Physic F4 Test 1

Section A. Answer all question. 1. Among the following, which is a base quantity? A. Weight B. Energy C. Speed D. Mass E. Second 2. Which of the following is not a base unit in the SI unit system? A. Centimeter B. Kilogram C. Ampere D. Second 3. Velocity, weight, work and energy are A. Base quantities B. Derived quantities C. Scalar quantities D. Vector quantities 4. Force involves all of the following quantities except A. Velocity B. Displacement C. Momentum D. Energy 5. Which of the following sets of prefixes is arranged in ascending order? A. Micro, milli, kilo, Mega B. Micro, kilo, senti, Mega C. Kilo, Mega, micro, senti D. Kilo, Mega, milli, micro 6. Which of the following is a random error? A. Parallax error B. Zero error

C. Defective instruments 7. A reading is more consistent if its A. Percentage error is smaller B. Relative deviation is smaller C. Error is smaller D. Average value is smaller 8. Which of the following instrument is not used to measure the mass of an object? A. Microbalance B. Spring balance C. Inertia balance 9. Which of the following sets of instruments is not suitable for measuring the circumference of a pipe? A. Metre rule and string B. Measuring tape C. Vernier clippers 10. Which of the following statements about a micrometer screw gauge is wrong? A. The main division on its sleeve is 0.1 mm B. Its sensitivity is 0.001 mm C. Each division on the thimble is 0.01 mm D. The ratchet is used to make sure the correct pressure is being applied to the object being measured

Section B. Answer all question. 1. The diagram shows a vernier caliper with its jaws closed. a. What is the value of the zero error? Zero error: __________________(1m)

b. The vernier caliper is used to measure the width of a block and the diameter of a test tube as shown in the diagrams below.

i ) What is the diameter of the test tube? (2m)

ii ) What is the width of the block? (2m)

2. The micrometer screw gauge must be checked for any zero error before it can be used. The diagram below show two of micrometer screw gauge with its jaws closed.

P

Q

a. State the value of each zero error. Zero error P: ________________ (1m)

Zero error Q: ________________(1m)

b. The two micrometer screw gauges are then used to measure the diameters of two objects. State the reading shown by each micrometer screw gauge.

M1

Micrometer Screw gauge P

Q (12m)

M2

M1

M3

M2

M3

Confidential 4531/3 Physics March 2007 1 jam

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SEKOLAH MENENGAH TEKNIK SERI ISKANDAR BOTA PERAK

TEST 1 FORM 4 2007

PHYSICS 1 HOUR Date:

March 2007

“DO NOT OPEN YET UNTIL TELL TO DO SO” 1. Answer all questions in section A and section B.

Examiner used section

Mark

A

B Grand total

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