HOLY CROSS INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
Arrêté N° 216/10 MINESEC/SG/DESG/SDSEPEG/SGEPESG du 15/10/2010
HOLY CROSS INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE (HCIC) YAOUNDE
SECOND TERM EXAMINATION
FORM IV
NAME OF STUDENT DATE SCORE
Time: 1hour 30 minutes
PHYSICS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all questions
SECTION A: Multiple choice questions (tick the correct answer).
1. As per Coulomb's law, force of attraction or repulsion between two point charges is directly
proportional to
A. sum of the magnitude of charges
B. square of the distance between them
C. product of the magnitude of charges
D. cube of the distance
2. A rod was brought close to but not touching the cap of a positively charged gold leaf electroscope and
there was an increase in the divergence of the leaf. Therefore the rod is....
A) Positively charged
B) Uncharged
C) Negatively charged
D) Either positively or negatively charged
3. Which of the following diagrams describe charge distribution on a spherical conductor resting on an
insulating stand when a charged glass rod is brought close to but not touching it?
a) b) c) d)
+ _ - +
rod _ + +_
+
+ rod _ rod - rod
_ + + _
4. A house maid used a dry cloth to clean the furniture in the living room. After cleaning, she noticed
that dust kept settling on the TV screen despite her effort so many times to clean. This is because ?
a) the dry cloth is dirty
b) the living room was dusty
c) wiping the screen charge it by friction
d) Wiping the screen charge it by contact
5. A body gains positive charge when rubbed against another body because
a) It gains protons b) it losses protons c) it losses electrons d) it gains electrons
6. When a neutral metal sphere is charged by contact with a positively charged glass rod, the sphere
a) Loses electrons b) gains electrons c) Loses protons d) gains protons
7. When a polythene rod is rubbed with a piece of dry cloth
A. Electrons move from the polythene to the cloth
B. Electrons move from the cloth to the polythene
C. Protons move from the polythene to the cloth
D. protons move from the cloth to the polythene
8. Solid bodies are charged due to the transfer of:
A. Protons
B. Electrons
C. Nucleus
D. Neutrons
9. The SI unit of charge is?
A. Volt
B. Henry
C. Coulomb
D. Weber
10. A charge at rest creates around it
(A) Electric field (B) Magnetic field (C) Gravitational field (D) Nuclear field
SECTION B
1. One property common to all electromagnetic waves is that they travel in a straight line in a
vacuum at the speed of light.
a. State three other properties common to this family of waves (3 marks)
b. These waves’ forms a spectrum called the electromagnetic spectrum. Reproduce the
components of this spectrum in order of increasing frequency. (3 mark)
c. For any ONE of the components listed in (b) above, state
i) The source
ii) Wavelength range
iii) Its detector
iv) One application. (4 marks)
d. Both radio signals and Television signals are transmitted by radio waves.
i) State one difference between the radio waves transmitting radio signal and those
transmitting television signals. (1 mark)
ii) Hence explain why we can capture BBC radio channel with a radio here at HCIC
with the receiving antenna of the radio but we cannot capture BBC television
channel with a television set using its receiving antenna. (2 mark)
e. Which component of the spectrum carries the least amount of energy? (1 mark)
2. (a) A neutral material can be negatively or positively charged by one of three methods namely:
By rubbing (friction); by contact and by induction.
(i) What does “charging an object mean? (2 marks)
In order to charge a metal sphere, a student mounted the sphere on an insulating stand. She then
requested for a positively charged rod from her physics teacher.
(ii) Which of the above method(s) is she most likely to use to charge the sphere negatively?
(1 mark)
(iii) Why did she mount the sphere on an insulating stand? (1 mark)
(iv) Using well labelled diagrams, describe carefully the procedure you expect her to adopt in
order to charge her metal sphere. (4 marks)
(v) How could she verify that the can had acquired a negative charge? (2 marks)
3. a.) The figure below shows how the temperature of 0.5 Kg of benzene varies with temperature
during an experiment when heated by a 250 W electric heater.
i. What are the states of benzene in the intervals AB and CD? (2 marks)
ii. Explain briefly why length CD is greater than AB. (2 marks)
iii.Calculate the energy supplied by the heater in the interval OA. (2 marks)
iv. Calculate the specific heat capacity of liquid benzene. (assuming the power of the heater is
constant) (3 marks)
4. A student noticed that when fire is burning from a fire wood kitchen, cold air flows into the
kitchen through the door while the smoke moves out through a hole high up in the wall.
i. Name the phenomenon that causes this observation. (1 mark)
ii. Briefly explain how this observation occurs. (3 marks)
iii. Name one daily occurrence due to this phenomenon (1 marks)
5. a.) Name an explain three situations in which the differences in conductivity between
materials are put to use. (6 marks)
b.) Give three differences between boiling and evaporation. (3 marks)
c.) explain why a glass bottle full of water and corked will crack if forgotten in the fridge for long.
(2 marks)
