Subject: Physics Form 4 “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it PUSAT TUISYEN SINARAN INTENSIF,

38A, Jalan Perkasa 2, Taman Ungku Tun Aminah

Test 1 well enough” ~ Albert Einstein ~
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Test 1

Answer all questions

1) List down all base quantities with their SI Units: (5 m)

2) Define all the followings: (10 m)

a) Physical quantities f) Consistency

b) Base quantities g) Accuracy
c) Derived quantities h) Distance
d) Scalar quantities i) Displacement
e) Vector quantities j) Acceleration
3) Derive all the units for the following quantities: (4 m)

a) Density = mass / volume

b) Velocity = displacement / time
c) Acceleration = velocity / time
d) Momentum = mass x velocity
4) List all the prefixes from Tera to Piko. (6 m)

8) List all the ten steps involved in conducting scientific

5) Convert all the followings: (4 m)
investigations (5 m)
a) 1 kmh-1 to ms-1 b) 0.0008 Gm to mm 9) A boy is riding a bicycle travels 400m to the east in 10s and then 500m
6) Explain how to obtain the thickness of a piece of A4 paper by using to the south in 15s. (8 m)
suitable measuring tools. (6 m) a) What is the total distance he has travelled?
7) Obtain the measured value: (8 m) b) What is his displacement?
c) What is his average speed and velocity?

10) The diagram below shows a tape-chart consisting of 10 ticks strips.

Assume that the ticker-timer makes 50 dots per second.
Calculate: (8 m)
a) the initial velocity
Subject: Physics Form 4 “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it PUSAT TUISYEN SINARAN INTENSIF,
38A, Jalan Perkasa 2, Taman Ungku Tun Aminah
Test 1 well enough” ~ Albert Einstein ~
Contact: 07-5569461/ 012-4585826

b) the final velocity

c) time interval
d) the acceleration.

a) Calculate the sections of the graph which represents the

(i) Acceleration of the particle (2 m)
(ii) Deceleration of the particle (2 m)
b) Calculate
11) A mass is moving with constant acceleration of 3ms -2. If its initial (i) The total distance travelled by the particle (3 m)
(ii) The displacement at the last second. (3 m)
velocity recorded is 2ms-1, calculate its final velocity after the mass has c) Plot the acceleration against time graph (2 m)
travelled 10m. (4 m) 15) Explain using the concept of inertia:
12) A car is having an initial velocity of 10ms -1, is being accelerated a) What will happen to all passengers in a moving bus if the bus
uniformly until it reaches a final velocity of 20ms -1 in 10 seconds. is stopped suddenly? (4 m)
b) Why a longer runway is needed to aeroplane to take-off and
Calculate the distance travelled by the car. (4 m)
13) A car initially at rest undergoes a constant acceleration of 4ms -2 for 10 landing? (4 m)
c) How to prevent furniture from falling down from a moving
seconds. What is the velocity of the car after 10 seconds? (4 m)
lorry. (4 m)

14) Diagram 8 shows the velocity-time graph of a particle

moving in a straight line.