PHYSICS TEST Part A Direetions: Each set of letered choices below refers to the numbered questions immediately following it. Select the one Choice that best answers each question and then fill inthe corresponding oval on the answer sheel. A choice ‘may be used once, more than once, or not at all in each set. Questions 1-2 relate to a point charge + Q fixed in Qu Position, as shown below. Five points near the charge and in the plane of the page are shown, jons 3-4 refer to the following particles. (A) Alpha particle (B) Beta particle see (©) Neutrino (D) Muon (E) Photon : . 3. Which particle is the nucleus of a helium atom? b é 4. Which particle has a rest mass between that of an 1. At which point will the magnitude ofthe electric electron and a proton? field be east? 2. At which point will an electron experience a force directed toward the top of the page? GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 24a WMUHONZEO REPRODUCTION On USE GF ANY PART OF Te TEST fnoHTED.PHYSICS TEST—Continued Questions 5. Screen A beam of light is incident on a rectangular opening in the front of a box, as shown in the side view above. The back of the box is open. After passing through the box, the light is incident on a screen. The following devices may be in the box, positioned as shown, (A) A convex lens (B) A concave lens (© A thick sheet of glass ! [ ff (D) An opague card with (E) A prism with vertex avery narrow slit pointing downward tow 5. Which device could produce a tiny spot of light on the screen? 6. Which device could produce on the sereen a rectangular area of light displaced downward from the position at which the light would be if the device were not there? 7. Which device could produce a diffraction pattern consisting of a central bright fringe with parallel secondary fringes that decrease in intensity with increasing distance from the center of the screen? GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE \aumonaED REPRODUCTION OR USE OF ANY PARE OF Tes TEEY # MoWeITED. 245PHYSICS TEST—Continued Questions 8-9 Questions 1011 sov \B ‘The diagram above shows lines of electrical equipo- Al Betty tential in a region of space. Al and Betty are wearing identical massless (A) Zero parachutes, as shown above, Al has 3 times the mass of (B) 203 Betty. They descend to the ground, each with constant (©) 403 velocity. (D) 605 (B) 805 Hristhe same, (8) eis3 tins pretr (© eis bas eat (D) Wis get, but the rto cannot eclevned 11, What the work done by an xterm for ia nos ti lois ave known hong charge of #2 coalont fam tt C2 (B) Itis ess, but the ratio cannot be calculated unless their velocities are known, 10. What is the work done by an external force in ‘moving a charge of +2 coulombs from 4 to B? 8. How does the net force on Al compare to the net force on Betty? COCR ORC a agai 9. How does the force of air resistance on Al and his parachute compare to the force of air resistance on Betty and her parachute? 246 UNAUTNORED REPRODUCTION OR UBE OF ANY PART OF THE TERT #8 PROMIBTE.PHYSICS TEST—Continued a 7 4 tm OR _ | . o Time Time 12, Which graph best represents the magnetic field established at the center of a coil by a steady cur- rent in the coil? 13. Which graph represents the total heat developed: from time 1 = 0 by a resistor carrying a steady CORO R Ua a3 'UMUTHONZEO REPRODUCTION OR USE OF ANY PART OF TH TEST ws FRONTED. 2a7PHYSICS TEST—Continued Part B Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or compl 14, When a vector of magnitude 6 units is added to @ vector of magnitude § units, the magnitude of the resultant vector will be (A) exactly 2 units (B) exacily 10 units (C) exactly 14 units (D) 0 units, 10 units, or some value between them (E) 2 units, 14 units, or some value between them 1 2 3 kg 2ke 2ke 6-8 ¢ Ls Q 15, Each of the four identical carts shown above is, loaded with a total mass of 4 kilograms. All of the carts are initially at rest on the same level surface, Forces of the same magnitude directed to the right act on each of the carts for the same length of time. If friction and air resistance are negligible, which cart will have the greatest velocity when the forces cease (0 act? (A) Cart (B) Cart 2 (©) Ca 3 (D) Can (E) All four carts will have the same velocity Ske 16. A S-kilogram block is suspended by a cord from the erted on the ceiling, as shown above. The force block by the cord is most nearly (A) zero (B) 25N © SON (D) 100. (E) 200N. 248 jons. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet. A box of mass mis released from rest at position | on the frictionless curved track shown above, Tt slides a distance d along the track in time # to reach, position 2, dropping a vertical distance h. Let v and a be the instantaneous speed and instantaneous, acceleration, respectively, of the box at position 2 Which of the following equations is valid for this situation? Wh 1 (E) gh = 5m ‘An object initially at rest “explodes” into 1wo frag- ‘ments of equal mass. Assume that no other forces affect the motion of the fragments during the explo- sion. Immediately after the explosion, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT: (A) The fragments have equal speeds. (B) The fragments have equal kinetic energies (©) The fragments move in opposite directions. {D) The total momentum of the two fragments is 2210. (E) The total kinetic energy of the two fragments is zer0, GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEPHYSICS TEST—Continued Questions 19-20 Ocean waves moving toward a beach have a speed of 10 meters per second and a frequency of 2 per second. 19. The wavelength of the waves is most nearly (A) 02m (B) 0.5m © sm (D) 10m (E) 20m 20. The waves are observed by a child sitting in a rowboat offshore, Which of the following proper- ties of the waves seen by the child would be greater when the boat is moving away from the beach than when the boat is stationary with respect to the beach? 1. Speed of the waves with respect to the boat HL. Frequency at which the boat encounters succes- sive wave crests INL, Distance between adjacent wave crests (A) Lonly (B) Mionly (©) Land Il only (D) Iand MH only (B) I, Mand m 21, Appropriate magnetic field lines between two mag- hetic poles are shown in which of the following diagrams? vey Wes PSS 1 u m (A) Lonly (B) Ionly (©) Mit only (D) Land Il only (E) Wand 11 only a PQ. e ee 22. A known positive charge is located at point P, as 23 m4, shown above, between two unknown charges, 0; and Q>. P iscloser to Q; than to Q). It the net electric force acting on the charge at P is zero, it may correctly be concluded that (A) both Q, and Q, are positive (B) both Q; and Q> are negative (C) ) and Q» have opposite signs (D) Q) and Q; have the same sign, but the magnitude of Q, is greater than the magnitude of Q. (E) Q) and Q; have the same sign, but the magnitude of Qj is less than the magni- tude of Oy A person can become sunburned outdoors on a cloudy day. but will not burn indoors behind a plate-glass window on a bright day for which of the following reasons? (A) The glass absorbs ultraviolet light, but the clouds do not. (B) The clouds absorb infrared light, but the glass does not. (C) The clouds scatter light, but the glass does not (D) The speed of the light coming through the clouds is greater than that of the light coming through the glass, (E) The wavelength of the light coming through the : ale e | zs r : . : "These percentages af used on analysis ofthe answer sheets fora andom sample of 6255 aadens who tok this form ofthe est Jane 1992 and ‘whose mean sare was 618. They may he ured a an indication ofthe relative dficly of particular question, Each perce ay also be used a poi ‘he liksliboed that ypc SAT I! Phys Su ly that qston om eh edition his et 263