TEST CODE

002494/2

FORM TP 97112/2

SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

EXAl\1INATION

Ii hours

In addition to the I} hours, candidates are

allowed a reading time of IS minutes. Writing

may begin during the IS-minute period.

1.

You MUST use this answer booklet when responding to the questions. For each question, write
your answer in the space indicated and return the answer booklet at the end of the examination.

2.

ALL WORKING MUST BE SHOWN in this booklet, since marks will be awarded for correct
steps in calculations.

Copyright 1996 duibbean Examinations Council. i

All rights reserved.

Place the sheet of board provided under the opposite page and then put the semi-circular
glass (or perspex) block flat down on the page. If necessary, use thum btacks to keep the
board in position.
Locate the CENTRE of the diameter of the block and insert a pin at this point. Using
this pin and one of the others as an incident ray, plot the passage of a ray oflight through
the block. (See Figure I below.)

Repeat the procedure for a different angle of incidence and find a second value of the
refractive index.

(b)

Figure 2 below shows a circuit used to control the current through a fixed resistor. The
variable resistor is made from a length of resistance wire.
A student made the following statement after testing this circuit: "When the length of the
resistance wire in the circuit increases the current increases. Therefore the current, [,
through the fixed resistor is proportional to the length, x, of resistance wire, so that
[ = constant x x."
Set up the circuit in the diagram below and, by measuring the current for THREE different
lengths, test whether this statement is correct.

Resistance
wire

Fixed
resistor

(a)

Set up the apparatus as shown in Figure 3 above. Attach the spring balance to the loop of thread
at the 50 cm mark and hold the spring balance so that the rule is horizontal. Record the
distance,y, in cm, of the object from the pivot, as well as the reading on the spring balance, F.
Vary the position of the unknown weight on both sides of the spring balance, and repeat the
procedure to obtain six pairs of values of y and F.

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