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A Levels | Accounting (9706)
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The bank column of the cash book showed a credit balance of $2915. This did not agree with the
balance shown on the bank statement.
It was then discovered that:

  1. a bank transfer, $150, from a customer was not recorded in the cash book
  2. a cheque, $450, received from a customer was not recorded on the bank statement
  3. a cheque, $530, issued to a supplier was incorrectly recorded in the cash book as
    $350 but was correctly recorded by the bank
  4. bank charge, $25, was not recorded in the cash book.
    When these items were adjusted, the cash book balance agreed with the bank statement
    balance.
    What was the balance shown on the bank statement before any adjustments were made?

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Which item is revenue expenditure?

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What is not a reason for a business to maintain a purchases journal?

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The skill and efficiency of the workforce of a business has increased during the financial period.
The owner of the business wants to record a value for this in the financial statements. His
accountant advises against this idea.
Which accounting concept is the accountant applying?

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Which items would affect a sole trader’s gross profit?

  1. carriage inwards
  2. cash discounts allowed
  3. commission received
  4. trade discounts received

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What does an increase in the marginal cost of a product cause ?

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An employee works a 35-hour week and is paid an hourly rate of $24.
In addition to basic pay she receives a bonus of 25% of her hourly rate. This is calculated using
time saved against the target units produced. Each unit should take 15 minutes to produce.
For a 35-hour week she produced 170 units. Of these, 2 units were rejected and her total pay
was reduced by $2.50 per unit.
What were her wages for the week?

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How might an under-absorption of overheads arise?

  1. Overheads have been over-budgeted.
  2. Overheads have been under-budgeted.
  3. Production was less than budgeted.
  4. Production was more than budgeted.

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Which are reasons for preparing a trial balance?

  1. to assist in the preparation of draft financial statements
  2. to detect all errors in the books of account
  3. to find out the balance of the suspense account

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Which item is a direct cost?

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Non-current assets at the end of Year 1 were recorded as cost, $500000, and carrying value,
$360 000.
During Year 2, certain assets were sold. They had originally cost $100 000 and had been
depreciated by $40 000.
The depreciation charge for the remaining non-current assets in Year 2 was $30 000.
What was the carrying value of non-current assets at the end of Year 2?

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A business pays its employees $2 for each unit of X they assemble and $3.20 for each unit of Y.
Monthly output is 1800 units of X and 1000 units of Y. The factory supervisor is paid $1000 per
month.
What is the direct labour cost per month?

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A company had sufficient balances in each of the share premium, general reserve and retained
earnings accounts to issue bonus shares. During the year, bonus shares were issued. The
directors decided to keep the reserves in their most flexible form.
Which ledger account will be debited on the issue of the bonus shares?

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A trial balance included a suspense account. The bank balance of $28 412 had mistakenly been
entered as an overdraft and placed on the credit side as $28 142.
There had also been an addition error and the debit side of the trial balance had been undercast
by $450.
Which entry in the suspense account will correct these errors?

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Which ratios are usually calculated to measure the efficiency of a business?

  1. current
  2. gross margin
  3. inventory turnover
  4. trade receivables turnover

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A company makes and sells a single product type.
The product is sold for $50 per unit and variable costs are $30 per unit.
Total fixed costs are $500 000.
How many units of the product does the company need to sell to make a profit of $300 000?

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A business had current liabilities of $4000 at its year end.
The acid test ratio was 1.5 : 1.
The current ratio was 2.25 : 1.
What was the value of inventory held at the year end?

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What are possible limitations of a budgetary control system?

  1. Budgets are based on estimates.
  2. Budgets may lead to staff demotivation.
  3. Budgets may prevent managers from being creative.

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A Levels | Biology (9700)
Question Count : 40

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What defines infectious diseases?

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Some cell structures are listed.

  1. endoplasmic reticulum
  2. Golgi body
  3. mitochondrion
  4. chloroplast
    Which cell structures do not contain cristae?

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Which statement describes the structure of ATP?

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Which cell type causes the secondary immune response to be much faster than the primary
immune response?

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Rifampicin is an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis.
It works by inhibiting RNA polymerase in bacteria.
Which processes are directly inhibited by this antibiotic?

  1. DNA replication
  2. enzyme synthesis
  3. ATP synthesis

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A single skin cell was isolated and transferred to growth medium in a sterile Petri dish. The Petri
dish was incubated for 16 days. During this time, the number of skin cells multiplied as a result of
repeated mitotic divisions.

One of the chromosomes in the nucleus of each skin cell has a telomere that contains many
repeats of the base sequence TTAGGG. On each of days 4, 8, 12 and 16 of the incubation
period, a single cell was removed from the Petri dish. The total number of bases in the telomere
of this chromosome was determined for each cell. Each of the four cells had a different total
number of telomere bases for this chromosome: 5548, 5580, 5645 and 5700.

What was the total number of telomere bases in the chromosome from the cell that had
undergone the most mitotic divisions?

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Some foods contain hydrogenated vegetable fats. These are unsaturated fats that have been
converted to saturated fats.
Which property of the fats will have changed?

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Which cell structures contain nucleic acid?

  1. cytoplasm
  2. lysosomes
  3. mitochondria

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Where are cisternae found in a cell?

  1. endoplasmic reticulum
  2. Golgi body
  3. mitochondria

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DNA polymerase catalyses condensation reactions between molecules during semi-conservative
replication of DNA.
What is joined by DNA polymerase?

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Which description of movement of substances during tissue fluid formation is correct?

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An indicator mixed with agar forms a pink colour. The pink-coloured agar becomes colourless
when put in acid.
Blocks of pink-coloured agar are cut to different sizes and put in acid. All other variables are kept
constant.
Which block becomes colourless most quickly?

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Which features are correct for triglycerides and phospholipids?

  1. They have ester bonds between glycerol and fatty acids.
  2. Fatty acid chains may have single or double bonds between carbon atoms in the
    chains.
  3. The fatty acid chains are non-polar and hydrophobic.
  4. Saturated fatty acid chains allow closer packing of the molecules than unsaturated
    fatty acid chains.

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Which statement correctly explains why blood plasma can be maintained at a stable
temperature?

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The general formula for a saturated fatty acid is CnH2nO2.
Which of these fatty acids are unsaturated?

  1. C10H19COOH
  2. C15H31COOH
  3. C17H31COOH
  4. C18H32COOH

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Which events occur during ventricular systole?

  1. Atrioventricular valves close.
  2. Muscle in ventricle walls relaxes.
  3. Semilunar valves open.

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Monoclonal antibodies are used to test for the presence of the hormone HCG in the urine of a
human female during early pregnancy.
Which statements describe how the monoclonal antibodies used in this test are produced?

  1. HCG is injected into a mouse, and plasma cells in the mouse produce antibodies
    specific to HCG.
  2. Antibodies are extracted from the mouse and then fused with cancer cells to
    produce hybridoma cells.
  3. Single hybridoma cells are cultured and they divide by mitosis to produce a clone of
    hybridoma cells.

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Which pair of molecules only includes macromolecules that can be found in animal cells?

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Which statement about the role of co-transporter proteins in the movement of sucrose is correct?

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Which reactions take place in the capillaries surrounding an alveolus?

  1. carbon dioxide + water  carbonic acid
  2. carbon dioxide + haemoglobin  carbaminohaemoglobin
  3. haemoglobinic acid  haemoglobin + hydrogen ions
  4. hydrogencarbonate ions + hydrogen ions  carbonic acid  carbon dioxide + water

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The following are all processes that allow movement into cells.

  1. phagocytosis
  2. active transport
  3. facilitated diffusion
    Which processes require ATP?

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Typical enzymes are large globular proteins with a specific tertiary shape.
Which molecular interactions are directly involved in maintaining the tertiary shape?

  1. hydrogen bonding
  2. disulfide bridges
  3. hydrophobic interactions

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Human chromosomes have different parts. Some parts are more numerous than others.
Which parts are listed in order from most numerous to least numerous in a human white blood
cell?

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Which relationships could be investigated using a colorimeter?

  1. the effect of light intensity on the rate at which a solution of a light-sensitive dye
    changes from green to colourless
  2. the effect of temperature on the rate of breakdown of cell membranes in tissues with
    pigmented cells, such as beetroot (red beet)
  3. the effect of pH on the rate of release of oxygen from the breakdown of hydrogen
    peroxide by catalase
  4. the effect of light intensity on the rate of change of skin colour of lizards that become
    paler in bright light

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A Levels | Chemistry (9701)
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NH4NO3 decomposes into N2O and H2O on heating.

Which statements are correct?

  1. The ammonium ion is behaving as a reducing agent.
  2. The nitrate(V) ion is behaving as an oxidising agent.
  3. It is a redox reaction.
  4. It is a disproportionation reaction.

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Separate samples, each of mass 1.0 g, of the compounds listed are treated with an excess of dilute
acid.
Which compound releases the largest amount of CO2?

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Which statement about butanone is correct?

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The mass spectrum of compound X has M, M+1 and M+2 peaks. Other peaks are also present.
Peak M is the molecular ion peak, M+. Peak M has a relative abundance fifteen times that of peak
M+1.

Peaks M and M+2 are of equal height.
What could be compound X?

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A mixture of ethane and an excess of chlorine is exposed to UV light.
How many different products, each containing only two carbon atoms and at least one chlorine
atom per molecule, can be formed?

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Which element has the second smallest atomic radius in its group and the second highest
electrical conductivity in its period?

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Equal masses of CaCO3, Ca(NO3)2, BaCO3 and Ba(NO3)2 are thermally decomposed. The
volume of gas produced in each experiment is measured under the same conditions.
Which compound will produce the greatest volume of gas?

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For the element sulfur, which pair of ionisation energies has the largest difference between them?

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Which statement about the electrons in a ground state carbon atom is correct?

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Structural isomerism and stereoisomerism should be considered when answering this question.

How many isomeric compounds with molecular formula C5H6O4 contain two –CO2H groups and
one C=C double bond?

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Three organic compounds are listed.

  1. ethanal
  2. propan-1-ol
  3. propan-2-ol

Which compounds will have a mass spectrum that contains a fragment peak at m/ e = 43?

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How many structurally isomeric secondary alcohols are there with the molecular formula C5H12O?

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Compound Y is heated with a mild oxidising agent. One of the products of the reaction reacts with
hydrogen cyanide forming 2-hydroxybutanenitrile.
What is compound Y?

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Which compound gives a positive test with alkaline aqueous iodine and does not show optical
isomerism?

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Bromine reacts with alkenes by an electrophilic addition mechanism in which a cation is formed as
an intermediate.
Which mixture will produce the most stable intermediate cation?

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Which ester may be hydrolysed to produce two products, one of which may be reduced to the
other?

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Which statement about Group 17 elements and compounds is correct?

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For which compound is there the greatest percentage loss of mass on strong heating?

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The solids sodium chloride and sodium iodide both react with concentrated sulfuric acid at room
temperature.
With NaCl , the products are NaHSO4 and HCl .
With NaI, the products are NaHSO4, HI, I2, SO2, H2O, S and H2S.
What is the explanation for this difference in products?

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Which pair of reagents react together in a redox reaction?

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How many esters have the molecular formula C4H8O2?

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A student reacts 1 mol of copper with concentrated nitric acid to produce 1 mol of
copper(II) nitrate, 2 mol of water and substance X. No other product is formed.

Substance X does not contain copper or hydrogen.

What could be substance X?

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C4H9Cl reacts with warm dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide solution.
Which isomer of C4H9Cl will form the most stable cation intermediate?

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The enthalpy change for neutralisation of HNO3(aq) with NaOH(aq) is –57.0 kJ mol–1.
In an experiment, 20.0 cm3 of 4.00 mol dm–3 HNO3 is mixed with 30.0 cm3 of 2.00 mol dm–3 NaOH
in an insulated container. The initial temperature of both solutions is 25.0 °C.
It can be assumed that the heat capacity of the product mixture is 4.2 J cm–3°C–1 and that there
are no heat losses.
What is the maximum final temperature of the mixture?

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Which compound reacts most rapidly with aqueous silver nitrate by an SN1 mechanism?

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A Levels | Economics (9708)
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Why will a contractionary monetary policy reduce inflation?

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What is the most likely cause of an outward shift of a country’s aggregate demand curve?

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A rise in the price of a good is accompanied by an increase in the quantity demanded.
What could explain this?

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Which function of money overcomes the double coincidence of wants problem that exists in a
barter system?

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In which case is the price system not a possible method of allocating resources?

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What does a trade-weighted exchange rate attempt to take account of?

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When the price of a firm’s product falls by 5%, its total revenue also falls by 5%.
What describes the product’s price elasticity of demand?

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Which statement explains why the aggregate demand curve is downward sloping?

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What is a certain outcome on an aggregate demand and aggregate supply diagram of an
increase in factor productivity?

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Which products are likely to have a positive cross-elasticity of demand with tea?

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Which item is not included in the current account on the balance of payments statement?

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When the price of good X is $2.00, the quantity supplied is 100 000. The price elasticity of supply
of good X is 0.8 in the short run and 1.4 in the long run. The price of good X increases to $2.20.
What is the increase in the quantity supplied of good X between the short run and the long run?

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Which combination of tax changes is most likely to be regressive in a developed economy?

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What will increase the producer surplus of farmers that grow carrots?

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A supply curve is represented by the equation

quantity supplied = 10 + 5P

where P = the price of the product.
Which price rise would cause the quantity supplied to double?

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What is most likely to cause a rise in a country’s exchange rate?

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What does not happen when price acts as a means to allocate resources?

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In year 1, a country’s real GDP was $500 billion. In year 2, nominal GDP rose to $577.5 billion
and the prices increased by 5%.
What is the real GDP in year 2?

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In a recent year, Japanese car manufacturers agreed to limit exports of cars to the USA.
Which form of protectionism is this?

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In mixed economies, what explains why the provision of certain goods and services will remain
under government control?

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A Levels | Physics (9702)
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The water surface in a deep well is 78.0 m below the top of the well. A person at the top of the
well drops a heavy stone down the well.
Air resistance is negligible. The speed of sound in the air is 330 m s–1.
What is the time interval between the person dropping the stone and hearing it hitting the water?

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A car is travelling at a constant velocity directly towards a man standing in the middle of the road.
The driver sounds the car’s horn as a warning. The horn emits a sound wave of constant
frequency.
The frequency of the sound heard by the man is different from the frequency of the sound emitted
by the horn.
Which statement is correct?

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Which statement is not correct?

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A wire has a resistance of 30Ω. A second wire is made from the same material, has the same
mass and is three times as long as the first wire.
What is the resistance of the second wire?

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What is meant by the spring constant of a spring?

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A technical article about diesel engines expresses the energy available from diesel fuel both as
41.8 MJ kg–1 and as 34.9GJ m–3.
What is the density of diesel fuel?

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A man standing next to a stationary train hears sound of frequency 400 Hz emitted from the
train’s horn. The train then moves directly away from the man and sounds its horn when it has a
speed of 50 m s–1. The speed of sound in the air is 340 m s–1.
What is the difference in frequency of the sound heard by the man on the two occasions?

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What is not a necessary requirement of the forces in a couple?

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Which statement describes the mass of an object?

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Which list of regions of the electromagnetic spectrum is in order of increasing wavelength from
left to right?

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A resistor of resistance R is connected across a cell of electromotive force (e.m.f.) E and
negligible internal resistance.
Which single change to the circuit would lead to the largest increase in the power dissipated in
the resistor?

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A beam of light from a laser is incident normally on a double slit. Interference fringes are seen on
a screen placed parallel to the double slit.
The separation of the two slits is a. The distance between the slits and the screen is D. The
distance between the centres of two adjacent bright fringes is x.
D and a are both halved.
What is the distance between the centres of two adjacent bright fringes after these changes?

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What is the definition of the potential difference (p.d.) across a component?

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Which quantity is a vector?

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The density of water is 1.0 gcm–3 and the density of glycerine is 1.3 g cm–3.
Water is added to a measuring cylinder containing 40 cm3 of glycerine so that the density of the
mixture is 1.1 gcm–3. Assume that the mixing process does not change the total volume of the
liquid.
What is the volume of water added?

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Which charge can be carried by a charge carrier?

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Which statement about progressive waves is correct?

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Water is pumped through a nozzle at the end of a hose. The nozzle has a circular cross-section
of diameter 50 mm. A mass of 100 kg of water takes a time of 2.0 s to move through the nozzle.
The density of water is 1000 kgm–3.
What is the speed of the water in the nozzle?

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