Mekelle University

College of Natural and Computational Sciences

Department2 of Physics
19-08-2024
Time allowed: 60 Minutes
Physics Summer Training for High school teachers
Name:_________________________________
School & Woreda Name you come from __________________
Educational Level_______________________ (BSc/MSc)
Grades you have taught physics_______________( 9, 10, 11, 12)
Total years you have taught physics at high school _______

General Instruction:
Attempt all question and indicate your answer by circling the letter of your choice.
Multiple choice questions (each question has 0.5 point)

1. Physics is considered as
a) Science of measurement
b) The physical properties and phenomena of something
c) Natural Science
d) All

2. What is the displacement of a particle moving in a circular path of radius r after a displacement of half a circle?
a) 2πr
b) 2r
c) πr
d) Zero

3. The physical quantity that has both magnitude and direction is known as
a) Fundamental
b) Vector
c) Derived
d) Scalar

4. The path length travelled by a body in a given time interval is known as _____.
a) distance
b) velocity
c) acceleration
d) moment

5. Which of the following situations is true and possible?

a) If the velocity of a body is zero, then the acceleration can be non-zero
b) A body moving at a constant velocity can have acceleration
c) Distance & displacement are equal in a circular motion
d) All of the above

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6. Velocity is defined as _____ per time.
a) distance
b) displacement
c) power
d) acceleration

7. A body moving in a straight line has a uniform motion if it travels _____ distance in equal time intervals.
a) zero
b) unequal
c) equal
d) more

8. Suppose a boy is moving with a uniform velocity of 10 m/s on a -go-round ride. Which of the following is true of
the given scenario?
a) The boy is at rest
b) The boy is moving with accelerated motion
c) The boy is moving with uniform velocity
d) The boy is moving with no acceleration

9. What does the slope of the distance-time graph give?

a) Velocity
b) Acceleration
c) Displacement
d) Speed

10. What does the slope of the velocity-time graph give?

a) Speed
b) Velocity
c) Acceleration
d) Displacement

11. Which of the following is true of a free-falling body?

a) It moves with uniform motion
b) It has constant acceleration
c) It has zero velocity
d) It has non-uniform acceleration

12. An object moving along a straight path in an accelerated motion

a) Its velocity always changes
b) Its speed remains the same
c) It always goes away from the Earth
d) All

13. The inertia of an object causes the object to

a) resist any change in the state of its motion
b) decrease its speed
c) increase its speed
d) decelerate due to friction

14. Which of the following is true about the third law of motion?

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 a) Action-Reaction pair always acts on the same body.
b) They act on different bodies in opposite directions
c) Action-Reaction pairs have the same magnitudes and directions
d) Act on either body at normal to each other

15. Which of the following is the SI units of force?

a) Kgm/s-2
b) Kgm/s
c) Newton
d) Weight

16. Which one of the following factors are involved in determining the potential health effects of exposure to radiation
a) The size of the dose (amount of energy deposited in the body)
b) The ability of the radiation to harm human tissue
c) Which organs are affected
d) All

17. If the mass of the body is doubled and its velocity becomes half, then the linear momentum of the body will
a) become double
b) become half
c) become four times
d) remain the same

18. The linear momentum of an object is 250 g cm/s. If the velocity of the object is 5 m/s, then the mass of the object is
a) 0.5 g
b) 5 kg
c) 0.5 mg
d) 5 mg

19. Which of the following is true about force?

a) Force is invisible
b) Force can move a body
c) It can deform a body
d) All

20. A goalkeeper in a football game pulls his hands backwards after holding the ball shot at the goal. This enables the
goalkeeper to
a) increase the rate of change of momentum
b) increase the force exerted by the balls on the hands
c) decrease the rate of change of momentum
d) exert larger force on the ball

21. Which one is not the aim of the high school physics curriculum we are currently implementing in Tigrai
a) produce citizens who have the competence essential for life
b) nurture citizens for scientific and technological literacy
c) teach students to solve problems and act in morally irresponsible manner
d) all

22. The Atomic clocks are most reliable time keepers as of now. What gives them such reliability?
e) work on radioactive disintegration of the nuclei in atoms
f) work on vibration of atoms when electricity is passed through them
g) atomic Clocks are universal devices
h) keep time by the oscillation of the nucleus of an atom and its surrounding electrons

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23. If a moving body turns its speed to 1.5 times, its kinetic energy __:
a) will become 1.5 times
b) will become 3 times
c) will become 2.25 times
d) will become 6 times

24. Who was the first scientist to discover Electrons?

a) Albert Einstein
b) J.J Thompson
c) Isaac Newton
d) J.C. Bose

25. As ice melts, constant temperature readings are taken and the sample maintains the temperature of 00C throughout
the melting process. Which statement best describes the energy of the system?
a) One needs to know the mass of the ice cube to draw a conclusion
b) Energy is being used to convert the ice to water
c) Energy of the system remains the same
d) All of the above

26. One electron volt of energy is equal to ____?

a) 3.6 x 106 J
b) 3.6 x 10-19 J
c) 1.6 x 10-19 J
d) 1.6 x 10-18 J

27. Which of the following is correct about acceleration due to gravity?

a) increases with depth
b) remains the same as depth varies
c) independent of depth
d) decreases with depth

28. Which of these fluids has the highest viscosity?

a) Honey
b) Water
c) Blood
d) Air

29. What happens to the frequency of the pendulum if it is suspended from the ceiling of the lift moving up ward with
constant acceleration?
a) it decreases
b) it increases
c) may increase or decrease
d) no change

30. What do we call the ratio of the speed of light in vacuum to speed of light in a medium?
a) power of that medium
b) refractive index of that medium
c) reflective index of that medium
d) none

31. What part of eyes give it a distinctive colour?

a) cornea
b) iris
c) pupil
d) retina

32. What do we call the rate at which electric energy is dissipated or consumed in an electric circuit?
a) conductance
b) power
c) resistance
d) potential Difference

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33. What is the S.I. unit of electric charge?
a) Ampere
b) Coulomb
c) Joule
d) Watt

34. What is the SI unit of magnetic flux?

a) Tesla
b) Maxwell
c) Weber
d) Newton

35. How does a semiconductor behave at absolute zero temperature?

a) like an insulator
b) like a conductor
c) depends on the material
d) none

36. What should a person on a freely rotating turn table do to decrease his (angular) speed ?
a) Sit down with raised hands
b) Bring his hands down
c) Raise his hands up
d) Spread his hands outwards

37. Which of these rays have the highest penetrating power?

a) Alpha
b) Beta
c) Gamma
d) All

38. Which of the following apparatus is used to measure the intensity of light?
a) Anemometer
b) Calorimeter
c) Luxmeter
d) Altimeter

39. What is the minimum distance (in metres) required to hear an echo?
a) 10
b) 13
c) 21
d) 17

40. A spherical ball made of steel when dropped in mercury container__:

a) It will sink in mercury
b) It will be on the surface of mercury
c) It will be partly immersed mercury
d) It will dissolve in mercury

41. Noise is measured in __:

a) Watt
b) Faraday
c) Pascal
d) Decibel

42. Which of the following is an insulator?

a) Mercury
b) Carbon
c) Germanium
d) Glass

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43. Energy travels from Sun to Earth through__:
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) Modulation

44. Example of a semiconductor device

a) Capacitors
b) Resistors
c) Diodes
d) All

45. Pascal's law is used in

a) TV
b) Hydraulic Lift
c) Mining
d) Floating

46. What is the up thrust of the body equal to?

a) Weight of the liquid displaced
b) Weight of the liquid
c) Density of the liquid
d) Volume of the liquid

47. If the distance between the earth and the sun doubles, what would be the duration of the year?
a) 365 days
b) 366 days
c) 730 days
d) 1032 days

48. In a manned satellite, people experience no gravity and it is known as

a) Gravity-weight
b) Gravitational weight
c) Weightlessness
d) Less-weight gravity

49. The satellite having the same time period of revolution as that of the earth is called _
a) Stationary satellite
b) Geostationary satellite
c) Gravitational satellite
d) Geo satellite

50. How can the amplitude change when waves interfere constructively
a) Decrease
b) Stay the same
c) Increases
d) Amplify signals

51. What do logical gates do in digital circuits

a) Control current flow
b) Perform logical operations on binary inputs
c) Store data
d) Amplify signals

52. Electron volt is a unit of

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 a) Luminosity
b) Frequency
c) Force
d) Energy

53. The smallest value which is measured using an instrument is known as _____
a) Absolute count
b) Least count
c) Round off value
d) Minimum count

54. Father of Experimental Physics is __________

a) Rutherford
b) Faraday
c) Newton
d) Galileo

55. The first step in applying the scientific method is ____

a) Developing theory
b) Performing test
c) Formulating a hypothesis
d) Formulation of a question

56. Microscopic phenomenons are explained in

a) Faraday’s theory of electromagnetism
b) Quantum theory
c) Newton’s laws of motion
d) Fermi paradox

57. The instrument used to measure electric current is

a) Voltmeter
b) Ohmeter
c) Galvanometer
d) Altimeter

58. What happens to the image on a screen if half of the convex lens is covered by an opaque material
a) The image is an affected
b) The image is distorted
c) The image is enlarged
d) The image is disappeared

59. What is the slope of the initial linear portion of the stress vs strain curve called?
a) Elastic limit
b) Young’s modulus or modulus of elasticity
c) Breaking point
d) Tensile strength
60. The temperature of any substance remains constant during phase change as the heat energy supplied is used up to
a) Change the state of matter
b) Break down particles
c) Pull up particles
d) All