4 QUESTHIONADDIS ABABA CITY ADMINISTRATION EDUCATION BUREAU (GRADE EIGHT MODEL EXAM PHYSICS EXAMINATION 2012/2020 Number af Items: 45 Time Allowed: | Hows 1, The following table contains different field of studies that are grouped into 1,2, 3and4 sf | Zoology | Mechamies | Mechamies | Mechames | ‘Which one of the following group number contains only the branch of physics? A 2 femme BI D3 2. Anobject in a state of continuous change af position with respect to some point, the object is said to be A inmotion c in a reference frame B. accelerated DD atrest 3. Kinetic energy is the energy passessed by an object due to A its pasition — itsshape B, itsmoton D. its elasticityWACAERDOIENIO Phi 4 The Moon's gravity is one-sixth of the gravity of the Earth (2,,.,,= 7 then the weight of an object on the surface of the Earth is ‘A. equal to its weight on the Moan surface. B. Six limes to ifs weight on the Moon surface C. one-sixth of its wetght on the Moon surface. Dix times to ifs mass on the Moan surface 5. Torque is the measure of a force's tendency around a given axis t0 produce a A. rectilinear motion, free fall motion. B. turning effect. D. balanced system. 6. The reflection of sound that comes from hard surface object is known as A echo. C whistle B. mirage, D. spectrum. 7, A branch of electricity which deals about an important property of charges at rest is called A. electrostatic Cc vohage B, electric current D__ electromotive force 8, What will be the equivalent distance of 1 km covered by an athlete? A 0.001m Cc 100 m B. Im Db 1000 m 9. Which one of the following substance is a conductor? A ton C Plastic B, Wood D. Cloth AACAER 2a a2028 PpsAaCAED 38130000 ‘Physics 1 1 10, Which one of the following statement is correct about inertia? A. Atesistance force against the relative motion of an object B, The tendency of an abject to resist a change of its state. C, The amount of matter contained by an object. D The pull of gravity acting on an object towards the earth, 11. Which one of the following statement is correct about heat? A Heat is the measure af the average kinetic energy of the particles in the substance, B Heat isa form of energy that can be transferred fiom a hotter to. cooler body, C. Heat is the measure of hotness and coldness of a body D. Heat contem af'a body is independent of the amount of particles it contains, 12. A lever has an ideal mechanical advantage of 2. The distance from the fulcrum to the load is 50 cm, what is the distance from the fulcrum to the effort? A 10cm C 8m Bo 52cm D 25em 13, Which one of the following units ts NOT used to express work? AaCAED 3190008MaCaER DoDI ‘Phpics 1 1 14, Comainers A, B and C contains the same amount of water vapors in a sealed. The average kinetic energy of the particles of water in the containers is K.E, 2K.E and 3K.E, respectively. Which one of the following statement is correct about the temperature of the water in each container? A. The water in the three containers has the same temperature B, The water in container A and B has the same temperature C. The temperature of water in container A is greater than container C. D. The temperature of water in container C is greater than container B. 15, Sound is produced when there is, of objects A vibrations C expansions B. rotations D. contractions 16. The Figure bellow shows a vertically thrown ball from point “A” reaches a maxiraum height at point “B”, and then falls back ta point *C”. 0B oE pALic, mor Energy of the ball is transformed from pure potential energy to pure kine tie energy when the ball moves from A point AtoB C pom Bw point Eto € D pant Bio E AACAER. DIDO PhstesACAER DeLIINO Payer 1 : 1 17. ‘The a string at the mid- point of a cylindrical magnet, suspend the magnet away from other magnets and magnetic abjects. When the magnet comes to rest, it line up in a north-south direction as a result of A. magnetic nature of the Earth. B, spherical shape of the Earth C. atmospheric pressure of the surrounding. acceleration due to gravity of the Earth 18 Which one of the following statement is correct about primary and secondary cells of potential source? A. Both cells ate rechargeable B. Both cells are non-rechargeable C. Primary cells are rechargeable whereas secondary cells are non-rechargeable Secondary cells are rechargeable whereas primary cells are non- rechargeable 19. Heating of an object may increase in its size, the main reason for its increment ts the A expansions of particles imside an object. B. contraction of particles inside an object C. kinetic energy of particles in an object becomes less. D. movement of particles in an abject become slower and closer. AACAER IIE ‘Payuereeaeasersaae Fire 1 1 20. ‘The graph below shows the position of a moving car and the corresponding time taken, Time (seconds) Which ane of the following statement is NOT correct about the motion of the car? The velocity of the ear between pasitions, A AandBis2 m/s. C BandCisOSm/s. B. Band Cis Im/s D. Cand DisOm/s 21, The frictional force between the contact surfaces of twa objects is due to the applied force to displace abjects. roughens af objects surface in contact mass of an object in contact the oil between the object contact surfaces onee 22. Which one of the following statement is correct about acceleration and velocity? A Velocity is scalar whereas acceleration is vector. B, Velocity is vector whereas acceleration scalar C. Both velocity and acceleration are scalars. D. Both velocity and acceleration are vectors “etarm aaronAACAEE, IID "Payaice 1 : 1 23. A boy stands 85 meters away from a canyon wall He shouts and hears the ‘echo of his voice 0,5 seconds later. What ts the speed af the sound? A 85.0m/s C 340 m/s B. 425 m/s DIN m/s 24. an object “X" exerts a force an an object “Z”, then object “Z” must exert a force of equal in magnitude and appasite in direction on object “X™. The Statement referred to as. A Newton's first law of motion, B. Newton's secand law of motion, C. the law of action and reaction, D. the law inertia, 25. Pressure is the amount of force acting A perunitarea. B. perunut volume. C. multiplied by unit area D multiplied by unit volume. 26. The bouncing of light rays when it encounters a different medium is defined as, : A diffraction refraction B. dispersion D reflection 27. The asea of a rectangular plate is 80 em”, whose length was measured to be 16cm. What 1s the width of the plate? A 96cm Cc §0cm B. 64cm D O2cm AACAER MI32028[acan aae "Faye 1 . 1 28, Symbols that represent powers of ten are called A prefixes exponential notation B. scientific notation D. suffixes 29, Which one of the following is NOT the application of atmospheric pressure? A Syringe C Stethoscope B, Rubber sucker D. Siphon 30. The cure flowing between end points of a metallic conductor is proportional to the applied potential difference between these endpoints is known as A Ohm's law Claw of magnetism, B. Faraday's law. D. Law of electrostatics: 31, The following graph represents the velocity a8 a function of ume for a moving ball Vins) a a ° : ' : ‘ 3 2 fi a TC ‘What is the slope of the graph? A $0m/s CC 20m/s* B -10m/s* D -50m/s* aca eo ryANCAEE, SOY Phe 1 32; 33. 34. 1 The acceleration af a maving object is uniform when it moves with A. constant velocity throughout its motion B. increasin y throughout its motion. €C. decreasing velocity throughout its motion D constant rates af change of velocity. The figure below shows different parts of an a.c generator The numbers 1 and 4 in the above generator indicate parts of and , Tespectively A slip rings, cil C coil, carban brush B. carbon brush, slip rings D. armature, cail In opties, Fermat's prineiple of light states that, A. the path taken by a ray of light between any two points in.a medium is always the path that takes the shortest time. B, the path taken by a ray of light between any two points in a medium is always the path that takes the Largest time: C, the incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal to the reflecting surface all lie in the same plane, D___ the incident ray, the reflected ray and the normal to the reflecting surface all lie in different plane ACME, IED PapasAAEAER, IO on 1 “ 1 35. ‘The amount of heat lases from an abject covered by insulator materials reduces because the insulated materials absorb heat fiom the surrounding and emitted to the insulated abject. absorb heat fiom the insulated abject and emitted to the surrounding. crate heat energy and emitted to the insulated object. aie bad conductors of heat energy transfer from the insulated object to the surrounding, conee 36, If there is an interruption in the path of the current in a given circuit, then the circuit is open along that circuit is closed along that path circuit contains an ammeter along that circuit contains a light bulb along that path, oom 37. Which one of the following statement is comect about the mechanism of heat transfer fram hot body to cold body? A. Conduction takes place by means of successive callision between neighboring particles, B, Convection takes place by means of successive callision between neighboring panicles, C. Conduction takes place by the actual movement af particles of the medium D. Convection takes place without a material medium. 38. Which one of the following statements is correct about the characteristics of convex lenses? They are thinner at the middle and thicker at the edges. thicker at the middle and thinmer at the edge. diverging parallel light rays after passing through it producing an image of virtual nature for all pasitions of an object. cape ACAER balvoa20 La39. 40. AL " 1 An irregular shaped solid object of density 8.9 g/cmis inserted inte a measuring cylinder containing 25 cm? of water, and then the level of the ‘water rises into 60 cm’. What is the mass of the object? Cc 75658 D 540g ‘Which of the following light bulbs has the largest current through it when. operated at the given rated power and voltage? A O8W.1SV c 4W4sv B. 6W,3V D 8W,6V The Figure below shows an electramagnet of solenoid. 1 2 The numbers 1 and 2 represents and of electromagnet regions respectively. North, South poles South, Noth poles Negative, Positive terminals Positive, Negative terminals sosAACAER DION? 42, 43. 44, : 1 The ratio of areas of the twa movable pistons of a hydraulic press is + If the applied force on the smaller side piston is 32 N what will be the force exerted by the larger side piston? A OSN Cc 480N B 2N D. S5I2N The table below gives the value of I" band, 2™ band, multiplier and tolerance of different colors for color coding resistors. Mulipher Black 10 Brown 100 21% Red 10D 22% Green TOOK 205% Silver 0.01 5% Let the resistance of color ended material is 2000 kO2, what will be the calars that represent the resistor read from left wo right? A Red, Black, Green and Silver B. Brown, Red, Green and C. Green, Silver, D Green, Black. Which one of the following dimensional expression is correct for heat? (Where dimension of mass = M, length = L, time =T) A MLT c MELT Bo OMLT DO MLT AACAERDIZOOE Pheics1 » 1 45. The nature of an object's mage 15 real, inverted and diminished, and then. the location of the object position is (Where F is the focal point of lenses) A beyond 2F ofa concave lens. B. beyond 2F ofa convex bens. C. at 2F of a concave lens. Ds at. 2F of a convex lens, THE END