Kertas 2 Bahagian C

KEDAH

PAHANG
Diagram 12.1 shows a typical circuit on a household electrical
appliance that using a fuse.

Diagram 12.1 shows a hair dryer labelled 240 V, 500 W connected to

a three pin plug.
Diagram 12.2 shows the fuse in the three pin plug.

Diagram 12.1
(a)
(b)

(c)

(d)

What is a fuse?
[ 1 mark ]
Explain the advantages o parallel circuit in a house wiring
system.
[ 4 marks ]
An immersion heater its specifications of 240V , 500 W is used
to boil water. The efficiency of that immersion heater is 85.
(i)
What is meant by 250 V, 500 W?
[ 1 mark ]
(ii) Calculate the electric current that passes through the
immersion heater.
[ 2 marks ]
(iii) Calculate the output power of the immersion heater.
[ 2 marks ]
Fuse takes some time to melt or blow. A fast-blowing fuse is
required to protect semiconductor equipments which cannot
stand high current surge for too long. When a fuse blows,
sparking may occur and produces high temperature. The fuse
wire is placed in a sheath or catridge as shown in Diagram 12.2
to prevent its sparks from causing damage.

Diagram 12.1
Table 12.1 shows the specifications of five fuses tat can be
used to protect a semiconductor device.
Catridge
Rating Melting
Fuse Thickness
of fuse
Tye
point
wire
P
Medium
Rubber
10 A
Medium
Q
Thin
Glass
10 A
Low
R
Thin
Ceramic
13 A
Low
S
Thin
Plastic
10 A
High
T
Thick
Ceramic
13 A
Low
Table 12.1
Determine the most suitable fuse to protect a 240V , 2000 W
semiconductor material device. Study the specifications of all
five fuses based on the following aspects:
The thickness of wire
The rating of fuse
The catridge type
The melting point
Explain the suitability of the aspects and justify your choice.
[ 10 marks ]

Diagram 12.1

Diagram 12.2
(a)

(b)

State two properties of the material of the heating

element in the hair dryer.
[4 marks]
(i)
What is the meaning of the label 0.5 A on the
fuse?
[1 mark]
(ii)
Table 12 shows the specification of a few
metals to be used as a fuse wire.

Metal

W
X
Y
Z

Melting
point
o
C

Speci
fic
heat
capac
ity
/
J kg1

1100
600
1100
700

900
900
240
240

Diameter

Resistivity

Big
Small
Big
Small

Low
High
Low
High

Table 12
Explain the suitability of each characteristic of
the four metals and determine the most suitable
metal to be used as the fuse wire.
Give reasons for your choice.
[10 marks]
(c)

The hair dryer is Diagram 12.1 is switched on.

(i)
Calculate the current flowing through the hair dryer.
(ii)
State whether the 0.5 A fuse is suitable to be used in
the plug.
(iii) Calculate the energy used by the hair dryer when it is
switched on for 10 minutes.
[5 marks]

Kertas 3 Bahagian B
SELANGOR
Diagram 4.1 and Diagram 4.2 show two night market stalls which are
fixed with two identical bulbs that are connected to two identical car
batteries 12 V with different length of connecting wires. Both bulbs
bright up with different brightness.

MRSM
Diagram 4.1 shows a lamp which lights up with normal brightness
when the dimmer knob is set at its minimum value.
Diagram 4.2 shows the lamp dimmer when the dimmer knob is set at
its maximum value.

Based on the information and observation:

(a)
State one suitable inference.
(b)
State one hypothesis that could be investigated
(c)
With the use of apparatus such as dry cells, constantan
wire, and other apparatus,
describe an experiment to investigate the hypothesis stated
in 4(b).

KELANTAN
Diagram 4.1 and Diagram 4.2 show an identical bulbs connected to
the conductor wires of identical length but of different thickness.
When the power supply is switched
on, the bulbs lighted with
different brightness.

Diagram 4.1
Diagram 4.2
Based on the information and observation:
(a)
State one suitable inference
(b)
State one suitable hypothesis
(c)
With the use of apparatus such as constantan wire ,
voltmeter and the other apparatus, describe an experiment
to investigate the hypothesis stated in 3(b).

PERLIS
Diagram 4.1 shows Aminah ironing her school uniform. After the
iron is switched on for a while, there are still wrinkles on the
uniform.
Diagram 4.2 shows that the wrinkles are gone when the temperature
control knob as shown in figure 4.3 on the iron is turned.

(a)

State one suitable inference,

(b)

State one hypothesis that could investigated.

(c)

With the use of apparatus such as a dry cells, constantan

wire and other apparatus, describe one experiment to
investigate the hypothesis stated in 4(b).

Based on the observation on Diagram 4.1, Diagram 4.2 and Diagram

4.3 and using your knowledge of the effect of current on heating:
(a)
(b)
(c)

State one suitable inference

State one suitable hypothesis
With the use of apparatus such as beaker, an ammeter, an
immersion heater and the other apparatus, describe an
experiment to investigate the hypothesis stated in 3(b).