NYGH-2010-S3-EOY-Phy-P1

Class Register Number Name 南洋女子中学校 NANYANG GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL End-of-Year Examination 2010 Secondary Three PHYSICS 45 minutes Paper 1 Multiple Choice 0845 - 0930 Monday 18 October 2010 Additional materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. Write in soft pencil. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Write your name, class and register number on the Multiple Choice Answer Sheet provided. There are thirty questions in 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 in soft pencil on the answer sheet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES 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. Assume g = 10 m/s², unless specified otherwise by the question. Setter: MS / TLH / TBH This document consists of 9 printed pages. NANYANG GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL [Turn over

2010 End-of-Year Examination Secondary Three 2 Nanyang Girls’ High School 1 Which of the following is not a base SI unit? A newton B kilogram C ampere D second 2 The diagram shows an object being measured using a pair of vernier callipers. 4 5 cm scale 0 10 vernier scale 5 What is the reading on the vernier callipers? A 4.06 cm B 4.26 cm C 4.84 cm D 4.86 cm 3 The length of a pendulum is to be measured with a metre rule. 82 83 What is the reading? A 82.2 cm B 82.4 cm C 83.4 cm D 83.6 cm 4 A student recorded her readings from a micrometer without checking the instrument for zero error. What possible type of error ma y affect all of her readings? A Parallax error B Random error C Human reaction time error D Systematic error Setters: MS / TLH / TBH Physics / I

2010 End-of-Year Examination Secondary Three 3 Nanyang Girls’ High School 5 An equation to determine an unknown, X, gives the result: X = 10.0 cm 30 s This value of X should best be expressed as A 1/3 cm/s C 0.33 cm/s B 0.3 cm/s D 0.333 cm/s 6 Two cars A and B start from rest simultaneously and travel along the same straight road. The velocity-time graphs of the two cars are shown below. velocity B A 0 T m/s time s Which of the following stat ements about the motion of the two cars is always correct? A A and B have the same average acceleration during the time interval 0 to T. B A and B have the same average velocity during the time interval 0 to T. C A and B have the same average speed during the time interval 0 to T. D A and B travel the same displacement during the time interval 0 to T. 7 Oil drips at a constant rat