SMPK TIRTAMARTA – BPK PENABUR SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS

UK #6 Year 8
PHYSICS
WAVES + SOUND + LIGHT + OPTICS + ATOMS
May 27, 2011
90 minutes

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (60 pts)

1. The picture below shows a vibrating stick.

E
D F

One and a half vibration equals to:

a. D – E – F – E - D c. D – E – F – E – D - E
b. E – F – E – D – E – F – E d. E – F – E – D – E

2. An object is vibrating if:

a. the object moves to the left and return to its initial position
b. the object moves to the right and return to its initial position
c. the object moves periodically through a stable equilibrium point
d. the object revolves around a center point

3. The period of a vibrating pendulum is 0.02 s, its frequency equals to:

a. 2.0 Hz c. 20 Hz
b. 5.0 Hz d. 50 Hz

4. The most suitable definition of a wave is:

a. vibrating pendulum c. maximum displacement of a vibration
b. transfer of energy d. vibration that travels through a medium

5. An object is vibrating if:

a. the object moves to the left and return to its initial position
b. the object moves to the right and return to its initial position
c. the object moves periodically through a stable equilibrium point
d. the object revolves around a center point

6. The following is not a transverse wave:

a. radio waves c. wave of a vibrating rope
b. soundwaves d. wave of a disturbed water surface
7. The following table shows the difference between transverse and longitudinal waves:
Transverse Wave Longitudinal Wave
1 Vibration is parallel to the direction of propagation Vibration is perpendicular to the direction of propagation

2 Vibration is perpendicular to the direction of propagation Vibration is parallel to the direction of propagation

3 Wave consists of compressions and rarefactions Wave consists of crests and troughs

4 Wave consists of crests and troughs Wave consists of compressions and rarefactions

Which statements are true?

a. 1 and 3 c. 1 and 4
b. 2 and 3 d. 2 and 4

8. When a cork (Bahasa: gabus) is bobbing up and down the surface of a water wave, it would:
a. travel in the same direction of the wave
b. travel in the opposite direction of the wave
c. only move up and down in the same place on the water surface
d. only stay in the same place on the water surface

9. When a wave travels for 20 m in 5 sec., it means:

a. amplitude of the wave = 20 m c. frequency of the wave = 4 Hz
b. speed of the wave = 4 m/s d. speed of the wave = 20 m/s

10. Based on the picture of a transverse wave below:

m
8

sec
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8

40 m
The amplitude, wavelength, and velocity (speed) of the wave, respectively, equal to:
a. 8 m, 20 m, 50 m/s c. 8 m, 40 m, 2.5 m/s
b. 4 m, 40 m, 50 m/s d. 4 m, 20 m, 2.5 m/s

11. What we know about sound wave is:

a. it travels in vacuum c. it is classified as transverse wave
b. it is caused by a shifting (moving) object d. it propagates through air particles

12. A high pitch produced by strumming a guitar is caused by:

a. shortened string c. weaker tension on the string
b. lengthened string d. larger diameter of the string

13. The use of sound reflection in real life are, among others, as follows, except:
a. to detect heartbeat inside a mother’s womb c. to measure the height of a skyscraper
b. to find a crack inside a steel bridge d. to measure the length of a tunnel

14. For every degree Celcius hike in temperature, the correct relationship is shown by:
a. 332 oC + ΔT c. 332 oC +7/2 ΔT
b. 332 oC + 2/3 ΔT d. 332 oC + 6/10 ΔT
15. Factors that would produce a Doppler effect are:
a. temperature and distance c. period and sound reflection
b. temperature and amplitude d. frequency and velocity of sound

16. An ambulance travelling at 30 m/s has its siren switched on at 620 Hz and passes a truck travelling at 20
m/s. If the speed of sound in the air is 340 m/s, frequency of the siren heard by the truck driver is:
a. 240 Hz c. 700 Hz
b. 360 Hz d. 720 Hz
note: (v ±v )
fp = (v ±vp ) ×fs
s
fp = Frequency heard by the listener +v p = Listener approaching source of sound
fs = Frequency of source of sound -v p = Listener going away from source of sound
vp = Speed of the listener -v s = Source approaching listener
vs = Speed of source of sound +v s = Source going away from listener
v= Speed of sound

17. Refer to the pitch table below to do #18 and #19!

c d e f g a b c’
24 27 30 32 36 40 45 48
If the frequency of note f is 200 Hz, then the frequency of note a is:
a. 160 Hz c. 320 Hz
b. 250 Hz d. 500 Hz

18. A pianist strikes a note at frequency 208 Hz. At 2 quarts lower, the same note would have a frequency of:
a. 512 Hz c. 156 Hz
b. 277 Hz d. 117 Hz

19. If the refractive index of glycerine is 1.47 and the speed of light in vacuum is 3 X 108 m/s, then the speed of
light in glycerine is:
a. 204 X 106 m/s c. 441 X 106 m/s
b. 204 X 108 m/s d. 441 X 108 m/s

20. Refer to the following diagram of two plane mirrors to solve for #21 and #22:

Incident ray 60o plane mirror 2

120o

plane mirror 1
The incident ray would be reflected of plane mirror 2 at reflection angle of:
a. 120o c. 30o
b. 360o d. 60o
21. On #22, an object placed between the two plane mirrors of 120o distance would produce this many images:
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4

22. A concave mirror forms an enlarged virtual image 5 times larger. If the focal length of the mirror is 10 cm,
the distance of the image to the mirror would be:
a. 4 cm c. 8 cm
b. 6 cm d. 10 cm

23. The correct principal ray governing the properties of reflecting light on convex mirror:

F F F F

(a) (b) (c) (d)

24. The purpose of iris of the eyes is to:

a. regulate incoming light c. protect the eyes’ lenses
b. act like a diaphragm in a camera d. regulate the intensity of incoming light

25. A loupe of 25 dioptre is used to observe the pollen of a hibiscus flower. If the observer has a nearest point
of 25 cm (n = 25 cm), fthe magnification produced when his eyes accommodate maximally:
a. 8 c. 7.5
b. 7.75 d. 7.25

26. A specimen is being prepared for observation using a microscope. The objective lens of the microscope has
focal length of 5 mm; the ocular (eyepiece) lens of the microscope has focal length of 2.5 cm. The specimen
is placed 6 mm away from the objective lens. If observation is conducted with non-accommodating eyes, the
total magnification is:
a. 100 c. 200
b. 50 d. 250
note: Microscope has 2 lenses : 
‐ objective lens (near to the object)
‐ ocular or eyepiece lens (near to the eye)
For objective lens (acts like normal lens) :
1 1 1 Si
        and   Mobj 
f Si So So
For ocular lens (acts like a loupe) : 
n
  Mocu   (non‐accommodating, n = 25 cm)
f
n
  Mocu  +1 (accommodating maximally)
f
Total Magnification : 
  Mobj   X   Mocu

Study Guide: 1) Midtest 2011 (look up the formulas and answers – most about waves and sounds would be the
same problems, practice a lot of wave diagrams and how to find λ just by looking at the diagram); 2) Lights –
you should study both mirrors and lenses from UK #4; 3) Refer to Last Dictation given to 8A last Thursday.