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PRINT yourname on thelinebelow and return soot ihsouranverses. Fale | TEST CODE 01238010 FORM TP 2018096 : MAY/JUNE 2018 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION PHYSICS Paper 01 — General Proficiency 1 hour 15 minutes 06 JUNE 2018 (p.m. READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1. This test consists of 60 items. You will have I hour and 15 minutes to answer them. 2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet. 3. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are about to answer and decide which choice is best. 4, On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below. Sample Item ‘The SI unit of length is the Sample Answer (A) mote e000 (B) second (C) newton (D) kilogram ‘The best answer to this item is “metre”, so (A) has been shaded. 5. Ifyou want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice. 6. When youare told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can, If you cannot answer an item, go on to the next one, You may return to that item later. 7. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale, 8 You may do any rough work in this booklet. 9. You may use a silent, non-programmable calculator to answer items, DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2016 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved, 1. 3. ¢ Errors due to parallax ean be minimized by taking more than one reading placing the eye at right angles to the mark being read (C) taking readings from different angles (D) — takingan average of two readings using two separate scales Which of the following measuring instruments is MOST suitable for accurately measuring the volume of 40.2 em? of a liquid? Burette ) Pipette (©) Beaker (D) Measuring eylinder Which of the following changes can be caused by a force acting on a body? 1. Shape I. Motion I, Density Land I only | and III only (©) Wand Il only (D) 1, Wand I The mass of an astronaut is 70 kg when standing on the moon. When he returns to Earth, his approximate weight wil (A) 70kg (B)—-70N 420 ke, 700 N 5. ‘The moment of a force is defined as the (A) moment in time when a force is first applied to a body (B) length of time for which a force is applied to a body © product of the force and its perpendicular distance from the turning point to the force (D) ratio of the force and its perpendicular distance from the turning point tem 6 refers to the following diagram which shows two forces, X and Y, applied to an object. What should be the magnitude and direction ofa third force which will cause the object to remain stationary? (A) X-Yto the left (B) —-X+ Fto the left i X— ¥to the right X+ Yto the right When a force, F, is applied to a spring of original length, L, the new length becomes L+x. What would be the length of the spring ifa force of + is applied instead? (A) L+2x (B) 2(L+x) () Ltx @ GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE -3- Item 8 refers to the following diagram of a vernier caliper. 12cm rooitiiyy TITTY 5 13cm bovis ToT 8. Which of the following readings is shown on the seale above? + @) 9. Which of the following measures may be classified as scalar quantities? 1 Time I. Speed IL. Displacement @ Tand I only 3) Land TH only (©) Mand HT only () I. Mand tr 10. Pressure ina liquid can becalculated using 12. the formula P=pgh. Which of the following sets of units will result in the SI unit of pressure? Pp g h (A) gem? ms? mm (B) gem? Nkgh om kgm? cms? om kgm? Nkg? om 1. item 11 refers to the following diagram which shows two vectors of magnitudes a and 6 represented respectively by OA and OB. A a c oO B The vectors act at point O and are directed perpendicular to each other. Which of the following pairs represents BOTH the magnitude and direction of their resultant? Magnitude Direction (A) e+e oc )) ath co © V@+h) CO The acceleration due to gravity (g) is to be determined by measuring the time (0) taken for a small steel ball to fall through a specific height. Which of the following activities is UNNECESSARY? @ Find the mass of the ball. Allow the ball to drop and start the stopwatch at the same instant. (C) Measure the height through which the ball falls. (D) Repeat the time measurements and take the average. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. Item 13 refers to the following graph which shows how the displacementofa runner from a starting line varies with time. Displacementim 24 2 f 50 100” Times 46, 13. From the graph it can be deducted that the runner is not moving going at a steady speed going faster and faster (D) going slower and slower 17. 14. The time period of a simple pendulum oscillating with a small amplitude depends on the (A)___ mass of the pendulum bob amplitude of the oscillation © length of the pendulum force with which the pendulum is set into motion 15. An object is removed from the ground and placed on a shelf. Which of the object's properties is expected to increase? (A) Mass Volume o Poul ene Kinetic energy ier 16 refers to the following diagrams of four vessels, filled with water. The pressure due to the water is the GREATEST at @ : (B) OR © s (Dp) T A bubble of gas rises to the surface of a soft drink. This is because the (A) density of the gas is greater than the density of the drink @ ws core sb ener than the weight of the bubble (C) —_upthrust on the bubble is greater than the weight of water it displaces (D) _ weightof the water displaced by the bubble is less than the weight of the bubble GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 18. Which of the following statements about the pressure law are true? (py The ratio of pressure to Kelvin temperature is constant, Volume is constant. Pressure is constant. Land II only Land II only Mand Il only 1, Wand Ht 19. Which of the following statements conceming the radiation of heat is/are true? I. n. UL. (A) @) ® Radiation can only take place in a material medium, A good absorber of radiation is also a good emitter of radiation. Dark, dull surfaces are better emitters than shiny ones. ML only Land If only J and III only Hand itl only 20. An electric kettle full of water is plugged into the mains. The process by which heat travels through the water is known as * @) radiation convection evaporation elecitification 21. The energy required to change the state of a substance was determined to be Ey. If the mass of the substance is DOUBLED, the value of E,, will ¢ (D) be halved be doubled be quadrupled remain constant 22. 23. © orc 100 80. Which of the following statements about evaporation is FALSE? @® Evaporation occurs at room temperature only. (B) Evaporation requires heat energy and causes cooling. (C) Evaporation occurs only at the surface. (D) _Inevaporation the faster molecules escape the liquid. Some molten naphthalene at 100 °C is allowed to cool to room temperature. If naphthalene has a melting point of 80 °C, which of the following graphs BEST represents the cooling curve of naphthalene? (A) orc 100 80 ‘vmin B orc i 100 2 ‘vmin J ‘min ©) orc 100 80 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE =e 24, The specific latent heat of vaporization of water is the energy required to change I kg of water at 0 °C to ice at 0 °C 0 °C to steam at 100°C 100 °C to steam at 100 °C 99.9 °C to steam at 100.1 °C (A) A metal of mass m requires energy, , to raise its temperature from T, to T,. The specific heat capacity of the metal will be given by 25. (A) (B) © ® WE, TY ‘When heating a substance, a point is reached where no further change in temperature is observed. The MOST likely reason for this 26. is that the heater is supplying less heat @ substance is changing state substance needs to be stirred less frequently (D) substance is losing heat to the atmosphere Which of the following phenomena are exhibited by sound waves? 1. Refraction I, Diffraction Il, Interference (A) Land fl only (B) Land [11 only Hand III only oO I. tand tt Whenever there is complete destructive interference between two coherent wave trains, the waves must be ¢ (D) in phase ‘out of phase by half of a wavelength out of phase by one wavelength out of phase by a quarter of a wavelength GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 29. 30. Item 29 refers to the following graphs (with axes having the same scales) of two sound waves, Pand Q. Dis splacement Wee ‘Time Displacement Wave Q Time Which of the following statements is true? (A) P is louder than Q but Q has a higher pitch, (8) Pis louder than Q and also has a higher pitch than Q oO Qis louder than P but Phas ahigher pitch (D) Qs louder than P and also has a higher pitch than P. Which of the following equations expresses the correct relationship between the wavelength, 2, speed, v, and frequency, fof awave? » o oy -h ® fF (C) A=fo af ©) ass 31. tiem 31 refers to the following diagram which shows an object in front of a plane mirror. Plane mirror Object Pa Which of the following options BEST represents the image produced by the plane mirror? (A) © (D) FESS eee eee EEE GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Item 32 refers the following diagram. 33. Which of the following diagrams illustrates the law of reflection? 32. Which line lies along the principal axis of the converging lens? ¢ PQ © RS @) wy (c) © GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 34. Which of the fo electromagnetic r lowing types of n causes tanning? (A) Light (B) X-ray Infrared Ultraviolet A ray of white light enters a transparent glass prism. In which of the following diagrams is the dispersion of light correctly illustrated? XS =wa

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