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SECONDARY EDUCATION CIIRTIITICATE

I'XAMINATION
PHYSICS
Paper 01 - General Proficiency
TStrtitrutes
07 JUNB 2004(a.m.)
READ THE T'OLLOWING

DIRECTIONS

CARI,IIULLY

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Eachitem in this testhasfour suggestedansrverslettered(A). (B), (C), (D). Readeachircrnyou

are aboutto answerand decidewhich choice is best.

On your Answersheet,find thc nurnbcrwhich corrcspondsto your itcnr anclshadcrtlrc slracc

having the sameletteras the answcryou havc chosen. Look at the sampleitern bclorv.
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(B)
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(D)

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When you aretold tcjbegin,turn the pageand rvorkasclLrickly
and ascarcfullyas )'olrcan. If you
cannotansweran item,omit it and go on to the llcxt onc. You can comc blck to thc harderitcrn
later. Your scorewill be the total number of correctanswers.

o.

Figr-rres
are not necessarilydrawn to scale.

1.

Y o u m a v d o a n y r o u s hr v o r ki n t h i s b o o k l c t .

T h e u s eo f n o n - p r o g r a m n t a bcl e
a l c u l a t o r si s a l l o w e d .

9.

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to anslverthenl.

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1.

(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
,,

Which of tlrc follorving quantiticsI S

dimensionless?

The unit of electricalresistancemaY be

expressedas
lf)= lV.A-'
lf)=1A.V
I
lf) - I A.V
lC)=lW.A''

(A)
(B)

(c)
(D)

I gram is equal to

(A)
(B)

(c)
(D)
3.

Itern 6 rcttrs to thc dia-erambelow'

1 0m i l l i g r a m s
1 0 0m i l l i g r a m s
l000milligrams
l0@0n'rilligrams

By switchingon the heaterin the following

apparatusfor a known time andrveighingthe
water collected ir-rthe beaker,the specific
latentheatof fusionof ice can be measured'
measured

50 $J
slectric heater
small
pieces
of ice

to suPP|Y

6:_

For anypoint (r, -v)on thc line QS, when

0, thevaltreof f is

(A)
(B)

f i Ite'r'

(c)

funnel

(D)

,f

\\'hy is this methodIery inaccttratewhetr

use'din theCaribbean?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D )

to
The heateris notporverfulenotrgh
rnelttheice.
Thc iccrvouldmeltevcnif theheatcr
wcre not turnedon'
ol the ice is 30"C
Thc temperature
insteadof 0"C'
liorrr
Watcr w'otrldbc cvaporatin-g
theoPenbcaker'

4.

Density
N{ass
Relative DensitY
Volume

\ \ / h i c ho f - t l t ef o l l o r ' l ' i r rtgr r t i t si s t h eu n i t o f

monrentum?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

kgt'
k-em s'l
kg m s'r
Nm

OS
OP
OP/OR

An objectof trlass,rrr,is attachcdto a sprirrg

birlanceand its u'cight,w''recorded'What
will be the resultil'theobjectis takento thc
thcre'?
rnoott attd rvci-ghccl
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

8.

oQ

Nlass= rrl; rveigltt greaterthan rr'

iVlass= rrl; rvcightlessthan rt'
N{assgreaterthan ttt; wcictlt = iu
N1assless thittrrrr;weisltt = ru

W l i i c l t o t ' t h e l b l l o r v i n g( i t r i t n t i t i crsv ' i l lb c

constant,if a constantttcttbrcc'is applieclto
abody?
(A)
(Bl
(C)
(Dt

VelocitY'
Kineticencrsy
Nlotnentutu
Acceleration

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A stable well designedracing car must

have a

(A)
(B)

(c)
(D)

10.

I 1.

low centreof gravity

niurow wheel base
sun roof
long front

The diagramsbelow,drawnto scale,represent two forces S and T acting at O. In

w'hichofthefbllowingdiagrams
is rheresulrant in thedirection,OX?

./

,s

---x

(A) o<\

t2.

Which of the following forntulaecoLrldbc

usedto find the averagespceclofan r-rlrjcct?
(A)

C h a n g ci r r v e l o c i t . v
Time taken

(B)

C h a n g ei n d i s p l a c e n r e n t
Time taken

(c)

Distancetravc:lled
Time taken

(D)

D i s t a n c et r a v e l l e dx T i r r r et u k e n

W h i c h o f t h e f ' o l l o r . r ' i nr-n9c a s u r i n - du c r i c c s i s

sLritable
f b r r n e a i s u r i n tgl r c d i a r n c t e r o fa l r t r man hair?

\T

(A)
(B)

(c)
(D)
13.
(B)

\\'herr trvo bodics colliclc. ntrlntcnturn i s

c o r r s c r v c d .T h i s m c a n s t h i r t t h c
(A)

(B)

(c)
(Dr

(c)
14.

Tape measure
Vernicrcalipcrs
M i c ronrcte-rscrew _gau-qc
Nletrerulc

k i n e t i c e n c r g ) ' b c f o r c i r n l ; a c ti s
cclulrlto thet at'tcrirrrpact
monrelttuntof each body' is rrnchanged
algebraic sunrof the velociticstrctbre irnpactis eqLriilto thc sunrot'
t h c v e l o c i t i c sa f t e r i r r r p a c t
total monrcntunrof tlrc bodieshrcfore impact is equal tcl thc total
monrentlun of thc bocliesal'tcr
rmpact

Powcr can bc del'ineclas

(A)

(B)

ttrrcex distanccnroved
tbrcc
ItIlrt]

CD)

(c)

w,orkclone
time

(D)

w'orkdonex time
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An object is removed from the
properttes
its
pla"ej on a shelf' Which of
would You expectto change?

15.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

18.

Mass
Volurne
Potentialenerg)'
Kinetic energy

at atelnpel'aA glassbulb is lrlledwitli agas

pressureoftlregas
tulof293 K. ll-theinitial
is 1'. what will it bc rvltcntlte terttper:ttttre
increasesto 360 K'/

(A)

(B)

16.

tiorlt
P, in aliquidcanbecalculated
Pressure,
the fbrmula

(c)

P:Pgh
Which sets of units belorv
pressurcin the SI unit?

17.

*'ill giv'ethe

t9.

(A)

g cnl-r

nl s'r

Inlll

iel
(C)

kg --'
g cm''

N kg'
N kg'

r11
In

(D)

kg nr-i

cnl s-r

crrl

A bubbteof gasrisesto ttt" "tLt"

the
drink. This is because
(A)
(B)

(C)

(D)

(' D )

)- c)7
-

x P

160
360
293

293

160

360
tql

I
P

cxpcriBo1'le'slarv fbr a gascall be testetl

lollow'irtg
n r c , t t a l l i ,p. r o v i d e dr v l r i c ho f t h e
is/rtrctrtai trtaineclcorrstatrt'?
I.
Il.
tll.
IV.

'l-ertt
pcratLlre
Pressltrc
Dcrrsitl'
i\lass

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

lllonll'
I a n dl l o r r l Y
[ a r r cl V o n l l
I . I l a n dl l l o n l y

of a soft

upthrust on the bubblc is greater

t h a n t h e w e i g h to f t h e b u b b l c
upthrust on the bubble is greater
ihan the weight of rvater it disPlaces
the
,u"igtlt of rvaterdisplacedby
of
UuUUteis lessthan thc w'cight
thebubblc
density'of the gas is greatertharr
t h e d e n s i t Yo f t h c d r i n k

20.

l' strit\\'hich of the tbllorvirrgis the N1OS

able rattsetbr a clirricalthernrotttcter'l
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

oC
0 oC to 44
- 1 00 C t o I l 0 o C
('C
35 oCto 100
0C
35 oC to 44

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The specificheatcapacityof a materialis

the energy requiredto
(A)

melt I kg of the nraterialwith no

changeof temperature
changethe temperatureof rhe
material by I K
changeI kg of the liquid nral"crial
to I kg of gaswithouta changein
temperature
changethe temperarure
of I ks of
rhe materialbv I K

(B)
(C)

(Dt

22.

26.

I
L

III.

(A)

(c)
(D)

c o l l i s i o no f s n r o k ep a r t i c l c sw i t l r
a i r m o l c c u l e si r r t h c c c l l
b o m b a r d n t c notf o r r es m o k cp a r t i _
cle by othersrnokeptrticles
r e g u l a rv i b r a t i o no f t h c s n r o k cp a r _
ticles
c o l l i s i o no f r h cs r r r o kpc a r t i c l se v v i t l r
t h e w a l l so f t h e c o n t a i n e r

(C)
(Dt

27.

\\'hich of the following is rhc corrc* rela_

tionbetweenthewavelcngth1,,spcecl
u, and
frequencyf of a wave?

( A)

) "= f u

(Bt

J=

(c)

III only
I a n dI I o n l y
I a n dI I I o n l y
I I a n dI I I o n l y

(B)

I n a B r o w n i a nm o t i o ne x p c r i r r r c - w
r r.ti t ha
snrokccell, the last randonrnrotiorrof the
smokcparticleswhich is observecl
is duc ttr
the

(B)

Radiationcan only takeplace in a

materialmedium.
A good absorberi.s also a goocl
emitterof radiation.
Dark dull surtacesare betterclnit_
t e r st h a ns h i n yo n e s .

II.

l i q u i d a n dg a s
s o l i d a n da l i q u i d
licluid
gas

(A)

0 "C to .stcanr
ar 100 oC
"
C
99.9
r o s t e a na
r t lO0.l "C
1 0 0" C t o s r e a r na t 1 0 0o C
O "C to ice at 0 "C

Which of the following starenrenrs

concerningtheradiationof heatis true,l,.

Thereare NO attractivelbrces betweerrthe

nroleculesin a
(A)
(B)
(Ct
(D)

The specificlatenrheatof vaporizationof

wateris theenergyrequiredto changeI kg
of water at
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

23.

25.

(D)

/L

, =l

t
U

21.

An electrickettle firll of rvatcris pluggccr

into the mains. The processby u hich hear
travels throLrghthe rv,ateris
(A )
(B)
(C)
(D)

el e c tr i f i c a it on
evaporation
convection
radiation

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28.

Thc sprcaclingof a wavc into thc rcsir.rrr

b e h i n cal n o b s t r u c t r o n
is called
(A)
(tJ)
(C )
(D)

clit'f'rirction
refl'action
.supe
rposition
intcrf'ercnce

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29.
Direction of ProPagation
4

"-]

Displacement
aboutto
The figureaboveshowsa wavefront
o f t hcWhich
reach-areflecting surfaceXY'
rvavc-front
fbllowing would representthe
attcrret-lection?

abo.ut
Which of the following statements
above is/
the wave shown in the diagram
aretrue:

I.
II.
III.

(A)
(B)

(c)
(D)

30.

(A)

PointsP, Q and R are in Phase'

Points S and T are out of Phase'
the
The wavelengthof the rvaveis
distancePR.

(B)

I onlY
II onlY
I and II onlY
II and l.ll onlY

Loudness
SPeed
Pitch
Wavelength

(c)

(D)

33:

Light
Sound
Infra-red

first by
Which of thesewill be received
pcrsot)surttodistatrccarvll'?
(A)
(B)
(C)

I andII onlY
I and III onlY'
II andlll onlY

,? ,

l , II a n dIII

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a ?

tlrilt
The sharp cclgcsof shadorvsstrg-scsl
tight
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

of the
An explosioncausesthe emission
follow ingtYPesof radi ation'
I.
Il.
IIL

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Ifsoundsofdifferingfrequenciesareplayecl
cltaron a piano,in which of the following
detectcd?
acteristicswould a changebe
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

31.

has a wave nature

is a torm of enc'rgY
trlvels in straightlines
t r a v e l sv e r Yq L r i c k l Y

of \\'iltcr
The spccific latentheatof fusiotl
thlnvhcn lt) kg ot'
is 34OkJkg'r.This trleans
water lrcczes
(A)
(B)
icl
(D)

34 kJ of hcat is absot'Lrccl
3't kJ of heatis given ottt
3 400 kJ of hcat is absorbed
3 400 kJ of hcat is gtvcn ot-tt

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37.

The diagram above shows a ray of white

light being dispersedby a prism to fornr a
visible spectrum. Which of the following
makesthis possible.
(A)

(B)

(C)

( D)

36.

The colour violct has thc shorter

wavelength,hencerefractsnrorc
thancolourred.
The colourredhasthelongerwavelength,hencerefractsmorc than
c o l o u rv i o l e t .
The colour violet has the longer
wavelength,hencereliactsmorc
t h a nc o l o u r r e d .
The colourretlhasthcshortcrwaveIength,henccrefractsmorc than
c o l o u rv i o l e t .
,-

The abovediagram representsa thin conv e r g i n gl e n s ,L , r v i t h a p r i n c i p a la x i s G L .

FL is the fbcal lengthof thc lens anclGIr =
FL. Wherc shouldan objectbe placedso as
to prodLrcea virtual nrasnifleclirntsc'l
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

3rJ.

Which of the follorvingstatemenrs

would
be true of the image of an object placeclat
the bottom of a tank of waterand viewcd
verticallyfrom above?
I.
II.
III.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

It is virtual.
It is diminished.
It is nearer to the ele than thc
object.
IV only
I a n dI I o n l y
I a n dI I I o n l y
I I a n dI I I o n l y

32.

At G
To theleftof G
B c t w c c nF a n d G
B c t w e c nL a n d F

Whiclrof thc fbllorvingrvor"rld

be tnreoIthc
irnagefirrrrrecl
by the lcns of a carrrcra'J
is virttral.
is rcal.
is dirninished.
is upright

I.
il.
III.
IV.

Ii
lt
lt
lt

(A)
(lJ)
(C)
(D)

I orrly
II iindIIi only
I andIV only
lV only

A . g l a s sr o d i s n r b b e dw i t h a p i c c c o
- f silk
andbeconre.s
positivelychargcd.Thc glass
rod bccarncchar-tcdby
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

g a i n i n gp r o t o n s
l o s i n gp r o t o n s
g a i r t i n gc l e c t r o n s
losin_*t-.le
ctrons

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Which of the followingdiagramsrepresentsthe electricfield existingbetween

two oppositelychargedpoint charges'?
(A)

42.

( A)
(B)
( C)
(D)

43.
(B)

Which of the followin'gcould NOT be a

unit of current'J

w v' l
v f)'r
C s' '
Cs

Which of the follow'ing ecluattons

CANNOT be ttsedto detenninethe power
dissipatedin a rcsistor'l
(A)

P = I:R

(B)

P= V
2

1\

(D) + a

(C)

P=VI

(B)

P= n ' .''
..
2
v f (

\F
4{.

41.
Current

The rcfractive index of a transpltrcnt

r r r c c l i t r twr ti t h a c r i t i c a la n g l c ,t ' . l b r I i g l t t
t r a v e l l i n gf r o t n t h c t t t c d i t r ntro i t ir i s

(A)

(B)

90"
s l nc

The graph above shows the v e r i a t i o no f

alternatingcurrent with time. T h c r l l u e
of thiscurrentis
f,requency
(A)

.t5.

(c)

sin90"
sinc

(D)

sinc

, h i c ht r f
s ) s t e r n sw
I n d o m e s t i ci n s t a l l a t i o n
t h e f o l l o r v i n gs h o L r l db e p l a c e di n t h c l i r c
w'irc'l
I.
II.

Switches
Circtrit brcakers

(B)

Ilr,

r it.

ljLrscs

(c)

Il

(A)
(B)

(D)

l/l I

(c)

I only
III only
II andIII onlY
I, II and III

(D)

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In which of the following diagrams are

resistorsP and Q in serieswith eachother
and parallelwith R?

48.

(A)

(B)

(c)

ffi

A s i m p l ee x p e r i m e nwt a sc o n d n c t e du s i n g
the circuit diagramsshorvn abovc.. Tlrc
salneconrponclUs
wcre usecland tlre bLrltr
was lit tclnormal briglrtncs.s
in eacltcase.
W h i c h o f t h e f b l l o w i n g s t r r t c n r e nw
t so u l c l
bc corrcct?

II.
III.

(D)

(A)
(B)
47:

(c)

When a largecurrentpassesthrou$ha fuse,

which of the fbllowing is the sequenceof
events?

(A)
(B)

(c)
(D)

Wire gets hot -+ wire melts ->

currentis cut off
Wire getshot -+ currentis cut off
-+ wire melts
Wire nrelts-+ currcntis cLrtol'l'->
rvire-9etshot
Wire melts -+ rviregets hot -+
currentis cut ol'f

(D)

The bulb is def'ectivc.

T h c b a t t c r yi s d c l c c t i rc .
The diodc is clcll'ctiv'c.
I only
III only
I a n dI I o n l l '
I I a n dI I I o n l y

49.

T * o l i - s h ta, l u n r i n i u nsr p h c r e sA a n c lB a r c
suspcndcdby insr-rlatin-9
threacls. li thcl
c o n r et o r c s ta s s h o * n i n t h e c l i a g r a mt.h c
l o r ec k c c p i n _teh,c n l l p L r r Li s

(A)
(Bt

(c)
(D)

sral itational
elcctrostatic
rnagnetlc
cc-ntnpctal
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nlalgnt'tlc
The diagraltts belorv show thc
student'
I'ieldlines PlottedbY a

prodr'tce
Which of the circuitsbelow could
sltown
the traceon the oscilloscopescrecn
of the
ends
tlie
when
in the diagram above
plates'?
resistorare connectedto the Y
(A)

JK-

}F

c.R.o

(B)

C.R.O

(c)

III

l
W l i i c h o f ' t h c t o l l t r r v i n g i ' I r cc o r r e c t

C.R.O

(Ar
(B)

(c)

(D) ;

(D)

C.R.O

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Which of the following statements
alternatinscurrentis true?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

55.-

(C)
(D)

irt a magnetic
A rvire carrying a cUITL-nt
ficld may experiencea force.Which o[the
fbllowing dcvices does NOT dependon
this fbrce?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

Loudspeaker
Electric motor
Moving coil galvanonrctcr
[ilectromagnct

modeiof the atonrsuggests

The RLrthcrfbrcl
thatan atomconsistsof a
(A)
(B)

It can be changedinto direct current by a transformer.

It can be rectifiedby usinga semiconductordiode.
It can be usedto rechargea battery.
It is used to transntitelectrical
energy becauseof its high frequency.
56.

53.

prrlsent
in thcnuclcus
Thenunrberofneutrons
2
r
:
R
n
x
6
is
o f t h en u c l i d c

(A)
( E)
(c)
(D)
57 .

Whichof thclbllowingisNOT al'fccted

hy an

(A)
(U)
(C)
( D)

58.

(c)
(D)
59.
The parts labelled X in the diagram are
known as thcr

(B)

(c)
(D)

brushcs
commLltator
armaturc
coil

Ncr-rtron
E,lcctron

MaricCuric
IsaacNervton
Albrcr-t
frinstein
J .J .T h o r r r p s o n

Whichol'thcfollorvirrg
dcflcctcd
CANNOT.bc
by a rlagrretict'icld'l
(A)
tBt
(C)
(D)

60.

r\lplrrlp;11'11.1"
Bctaparticlc

W hi clr o f thc tb l l ow i n s scic'nt i stsd i sct'rvc rccl

radiurn'l

(A)
(B)

(A)

ti6
116
222
30E

e l r ' c t r t cI t c ' l r l

Itcm 54 refers to thc fbllowing diagram.

5j,-

solidntassof protonsandelectrons
nucleusof protonsonly rvithorbiting
elcctrons
nucleus
of ncutrons
of equalnumbers
rvith
andelectrons
orbitinsproton\
nucleusof protonsanclnetttrons
w'ithorbitinselcctrons

Alplraparticles
Bctlpilrticles
Canrrnaray's
Electrons

Wh i ch o I the fol I ow i n-uscic'nt i sts'ulott Irl vo u

associatc,uvith
nuclcurerrcrgl"?
(A )
(B)
(C)
(D)

-l-hontpson
Bolrr
Clradw'ick
E i n s tien

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