Paper 1- DP1 (HL) [40 marks]

1. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.1

A car has an initial speed of 16 m s−1. It decelerates at 4.0 m s−2 until it
stops.

What is the distance travelled by the car?

A. 4 m

B. 16 m

C. 32 m

D. 64 m [1]

Markscheme

C
2. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.2
A block of mass 2.0 kg accelerates from a speed of 15 m s−1 to a speed
of 20 m s−1 without changing its direction.

What impulse acts on the block?

A. 2.5 N s

B. 5.0 N s

C. 10 N s

D. 17.5 N s [1]

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C
3. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.3
A net force of 8.0 N accelerates a 4.0 kg body from rest to a speed of 5.0
m s−1.

What is the work done by the force?

A. 50 J

B. 40 J

C. 32 J

D. 20 J [1]

Markscheme

A
4. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.4
A person stands in an elevator (lift). The total mass of the person and
the elevator is 800 kg. The elevator accelerates upward at 2.0 m s−2.

What is the tension in the cable?

A. 1.6 kN

B. 6.4 kN

C. 8.0 kN

D. 9.6 kN [1]

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D
5. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.5
An object is released from rest in a vacuum at a height H above the
Earth’s surface.

As the object falls it passes a point at a height of 0.75H above the

surface.

kinetic energy of the object at a height of 0.75H

What is gravitational potential energy of the object at a height of H
?

A. 16
1

1
B. 4

9
C. 16

D.
3

4
[1]

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B
6. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.6
A bird of weight W sits on a thin rope at its midpoint. The rope is
almost horizontal and has negligible mass.

The tension in the rope is

A. less than
W

B. equal to
W

C. between and W
W

D. greater than W [1]

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D
7. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.18
Planets X and Y orbit the same star.

The average distance between planet X and the star is five times
greater than the average distance between planet Y and the star.

orbital period of planet X

What is orbital period of planet Y
?

A.
3
√5

B. √5

C.
3
√ 52

D. √ 53 [1]

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D
8. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.7
The internal energy of a real gas is

A. zero.

B. equal to the intermolecular potential energy of the particles.

C. equal to the total kinetic energy of the particles.

D. equal to the sum of the intermolecular potential energy and the

total kinetic energy of the particles. [1]

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D
9. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.8
The black-body radiation curve of an object at 600 K is shown. The
intensity units are arbitrary.

What is the radiation curve of the same object at 450 K?

The original curve is shown with a dashed line.

[1]

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 A

10. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.9

Star X has a luminosity L and an apparent brightness b. Star X is at a
distance d from Earth.

Star Y has the same apparent brightness as X but is four times more
luminous.

What is the distance of Star Y from Earth?

A. 4d

B. 2d

C.
d

D.
d

4
[1]

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B
11. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.10
Four identical resistors, each of resistance R, are connected as shown.

What is the effective resistance between P and Q?

A.
3R

B. R

C.
4R

D. 4R [1]

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A
12. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.11
Conductor X is connected to a cell of emf E. A power of 16 W is
dissipated in X.

Conductor Y is made from the same material with the same diameter as
X but is twice as long. A cell of emf 2E is connected to Y.

Both cells have negligible internal resistance.

What power is dissipated in Y?

A. 8.0 W

B. 16 W

C. 32 W

D. 64 W [1]

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C
13. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.12
Two containers, X and Y, are filled with an ideal gas at the same
pressure.

The volume of X is four times the volume of Y. The temperature of X

is 327 °C and the temperature of Y is 27 °C.

What is ?
amount of substance in X

amount of substance in Y

A. 1

B. 1

C. 2

D. 8 [1]

Markscheme

C
14. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.13
An electromagnetic wave has a wavelength that is about the size of
the diameter of an atom.

What region of the electromagnetic spectrum does the wave belong

to?

A. Infrared

B. Visible light

C. Ultraviolet

D. X-ray [1]

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D
15. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.14
A particle undergoes simple harmonic motion of period T . At time
t = 0 the particle is at its equilibrium position.

What is t when the particle is at its greatest distance from the

equilibrium position?

A. T

B. T

C. 3T

D. T [1]

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C
16. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.15
Diagram 1 shows the variation with position of the displacement of a
standing wave formed on a string.

Diagram 2 shows the variation with position of the displacement of a

travelling wave moving to the right along a string.

Points P, Q, R and S are points on the string.

What is the phase difference between P and Q and the phase

difference between R and S?

[1]

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C
17. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.SL.TZ0.16
A mass of 0.25 kg hangs from a spring of spring constant 4.0 N m−1.

What is the natural frequency of oscillation for this system?

A. 0.50 Hz

B. 0.64 Hz

C. 1.6 Hz

D. 2.0 Hz [1]

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B
18. [Maximum mark: 1] 23N.1A.SL.TZ1.15
A wave is travelling from medium 1 to medium 2.

Medium 1 has a refractive index n1 and medium 2 has a refractive index

n2. The wavelength of the wave in medium 1 is λ1 and in medium 2 is λ
2. What is correct for the comparison of the refractive indices and
wavelengths?

[1]

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C
19. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.SL.TZ1.11
Which graph represents the variation with displacement of the
potential energy P and the total energy T of a system undergoing
simple harmonic motion (SHM)?

[1]

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B
20. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.SL.TZ2.12
A longitudinal wave is travelling through a medium. The variation with
distance d of the displacement x of the particles in the medium at time
t is shown.

Which point is at the centre of a compression?

[1]

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A
21. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.SL.TZ2.13
A mass is oscillating with simple harmonic motion. At time t, the
acceleration is at a positive maximum.

What are the displacement and velocity of the mass at time t?

Displacement Velocity

A. positive maximum zero

B. negative maximum zero

C. positive maximum negative maximum

[1]
D. negative maximum negative maximum

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B
22. [Maximum mark: 1] 23N.1A.SL.TZ1.2
A pendulum is displaced by angle θ and released from rest.

What is the initial acceleration of the pendulum?

A. zero

B. g sin θ

C. g cos θ

D. g [1]

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B
23. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.SL.TZ1.20
A stuntman rides a motorcycle on the inside surface of a cylinder.

Which is the correct free-body diagram showing all the forces acting
on the cyclist at that position?

[1]

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 C

24. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.SL.TZ1.7

A block of mass 2.0 kg is placed on a trolley of mass 5.0 kg, moving
horizontally. A force of 8.0 N is applied to the block which slides on the
surface of the trolley. The frictional force between the trolley and the
ground is zero.

The trolley accelerates at a rate of 1.0 m s−2. What is the coefficient of

dynamic friction between the block and the trolley?

A. 0.05

B. 0.15

C. 0.25

D. 0.35 [1]

Markscheme

C
25. [Maximum mark: 1] 23N.1A.SL.TZ1.9
Energy is supplied at a constant rate to a fixed mass of a substance. The
graph shows the variation of the temperature of the substance with
time.

Which statement about the substance is correct?

A. Specific latent heat of vaporization>specific latent heat of fusion

B. Specific latent heat of fusion>specific latent heat of vaporization

C. Specific heat capacity of solid>specific heat capacity of liquid

D. Specific heat capacity of vapour>specific heat capacity of liquid [1]

Markscheme

A
26. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.HL.TZ0.4
A disc of mass M and radius R is on a horizontal frictionless table. Two
equal and opposite forces, each of magnitude F, act on the disc. The
moment of inertia of the disc about its axis is 1

2
MR
2
.

What is the angular acceleration of the disc?

A. 0

B. MR
F

C. 2F

MR

D. 4F

MR
[1]

Markscheme

D
27. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.HL.TZ0.7
A cylinder of mass M and radius R rotates at constant angular speed
ω about an axis through its centre. The rotational kinetic energy of the
cylinder is K.

The moment of inertia of the cylinder is 1

2
2
MR .

A second cylinder has mass 2M , radius 2R and rotates with angular

speed 2ω.

What is the rotational kinetic energy of the second cylinder?

A. 8K

B. 16K

C. 32K

D. 64K [1]

Markscheme

C
28. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.HL.TZ0.11
A gas undergoes one cycle of a cyclic process.

The net change in internal energy of the gas is

A. zero.

B. positive.

C. negative.

D. determined by the initial temperature of the gas. [1]

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29. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.HL.TZ0.12

A working refrigerator with the door open is placed in a sealed room.

The entropy of the room

A. is zero.

B. decreases.

C. remains unchanged.

D. increases. [1]

Markscheme

D
30. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.HL.TZ0.17
Two containers, X and Y, are filled with an ideal gas at the same
pressure.

The volume of X is four times the volume of Y. The temperature of X

is 327 °C and the temperature of Y is 27 °C.

What is ?
amount of substance in X

amount of substance in Y

A. 1

B. 1

C. 2

D. 8 [1]

Markscheme

C
31. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.HL.TZ0.20
Diagram 1 shows the variation with position of the displacement of a
standing wave formed on a string.

Diagram 2 shows the variation with position of the displacement of a

travelling wave moving to the right along a string.

Points P, Q, R and S are points on the string.

What is the phase difference between P and Q and the phase

difference between R and S?

[1]

Markscheme

C
32. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.HL.TZ0.22
Light from a monochromatic source is incident on a single slit and the
resulting diffraction pattern is viewed on a screen. The graph shows the
variation of intensity with distance on the screen.

The intensity of the source remains the same. The width of the slit is
increased.

Which graph correctly shows the variation of intensity after the

change? The original curve is shown with a dashed line.
 [1]

Markscheme

D
33. [Maximum mark: 1] SPM.1A.HL.TZ0.23
Monochromatic light is incident on a diffraction grating. The diffraction
pattern from the diffraction grating is then formed on a screen.

Only the central maximum and the first-order maxima can be observed
on the screen.

What change will allow the second-order maxima to be observed on

the screen?

A. Decrease the distance between the diffraction grating and the

source of light

B. Increase the distance between the diffraction grating and the screen

C. Increase the wavelength of the monochromatic light

D. Reduce the number of lines per unit length of the diffraction grating [1]

Markscheme

D
34. [Maximum mark: 1] 23N.1A.HL.TZ1.26
A siren emits sound of wavelength λ and speed c when at rest. The
siren now moves towards a stationary observer at speed v. What is the
wavelength and the speed of the sound received by the observer
when v is much less than c?

[1]

Markscheme

B
35. [Maximum mark: 1] 23N.1A.HL.TZ2.9
For a fixed mass of an ideal gas the pressure is proportional to…

A. density and volume.

B. density and absolute temperature.

C. absolute temperature and volume.

D. absolute temperature only. [1]

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36. [Maximum mark: 1] 23N.1A.HL.TZ2.24

An interference intensity pattern is obtained in an experiment with 4
slits. What change occurs when the number of slits is increased but the
separation of the slits and the width of the slits do not change?

A. The width of the primary maxima decreases.

B. The position of the primary maxima changes.

C. The number of secondary maxima decreases.

D. The intensity of the secondary maxima increases. [1]

Markscheme

A
37. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.HL.TZ1.27
The intensity pattern of monochromatic light of wavelength λ, is
projected onto a screen.

What combination produces this pattern?

Number of slits Width of slits

A. 1 smaller than λ

B. 1 greater than λ

C. 2 smaller than λ
D. 2 greater than λ
[1]

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D
38. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.HL.TZ1.28
What is the pattern observed when white light passes through a
diffraction grating?

[1]

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C
39. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.HL.TZ1.29
Source S produces sound waves of speed v and frequency f . S moves
with constant velocity 5v away from a stationary observer.

What is the frequency measured by the observer?

A. 4

5
f

B. 5

6
f

C. 6

5
f

D. 5

4
f [1]

Markscheme

B
40. [Maximum mark: 1] 23M.1A.HL.TZ2.29
Monochromatic light is incident on a single slit to form a diffraction
pattern on a screen. The width of the single slit is then halved.

What are the change in the width of the central maximum and the
change in the maximum intensity of the pattern?

Change in width of central Change in maximum intensity

maximum of pattern
A. decrease increase
B. decrease decrease
C. increase decrease
D. increase increase
[1]

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