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FORM TP 23II9
C A R I B B E A N E X A M I N A T I O N S C O U N
SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATIONPHYSICS
Paper 01 - General Proficiency
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The SI unit of length is the
(A) newton
(B) metre
(C) kilogram
(D) second
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1 .
n
The unit of electrical esistancemay be 4'
expressed s
( A ) l o - 1 v A '
( B ) I Q = 1 A V
( C ) l Q = 1 A V - r
( D ) 1 C l = 1 W A '
Which f he ollowingsNOTa undamental
quantity?
(A) TemPerature
(B) HeatenergY
(C) Length
(D) Time
Which of the fol lowing is suitable for
measuring he dianreter f a humanhair?
(A) TaPe measure
(B) VerniercaliPers
(C) Micrometer screw gauge
(D) Metre rule
Three rnmiscible iquidsP, Q and R have
densities hichdiffer. Q isdenscrha' P bu t
lessdense hanR' Which of the fohowing
diagrams howshow the iquidssettle n the
measuringYlinder?
5 .
(A) Itsf a =l * =
Hl P el-R-
rr"=r'-
Ul P =
l - =l a =
(D)
3.
(B)
100g
Figure 1
Figure shows measuringcylindercontain-
inga ixedvolumeof liquid' Figure2 showsa
roiid Uodysubmergedn the iquid' ln each
case, he total massof the containerand its
contentss ndicated. hedensity f thesolid
is
(A) 0.30g mL-'
(B) 0 .33 mL'
(C) 3.00g mL'
(D) 3.20gr'J'l
160g
Figure 2
(c)
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Item 6 refers o thediagram below. 6. When : 0, hevalue fy is
(A) a(B) S(C) P(D) P/R
7.
Thediagramabove epresents 100g masswhich canbebalanced y placinga rrassX at thepositionshown. If MassX is o beused o barancehc r00 g, it shourdbe
(A) less han t00 g(B) equal o 100g(C) a little greater han
I00 g(D) about 200g
8. Which of the ol lowing sNOT trueabourthe moment of a force?
(A) It smeasurednunits al leclewton_metres.
(B) It is thcamount f fbrcenecdeclokeepa body urning.
(C) It is he urning ffect hata forcehaswhen t actson a body.
(D) It is the product f the orceand heperpendicularistancef i ts ineofact ion roma point .
9. A stable el l-designedacing ar nust avea
(A)(B )
(c)
(D )
low centre fgravityvery largemass
veryh ghd ag a -resstancc
long ront
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Which of the following is NOT a vector
quantitY?
(A) DisPlacement
(B) Acceleration
(C) DensitY
(D) Momentum
Whichofthe ollowing canbeused ofindthe
speed fan object?
(A) Change n velocity
Time taken
(B) Change n displacentent
Tinre taken
(C) Distance ravelled
Time taken
(D) Distance ravelledx Tirne taken
When two bodies collide, momentum is
conserved' This means hat the
(A) kineticenergy eforempact sequal
to that after imPact
(B) momentumofeachody sunchanged
after mPact
(C) algebraicumofthevelocities efore
imPact s equalto hesumof the
velocities fter mPact
(D) totalmomentum f thebodiesbefore
impact sequal o the otalmomentum
of thebodiesafter mPact
A bookof weight12N is rest ing n a table'
The force hat he tableexertson thebook s
( A ) 0 N
itj greater han0 N but less han 2 N
(c ) 12N(D) greater han 12N
An object is removed rorn the ground and
placei on a shelf- Which of its properttes
would You exPect o change?
(A) Mass
(B) Vo lume
(C) Potentialenergy
(D) Kinetic energy
'fhekinetic energyof a body of ntass' rr '
and velocitY, ', is
(C) tttv'
A liquid is containcd n a beaker' It is truc
to saY hat tlre Pressure
(A) is greatcst t hebottomof the iquid
i"l is grcatest t hesurface fthc liquicl
iCj is hcsame tal l evelsn heiquid
(D) exertcd y the iquid s he same s
atnlosPheric ressure
Which of the bllowingunits sused o
measurehe forcePcrunit areaon a
surface?
(A) The newton(N )
(B) The watt (W )
(C) The oule (J)
(D) The Pascal Pa )
14.10.
1 1 . 15.
LnvB)
(A) nt
(D) tttv2.)
12.
16.
11.
13.
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1 8 . Whichof the fo l lowing s ong i tud ina ln
nature?
(A) Infrared ay s
(B) Lightrays
(C) Soundwaves(D) Water waves
Whichofthe bl lowing sresponsibleortheglasshouseffect?
22. Somemoltennaphthaleneat00'Cisal lowed
to cool down at room temperature. Ifnaphthaleneas a rnelt ingpoirr tof 80"C,whichof the ol lowingBES1'representshc
cooling urve?
e/0c100
(A) Eo
(B)
e/oc100
80
19 .
(A)
(fJ)
(c)(D)
(c)
(D)
Thc specificheatcapacityof a material sthe energy equired o
(A) nrclt I kg of the mater ialwith no
changeof temperature(B) changc he ternpcrature f the
rnaterial y I K
Micror,vaves
[Jltravioletays
Light ays
lnfiared ays
'l-/K:0t"C-.273
r/K: gt"c + 273
T/K= 213 loC
273r/K:
Ot"C
change kg of the iquid mater ial
to I kg of gaswithouta changen
tempcrature
charrgehe temperature f I kg ofthe nraterialbv I K
(A)
(B)(c)(D )
20. Whichofthe ol lowins scorrect?
(c)
21 .
(D)
y'min
/min
/min
/min
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25 . When a gas s heated n a closedcotttainer
at a constartt olume, the pressureof the
gas r ises. Which of the fol lowirrg state-
lnents orlccrnng his act s/arc1'RtJE' /
23.
'fhefigtlre above shows a piece of ice
wrapped in copper gauzeand submerged
in a glass est tube of water''f lte
water
whenheated t he op boils ongbefore he
ice s nrelted'The MAIN reasonbr this s
that
(A) the est ubc s a poorconductor f
heat
(B) copper s a goodconductor fheat
(C) ice s cssdenseltanwater
(D) water s a poorcolrductor f heat
24. An electrickettle ull of water is plugged
into the mains. The process y which heat
travels hrough he watcr is
(A) electrification
(B) cvaporat iol l
(C) convect ion
(D) radiation
'fhcpressrrreisesbecausehe gas
molccules trike he walls ltlr thc
container ith grcaternotnetltunt''I 'he
pressure isesbecauselre gas
molecules ow coll idc with the
walls ol'thc contaittcr nore fie-
quent ly.
Thc pre;;sureisesbccause he
fbrcesbetwcen hc gas nolcculcs
are argcrat highcr elllpcraturcs.
I on ly
I and II onlyI I and l l on ly
I , I l a n d l l
I I .
I I I .
t.
(A)
(B)(c)(D)
26. A flaskcontairts ir undcrpressurt:Someof
thc air s ctoutslow y overa pcr iodof I 0 s '
Whcn he 'lask s clcscclhe
pressure f thc air in the laskwil l
have ncrcased
volumeof air n the laskwi l l have
dccreased
tenrperaturen thc flask will have
increased
numberofmolectres trikinghewall
persecondwill llavedecreased
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
/,i.',3
/:;t- - t--_
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Ice wrapped n
coppcr gauze
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27.
Displacement
Which of the ollowing statement(s) bout hewave shown in the diagrarn above is/areTRUE?
L PointsP, Q and R are n phase.I l . PointsS and 'are out ofphase.
III. The wavelength f the wave is thcdistancePR.
Plane water waves which travel fronrdeepwater to shallow water
(A) are diffracted
(B) increase hcir spcccl(C) undergoa change n fiequency(D) undcrgoa changc n u,avclength
Ir l
\ \ t- - - - t
- - t '
'fhefigureaboveshowsarvavef'ront bcluto
rcach rcf lect ir rgsur lhccY. Whichofthefollowingwou d eprcsenthewavefrorrt fterreflection'2
\ - . - -- - t '
29.
30.
(A)(B )
(c)(D)
I only
II only
I and l only
I I and I I only
28 .
(A)
(B )
(c)
(D)
Y
Y
Y
C,
lrli l l
R, C, R, c, R, c.
l l | t l t l l l l l l i l' lhe
diagram bove epresents longitudinalwavewhere,C andR representompressions
and rarefactionsespectively. If l" is thewavelength,he distance etweenC, and t.is
Y
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D )
) x, l nL2,"
l ] "
2X
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Which of the following statements bout
sound is NOT correct?
(A) Sound s transmitted s trattsverse
waves.
(B) Soundniay be producedby vibrat-
ing sYstems.
(C) Sounddoesnot travel hrough a
vacuum.
(D) Sound ravelsmore slowly than
l ight .
Which ofthe followingtypesof radiation s
responsible or an atom of rf c changing
into an atornof If Nl
(A) cr
(B) p(c) v(D) Inliared
The sharpedgesof shadowssuggest ha t
l isht
Which of thc ollou'itrgwould be ruco{'the
imageof an objecl placedat the bottomol '
a tankof waterandvie*'ed vcllically' i'orrl
above'/
I . l t is v r t t ral
I I . I t i s d i n r i n i s h e d .
l l l . [ t is t tcarct ' o t lrc c1'c han the
ob.icct.
(A) lon lY
( B ) | a n d l o n l Y
( C) l a n d l l o nh
( D) l l a r r d l l o r r l l '
Which of thc diagrzrtrls lrS-f rcprcserrts
thepassage f abeanr -rvhte ght hlotrgh
a triangularglassPrisnl'/
35.3 1 .
32.
33.
36.
(A)(B)
(c)
(D)
has a wave nature
is a form of energY
travels n straight ines
travelsveryquicklY
(c)
The ablebelow ists he efractivendices
of fourdifferentmaterials
Material Refiactive Index
Air 1 . 0
l ce t . 3
Perspex 1 . 5
Diamond L . q
In which medium would the l ight waves
have he slowestsPeed?
(A) A i r
(B) I ce
(C) PersPcx
(D) Dia tnond
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A(D)
Ax*--7-\\
' fhe
i rnage onthc t i l rn t l l ' a c i t t t tera is
usua l l y
invertcd. inr inishcd,eal
inverted, inr inishcd. ir tual
upr igh t , in r i r rshed. ca l
Lrpr iht .nragtr i l iccl.'cal
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l - l lL .NI -X I l 'u \CE
n(A) L\(-"L)
iu,
(A)
(B)
(cr)(D )
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41.8. For whichof the ollowing objectdistances
wil l a convex ensof focal ength 8 cm
produce a real image?
I . 15c m
II. 36 crn
III. 54 cm
(A) I only
(B) I and I on ly
(C) II and II only
(D) l, I I and I I
A plastic od,P, s rubbedwith cloth,Q. P
becomesositively harged. his s bccause
(A) protons flowcd lionr Q to P(B) protons lowed from P to Q
(C) electrons -lowed rom Q to P(D) clectrons lowed fiom P to Q
Whichof the ollow ingdiagrarnsepresents
theelectricieldexisting etweenwo
oppositely harged ointcharges?
(C) +
Thecurrent n awire soneampere f a charge
of
(A) l0 coulombs lows through t for
l0 seconds
(B) I coulonrb lows through t in l0
seconds
(C)l0 coulombs low through t in Isecond
(D) 100coulombs lows through t in
l0 seconds
Which of the oll owing forrnulae in which
the symbolshave heir usualmeaning) s a
rnathematical xpression f Ohm's Law?
( A ) V = l R
( B ) P = V I
( C) Q = l t(D) E= Pt
A beamof lightpassesiom onemedium o
anotherof greater efiactive ndex. Whcn
it refracts hc
(A) liequency changes
(B) wavelength hanges(C) spced ncrcases
(D) bcanr ends way ionr thenormal
' fhercfract ive indcx of a t ransparent
medium with a cr i t icalangle,c, for l ight
travclling from thc medium to air is
IL'
90"s in
sin90"si l r c
S I N C
42.39 .
(A)
44.(B)
( A )
(B)
o -o
\ F
( D )4 \
(c)
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A studentequires circuit o measurehe
resistancef aresistor.Whichofthecircuits
below scorrectlYonnected?
(c)ffi
When a largecurrentpasseshrough a fusc'.
which of the following is the sequence r
events?
(A) Wire getshot -+ wire melts ->
current is cut of f
(B) Wire getshot -+ current s cut of f
->wire melts
(C) Wire melts -> current s cut off ->
wire getsho t
(D) Wire nrelts + wirc getshot '>
current s cut of T
47.45.
(A) Thediagranl bove ltows nelectrical
circuitwith a celland wo filamerrtulbs'
Whichof thc ol lowing ircuitsselectr ical ly
thesamcas hecircuitabovc?
(A )
(D)
48 .
(D,ffi
t ranslormct
capacitor
transistor
diode
(A)
(ts)(c)(D )
(8,ffi
(8, i l(c)
f--clL
Rect if lcat ion anBES'l be doncby usinga
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50.9. Steel s NO'f suitable or use n an electro_magnet ecauset
(A)(B)
(c)(D)
is too di l ' l lcult o magnet ise
retains nagnetisnroo wellloses ts nragnetisrnoo easilycontains oo rnanydomains
Wh chofthc ollowingC'ANNO'l'be eflectcdbv a magneticleld?
(A) Alpha parr ic les(f l) Betapart ic lcs
(C) Gamnra, ays(D) lr lectrons
Whichol- thebl lowing redellnit iorrsl. the
tcrnr 'ha '- l c 'ol ' adioact iverucldc, /
l .- l - hc t in re takcn lb r thcac t iv i t yo fany
givcrr arnplco al l tohal l ' i ts r iginalvaluc
I l .' l 'hc
t inre-akcrrbrhal l ' the ucleipreset nalry iven arrrplcodecay
l l l . Flalf heaverageumber l 'dis inte-grat ions ersecond
(A) I and l onl1,
and l l on ly
and l l o r r ly
l l a n d l l
Whichofthe ollr)rvngpersonssassttciar.edwit l t nuclearencrgr, '?
(A) l 'hompsorr
(R) l lo l r r
(C) Chadu ' ick( D) [ ; i ns t en
Whichofthecircuits elow ouldproclucehetrace n heoscilloscopecreen ho'arnn thediagram bovewhen he endsof the resistorareconnectedo theY plates?
5 1 .
(A)
52 .
(B )
(B) I
(c) rr(D) I ,
(c)
53.
(D)
C.R.O
C.R.O
C.R.O
C.R.O
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Item 54 refers o the following diagram ot
a simPlea.c.generator'
The parts labellcd X in the diagram are
known as the
(A) coil
(B) armature
(C) sl iP tngs
(D) commutator
Item 55 refers to the following diagram'
W SecondrtrY
Coil
Appropriateabels or W andX wouldbe
A conductor, otating n a uniform mag-
netic I'ield, nducesmaximum instantane-
oo,
-"u,t"n,when the concluctor uts the
magnetic ield lines at
(A) 30o
(B) 45o
(c) 90"
(D) 180"
The RutherfordmocJel f theatom suggests
that an atom consistsof a
(A) solidmassof protons. nd:t"t-tJ:lt
igi nucleus f protons nlywtthorbrtrng
electrons
(C) nucleus f equalnumber's f neutrons
andelectronswith orbiting protons
(D)nucleusof protonsandneutrons
with orbitingelectrons
According to thc Ruthertord-Bohrmodel
oio n"u,r-ut,stableatorn' if n = number of
nelltrons, 12= number of protons and e =
numberof clcctronsn theatom' hen br all
clctnents
( A ) n = e
( B ) P = c
( C ) t t + e = P( D ) t t + P = c
Which of the ol lowing s NOT affected y
an clectric lield ]
(A) AlPhaPlirticlc
(B) Beta Particle
(C) Neutron
(D) Electron
J / .
54 .
59.
w
(A) steP-downransformer
(B) steP-downransformer
(C) step-uptransformer
(D) steP-uptransformer
X
a.c. nPut
d.c. nput
a.c. nPut
d.c. nPut
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Item 60 refers o the fbllowing diagranrof a coilcarrying a current and wrapped arounda woodencylinder.
Ya
60. Which row of the table bclow shows he magneticfielddirections t X. Y andZ2
A
ts
C
D
<_-
_+
---+
+-
--+
+-
IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHBCK YOUR woRK oN THIS TEST.