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SEKOLAH MENENGAH JENIS KEBANGSAAN KATHOLIK MELAKA PHYSICS 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES NAME:
CLASS: .. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN SECTION A AND SECTION B Section A 1.The following phenomena can be explained using the principles of physics, except A a pen appears bent in a glass of water B a mobile phone function without wires C formation of salt from neutralisation D formation of rainbow 2.The physical quantity that cannot be defined in terms of other physical quantitites is called A non-physical quantity B base quantity C dimensionless quantity D derived quantity 3. Which of the following is not a base quantity? A Weight BTemperature C Electrical current D Length
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An object moves along a straight line for time, t. The length of the line, s is given by the equation s = 1/2 gt The SI unit of g is A m s B m s C s D m s
9. A radio station generates frequency of 89.3 MHz. What is the standard form of this frequency in Hz? A 8.93 106 C 8.93 103 7 B 8.93 10 D 8.93 104
10. Which of the following prefixes is arranged

in ascending order? A mili, senti, mikro, desi B mikro, mili, senti, desi C mili, mikro, desi, senti D desi, mikro, mili, senti 11. What is the standard form of 50 ms in unit of second? A 5.0 105 s C 5.0 103 s 4 B 5.0 10 s D 5.0 102 s 12. A car is moving with a velocity of 80 km h1. Its speed equivalent to A 22.2 m s1 C 1 330 m s1 1 B 288 m s D 80.0 m s1 13. A 600 g object with dimension 3 cm 5 cm 8 cm. What is the density of the object in kg m3? A 6 000 C 5 000 B 5 500 D 4 500 14. A physical quantity that has both magnitude and direction is called a vector quantity. Example of vector quantity is A energy C power B force D pressure 15. Pressure, volume, mass and area are Tekanan, isi padu, jisim dan luas adalah A base quantity B derived quantity C scalar quantity D vector quantity
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Which of the following is a derived quantity? A Length B Mass C Temperature D Voltage
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Which of the following quantities cannot be derived? A Electric current B Power C Momentum D Force 6. Which of the following is not a base unit? A Ampere C Kilogram B Kilometre D Kelvin
7.Based on formula of stretching force, F F = kx where x = expansion and k = constant. The unit of k is A kg m1 C Nm 1 B Nm D kg m2
16. A physical quantity that has only magnitude is called scalar quantity. Example of scalar quantity is A acceleration C speed B velocity D displacement 17. Which of the following statements describe a scalar quantity? A a car moving with 60 km h1 to the left. B Speed of light in vacuum is 3.00 108 m s1. C An aeroplane moving in air against air resistant 1 000 N backwards. D A trolley moving with velocity, v = 1.2 m s1 at t = 5.0. 18. Which of the following statements is true about zero error? A It occur if an measuring instrument showing non-zero number before measurement. B It can be reduced by taking the average value of repeated measurement. C It can be reduced by taking the mode of repeated measurement. D It occur if the observer is taking the reading of measurement at a non-perpendicular angle to the measurement scale. 19. Diagram 1 shows the scale of a vernier calipers to measure the diameter of a steel ball.
21. Diagram 2 shows the scale of micrometer screw gauge.
Diagram 2 What is the reading shown? A 3.31 mm C 3.81 mm B 3.29 mm D 3.79 mm 22. Diagram 3(a) and 3(b) show the reading on a micrometer screw gauge before and after being used to measure the thickness of 20 pieces of papers.
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What is the thickness of a piece of paper? A 0.341 mm C 0.366 mm B 0.358 mm D 0.362 mm 23. Which of the following is correct about the comparison of sensitivity of a vernier callipers and a metre ruler? Vernier callipers A B C D Low sensitivity Low sensitivity High sensitivity High sensitivity Metre ruler High sensitivity Low sensitivity High sensitivity Low sensitivity
Diagram 1 Given that the zero error of the vernier callipers is +0.03 cm. What is the actual diameter of the steel ball? A 3.72 cm C 3.12 cm B 3.75 cm D 3.25 cm 20. Mercury is suitable to use in thermometer to measure temperature due to following characteristic, except A it is an apaque liquid B it has freezing point below 0 C C it is not harmful to human being D it is sensitive to temperature change
24. What is the definition of consistency of a measuring instrument? A Ability to obtain same reading for several measurements are taken. B Ability to obtain a reading close to the actual value. C Sensitive to a small change of the measurement. D Ability to obtain an exact value of the
measurement. 25. Which of the following statements is not a way to increase the accuracy of a measurement? A Average value of repeated readings is taken. B Avoid zero error. C Using a higher accuracy instrument. D Average value of readings from several measurement instruments is taken. 26. Which set of archery is consistent but not accurate? AP CR B Q DS 29. Table below shows the results obtained from an experiment to determine the resistance of a wire. Diameter of wire (mm) 0.05 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 Current (A) 0.38 0.43 0.57 0.74 0.90 Potential difference (V) 3.7 3.9 4.6 5.1 5.2
Diagram 4 Diagram 4 shows several different readings of a same wire being observed due to the reading taken on different angle. What is the error occur in Diagram 4? A Zero error B Parallax error C Systematic error D Random error 27. Which of the following steps can reduce parallax error while recording the value current from an ammeter? A. use an ammeter with a plane mirror B. use a more sensitive ammeter C. use a magnifying lens while taking reading D. calculate the average value from repeated readings 28. Diagram 5 shows four set of archery results. the of
Which of the statements below is true about the experiment? A. The smallest scale on the ammeter is 0.38 A B. The smallest scale of the voltmeter is 0.1 V C. The diameter of the wire is the responding variable D. The diameter of the wire is measured with a vernier calipers 30. A, B, C and D show the scales of four different ammeters. Which ammeter is the most sensitive?
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SEKOLAH MENENGAH JENIS KEBANGSAAN KATHOLIK MELAKA PHYSICS 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES NAME:

10. Which of the following prefixes is arranged

Which of the following is a derived quantity? A Length B Mass C Temperature D Voltage

21. Diagram 2 shows the scale of micrometer screw gauge.

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