Holy Childhood High School

MOCK Examination
PHYSICS PAPER 1
Grade 11

TIME: 75minutes

January 29, 2014

READ THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY

Write your name on the Answer Sheet in the spaces provided
This paper consists of sixty (60) questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each
question there are four possible answers A, B, C and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice on the separate Answer Sheet.
Each correct answer will score one mark.
1.

Power is measured in watts.

What is the correct symbol for millions of
watts?
A. mw

2.

B. mW C.

Mw

Which statements describe vector

quantities?

D. MW

A. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3

The following statements are about motion.

1. A plane flies due East for 600 km.
2. A runners average speed in a race
around a track is 5 m / s.
3. A snail crawls at 3 mm / s in a straight
line towards a lettuce.
4. A tourist travels 500 km on a journey.

3.

A metre rule is used to measure a length.

Which reading is shown to the nearest
millimetre?
A.
C.

B. 1 and 3
D. 2 and 4

0.7 m
0.761 m

B. 0.76 m
D 0.7614 m

4.

A. A balance can only be used to compare

weights, not masses.
B. Heavy objects always have more mass
than light ones.
C. Large objects always have more mass
than small ones.
D. Mass is a force but weight is not

The graph represents the movement of a

body.

8.

The table shows the weight in Newtons of a

10 kg mass on each of four planets.
planet
Earth
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus

How far has the body moved after 5 s?

A.
C.

5.

7.

B. 10 m
D. 50 m

An object weighs 400 N on planet P. The

object is taken to planet Q.
Which row is correct?

A
B
C
D
6.

2m
25 m

weight of a 10 kg
mass / N
100
250
40
90

mass of object
on planet Q / kg

weight of object
on planet Q / N

40
40
80
80

200
400
200
400

The diagram shows a spring balance being used .

On which planet is the force meter (spring

balance) being used?

A man lifts 20 bricks, each of weight 6 N.

What other information is needed to
calculate the useful work done in lifting the
bricks?
A. the distance he lifts the bricks
B . the mass of the bricks
C. the time taken to lift the bricks
D. the volume of the bricks

A . Earth
B. Jupiter
C. Mercury D. Venus
9.

Which statement about the masses and

weights of objects on the Earth is correct?

The diagram shows a speed-time graph for a

body moving with constant acceleration.

What is represented by the shaded area

under the graph?
A. acceleration
C. speed
10.

14.

Which statement about a moving object is

correct?
A. When an object is accelerating, the
resultant force acting on it must equal
zero.
B. When an object is moving at a steady
speed, the air resistance acting on it
must equal zero.
C. When an object is moving at a steady
speed, the resultant force acting on it
must equal zero.
D. When an object is moving, there must
be a resultant force acting on it.

15.

The graph shows how weight varies with

mass on planet P and on planet Q.

A tunnel has a length of 50 km. A car takes

20 min to travel between the two ends of the
tunnel.
What is the average speed of the car?
A. 2.5 km / h
C. 150 km / h

11.

B. distance
D. time

B.
D.

16.6 km / h
1000 km / h

The circuit of a motor racing track is 3 km in

length. In a race, a car goes 25 times round
the circuit in 30 minutes
What is the average speed of the car?
A . 75 km / hour
C. 150 km / hour

12.

A student measures the speed of a trolley.

At one instant, the speed of the trolley is 1.0
m / s and two seconds later the speed is 4.0 m
/ s.
What is the acceleration of the trolley?
A. 1.5 m / s2
C. 2.5 m / s2

13.

B. 90 km / hour
D. 750 km / hour

B. 2.0 m / s2
D. 5.0 m / s2

Two distance / time graphs and two speed /

time graphs are shown.
Which graph represents an object that is at
rest? B

An object weighs 400 N on planet P.The

object is taken to planet Q.
Which row is correct?

A
B
C
D
16.

mass of object
on planet Q / kg

weight of object
on planet Q / N

40
40
80
80

200
400
200
400

Which of the following is a unit of density?

A. cm3/ kg
C. kg / cm3

17.

18. A spring is suspended from a stand. Loads

are added and the extensions are measured.

B. kg / cm2
D. kg / m2

Which graph shows the result of plotting

extension against load?

Each of the solids shown in the diagram has

the same mass.
Which solid has the greatest density? B

19 . The mass of a full bottle of cooking oil is

1.30 kg.
When exactly half of the oil has been used,
the mass of the bottle plus the remaining oil
is 0.90 kg. What is the mass of the empty
bottle?

21.

Which part of the graph shows the limit of

proportionality for an elastic solid?

A. O
22.

A force acts on a moving rubber ball.

How many of the following changes could
happen to the ball because of the force?
a change in direction
a change in shape
a change in mass
a change in speed
A. 1

A. 0.40 kg B. 0.50 kg
C. 0.65 kg D. 0.80 kg
20.

extension /cm

0
15.
2
0

1
16.2

3
18.6

1.0

2.1

3.4

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

23.

A light aircraft stands at rest on the ground.

It stands on three wheels, one at the front
and two further back.
Which point could be its centre of gravity?
B

24.

The diagram shows four objects standing on

a flat surface. The centre of gravity of each
object is marked M.
Which object will fall over?

25.

The diagram shows a thick sheet of glass.

An experiment is carried out to measure the

extension of a rubber band for different loads.
The results are shown below.
load /N
length /cm

B. OP C. P D. PQ

Which figure is missing from the table?

A. 16.5

B. 17.3

C. 17.4

D. 18.3

Which edge must it stand on to cause the

greatest pressure?

26.

The diagram shows a bird in flight.

In which direction does the weight of the
bird act? D
29.

27.

A
B
C
D
28.

What does this show about X and Y?

A . They have the same mass and the same
density.
B. They have the same mass and the same
weight.
C. They have the same volume and the same
density.
D. They have the same volume and the
same weight.

The force of gravity acting on an astronaut

in an orbiting spacecraft is less than when
she is on the Earths surface.
Compared with being on the Earths
surface, how do her mass and weight
change when she goes into orbit?
mass in orbit
Decreases
Decreases
Unchanged
unchanged

When two blocks X and Y are placed on a

uniform beam, the beam balances on a pivot
at its centre as shown.

weight in orbit
Decreases
Unchanged
Decreases
Unchanged

A student uses a stand and clamp to hold a

flask of liquid.
Which diagram shows the most stable
arrangement?
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30.

Three children, X, Y and Z, are using a

32.

see-saw to compare their weights. C

A wooden plank rests in equilibrium on two

boulders on opposite sides of a narrow
stream. Three forces of size P, Q and R act
on the plank.

How are the sizes of the forces related?

A.
C.

Which
line in the table shows the correct order of the
childrens weights?
heaviest
A
B
C
D
31.

33.

lightest

X
X
Y
Y

Y
Z
X
Z

Z
Y
Z
X

A wooden trapdoor is hinged along one side

and, when closed, is supported on the other
side by a ledge

A
B
C
D

When the trapdoor is closed, the ledge

exerts an upward force of 15 N on the
trapdoor. The acceleration due to
gravity is 10 N / kg.
What is the mass of the trapdoor?
A.
C.

1.5 kg

B.

3.0 kg

30 kg

D.

150 kg

P+Q=R
P=Q=R

A labourer on a building site lifts heavy

concrete blocks onto a lorry. Lighter blocks
are now lifted the same distance in the same
time.
What happens to the work done in lifting
each block and the power exerted by the
labourer?
work done in
lifting each

power exerted by
block labourer

Decreases
Decreases
Increases
Remains the same

decreases
Remains the same
Increases
Increases

34.

What is the source of the energy converted

by a hydro-electric power station?
A. hot rocks
B. falling water
C. oil
D. waves

35.

A small emergency generator supplies

432 000 000 J of electrical energy in
twenty-four hours.
What is the average power output of the
generator?
A. 5000 W

B. P + R = Q
D. P = Q + R

B.

300 000 W

C 18 000 000 W
36.

D,

432 000 000 W

Four people of equal weight on a beach use

different routes to get to the top of a sea
wall.

38.

A boy and a girl run up a hill in the same

time

Which person produces the greatest average

power?
person
A
B
C
D
37.

route
runs across the beach, then
climbs the ladder
walks across the beach, then
climbs the ladder
runs up the slipway
walks up the slipway

time
8s

The boy weighs more than the girl.

Which statement is true about the power
produced?

16 s

A. The boy produces more power.

B. The girl produces more power.
C. They both produce the same power.
D. It is impossible to tell who produces
more power.

5s
10s

The diagram shows a man diving into water

39.

A stone is thrown from the edge of a cliff.

Its path is shown in the diagram

Which form of energy is increasing as he

falls?
A. chemical
C. kinetic

In which position does the stone have its

greatest kinetic energy and in which position
does it have its least gravitational energy?

B. gravitational
D. strain

A
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greatest kinetic
energy

least gravitational
energy

B
C
D
40.

2
3
3

3
1
3

The diagram shows an instrument used to

measure gas pressure.

Which boy is more likely to sink into the soft

ground and why?

boy more
likely to sink

pressure on soft
ground

X
X
Y
Y

larger than Y
smaller than Y
larger than X
smaller than X

A
B
C
D

What is the instrument called?

A. ammeter
B. barometer
C. manometer D. thermometer
41. The diagrams show two divers swimming in
the sea and two divers swimming in fresh
water. Seawater is more dense than fresh water.
On which diver is there the greatest pressure?

43.

A thermometer has a scale which starts at

10 C and ends at 110 C.

What is the value of the lower fixed point and of the

upper fixed point of the scale?

42. Two boys X and Y each have the same total

weight and are standing on soft ground.

lower fixed
point
/ C

upper fixed point

/ C

A
B
C
D

-10
-10
0
0

100
110
100
110

44.

The top of the mercury thread in a mercuryin-glass thermometer reaches point X at 0

C and point Z at 100 C.

47.

A teacher demonstrates convection currents

using a box with two chimneys and a lighted
candle.
She holds a smoking taper at point P.
In which direction does the convection
current cause the smoke to move?

Where might it be at a temperature below

the ice-point?
A. point W
C. point Y

45.

B. point X
D. point Z

Energy is stored in a battery and in a box of

matches.
Which type of energy is stored in each of
them?
a battery

a box of matches

chemical

chemical

chemical

internal (thermal)

C
D

electrical
electrical

chemcal
internal (thermal)

46.

48.

The diagram represents the molecules of a

gas in a closed container of constant volume

What happens to the molecules when the gas

is heated?
A. They expand.
B. They hit the walls less often.
C. They move further apart.
D. They move more quickly.

Hot liquid in a vacuum flask cools

extremely slowly. This is because some
methods of heat transfer cannot take place in
a vacuum.
Which methods cannot take place in a
vacuum?

49.

A. conduction and convection only

B. conduction and radiation only
C. convection and radiation only
D. conduction, convection and radiation

A liquid is left in an open dish. After several

days there is less liquid in the dish.
Which statement explains this?
A. The least energetic molecules leave the
surface and escape into the air.
B. The least energetic molecules leave the
surface and return.
C. The most energetic molecules leave the
surface and escape into the air.

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D. The most energetic molecules leave the

surface and return.
50.

A.

A person holds a glass beaker in one hand

and fills it quickly with hot water. It takes
several seconds before his hand starts to feel
the heat.
Why is there this delay?

How has the heat travelled along the iron

bar?
A. by conduction
B. by convection
C. by expansion
D. by radiation

Glass is a poor conductor of heat.

B. Glass is a good conductor of heat.
C. Water is a poor conductor of heat.
D. Water is a good conductor of heat.

53. The diagram shows a fire

51.

An experiment is set up to find out which

metal is the best conductor of heat. Balls are
stuck with wax to rods made from different
metals, as shown in diagram X.
The rods are heated at one end. Some of the
balls fall off, leaving some as shown in
diagram Y.
Which labelled metal is the best conductor
of heat?
Why does the smoke rise above the fire?
A. Smoke evaporates more quickly at
higher temperatures.
B. Smoke molecules diffuse more quickly
at higher temperatures.
C. The density of the air is lower at higher
temperatures.
D. The pressure of the air is greater at
higher temperature
54.

52.

The alarm system in a 2-door car is

controlled by a logic gate. The effective
truth table for this gate is shown in the table
below.
Input
Door L
Door R
0
0

An iron bar is held with one end in a fire.

The other end soon becomes too hot to hold.
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output
Buzzer
0

1
0
0
1
1
1
0= door closed
1= door opened

59.

1
1
1
1= buzzer on
0= buzzer off

The graph shows the decay curve for one

particular radioactive nuclide

What type of gate is present in the control

system?
A.
C.

AND
NAND

B. OR
D. NOR

55.

Which type of radiation has the greatest

ionising effect?
A. -particles
B. -particles
C. -rays
D. all have the same ionising effect

56.

A powder contains 400 mg of a radioactive

material that emits -particles.
The half-life of the material is 5 days.
What mass of that material remains after
10 days?
A. 0 mg
100 mg

57.
A
Z

B. 40 mg
D. 200 mg

What is the half-life of this nuclide?

C.

A. 1.0 day
2.0 days

In the symbol below, A is the nucleon

number and Z is the proton number.

60.

C.

What is represented by the symbol?

An atom of lithium contains three protons

and three electrons.
The nucleon number (mass number) of the
atom is 7.
How many neutrons are there in the atom?

A. an electron
C. a nuclide

A. 3 B. 4

58.

B. 1.5 days
D. 2.5 days

B. a neutron
D. an X-ray

A radioactive nucleus contains 138 neutrons.

The nucleus emits an -particle.
How many neutrons are in the nucleus after
it has emitted the -particle?
A. 134

B. 136

C. 138 D. 139

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C. 7

D. 10