelectrons

According to thc Ruthertord-Bohrmodel

oio n"u,r-ut,stableatorn' if n = number of

nelltrons, 12= number of protons and e =

numberof clcctronsn theatom' hen br all

clctnents

( A ) n = e

( B ) P = c

( C ) t t + e = P( D ) t t + P = c

Which of the ol lowing s NOT affected y

an clectric lield ]

(A) AlPhaPlirticlc

(B) Beta Particle

(C) Neutron

(D) Electron

J / .

54 .

59.

w

(A) steP-downransformer

(B) steP-downransformer

(C) step-uptransformer

(D) steP-uptransformer

X

a.c. nPut

d.c. nput

a.c. nPut

d.c. nPut

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Item 60 refers o the fbllowing diagranrof a coilcarrying a current and wrapped arounda woodencylinder.

Ya

60. Which row of the table bclow shows he magneticfielddirections t X. Y andZ2

A

ts

C

D

<_-

_+

---+

+-

--+

+-

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