P510/3
PHYSICS
PRACTICAL
INSTRUCTIONS
Paper 3
July 2019
ALLIED SCIENCE TEACHERS’ EXAMINATIONS BUREAU
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
MOCK EXAMINATIONS JULY, 2019
PHYSICS PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS
CONFIDENTIAL
Great care should be taken that the information given below does not reach
the candidates either directly or indirectly.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING APPARATUS
The candidates will be instructed not to write out a detailed description of the
apparatus. But the teacher responsible for preparing the apparatus must give
details (on the report form attached) about some of the items of apparatus
he/she has supplied. The form should be signed by the invigilator, the teacher
responsible for preparing the apparatus and the Head teacher.
N.B: The head teacher must ensure that the teacher responsible for preparing
the apparatus hands in his /her trial results properly sealed in the separate
envelope and firmly fastened (attached) to the candidates’ scripts envelope (s)
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In addition to the apparatus ordinarily contained in the physics laboratory, each candidate will
require:
Question 1
1 Retort stand with 2 clamps
1 spring of length about 3cm with a pointer
2 small wooden pieces
1 100g mass
1 stop clock or stop watch
2 metre rules
1 piece of thread about 50.0cm long
1 piece of thread about 120.0cm long
1 pendulum bob
Question 2
1 glass block with its width / breath recorded measuring about 11.5 by 6.5 by 1.8cm
1 soft board
3 optical pins
2 plain sheets of paper
1 well equipped mathematical set
1 Vernier caliper
4 thumb pins
Question 3
1 voltmeter (0-3v)
1 ammeter (0-1A)
1, 2 Ω resistor
1 double cell holder
1 switch labelled ܭଶ
1 switch labelled ܭଵ
1 galvanometer
1 potentiometer wire slide
1 jockey
1 metre rule
12 connecting wires each about 50cm long
1 rheostat
1 Constantine wire labelled W about 100 cm long
2 crocodile clips
2 pieces of cello tape
2 dry cells each in a cell holder
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This form must be completed and returned in a separate envelop firmly attached to the
Scripts envelope(s)
UGANDA ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
July 2019
REPORT ON PHYSICS PRACTICAL P510/3
Section 1
Any information which the teacher responsible for preparing apparatus thinks may be useful to
the examiners should be given on this sheet. The teacher must try all the questions and submit
his/her results in the space provided below to guide the examiners about the apparatus and
concentration of the chemicals used.
(N.B: Teachers who Do Not submit their trial results will be held responsible for the candidates’
performance.)
Results:
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Section II
The invigilator in conjunction with the teacher responsible for preparing the apparatus should
give details below of any difficulties experienced by particular candidates, giving their names
and index numbers. These should include reference to:
(a) Difficulties due to faulty apparatus,
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(b) Accidents to apparatus or materials,
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(c) Physical handicaps of candidates
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(d) Any other information.
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Teacher responsible for preparing apparatus
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Head teacher………………………………………… Signature…………………..
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