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Benzylbenzene High School

Year 4 Physics
Promotional Examination 2022 (6091/01)

Monday 10 October 2022

0000 – 0100
1 hour

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST.

Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all questions. There are forty questions on this paper. For each question there
are four possible answers A, B, C, and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil on the
separate Answer Sheet.

Read the instructions on the Answer Sheet very carefully.

Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.
Any rough working should be done in this booklet.
The use of an approved scientific calculator is expected, where appropriate.
Assume that the gravitational field strength, g, is 10N/kg2 in this entire paper, unless
stated otherwise.

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This document consists of 19 printed pages, including this cover page

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1 Fig. 1.1 shows a vernier caliper reading with its jaws closed.

Fig. 1.2 shows a vernier caliper reading while measuring the internal diameter of a
tube.

Fig. 1.1 Fig. 1.2

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Given that the external radius is times longer than the internal radius, if the
!.#!%
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external cross sectional area of the tube is increased by #!
times, calculate the
corrected vernier caliper reading of the external diameter of the expanded tube.

A 23.3 cm
B 11.6 cm
C 11.8 cm
D 37.0 cm

Refer to Fig. 2.1 and Fig. 2.2 for questions 2, 3, 4 and 5. Diagram is not drawn to scale.

y y
12N

F3
F4 F2
F1

5N x 45o
F1 x

Fig. 2.1 Fig. 2.2

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2 In Fig. 2.1, there are forces acting on an initially stationary object, T1 with mass of
202.2g, in a certain x-y cartesian plane. Given that F1 is the resultant force acting on
the object, calculate the angle from which F1 acts from the horizontal.

A 65.4o
B 67.4o
C 63.4o
D 88.7o

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3 In Fig. 2.2, there are four forces acting on an initially stationary object, T2, of !"kg, in
another x-y cartesian plane. Each force is acting at an angle of 45o away from each
other. Given that the magnitude of F1, F2, F3 and F4 are equal, determine F33.

A 0.702N
B 0.00540N
C 0.314N
D 9.34N

4 When these two objects from both x-y cartesian planes hit onto each other, there is a
momentary stop, then both objects do the same amount of work on each other such
that they bounce away from each other to a certain distance, d, for an equal duration
of time t. Find the ratio in acceleration of T1 to T2.

%&!
A
'()&
B 1
'()&
C %&!
%!'
D *)!+

5 Explain why magnitude of F1 in Fig. 2.1 is larger than F1 in Fig. 2.2.

A T1 needs to do more work to overcome gravity.

B T2 is more reluctant to change its state of rest.
C T1 is less reluctant to change its state of motion.
D T2 needs to do less work to overcome air resistance.

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Refer to Fig. 3.1 for questions 6, 7, and 8.

Fig. 3.1

6 A cube of length 12cm has a density of 117 014g/m3. It is initially pushed across a
flat surface with a lot of friction with a force of 20.022N, of an initial velocity of
2.022m/s for 20.22m in 4.3s. Determine the magnitude of the frictional force.

A 19.6N
B 19.8𝑁
C 19.9𝑁
D 252 000𝑁

7 The cube eventually slid off the surface from a height, h with an initial velocity of
*."**$ "
8m/s. What is the velocity of the cube at h = #$
m? Assume there is no air
resistance.

A 12.4 m/s
B 13.2𝑚/𝑠
C 53.5 𝑚/𝑠
D 74.5 𝑚/𝑠

8 If the cube can be freely folded into any form, but cannot be broken, what is the
largest possible pressure the cube exerts on the floor once it lands?

A 2022 Pa
B 1260𝑃𝑎
C 421 Pa
D 23.4𝑃𝑎

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9 Which of the following is false during the journey of a free fall of a man?

A Man initially moves in a horizontal direction when he jumps from a plane due
to inertia.
B Density of man’s body increase as he approaches Earth.
C Gravitational field strength at all points during free fall of man is constant.
D Man does not gain kinetic energy once he reached terminal velocity.

10 A man falls from the sky in presence of air resistance and reached terminal velocity
thereafter. Given that the arc length of the increase of velocity is 15.4m, find the
distance the man has fallen for after 20.22s.

A 147𝑚
B 178𝑚
C 198𝑚
D 274𝑚

11 A man-made alloy, “Eulerium”, was created based on four different materials of

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identical mass, one has a density of 𝜌, one has a density of 𝜌, one has a density of
* %
& -
'
𝜌 and one has a density of & 𝜌. What is the average density of Eulerium?

*'"
A !+%
𝜌
!+%
B -"
𝜌
%!)
C *'"
𝜌
-!
D &
𝜌

12 Fig. 4.1 shows the structure a physicist used in his experiment.

d
Fig. 4.1

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All the rods in the diagram above are in a state of equilibrium. The longest rod is
2.021m long with a mass of 314.15g. Lengths of other rods are half the length, pivot
has a mass of 2022g. Given that the rods are not made of the same material, and
all the circular masses are of 271.828g, what is the minimum value distance d for
the longest rod to maintain in a state of equilibrium?

A 1.62m
B 1.40m
C 1.37𝑚
D 1.46m

13 Given that the longest horizontal rod is fixed at the two-fifth position of another
vertical rod, what is the magnitude of the resultant moment acting on this object, if
the object can freely rotate about pivot P?
202.2N
4cm 60N
P 31.415926N
N
32cm

22N

8cm 8cm
20.2cm

40cm
30N
10.18N 40N
Fig. 5.1 N
15N

A 36.1Nm
B 30.2Nm
C 31.5Nm
D 56.0Nm

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14 Which of the following is true when the following changes are made independently to
alter the period of an oscillating pendulum?

Fig. 6.1

Decreasing Increasing At an altitude of Increase in angle

length of string volume of 2022km from which it is
pendulum displaced from
A decrease increase remain the same increase
B decrease remain the remain the same increase
same
C decrease increase increase decrease
D decrease remain the increase increase
same

15 A ball radius 20.22cm and density of 47000g/m3 was pushed up a smooth slope from
rest and accelerates to the top.

1200cm 8.22m

Fig. 7.1

Given that the area of the trapezoidal slope is 71.1m2, what is the velocity of the ball
at the top of the slope? Assume that work done to air resistance and gravity is
negligible.

A 2.88 m/s
B 3.67 m/s
C 1.41 m/s
D 1.34 m/s

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16 A battery-operated cylindrical figure has a diameter of 20.22cm, length of 58.6cm

and density of 20.22kg/m3 accelerates at a speed of 20.06m/s. Three 6V dry cells
were placed in the battery holder, which enabled a 4.321A of current to flow through
the wires. Given that the circuit is 92% efficient, determine the acceleration of the
cylindrical figure. Assume that wires connecting to the cell in the car, and batteries
have negligible resistance.

A 0.502 m/s2
B 2.34 m/s2
C 10.2 m/s2
D 9.38 m/s2

17 Fig. 8.1. shows a hydraulic press with two pistons, made of the same material, which
shape like a cube. Both have a cuboidal handle at its top.

fluid

Fig. 8.1

Length of the larger piston is 76.765625cm. Given that volume of larger piston is
thrice the smaller piston, and mass of smaller piston is 808.8g, if a 18N force is
exerted on the smaller piston, what is the upward force acting on the larger piston?
Assume that the viscous force of the fluid is negligible.

A 3260N
B 3210N
C 8540N
D 8490N

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18 Which of the following does not affect pressure?

A Applying half the force down on an object with twice the length
B Using half the length of a copper wire with twice the resistance in
an electrical circuit
C Placing a liquid half the density in a test tube twice the surface area
D Pushing an object with half the surface area on the surface of the moon

19 Fig. 9.1 and 9.2 shows air trapped in two smooth capillary tubes A and B by a small
column of mercury as shown. The length of the mercury column is as shown in the
diagrams below.

Determine the atmospheric pressure.

14cm
26cm 14cm

22cm

Fig. 9.1 Fig. 9.2

A 63 cmHg
B 91 cmHg
C 76 cmHg
D 77 cmHg

20 202.2g of pure melting ice is placed in a bowl on a 2.022kW hot plate. After 5.5
minutes, all the ice have fully turned into steam. Suppose that the hot plate loses
0.2kJ per minute. Given that the latent heat of vaporisation of steam is 6.7 times
more than the latent heat of fusion of ice, find the specific latent heat of vaporisation
of steam. Assume that heat loss to evaporation and heat capacity of bowl is
negligible. (note that “pure melting ice” refers to purely ice and not ice + water)

(specific heat capacity of water is 4.2J/gK)

A 2.51 x 103 J/g

B 1.07 x 103 J/g
C 2.50 x 103 kJ/kg
D 2.50 x 106 kJ/kg

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21 The diagram below shows two blocks of vanadium of similar volume, A and B, both
receiving the same amount of thermal energy Q. The density of B is thrice of A. The
temperature rise of B is one-third of the temperature rise of A.
Which statement about A and B is correct?

A B

Q Fig. 10.1 Q

A The specific heat capacity of A is thrice the specific heat capacity of B.

B The specific heat capacity of B is thrice the specific heat capacity of A.
C The heat capacity of A is thrice the heat capacity of B.
D The heat capacity of B is thrice the heat capacity of A.

22 Suppose there is a wire super sensitive to temperature changes around it. This wire
of length L and diameter D is R at 95oC has a resistance R of 2.00Ω. As the wire is
cooled, to 5oC, the diameter of the new wire decreases by 8 times and the length of
the wire increases by 2.22 times. What is the temperature of the wire when its
resistance is 22R?

A 236K
B 355K
C 81.6K
D 296K

23 Which of the following about light is false?

A Angle or refraction of light from glass to air can be smaller than angle of
refraction from glass to water.
B Direction of propagation of light particles is perpendicular to its direction of
vibration.
C Pressure of a medium does not affect critical angle of light.
D Radius of light from a point source is squared as the distance of propagation
increases.

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24 The figure shows a light ray passing through a certain arrangement of converging
lenses, diverging lenses and extendable plane mirrors. Which of the following shows
the correct path of the light ray as it emerges from the diverging lens?
plane mirror
A

principal axis
F8 B F7 F6 F5 F4 F3 F2 F1

Fig. 11.1

plane mirror

25 A thin convex lens of focal length 22cm forms a real, inverted and magnified image of
an object placed at a distance u from the lens. What are the possible values of u?

I. 22 cm
II. 27.1828 cm
III. 31.415 cm
IV. 44cm

A I and II
B I and IV
C II, III, and IV
D II and III

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26 A man stood in between two walls spaced 10.11m apart, with a distance d away from
the first wall. Recently, he had invented an extremely powerful horn which emitted a
sound with an extremely large amplitude. Upon pressing the button, the sound
blasted. The time difference between the first and second echo is 0.1011s. Given
that the speed of sound in air is 330 m/s, find the time taken for the sound to reach
the first wall.

A 0.0812 s
B 0.0406 s
C 0.132 s
D 13.4 s

Questions 27, 28, and 29 will be about certain parts of a journey of an amateur physicist
while in his lab. Hence, “physicist” in these three questions refer to the same person.

27 An amateur physicist gets to loan a large number of R = 1 Ω resistors. As he feels

unoccupied, he wants to arrange (using only series and parallel connections) into a
!&-
network with an equivalent resistance of Reff = 𝛀. To save cost, he wants to use
''(
as few resistors as possible. What is the minimum number of 1 Ω resistors he
needs? You may assume all wires are ideal.

A 20
B 26
C 7
D 18

28 One day, his chemist friend decides to visit him in the lab. As the chemist sees the
physicist playing with the box of 1 Ω resistors, he is intrigued and the physicist
teaches him the theory behind circuitry. During the short conversation, the chemist
feels interested in building a network of resistors based on a structure of a compound
he has recently invented (as shown in Fig. 12.1) – cyclohexabenzene.

Determine the power dissipated by the electromotive force (e.m.f.).

A 3.69W
B 127W
C 56.2W
D 77.6W

(The figure is shown on the next page)

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- 21V +
A

- All sides of the small hexagon are equal, where each side of the small hexagon
represents a single 1 Ω resistor being placed at that position.
- The black dot means that the small hexagon branch is connected to the big
hexagon branch.
- If two lines intersect each other without a black dot, it means that wires just
overlap each other at that point.
- Every half a small circle has a resistance of 4.4 Ω, and resistance of half a big
circle has four times as much as the resistance of half small circle.
- Wires are connected directly opposite each other on the circle.
- Assume that the connecting wires have negligible internal resistance.

Fig. 12.1

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29 After the chemist left, a mathematician came in and noticed the wonderful hexagonal
plane on the laboratory bench. As the mathematician felt hot in the laboratory, he
gained inspiration and decided to arrange a closed network of 1 Ω resistors.

1
1

1
1

1
1

1
e. ………

1
…
1

m
.f.
1
1
1
1

Fig. 13.1

The pattern of the arrangement of the number of resistors continue, given that the
connecting wire have an arbitrary length. Given that 337eπ J is required to drive the
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charges across the circuit in #
seconds, determine the e.m.f. of this circuit.

A 52.3V
B 31.8V
C 40.8V
D 43.8V

30 At sgexams park, there are two extremely long poles with a long resistance wire
connecting them. However, one day while it is raining, a bird lands on the resistance
wire. Explain why does the bird not get electrocuted if lightning strikes on the
resistance wire.

A Feathers of bird are poor conductors of electricity.

B Its feet are good insulators.
C Body of bird has a high resistance.
D Both feet are at the same voltage.

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31 Camp Positive is a camp where protons gather in a field. One day, one of the protons
become defective and rebel against its army of other protons. Given that the charges
are spaced equally apart, at an angle of 36o from each other, in which approximate
direction does the defective proton accelerate and what is the resultant force acting
on the proton? Assume that the distance from army of protons to defective proton is
equivalent, and protons have negligible mass.

C B
D defective proton
+

F
F F
F F +
+

+ +
+

Fig. 14.1

total resultant force

A 5F
B 5F
C 2.12F
D 2.12F

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32 A charged particle of mass *"** 𝑔 was pushed from rest for a distance of 2 022
000mm for 4 seconds. Given that it received the full e.m.f. of 4.00V, what was the
resistance of the charged particle?

A 0.0632 Ω
B 15.8 Ω
C 63.3 Ω
D 0.253 Ω

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33 Which of the following graphs show the correct relationship of how a cross-sectional
area of a resistance wire vary with the amount of charges flowing through a specific
length of a resistance wire? Assuming that the charges travel at a constant speed,
and the resistance wire receives the full e.m.f.

A A/cm2 B A/cm2 C A/cm2 D A/cm2

Q/C Q/C Q/C Q/C

34 One of the wires in the three pin plug was not connected properly as shown.

Fig. 15.1

Which of the following will occur as a result of this error?

A The toaster cannot be switched on.

B The toaster can be switched on but the current is decreased.
C The fuse will blow but the toaster will remain live.
D The fuse will blow and the toaster will be cut off from the high voltage.

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35 Given that the current is entering the page, which of the following figure shows the
correct field lines around two current-carrying wires and the force acting on the
charge inside the wires?

A B

I I

F F F F
- + - +

I I

D
C

F F F
+ + F - +

I I I I

36 There are two charges – electron and proton, who recently tie the knot and become a
couple. Innocently, once, they enter a uniform magnetic field as shown in the figure
below.

+ -

string

In which direction will the couple move towards?

A bottom
B up
C right
D left

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37 How does the coil in a D.C. motor fall past its vertical position?

A kinetic energy of turning is converted to gravitational potential energy

B magnetic force pushes a side of the coil
C current passes through lateral sides of coil
D coil experiences inertia

38 Which of the following statements is true when the bar magnet is inserted through the
left side of the solenoid below?

solenoid
N S

Fig. 17.1

A the ammeter has infinite resistance

B there is no induced poles on the solenoid
C there is induced emf in the coil
D there is induced current in the coil

39 Suppose there exists a solenoid where its number of turns of coils per metre
increases exponentially. Which of the following graphs show the induced current in
the coil? Assume that internal resistance of the coil is constant throughout.

A I/A B I/A C I/A D I/A

N/turns N/turns N/turns N/turns

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40 The figure below shows how electrical energy is transmitted from a 10V supply to a
bulb via two ideal transformers P and Q. WX and YZ are two long cables, each of
resistance 22.0 ohm. The current drawn from the supply is 20.2A.
W X

10V ~ 1000
100 1000 100
turns
turns turns turns

P Z Q
Y

Fig. 18.1

Calculate the total power loss in the cables.

A 0.180kW
B 180kW
C 18.0kW
D 1.80kW

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