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PRESIDENTS OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ST.MARIE EUGENIE GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM THREE MONTHLY EXAMINATION

031 PHYSICS 1

Time: 2:30 Hours February 2023

Instructions
1. This paper consists sections A, B and C with the total of eleven (11) questions

2. Answer all questions in both section A and B and only two questions in
Section C

3. Section A carries Sixteen (16) marks, section B fifty four (54) marks and
section C Carries thirty (30) marks.
4. Non-programmable calculator may be used.

5. Speed and accuracy are very important tools for this examination.

6. Arrange your work(s) as what I want

7. Don’t dirtify your work by rubbing with a pen and un necessary cancelling

8. Where necessary the following constants may be used:

i. Density of water = 1000 kg/m3 or 1 g/cm3.

ii. Acceleration due to gravity, g = 10N/kg.
iii. Density of mercury =13.6gcm-3

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SECTION A. (16 MARKS)

Answer all Questions from this section

1. For each of the items (i) - (x), choose the correct answer among the given
alternatives and write its letter besides the item number in your answer.
i. A uniform beam XY is pivoted at one end X, and a vertically upward
force of 4N at Y keeps the beam horizontal. The weight of the beam
in Newtons is?
A. 8 B. 6 C. 4 D. 2 E. 1

ii. A force F newtons gives a mass of 2 kg an acceleration of 4m/s2 .A

force of 3F newtons will give a mass of 8kg an acceleration in m/s2
of ?
A. 1 B. 3 C. 6 D. 12 E. 24

iii. In a single rope 4-pulley system, the mechanical advantage is less than
4. Because
A. The effort may vary.
B. The upper pulley does not move.
C. Friction act on a pulleys
D. The weight of the lower pulley can be neglected.
E. The road is raised.

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iv. A physics teacher asked the students to explain briefly things which
may cause fire in the physics laboratory. The students tried to answer
but some explanations were not correct. Identify the explanations
which were not correct
A. Electric faults.
B. Presence of flammable materials.
C. Carelessness in using gas lighter and match boxes.
D. The colour of some chemicals supports combustion.
E. Presence of corrosive materials

v. A measuring cylinder is filled with oil. A girl says that the pressure at
the bottom of the cylinder depends on?
1. The height of the oil. 2. The area at the bottom.
3. The oil lubrication property. 4. The oil density.
Which one of A, B, C, D and E is correct?
A. 1 and 3 B. 2 and 4 C. 1 and 2 D. 1 and 4 E. 3 and 4

vi. A car moving at steady speed has a frictional force on its surface
whose size depends on?
A. Its speed and surface area
B. Its speed only.
C. Its area only.
D. Its weight.
E. Its wheel speed only.

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vii. A cooking oil was mixed with water and poured into a measuring
cylinder and allowed to settle for three minutes, which one will be the
observed phenomenon?
A. Meniscus of water appeared convex in shape at the surface.
B. Cooking oil floats over water.
C. Water floats over the oil.
D. Water and oil completely mixed up.
E. Cooking oil are soluble in water

viii. The following is a reason why objects in air tend to fall at the same
time when they are released from the same height h above the ground
level.
A. They have the same weight.
B. There is usually no resistance in the air.
C. Acceleration due to gravity is the same.
D. Gravity does not affect
E. None of the above.

ix. A house building contractor fitted window glass panes which

someone cannot see through, but the rooms are fully illuminated with
light. These types of glass pane materials are said to be:
A. Dim.
B. Opaque.
C. Translucent.
D. Transparent.
E. Black materials.

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2. Match the response in LIST B with the words in LIST A by a writing the
letter of the correct response beside the item number

LIST A LIST B

i . Atmospheric pressure A. Minimum force.

ii . Pressure B. Hydraulic press.
iii Application of atmospheric C. N/m2.
D. Maximum force.
pressure
E. Manometer.
iv . Pascal principle F. High pressure.
v . Razor blades and knife blades G. Low pressure.
vi. Nose bleeding H. Aneroid barometer.
I. Bicycle pump.

SECTION B. (54 MARKS)

Answer all Questions from this section

3. (a) Form three students were asked by a physics teacher to state the principle
of conservation of linear momentum. One student state as “If an external
force is applied to the colliding system, the total momentum before collision
is equal to the total momentum after collision” but Luiza from form two
was confused, now you as a physics taker correct the statement to make
luiza not confused from what she learn in the class. (4 marks)

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(b) A 4kg object is acted upon by three horizontal forces: force I is 20N to
the right, force II is 8N to the left. If the acceleration of an object is 0.75m/s2
to the left, what is the magnitude and direction of force III? (5 marks)

4. (a) A man is walking inside a bus which is travelling at 56.2km/h.If the

speed of the man relative to the ground is 55.8km/h, is he walking towards
the front or the back? Explain your answer. (4 marks)

(b) Paulina and shalon are doing the vector walk lab.Starting at the door of
their classroom, they walk 3 meters, south. They make a right hand turn and
walk 17 m, west. They turn right hand again and walk 2 meters, north. They
then turn left and walk 38 meters. What is the magnitude of their overall
displacement? (5 marks)

5. (a) A physics teacher defined to a class five students the word “force” as is
the pull or push experienced by an object. But still kipanga who was a class
five student was confused. You as a form three student provide four points
to convince kipanga on the meaning of force by relaying on the results of
force. (4 marks)

(b) The diagram in Figure below shows a rectangular block immersed in

water in sea water density 1100 kg/m3. What is the difference in pressure
between the bottom and the top surfaces of the block? (5 marks)

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6. (a) Does the the formula define Ohm’s Law every time? Explain
your answer. (4 marks)

(b) Two wires A and B are made of the same material .A has half the length
and twice the diameter of B .What is the ratio of the resistance of B to that
of A? (5 marks)

7. (a) A driver found the car tyre is empty of air. He repaired the tyre by lifting
it to a certain height from the ground. What is an appropriate device that a
driver used to lift a car. State the principle that governed the operation of the
device. (4 marks)

(b) A student half-filled a container with water, boiled the water for several
minutes with the cork removed. Then later replaced the cork and poured
some cold water on the container. State and explain the observation made.
(5 marks)

8. (a) Mr fred is a computer technician, he was troubleshooting a computer

motherboard by using a digital multimeter and unfortunately he discovered
that an electronic device labeled as 100 𝜇𝐹 was defective, identify a labeled
device and give the role played by such electronic device. (4 marks)

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(b) Roxie-ane is a form one student, she said that she do not know the
device which is used to identify the sign of charge, you as a friend of her,
how will you help her to understand that device by describing it with a well
labeled diagram of such device. (5 marks)

9. (a) Why does a cyclist often zigzag when going up a hill? (3 marks)

(b) A crank handle with a length of 30cm is attached to an axle with a radius
of 5cm and is used to lift a bucket of water from a deep well. If the bucket of
water weighs 120N and friction is negligible.
(i) How much force is required to turn the crank? (3 marks)

(ii) Determine the number of turns of the crank required to raise the bucket
to the surface if the well is 510m deep. (3 marks)

SECTION C (30 MARKS)

Answer only two Questions from this section

9. (a)The figure below shows a water manometer connected to a laboratory gas

supply.

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(i) Explain why water and not mercury is used as a manometer fluid?
(3 marks)

(ii) What is the total pressure of a gas? (3 marks)

(b) A boat travelling at 13.6 km/h relative to the water in in a river. The boat
aims straight for the opposite bank of the river which is 128.7 m wide. If the
speed of water in a river is 3.8 km/h, how far downstream will the boat be
when it reaches the opposite side? (9 marks)

10.(a) Explain why a ship cannot overturn when hit by strong wave on one
side? (5 marks)

(b) A uniform metre rule of weight 0.9 N is suspended horizontally by two

vertical loops of thread A and B placed at 20 cm and 30 cm from its ends
respectively. Find the distances from the centre of the rule at which a 2 N
weight must be suspended:
(i) To make loop A become slack; (5 marks)

(ii) To make loop B slack. (5 marks)

11.(a) Can we reduce friction to zero by polishing surfaces or using large

amount of lubricants? (3 marks)

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(b) Joshua has to push a lighter box and john has to push a similar heavier
box on the same floor. Who will have to apply larger force and why?
(3 marks)

(c) In a car, the brakes stop the tyres while friction between the tyres and the
road surface stops the car. On a wet road the coefficient of kinetic friction
between the road surface and the tyre is 0.1. Two similar cars, A and B, are
travelling at speeds of 15m/s and 30m/s, respectively. Brakes are suddenly
applied on each of the cars. How far will each of the cars travel before
coming to a stop? (9 marks)

“There is no comparison between that which is lost by not

succeeding and that which is lost by not trying”

Sir Ech
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