LIST OF PHYSICALCONSTANTS Speed of lightin free space Permeability of free space Pemmittivity of free space Elementary charge ‘The Planck constant Unified atomic mass constant [luis equivalent to 931 Me V] Rest mass of electron Rest mass of proton Acceleration due to gravity 1 Atmosphere ‘Avogadro's number 3.00x 10° mst 4m x107Hmt 885 x 10"? Fmt 1.60x107°.C 6.63x 104 Is 1.66x 1077 kg 911x107 kg, 167x107 kg 9.81 ms? 1.00x 10° Nm? +» 602x107 permole soon t Tawoe When a potential difference of 2 V is applied across a resistor, 10 Jof energy are converted. to thermal energy. What charge flows through the resistor? 02 (B) sc © Re ) 2c Which of the following graphs shows the I- V characteristic of a filament lamp? . “w A / oun ® h . i oO A if o jh L SV | 1 I Given that a wire of length, L, and area, A, has resistance R, what is the resistance of a wire of similar material which is twice as long and half the diameter? @ aR 4 @) 2R © 4K () 8K For the circuit diagrani below, determine the current flowing through the 62 resistor. ov 20 qe 30 on 62 (A) 075A (B) 082A © 10a () 154 A capacitor of capacitance 100 [LF is fully charged by a 200 V battery. How much ‘energy is stored by thé capacitor? (A) 2mI ® 25 © 43 (D) 10 mJ The work done per unit charge in bringing a small positive charge from infinity to a point is the definition of (A) potential energy (2) potential (©) electric field strengti ©) potential gradient+ + + + V=2x108ms* eo What is the force exerted on the electron shown travelling between two parallel plates with a potential difference of 800 V and plate separation of 0.05 m? (A) ®) © @) Which of the following diagrams shows the correct direction of the forces on two wires carrying current 64x10 2.56 x 104N 40N 1.6.x 10'N in opposite directions? A) (B) \ 4 q FOE © @) h AT Va In the equation for the current through a conductor I= nevA, v represents the (a) 3) © @) — 26. Which is the correct truth table for the circuit above? Ie) © a IB B) eal 1<}0 Ss o jo A|B @) via 1] 0 oi 0 AlBla wiela ifolo ofi[o oo a[Blo ish tsps 1[o[o o[ifo ofofi28: ete tems 27 - 28 refer to the following diagram. BR R Qo4 Tv Ifthe inputs to P and Q are both held at logic | then the states of R, $ and T are Ro. 8.7 Oia Ay 1 ® 1 0 o © o 1 0 © o 1 1 ‘The symbbI for the logic gate which has the equivalent action to this complete vircuit is-12- Items 29 - 30 refer to the following diagram which shows a quad-NAND circuit board connected to a 6V supply. It has an indicator diode connected to each output. 6v q 1 B 1 1 Ww hb ov 29. If wires are connected as shown which 30, With inputs, and, and output Q, the whole : indicators will be on? circuit could be replaced by 1 (A) Tand II (A) anOR gate i (8) TandIv B) aNOR gate (©) Wand (©). anEXOR gate (D) Mandiv ©) — anANDgate 31. Which of the following gives the correct 32. —_Anelectron has kinetic energy of 8 x 10""J. equation for the energy (E) of a photon? Whats this value in electron-volts? h (A) o5eV @ =F Fe (B) 4eV (© sdev be (D) 80eV f ® : | oO ie 2.. A metal surface has a work function of a 3.8 eV. Determine the threshold wavelength ql for this metal © = (A) 6.08 x 10! m ®) 09x 10! m (© 327x107m ©) 9.17 x10" mm-1B- Jiem 34 refers to the following diagram, : ( Uma Wed 0 viv 34. The graph above shows what happens when light of frequency 7.5 x 10" Hz is incident on a metallic surface. The work funetion for the metal is A 16x10) @) 34x10%5 (©) 50x10" ©) 66x 10"5 ‘tem.aS refers tothe following diagram which shows some ofthe electron energy levels in a hydrogen atom. "990A ‘ 35. Whatis the energy required to ionize a hydrogen atom? (A) 0.85 eV @®) 102ev (©) 136ev ©) 1998736. 39. “142 In the photoelectric effect, the work function 37, is (A) maximum kinetic energy of the electrons (B) the energy with which each electron is bound to the surface (©) the work done by the electron in reaching the collector (D) the energy the photon releases upon impact with the metal surface \ Ifeach of the following particles are moving at 0.2c, where cis the speed of electromagnet radiation, which particle has the longest de Broglie wavelength associated with it? @Y Electron (B) Hydrogen nucteus (©) Neutron (D) — Alphaparticle Aradium source is placed in a magnetic field as shown below. The field acts into the page. Xx xX Radium Source x *—>— X x X x At what position would a B-particle be detected? A ‘The mass defect for the nucleus of helium is 41, 0.0303 u. What is the binding energy per nucleon for helium? Mev (B=) 4 Mev (C) 7 Mev (D) 28Mev Wht does 2 represent in the equation, N=No el)? (A) Waveleagth (B) Decay constant (©) Frequency @) Eslflite A fieshly made sample of radioactive material gives a count rate of $000 counts per minute. After twenty days, it gives a count-rate of 500 counts per minute. What is the half-life of the material? (A) 4 days. 1 : (BS days (©) 20 days (©) 80 days42. 43. . -15- The fission of Uranium - 235 can be represented by the nuclear equation CoO anne ian BU SIf Con tZrtin Which combination gives the correct value ofy:x? (A) 38:94 (B) — 86:140 (C) 94:38 (DB) 38:235 ‘When a radioactive nucleus decays an amount ofencrgy, E, is released. At the same time, a small amount of mass, m, is lost. Which of the following gives the amount of energy? ‘ 1 (@) B=jme (8) E=me (© B=me = Ame? @) “3 44, Apalladiuin nuclides represented by 222Pa Which of the following is correct for an atom ofpalladiuen? Number | Number | Number | Number of of of of protons | neutrons | electrons | nucleons @ [9 232 141 323 ® | ot 91 323 1 © fm m1 ui 232 © | 7 ui 1 232 45. Radioactive lead, "Pb decays by releasing two beta particles and one alpha particle ‘What is the resulting nuclide? A) 78Pb 8) 7GPb © *BPo ©) AYPo 1! YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TES.