Community Secondary School, Ibaka
Mock Examination 2013/14 Session
Class: SS 3 Subject: Physics Time: 2hr.
Instruction: Answer all questions in sections A and B.
SECTION A
1. Which of the following is not an example of a force ? (a)Tension (b)Weight (c)Friction
(d) Mass (e) Thrust
2. Which of the following is a derived unit? (a) Kilogram(b)Second (c)Ohm (d)Ampere
(e) Kelvin
3. How far will a body move in 4 seconds if uniformly accelerated from rest at the rate of 2m/s2
(a)32m (b) 24m (c)16m (d)12m (e)8m
4. A gas has a volume of 546cm3 at 0oC.What is the volume of the gas at -100oC if its pressure
remains constants? (a)346cm3 (b)446cm3(c)546cm3(d)646cm3 (e)746cm3
5. Which of the following has the longest wave length?(a)infra red ray (b)gamma ray (c)X-ray
(d)ultra-violet ray (e)radio waves
6.A man stands in front of a tall wall and produces a sound. If he receives the echo of the sound
two seconds later, calculate his distance from the wall. (the speed of sound in air is 300m/s)
(a) 600m (b) 400m (c) 330m (d) 328m (e) 165m
7. Which is a percussion instrument? (a) flute (b) Organ (c) Bell (d) Piano (e) Sonometer.
8. According to the kinetic theory of gases the collision of the molecules of a gas with the wall of
the container is mainly responsible for the I. Temperature of gas II. Viscosity III. Pressure of the
gas. Which of the statements above is/are correct? (a) I only (b) II only (c) III only (d)II and III
only (e) I, II and III
9. Which of the following is used in a nuclear reactor to slow down fast moving neutrons?
(a) carbon dioxide (b) liquid sodium metal(c) concrete shield (d) graphite rods (e) boron rods
10. A cell of e.m.f 1.5V and internal resistance 2.5Ω is connected in series with an ammeter of
resistance 0.5 Ω and a resistance of 7.0 Ω. Calculate the current in the circuit (a) 0.15A (b) 0.20A
(c) 2.10A (d) 3.00A (e) 6.60A
11. A note of frequency 2000Hz has a velocity of 400ms-1. What is the wavelength of the note?
(a) 800.0m (b) 200.0m (c)5.0m (d) 2.0m (e) 0.2m
12. A constantan wire has a cross sectional area of 4 x 10-8m2 and a resistivity of 1.1 x 10-6 Ωm. If
a resistor of resistance 11 Ω is to be made from this wire, calculate the length of the wire required.
(a) 0.4m (b) 0.8m (c) 2.5m (d) 5.0m
13.In which of the following media would sound wave travel fastest? (a)Wood (b)Water (c)Iron
(d) Mercury
14. A body of mass 200g and specific heat capacity 0.4Jg-1K-1cools from 37oC to 31oC. Calculate
the quantity of heat released by the body. (a)4800J (b)1200J (c) 480J (d) 202J
15.The distance between two points P and Q , along a wave is 0.05m. if the wavelength of the
wave is 0.10m , determine the phase angle between P and Q in radians. (a) 0.1π (b) π (c) 2π
(d)10π
16.Which of the following operations does not represent an action of a force field? (a) falling
mango fruit from the tree (b)picking of nails using a bar magnet (c) repulsion of two like charges
(d)Pushing of a wheel-barrow on a level ground
17.In a nuclear reactor, chain reactions result from the release of (a) electrons (b) photons (c)
neutrons (d) protons.
18. Which of the following is a unit of the time rate of flow of electric charges? (a) Coulomb (b)
Ampere (c) Volt (d) Watt
19.The ability of a wave to spread around corners is (a) polarisation (b) dispersion (c) diffraction
(d) reflection
20.In the wiring of a house, the fuse is connected to the wire coloured (a) blue (b) brown (c)
yellow (d) yellow and green
SECTION B
1(a). A stone is projected vertically upward with a speed of 30ms-1 from the top of a tower of
height 50m. Neglecting air resistance, determine the maximum height it reached from the ground.
[g=10ms-2 ]
(b) explain why water in a narrow glass tube has a concave meniscus while mercury, in the same
tube, has a convex meniscus
(c) An electron of charge 1.60 x 10-19 C is accelerated under a potential difference of 1.0 x 105V.
Calculate the energy of the electron in joules
(d) A plane progressive wave is represented by the equation : y = 4sin(100π-50πx). Find the (i)
amplitude (ii) frequency (iii) wavelength (iv) velocity
2(a) what is a vector quantity?
(b) three vectors 3ms-1N45oW, 12ms-1 W and 5ms-1 S act at a point. (i) sketch a vector diagram to
illustrate the given information (ii) calculate the resultant of the vectors.
(c) In a laboratory experiment to determine the force constant of a spring ,varied mass on spring
and corresponding extensions were measured and recorded as below
Mass m/g Weight W/N Extension e/cm
50 6.5
100 11.0
200 20.0
250 25.0
(i)copy and complete the table. (take g = 10ms-1)
(ii)plot a graph with weight, W, on the vertical axis and extension, e, on the horizontal axis.
(iii) Using the graph, determine the force constant of the spring. (iv)Determine the natural length
of the spring if its length was 38.0cm when loaded with 250g mass.
