FINAL EXAMINATION (2022-2023)

PRACTICE PAPER

S.4 PHYSICS

(2 hours 30 minutes)
This paper must be answered in English

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. There are TWO sections, A and B, in this Paper. Section A consists of multiple-choice questions in this
question book, while Section B contains conventional questions printed separately in Question-Answer
Book B. You are advised to finish Section A in about 60 minutes.
2. Answers to Section A should be marked on the Multiple-choice Answer Sheet while answers to
Section B should be written in the spaces provided in Question-Answer Book B. The Answer
Sheet for Section A and the Question-Answer Book for Section B will be collected separately at
the end of the examination.
3. The diagrams in this paper are NOT necessarily drawn to scale.
4. The last two pages of this question paper contain a list of data, formulae and relationships which you
may find useful.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECTION A (MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS)

1. Read carefully the instructions on the Answer Sheet. After the announcement of the start of the
examination, you should first insert the information required in the spaces provided. No extra time will
be given for sticking on the barcode label after the ‘Time is up’ announcement.
2. When told to open this book, you should check that all the questions are there. Look for the words
‘END OF SECTION A’ after the last question.
3. All questions carry equal marks.
4. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. You are advised to use an HB pencil to mark all the answers on the
Answer Sheet, so that wrong marks can be completely erased with a clean rubber. You must mark the
answers clearly; otherwise you will lose marks if the answers cannot be captured.
5. You should mark only ONE answer for each question. If you mark more than one answer, you will
receive NO MARKS for that question.
6. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.

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Section A: Multiple-choice Questions (33 marks)

There are 33 questions.

1. An immersion heater of power 150 W is switched on for 2 minutes. How much energy is given out by
the heater?
A. 150 J
B. 300 J
C. 18 kJ
D. 30 kJ

2. Two blocks made of the same metal are put into contact. Which of the following determine(s) the
direction of energy transfer between them?
(1) Their temperatures
(2) Their masses
(3) Their internal energy
A. (1) only
B. (3) only
C. (1) and (2) only
D. (2) and (3) only

3. Which of the following cannot increase the rate of evaporation of water?

A. Increase the surface area of water
B. Speed up the movement of air
C. Decrease the temperature of water
D. Decrease the humidity of air

4. When octadecan-1-ol solidifies, which of the following statements is/are correct?

(1) Its temperature remains unchanged.
(2) It loses energy.
(3) Its molecular KE remains unchanged while its molecular PE decreases.
A. (1) only
B. (2) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)

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5. Ken boils some water with a kettle. The water is heated from 15°C to 100°C in 10 min. If he forgets to
shut it down, how long will it take to vaporize the water completely?

Specific heat capacity of water = 4200 J kg−1 °C−1

Specific latent heat of vaporization of water = 2.26 × 106 J kg−1
A. About 50 min
B. About 60 min
C. About 70 min
D. Cannot be determined since the mass of water is not given

6. The following table shows the specific latent heat of vaporization and specific latent heat of fusion of
water and ethanol.
Specific latent heat of vaporization Specific latent heat of fusion

Water 2.26  106 J kg−1 3.34  105 J kg−1

Ethanol 8.41  105 J kg−1 1.09  105 J kg−1
Arrange the following in ascending order.
E1 = energy required to melt 1 kg of ice at 0C
E2 = energy required to vaporize 1 kg of water at 100C
E3 = energy required to melt 1 kg of solid ethanol at its melting point
E4 = energy required to vaporize 1 kg of liquid ethanol at its boiling point
A. E3 < E1 < E4 < E2
B. E3 < E4 < E2 < E1
C. E4 < E3 < E2 < E1
D. E4 < E2 < E3 < E1

7. What is its apparent position of the goldfish to the observer in the following figure?

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8. Which of the following statements about total internal reflection of light is/are correct?
(1) It occurs only when light travels from glass to air.
(2) It will never occur if light travels from air to glass.
(3) It will occur if light travels from a medium with refractive index of 1.6 to air and the angle of
incidence is greater than 39.
A. (1) only
B. (3) only
C. (1) and (2) only
D. (2) and (3) only

9. A light ray travels from X towards Z as shown in the figure below. The refractive indices of mediums X,
Y, Z are nX, nY and nZ respectively.

Which of the following is correct?

(1) nX > nY
(2) nY < nZ
(3) nZ < nX
A. (1) only
B. (2) only
C. (1) and (3) only
D. (2) and (3) only

10. John is in front of a plane mirror. If the mirror moves away from him at a speed of 2 m s−1 , at what
speed does his image move away from him?
A. 1 m s−1
B. 2 m s−1
C. 4 m s−1
D. 8 m s−1

11. Which of the following is correct about the images formed by concave lenses?
A. The images must be real, erect and magnified.
B. The images must be real, erect and diminished.
C. The images must be virtual, inverted and magnified.
D. The images must be virtual, erect and diminished.

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12. John stands in front of a vertical plane mirror AB, where point A is 1.8 m above the ground (see the
figure below). John’s eye is 1.6 m above the ground and 1 m from the mirror. Looking into the mirror,
he can see a wall 3 m behind him.

A spider is moving down on the wall. What is the maximum height h of the spider that John can see its
image in the mirror?
A. 1.8 m
B. 2.0 m
C. 2.4 m
D. 2.6 m

13. In a 1-km run, a student starts from S and ends at T as shown in the following figure. What is the
magnitude of his displacement?

A. 119 m
B. 200 m
C. 226 m
D. 1000 m

14. A car can accelerate from rest to 200km h−1 in 10 s. What is its average acceleration?
A. 2 m s−2
B. 2.78 m s−2
C. 4.57 m s−2
D. 5.56 m s−2

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(For Questions 15 and 16) In the following figure, Tommy stands at a cliff and throws a stone vertically
upwards at 15 m s−1. The stone rises to the highest point and then falls into the sea.

15. If Tommy is 50 m above the sea, what is the time interval for the stone moving in air?
Take g = 10 m s−2 .
A. 4s
B. 4.5 s
C. 5s
D. 5.7 s

16. Which of the following graphs best represents the variation of the velocity v of the stone with time t
after it leaves the hand of Tommy and before it reaches the sea? Take upwards as positive.
A. B.

C. D.

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17. A stone falls freely from a cliff. How far does it fall during the third second? Take g = 10 m s−2 and air
resistance is negligible.
A. 10 m
B. 25 m
C. 30 m
D. 45 m

18. A ball moves down an inclined plane from rest. The following figure shows the positions of the
ball at t = 0 s, 1 s, 2 s and 3 s.

What is distance x?
A. 1.5 cm
B. 2.25 cm
C. 2.75 cm
D. 3.75 cm

19. A police car is patrolling on a straight highway at 108 km h−1 . When a speeding car travelling at
144 km h−1 passes the police car and is 10 m in front of it, it starts to accelerate and chases the speeding
car. If the police car accelerates uniformly at 5 m s−2 and the speeding car moves with a constant speed,
how long will it take for the police car to catch up with the speeding car?
A. 0.828 s
B. 4s
C. 4.83 s
D. 7.2 s

20. A driver driving at 126 km h−1 on a straight highway sees a road-block 100 m in front of him. If he
wants to stop in front of it, what is the minimum deceleration of the car? Assume the reaction time of
the driver is 0.5 s.
A. 3.38 m s−2
B. 4.86 m s−2
C. 6.13 m s−2
D. 7.42 m s−2

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21. Block X of mass 2 kg is held stationary on a rough table. It is connected to two other blocks P and Q by
inextensible strings over smooth pulleys as shown. The mass of P is 5 kg and the mass of Q is 3 kg.

When X is released, it accelerates at 1.5 m s−2 towards the right. Then the string hanging P breaks
suddenly. Find the magnitude of the acceleration of X just after the string breaks.
A. 2.31 m s−2
B. 4.96 m s−2
C. 5.89 m s−2
D. 6.81 m s−2

22. Emily sits in a cart on a smooth surface which is inclined to the horizontal at an angle of 10 as shown.
The cart is tied with a rope which passes over a smooth pulley. The masses of Emily and the cart are
40 kg and 20 kg respectively. When Emily pulls the rope, she and the cart accelerate together at
0.5 m s−2 up the surface. The two portions of the rope are parallel to the surface. Find the tension in the
rope.

A. 36.1 N
B. 66.1 N
C. 72.2 N
D. 132 N

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23. A projectile is launched with speed v off the edge of a cliff of height ℎ > 0, at an angle θ from the
horizontal. Air friction is negligible. To maximum the horizontal range of the projectile, θ should satisfy

A. 45° < θ < 90°

B. θ = 45°
C. 0° < θ < 45°
D. θ = 0°

(For Questions 24 and 25) Two cannons are arranged vertically under the Earth’s gravity, with the lower
cannon pointing upward (towards the upper cannon) and the upper cannon pointing downward (towards the
lower cannon), 200m above the lower cannon. They fire a projectile at the same time. The initial speed of the
projectiles are both equal to 50 m s−1.

24. How long after the cannons fire do the projectiles collide?
A. 1s
B. 2s
C. 4s
D. 4.667 s

25. How far above the lower cannon do the projectiles collide? (Correct to the nearest m)
A. 50 m
B. 60 m
C. 80 m
D. 100 m

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26. A rod of weight 3 N can rotate freely about point O on a wall as shown. Its centre of gravity is 10 cm
from O. The rod is held horizontally by a force F which acts at point X and makes an angle of 30 to the
rod. X is 15 cm from O. Find the magnitude of the force acting on the rod by the wall at O.

A. 2N
B. 3.61 N
C. 5N
D. 0

27. Object X moving at 2 m s−1 towards the left collides head on with object Y which is moving at 3 m s−1
towards the right on a smooth horizontal plane. After the collision, X moves at 1.5 m s−1 towards the
right and Y moves at 1 m s−1 towards the right. If the mass of X is mX and the mass of Y is mY,
find mX : mY.

A. 4:7
B. 1:4
C. 4:1
D. 7:4

28. Which of the following statements must be correct?

(1) When there are external forces acting on a system, the total momentum of the system is not
conserved.
(2) When two objects X and Y collide, the force acting on X by Y is equal to that acting on Y by X
even if there are external forces acting on the objects.
(3) When the total momentum of a system is conserved, no net force acts on any object in the system.
A. (2) only
B. (1) and (3) only
C. (1), (2) and (3)
D. None of the above

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29. Three bombs are released from a bomber flying horizontally with a constant acceleration to the right.
They are released from rest relative to the fighter one by one at one-second intervals. If air resistance is
negligible, which of the following diagrams correctly shows the positions of the bombs and the fighter
after the bombs are released?
A. B.

C. D.

30. A man of mass 60 kg stands at one end of a small boat of mass 180 kg. The boat is 4 m long. It is not
tied to the pier and is at rest initially. Then the man starts to walk. When he reaches the other end of the
boat, how far does the boat move relative to pier? Assume there is no resisting force acting on the boat
by the water.

A. 1m
B. 2m
C. 3m
D. 4m

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31. A ball in a Newton’s cradle is pulled to one side and then released.

Position X is at the mid-height between the highest position W and the lowest position Y of the ball.
Which of the following statements about the ball is/are correct?
(1) Its speed is doubled when it travels from X to Y.
(2) Its KE is doubled when it travels from X to Y.
(3) The magnitude of its momentum is doubled when it travels from X to Y.
A. (2) only
B. (1) and (2) only
C. (1) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)

32. A ball is projected from point X at 10 m s−1 at an angle of 30 below the horizontal. X is 0.3 m above the
ground. The ball rebounds from the ground at Y and Z. Air resistance is negligible. If the collisions are
elastic and the ground is smooth, find the horizontal distance YZ.

A. 8.08 m
B. 9.81 m
C. 16.2 m
D. 29.9 m

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1st statement 2nd statement

33. An object having a decreasing A decelerating object has a decreasing velocity.
acceleration must have a decreasing
velocity

A. Both statements are true and the 2nd statement is a correct explanation of the 1st statement.
B. Both statements are true and the 2nd statement is NOT a correct explanation of the 1st statement.
C. The 1st statement is false but the 2nd statement is true.
D. Both statements are false.

END OF SECTION A

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FINAL EXAMINATION
2022-2023
NAME: ___________________

CLASS: _____ CLASS NO.:___

S.4 PHYSICS (PRATICE PAPER)
SECTION B : Question-Answer Book B
This paper must be answered in English

INSTRUCTIONS
(1) After the announcement of the start of the Marker’s Use
examination, you should first write your name, class Only
and class number in the spaces provided on this
Question No. Marks
page.

1 /6
(2) Refer to the general instructions on the cover of the
Question Book for Section A. 2 /8

(3) Answer ALL questions. 3 /6

4 /13
(4) Write your answers in the spaces provided in this
Question-Answer Book. Do not write in the margins.
5 /11
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6 /9
(5) Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will
be provided on request. Write your name on each 7 /5
sheet, fill in the question number. Tie them loosely but
8 /5
securely with a string INSIDE this Question-Answer
Book.
9 /8

10 /6

11 /7

Total /84

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Section B: Structured Questions (84 marks)

1. In an experiment, an object is put at a varying distance from an optical lens and the image is
captured by a screen. The object distance and the image are donated as u and v respectively. Two
sets of data are given as follow:

v / cm 8 40
u / cm 50 10

(a) Which lens is used? Explain briefly. (2 marks)

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(b) Find the y-intercept of the v−1-u−1 graph. State its physical meaning. (4 marks)

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2. In a long straight cylindrical glass fiber, signals can be transmitted by light. As shown in the
diagram, the light signal is marking an angle of 35° with the entering surface of the fiber. Given
the refractive index of glass is 1.5 and the length of the fiber is 800 km.

(a) Find the refractive angle θ. (3 marks)

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(b) Estimate the total distance travelled in the fiber. (2 marks)

(c) Find the speed of light in the fiber. Hence estimate the time required to transmit the signal
to the other end. (3 marks)

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3. An electric iron can heat water at room temperature (22°C) into 100°C steams at a rate of
12 g min−1. (Given: specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J kg−1 °C−1; specific latent heat of
vaporization of water is 2.26 × 106 J kg−1)

(a) How much energy is required to heat 1 g water at room temperature into 100°C steams?
(2 marks)
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(b) Find the output power of the electric iron. (2 marks)

(c) A student states that touching 100°C steams and touching 100°C boiling water cause same
burn to skin since they are of the same temperature. Comment his statement. (2 marks)

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4. Kate is going to calibrate a mercury-in-glass thermometer and to use it in an experiment.

(a) How does she calibrate the thermometer on the Celsius scale? (4 marks)
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(b) In (a), Kate finds that the lengths of the mercury thread at the upper and the lower fixed points
are 24.0 cm and 4.0 cm respectively. When she puts the thermometer in a glass of liquid L at
room temperature, the length of the mercury thread is 8.4 cm. Find the room temperature.
(2 marks)

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(c) The thermometer is then used in an experiment to find out the specific heat capacity of liquid
L. The set-up is shown in the following figure.

The following are the readings taken in the experiment:

Power of the heater = 50 W; Mass of liquid L in the glass = 500 g; Initial length of the mercury
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thread = 8.4 cm; Final length of the mercury thread = 15.5 cm; Time taken to heat up liquid L
= 5 min
(i) Liquid L does not boil during the experiment. Calculate the specific heat capacity of

liquid L. (4 marks)

(ii) It is found that the result obtained in (i) is different from the actual value of the specific

heat capacity of liquid L. Why? Suggest two methods to improve the experiment.

(3 marks)

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5. A girl of mass 60 kg is standing on a weighing scale in a lift of mass 740 kg.

The figure shows the velocity-time graph of the lift.

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The mass of the weighing scale can be neglected. Take the upward direction as positive.
(a) Sketch the acceleration-time graph of the lift. (3 marks)

(b) If the breaking tension of the cable of the lift is 24,000 N, calculate the maximum possible
acceleration of the lift with the girl. (2 marks)

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(c) Find the weight of the girl. (1 mark)

(d) What is the reading of the weighing scale during

(i) 0 to 5 s,
(ii) 5 s to 20 s,
(iii) 20 s to 25 s.
(3 marks)
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(e) If the cable of the lift breaks, the lift undergoes free falling. The reading of the weighing scale
becomes zero. Will the weight of the girl becomes zero? Explain briefly. (2 marks)

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6. The following figure shows a small block M of mass 1 kg being transported across a small hill
along ABC by an applied force F, which is always parallel to the path. The speed of M is kept
constant throughout the journey and the friction between the block and the road is 2.60 N.

(a) Consider the journey from A to B.

(i) Draw a labelled force diagram to show all the forces acting on the block. (2 marks)
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(ii) Find the applied force F. (2 marks)

(iii) Find the work done by F. (2 marks)

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(b) Consider the journey from B to C.

(i) Determine the direction and magnitude of the applied force F. (2 marks)

(ii) Find the work done by F. (1 mark)

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7. The following method is to measure acceleration due to gravity g. A ball is released from rest at
a height inside a vacuum tube, an allowed to fall freely. It then rebounds and returns to the
same height at time T. On the tube, there are two marks separated by a distance H apart. tH is
the time interval between two passages of higher mark and tL is the time interval between two
passages of the lower mark.
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8H
(a) Show that g = .
(𝑡𝐻 − 𝑡𝐿 )[2𝑇 − (𝑡𝐻+ 𝑡𝐿 )
(4 marks)

(b) If H = 50 m, tH = 5.2 s, tL = 1.3 s, T =8.5 s, find g (1 mark)

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8. A lander is approaching the surface of Jupiter. If the vertical lifting force provided by the
engine is 17,400 N, the lander can fall at a uniform velocity near the surface of the Jupiter. The
vertical lifting force provided by its engine is now turned to 20,000 N so that the lander can
decelerate uniformly at a rate 3.57 m s−1. (Neglect atmospheric drag)
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(a) Find the gravitational force acting on the lander near the surface of the Jupiter. (1 mark)

(b) Find the mass of the lander. (2 marks)

(c) Find the acceleration due to gravity near the surface of the Jupiter. (2 marks)

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9. A bow and arrow is a kind of projectile weapon. The string of a bow is drawn taut by a hunter
with a force of 60 N and an arrow of mass 0.2 kg is held stationary as shown.

(a) The string of a bow is drawn taut by a hunter with a force of 60 N and an arrow of mass
0.2 kg is held stationary as shown.
(i) Find the tension of the string. Neglect the weight of the arrow. (2 marks)
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(ii) Estimate the energy stored in the taut string if the initial speed of the arrow is 45 ms−1
when released. Assume that the bow is rigid and neglect the mass of the string.
(2 marks)

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(b) The hunter stands at about 60 m away from a tree as shown in the figure. He uses the bow
to release the arrow in order to shoot a coconut held by a monkey (not shown in the figure)
in the tree. The coconut is at a height of 25 m from the ground. The hunter aims directly at
the coconut and the arrow leaves the bow at a speed of 45 m s−1 making an angle of 20° to
the horizontal. At the moment the hunter releases the arrow, the monkey drops the coconut
such that it falls vertically from rest. Neglect air resistance and the arrow's size.
(g = 9.81 m s−²)
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(i) Find the time taken for the arrow to hit the coconut. (2 marks)

(ii) Find the height of the coconut from the ground at the moment the arrow hits it.

(2 marks)

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10. Two balls of mass m1 and m2 move at speeds u1 and u2 to right as shown. After they make a
compelety elastic collision, two balls move at speeds v1 and v2 respectively.
Given: m1 = 3 kg, m2 = 5 kg, u1 = 4 ms−1, u2 = 1 ms−1
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(a) By considering momentum, write down an equality in terms of v1 and v2. (2 marks)

(b) By considering energy, write down an equality in terms of v1 and v2. (2 marks)

(c) Find v1 and v2. (2 marks)

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11. A soccer player kicks a ball at rest on the ground. Then the ball flies at an angle of 36° to the
horizontal with an initial speed of 15.5 m s−1 and finally lands on the ground. Assume that the air
resistance is negligible. Take the acceleration due to gravity as 10 m s−2 .

(a) Find the time needed for the ball to reach its maximum height. (2 marks)
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(b) Find its maximum height. (2 marks)

(c) Find its speed when it reaches the maximum height. (1 mark)

(d) Find its range. (2 marks)

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Solution
Section A
Key Key
1. C 18. B
2. A 19. C
3. C 20. D
4. D 21. D
5. B 22. B
6. D 23. C
7. B 24. B
8. D 25. C
9. C 26. B
10. C 27. A
11. D 28. A
12. D 29. A
13. A 30. A
14. D 31. A
15. C 32. B
16. A 33. D
17. B

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Solution
Section B
1. (a) Convex lens, as only a real image can be captured by the screen
(b) y-intercept = 0.15 cm−1, it is the reciprocal of the focal length of the lens
−−(6)
2. (a) θ = 33.1°

(800)(103 )
(b) Total distance = cos 𝜃
= 955,000 m

(3)(108 )
(c) Speed in the fiber = = 2 × 108 ms−1; Time required = 4.77 × 10−3 s.
1.5

−−(8)
3. (a) 2590 J
(b) 518 W
(c) He is wrong. Latent heat of vaporization is released when steam condenses
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4. (a) Put the thermometer in pure boiling water and mark the mercury level.
Then put the thermometer in pure melting ice and mark the mercury level.
The temperatures of the boiling water and melting ice are taken as 100°C and 0°C respectively.
The separation between these two mercury levels is divided into 100 equal divisions and each division is 1°C.
(b) 22°C
(c) (i) 845 J kg−1 °C−1
(ii) Energy is lost to the surroundings. Use a more powerful heater to reduce the heating time.//
Replace the glass with a polystyrene cup.// Add a lid to cover the cup.// Add a polystyrene tile
under the cup.// (Or other reasonable answers)
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5. (a)
(b) 30 m s−2
(c) 600 N
(d) (i) 660 N
(ii) 600 N
(iii) 540 N
(e) The weighing scale measures the reaction force acting on the girl. When the girl undergoes free falling,
the reaction force acting on her is zero. However, the weight of the girl, which is the gravitational
force acting on her, is still equal to 600 N (or mg).
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6. (a) (i)

(ii) 7.6 N
(iii) 152 J
(b) (i) 2.4 N (up and parallel to the inclined plane)
(ii) −48 J
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1 2 2 2
7. (a) Apply s = ut + at . Note that a – b = (a + b)(a – b)
2
(b) 9.77 m s−2
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8. (a) Gravity = lifting force = 17,400 N
(b) 728 kg
(c) 23.9 m s−2
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9. (a) (i) 115.9 N

(ii) 202.5 J
(b) (i) 1.42 s
(ii) 15.1 m
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10. (a) 3v1 + 5v2 = 17
(b) 3v12 + 5v22 = 53
(c) v1 = 0.25 m s−1, v2 = 3.25 m s−1
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11. (a) 0.911 s
(b) 4.15 m
(c) 12.5 m s−1
(d) 22.8 m
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