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/g3 [Turn over INNOVA JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION in preparation for General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Higher 1 CANDIDATE NAME CLASS INDEX NUMBER PHYSICS Paper 1 Multiple Choice Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet 8866/01 30 August 2016 1 hour READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write in soft pencil. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Write your name, civics group and index num ber on the Answer sheet in the spaces provided unless this has been done for you. There are 30 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 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. This document consists of 15 printed pages and 1 blank page. /g3 Innova Junior College

2 © IJC 2016 8866/01/Prelim/16 Data speed of light in free space, c = 3.00  10 8 m s–1 elementary charge, e = 1.60  10–19 C the Planck constant, h = 6.63  10–34 J s unified atomic mass constant, u = 1.66  10–27 kg rest mass of electron, me = 9.11  10–31 kg rest mass of proton, mp = 1.67  10–27 kg acceleration of free fall, g = 9.81 m s –2 Formulae uniformly accelerated motion, s = ut + 2 1at2 v2 = u2 + 2as work done on/by a gas, W = p V hydrostatic pressure, p =  g h resistors in series, R = R1 + R2 + … resistors in parallel, R 1 = ...11 21  RR

3 © IJC 2016 8866/01/Prelim/16 [Turn over   1 Which of the following statements about a typical household washing machine is not true? A The maximum speed of rotation of the drum is 100 revolutions per second. B The power consumption of a washing machine is about 500 W. C The mass of an unloaded machine is about 75 kg. D It occupies around 108 mm3 of space. /g3 /g3 2 The strain energy W of a spring is determined from its spring constant k and extension x. The spring obeys Hooke’s law and the value of W is calculated using the equation shown. 21 2Wk x The spring constant is 100 ± 2 N m-1 and the extension is 0.050 ± 0.002 m. What is the percentage uncertainty in the calculated value of W? A 6% B 10% C 16% D 32% /g3 /g3 3 What is the SI base unit for electrical resistance? A kg m2 s-2 A-1 B kg m2 s-3 A-2 C kg m s-2 A-1 D kg m s-3 A-1 /g3 /g3 4 A ball is thrown vertically upwards and air resistance is not negligible. Which of the following statements is false? A At the maximum height, the acceleration is zero. B The distances travelled for the upward and downward motions are the same. C The time taken for the ball to travel up is shorter than the time taken for the downward