CIE AS PHYSICS

Quiz
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Total Marks :30
Time allowed:40 minutes
Question No. 01
Variation with time t of velocity v of a car is shown in Fig.1.

At time t = 0, driver sees an obstacle in the road. A short time later, driver applies the brakes. The
car travels in two stages, as shown in Fig.1.
(a) Use Fig.1 to describe the velocity of the car in
1. stage 1,
2. stage 2.

(b)
(i) Calculate distance travelled by the car from t = 0 to t = 3.5 s.
(ii) Car has a total mass of 1250 kg. Determine total resistive force acting on the car in stage 2.

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(c) For safety reasons drivers are asked to travel at lower speeds. For each stage, describe and
explain effect on the distance travelled for the same car and driver travelling at half the initial
speed shown in Fig.1.
(i) stage 1:
(ii) stage 2:

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Marks [10]

Question No.02
Ball is thrown from A to B as shown in Fig.

The ball is thrown with initial velocity V at 60 to horizontal.

Variation with time t of the vertical component Vv of the velocity of ball from t = 0 to t = 0.60 s
is shown in Fig.

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Assume air resistance is negligible.
(a)
(i) Complete Fig for the time until the ball reaches B.
(ii) Calculate maximum height reached by the ball.
(iii) Calculate horizontal component Vh of the velocity of the ball at time t = 0.
(iv) On Fig, sketch variation with t of Vh. Label this sketch Vh.

(b) Ball has mass 0.65 kg.

Calculate, for ball,
(i) maximum kinetic energy,
(ii) maximum potential energy above the ground.

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Marks [10]

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Question No.03

Fig.1 shows a 12 V power supply with negligible internal resistance connected to uniform metal
wire AB.
Wire has length 1.00 m and resistance 10 . Two resistors of resistance 4.0 and 2.0 are
connected in series across the wire.

Currents 1, 2 and 3 in the circuit are as shown in Fig.1.

(a)
(i) Use Kirchhoffs first law to state relationship between 1, 2 and 3.
(ii) Calculate I1.
(iii) Calculate the ratio x, where
x = power in metal wire / power in series resistors:

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(b) Calculate potential difference (p.d.) between the points C and D, as shown in Fig.1. Distance
AC is 40 cm and D is the point between the two series resistors.

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Total Marks -30

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