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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

ADVANCEDPROF1CIENCYEXAMINATION
PHYSICS

Unit2-Paper01
ASJA G11?;")': rril!.EGE
90minutes
LIBf~ARY
( 08 JULY 2008 (p.m.i)

READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY

I. This test consists of45 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer them.

2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

3. Do nqt be concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than there are items in this
test.
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4. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are about
to an~wer and decide which choice is best.
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5. On y9ur answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having the
same1etter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.
Samijle Item
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Which ofthe following lists one scalar quality

and ohe vector quantity?

(A) Mass: temperature Sample Answer

(B)
(C)
(D)
Momentum: pressure
Force: velocity
Potential energy: volt
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The best answer to this item is "momentum : pressure", so answer space (B) has been shaded.

6. If you want to change youranswer, ~e sure to erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.
7. When you are told to begin, tum the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. Ifyou cannot
answer an item, omit it and go on to then ext one. Your score will be the total number ofcorrect answers.
8. You may do any rough work in this booklet.
9. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
10. The use ofnon-programmable calculators is allowed.

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

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LIST OF PHYSICAL CONSTANTS

Speed oflight in free space c 3.00 x 108 m s- 1

Permeability of free space ~ 4it x 10-7 Hm- 1

Permittivity of free ,space Eo 8.85 x 10- 12 F m-1

Elementary charge e l.60x 10- 19 c

The Planck constant h 6.63 x 10-34 J s

Unified atomic mas~ constant u l.66 x 10-27 kg

[ 1u is equivalent to 931 Me VJ

Rest mass of electriin l11e 9.11x10· 31 kg

Rest mass of protol) ,.,,,, 1.67 x 10-27 kg

Acceleration due to,gravity g 9.81 ms-2

1Atmosphere Ann l .00 x l 05 N nr2

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Avogadro's number: NA 6.02 x 10·· per mole
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1. When a potential difference of2 Vis applied 3. Given that a wire oflength, L, and area, A,
across a resistor, 10 J of energy are converted has resistance R, what is the resistance of a
to thermal energy. What charge flows wire of similar material which is twice as long
through the resistor? and half the diameter?

(A) 0.2 c
(B) SC (A) _!_ R
(C) 12 c 4
(D) 20C (B) 2R
(C) 4R
(D) SR
2. Which of the following graphs shows the I -
V characteristic of a filament lamp?
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4. For the circuit diagram below, determine the
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(A) current flowing through the 6 0 resistor.
9V
2!1

3Q

(B) I
6Q

(A) 0.75A
v (B) 0.82A
(C) LOA
(D) 1.5 A

5. A capacitor of capacitance 100 µF is fully

(C) I charged by a 200 V battery. How much
energy is stored by the capacitor?

(A) 2mJ
v (B) 2J
(C) 4J
(D) !OmJ

6. The work done per unit charge in bringing a

(D) I small positive charge from infinity to a point
is the definition of

(A) potential energy

v
(B) potential
(C) electric field strength
(D) potential gradient

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Item 7 refers to the following diagram. 8. In the equation for the current through a
c_onductor I= nevA, v represents the

+ + + + (A) voltage
(B) terminal p.d.
V = 2 x 106 m s· 1 (C) volume
(D) velocity

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7. What is the force exerted on the electron

shown travelling between two parallel plates
with a potential difference of800 Vand plate
separation of 0.05 m?

(A) 6.4 x 10· 13 N

(B) 2.S6 x 10- 15 N
(CJ 40'N
(q) 1.6 x 104 N
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9. \\jhich of the following diagrams shows the correct direction of the forces on two wires carrying current
in:oppositeidirections?

;(A) (B)

F F

(D) F F
:CC)
1, t t
F F
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10. The SI unit of magnetic flux is the Item 13 refers to the following diagram which
shows a square with vertices P, Q, R, S.
(A) gauss
(B) oersted
...
r _ _ _ _ _-c---0< Q
(C) tesla
(0) weber

11. A current-carrying conductor of mass

2 x 10·2 kg carrying a current of 2.0 A is
balari.ced in a magnetic field. If the length of 4
the c~nductor is 8 cm, determine the magnetic
field strength required. o}-------=--E'---"1 R
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s
(A) l.25xl0· T 5

(B) 1.25 x lQ·'T 2

(C) 1.25 x 10· 1 T 13. Two long wires at vertices Q and S carry the
(D) 1.25 T same current, I, perpendicular to the plane of
the paper, in the directions indicated.
Determine the direction of the resultant
Item 12 refers to the following diagram. magnetic field at vertex R.

(A) I
(B) 2

vC_l R
(C)
(D)
3
4

l Tc Item 14 refers to the following diagram.

Laminated core
12. The tapacitor in the circuit above has
capaclitance, C. It is charged to a voltage, V,
and then discharged through a resistor with
resistance, R. The charge at any time, t, is
. lby
given
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(A)
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I c-
Q=-eRC
·t

14. The iron core of a transformer is laminated

v
because
v _t_
(B) Q=-eRC
c (A) it can be more easily magnitized and
demagnitized
(C)
-RC (B) lamination increases the magnetic flux
· Q=CVe' of the core
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·t
(C) lamination increases the surface area
(0) Q = cve•c and the induced e.m.f.
(0) it minimizes the circulation of induced
currents
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Item 15 refers to the following diagram. Item 17 refers to the following diagram.

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I .-- ,....... ,-
t
I •r v,, -peak to
peak
voltage
I \ I
t \ J
Lo v O-
D

17. The r.m.s value of a.c voltage is related to the

15. The device above represents a potential peak to peak voltage by the equation
divider. The expression used to determine
v,,
the output;'<oltage is (A) vnn, = J2
(A) V =I (R, + R
0 2
)
v v,,
=~
(B)
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(B) V =V (R,+R,)
R
o m
I (C) vmis= .J2 vpp
v,,
(C) (D) vrms=-
2

(D) V0 = I (R, + R2 )
18. A sinusoidal alternating current of peak value
50A dissipates power (P) in a 2 f2 resistor.
16. With which of the following devices is the Whai is the value of P?
depletion!layer associated?
(A) 1 250 W
(A)
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Transformer (B) 2 500 W
(B) dapaci tor (C) 5 000 w
(C) s'emi-conductor diode (D) 10 000 W
(D) Operational amplifier
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19. Which one of the following diagrams shows the correct arrangement for a full wave rectifier circuit?

Input Input

Output Output

(A) (B)

Input Input

Output

(C) (D)

Item 20 refers to the following graph which represents a sinusoidal alternating current against time as
drawn below.

II A
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20. The equation to represent this alternating current is

(A) I= 10 cos 100 ff t

(B) I= 10 cos 50 ff t
(C) I= 10 cos 80 Jr t
(D) I= 20 cos 200 ff t
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Items 21 and 22 refer to the following diagram of an inverting amplifier.

R,

R,
v,,w
o--c==i---x4--j
>----*----oV o
I y
+
z I
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21. Which oftqe labelled points could be called a 22. What is the output, V0 , of the amplifier9
virtual earth?
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(A) x6nly
I (A) ( R, + R,
R
JV
Ill
(B) Zonly I
I
(C) X*ndY
(DJ Wiand Y - R, V
(B) RI "

R, + R, V
(C) R 111
I

R,
(D) --Vin
R,

Item 23 refers to the following diagram which shows an amplifier.

sow
Sill

23. If Vs ~ -+ 9V• what is the value of V?

(}

(A) -9V
(B) lOV
(C) 13V
(D) -12V
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Item 24 refers to the following diagram. In the circuit shown an a.c. signal with an amplitude of 3 Vis
applied to the non-inverting tenninal of the op. amp. By means of the potential divider the potential at
the inverting terminal is set a + 1.5 V.

+12 v

+1.5 v

rv
-12 v

o v rail

24. Which sketch graph shows the form of 1:he output?

VOUT VOUT

(A) (B)

UT
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UT
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t t

(C) (D)
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25. Which symbol below represents an X-NOR logic gate?

A~.
B·.~Q ~=I>-Q
(A) (B) (C) (D)

It~m 26 refers to the following diagram.

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•A o---f---+-----1
B <>---'---+---------1

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26. \Vhich is t~e correct truth table for the circuit above?

Ct\,) (B)
A B Q A B Q
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I I 0 I I I
I 0 I I 0 0
0 I I 0 I 0
0 0 0 .0 0 0

(D)
(C)
I.A B Q A B. Q
'I I I I I I
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': I 0 I I 0 0
0 I I 0 I 0
0 0 0 0 0 I
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Items 27 - 28 refer to the following diagram.

p 0------------>. R
Qo-+-~~--it-~~ )0-------0· T

27. If the inputs to P and Qare both held at logic 1 then the states ofR, Sand Tare

R s T
(A) 1 1
(B) 1 0 0
(C) 0 1 0
(D) 0 1 1

28. The s)[mbol

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for the logic gate which has the equivalent action to this complete circuit is
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(A) (B) (C) (D)

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Items 29 - 30 refer to the following diagram which shows a quad-NAND circuit board connected to a
6V supply. It has an indicator diode connected to each output.
6V

Q
I III

II IV

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29. If wires i're connected as shown which 30. With inputs 11 and12 and output Q, the whole
indicators; will be on? circuit could be replaced by
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(A) I and III (A) an OR gate
(B) I ~nd IV (BJ a NOR gate
(C) I~ and III (C) an EXOR gate
(DJ rn and IV (D) anANDgate
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31. Which of the following gives the correct 32. An electron has kinetic energy of 8 x IO·" J.
equation ~or the energy (E) of a photon? What is this value in electron-volts?

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(A) 0.5 eV
(A) E=.!'.. (B) 4 eV
f (C) 50 eV
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' hf (D) 80 eV
(B) E=-
2

(C) E= he 33. A metal surface has a work function of

;i 3.8 eV. Determine the threshold wavelength
for this metal.
(DJ E= c/l
. h
(A) 6.08 x J0· 19 !J1
(B) 1.09 x 10 15 m
(C) 3.27 x J0· 7 m
(DJ 9.17xl0 14 m
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Item 34 refers to the following diagram.

II mA

-Viv -I 0 Viv

34. The graph above shows whathappens when light of frequency 7.5 x 10 14 Hz is incident on a metallic
surface. The work function for the metal is

(A) 1.6 x 10- 19 J

(B) 3.4 x l0- 19 J
(C) 5.0 x l0- 19 J
(D) ! 6.6 x 10- 19 J

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Item 35 refers to the following diagram which shows some of the electron energy levels in a hydrogen
atom.

-0.00 <E-- Eoo

-0.54 <E-- E,

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-0.85 <E-- E4

-Ji.5 <E-- E3
Enefgy/eV

-3.4 <E-- E,

-13.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <E-- E1

35. What is the energy required to ionize a hydrogen atom?

(A) 0.85 eV
(B) 10.2 eV
(C) 13.6 eV
(D) 19.9 eV
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36. In the photoelectric effect, the work function 37. If each of the following particles are moving
is at 0.2 c, where c is the speed of electromagnet
radiation, which particle has the longest de
(A) maximum kinetic energy of the Broglie wavelength associated.with it?
electrons
(B) the energy with which each electron (A) Electron
. is bound to the surface (B) Hydrogen nucleus
(C) the work done by the electron in (C) Neutron
reaching the collector (D) Alpha particle
(D) t~e energy the photon releases upon
· impact with the metal surface

38. A radium. source is placed in a magnetic field as shown below. The field acts into the page.

[TI
x x x
R~dium Source
x x [I]

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x
x
x
x [I]

x x x
[EJ
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At what position would a j3-particle be detected?
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39. The mas~ defect for the nucleus of helium is 41. A freshly made sample of radioactive material
0.0303 u. What is the binding energy per gives a count rate of 8000 counts per minute.
nucleon for helium? After twenty days, it gives a count-rate of 500
counts per minute. What is the half-life of
(A) . 1 MeV the material?
(B) , 4 MeV
(C) ! 7 MeV (A) 4 days
(D) 28 MeV (B) 5 days
(C) 20 days
(D) 80 days
40. What does A. represent in the equation,
N =No ie(-At)?

(A) Wavelength
(B) Decay constant
(C) Frequency
(D) Halflife

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42. The fission of Uranium - 235 can be 44. A palladium nuclide is represented by ~f 2 Pa .
represented by the nuclear equation Which of the following is correct for an atom
of palladium?
23s U ~140 Ce+Y Zr+ 1n
92 54 x 0
Number Number Number Number
Which combination gives the correct value of of of of
ofy: x? protons neutrons electrons nucleons
(A) 91 232 141 323
(A) 38: 94
(B) 91 91 323 141
(B) i 86: 140
(C) 94: 38 (C) 141 91 141 232
(D) 38: 235
(D) 91 141 91 232

43. When:a radioactive nucleus decays an amount 45. Radioactive lead, 2iiPbdecays by releasing
of ene,rgy, E, is released. At the same time, a
two beta particles and one alpha particle.
small ~monnt of mass, m, is lost. Which of
What is the resulting nuclide?
the following gives the amount of energy?

(A) 203 Pb
1 82
(A) E=-ffiC
2 (B) 207pb
82
(B) E=mc
21IpO
(C) 84
2
(C) E=mc
201p
(D) 84 0
2
(D) E = .!.mc
2

IF YOU ~INISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST.

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