Full Mock
Home Return


It is mock-1 time.  So please study the study materials specified by the
syllabus which we covered and can be found in the followings:

  1. Your "Explaining Physics" Textbook
    Table-1 and Table-II show you where to find the study materials in your textbook. Table-1 lists the study materials in order by sections of your textbook..  The phrase "All " means the complete materials of the section are required and you must study them.  If no all is listed, that means you should study the specified topics and pages.  Table-II lists the study materials in order by syllabus topics.
  2. Lectures in class
    Please review your copybook for covered lectures in class.
  3. Notes on Internet
    Please review all the notes put for you on this web-site.

To evaluate your progress please solve problems in

  1. Past Paper to Study
    It is recommended to study all past papers (P1, P2, P3 and P6) starting from 1990 up to 2000.  Concentrate on 1999-1995 papers for section-1, section-2, section-3 and section-4.  Try to solve all questions that are related to the followings topic : 
    1. Barometers
    2. Manometers
    3. Meters readings: voltmeters, ammeters
    4. Resistors in Series
    5. Resistors in parallel (2 and 3)
    6. Speed-time graph
    7. Length-time measurements
    8. Mass and force spring meters
    9. Time measurements
    10. Weight of objects and weight direction
    11. Volume measurements using cylinders
    12. Moment
    13. Acceleration, constants acceleration, ma=zero
    14. Potential-Kinetic energy
    15. Sources of energy and their type:. Chemical, nuclear gravitational, heat, sound, electrical, ...
    16. Voltage and current measurements
    17. Energy conversion
    18. units of physical quantities: work, power, acceleration, energy, voltage, current, charge,
    19. Pressure comparison at various depths and various liquids 
    20. Load-extension graph
    21. Equilibrium conditions on a plank
    22. Units definitions and meaning:  voltage, current, charge ...etc
    23. Drawing of standard circuits from physical layouts
    24. Work, Energy, and power 
    1. Experiment to measure specific heat
    2. Thermocouple as a thermometer: action, advantages
    3. Refraction, refractive index, critical angle
    4. Apparatus to determine fall in temperature of solutions
    5. Temperature reading and avoiding parallax error 
    6. boiling and freezing point
    7. evaporation
    8. molecular model
    9. molecular model description of solids, liquids and gases
    10. heat capacity
    11. expansion of solids, liquids and gases
    12. convection, conduction and radiation 
    13. Evaluate wave parameters from its graph: amplitude, wavelength, frequency
    14. Changing parameters of light in reflection, refraction, diffraction
    15. Image distance in plane mirrors from the object
    16. Complete refraction diagram of light
    17. Explain the action heat related devices based on heat theory
    18. Draw the image of an object under concave lenses
    19. Explain the action of thermistors and LDR related control circuits

    Textbook Problems
    There are questions on each section please try to solve all of them.  Also see further questions of forces and motion part-A and part-B (page 44-48).

  2. School Exams and quizzes
    Review previous quizzes and exams.  Try to monitor your mistakes and avoid them in the mock-1 exam.

Mock-I Structure 

The mock-I is given in two periods as follows:

  1. Period-I (paper-I): 24 questions in one hour only and it includes the followings:
    1. Section-1: 20 marks for 20 multiple-choice questions from IGCSE paper P1
    2. Section-2: 20 marks for 4 short questions from IGCSE paper P2
  2. Period-II (paper-II): 7 questions in one and half hour and it includes the followings.
    1. Section-3: 50 marks for five questions from IGCSE paper P3
    2. Section-4: 10 marks for two practical questions from IGCSE paper P6

The exam is graded based on a 100-points scale and 70% of that will be added to your previous work which worth 30%.

Table-I: First Year Study materials in "Explaining Physics" textbook listed in order by sections 
Section Topic in Syllabus

Page

Recommended Problems
All Section 1.1

1.1 Length and time 

8 All questions on page 11
All Section 1.2

1.2 Speed, Velocity and Acceleration

12 All questions on page 15
All Section 1.4

1.2 Speed, Velocity and Acceleration

18 All questions on page 20
All Section 1.5

1.3 Mass and weight 

21 All questions on page 23
 All Section 1.6

1.3 Mass and weight 

24 All questions on page 24
All Section  1.7

1.5.d Center of mass

28 All questions on page 30
All Section 1.8

1.5.a Effect of forces 

31 All questions on page 33
 All Section 1.9

1.5.a Effect of forces 

34 All questions on page 36
All Section 1.10

1.5.a Effect of forces 

37 All questions on page 38

Review

Forces and motion 46-48 All part-A: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12 Part-B: 1,2,3,4,,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,16,17,18, 22,23
All Section 2.1

1.5.e Scalars and vectors

 50 All questions on page 52
All Section 2.2

1.5.b Turning effect
1.5.c Conditions of Equilibrium

 53 1-5 on page 57
All Section 2.3

1.5.d Center of mass

 61 All questions on page 60
All Section 2.4

1.5.a Effect of forces 

64 All questions on page 63
All Section 2.5

1.6.a Energy,

 69 All questions on page 68
All Section 2.6

1.6.b Major and alternative sources of energy 

73 All questions on page 72
All Section 2.7

1.6.a Energy

 76 All questions on page 75
Section 2.8

1.6.d Power

p77-p79  2,3,4,5

Review

Forces, work and energy 84-86 All part-A: All 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,
16,17,18,20,22,23,24
All Section 3.1 

1.4 Density

90 All questions on page 93
All Section 3.2

1.6 Pressure

94 All questions on page 98
All Section 3.3

1.6 Pressure

99 1,2,3,6,7,8
Section 3.4: 

1.6 Pressure 

105 4
All Section 6.1

4.2.a Electric Charge

 230 All questions on page 233
All Section 6.2

4.2.a Electric Charge

 234 1,3,4
All Section 6.3 

4.2.a Electric Charge

 237 1ab,3,4,5
All section 6.5

4.2.b Current

 245 All questions on page 248
All section 6.6 

4.2.b Current
4.2.d Potential difference
4.2.e Resistance
4.2.f
V/I Characteristics

 249 All questions on page 252
All section 6.7

4.3 Electric Circuits

 253 All questions on page 257
All section 6.8

4.2.c Electromotive force

 258 All questions on page 261
All section 6.9

4.3 Electric Circuits

 252 All questions on page 265

All section 6.10

4.3 Electric Circuits

 266 1,2,3,5

Review

Electrical energy 273-278 All part-A: 1,2,3,4,5,6,
Part-B:
3,4,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,21

 

Table-II: Second Year Study materials in "Explaining Physics" textbook listed in order by sections 
Section Topic in Syllabus

Page

Notes &Recommended Problems
Section 4.1 2.1.b Molecular Modal 116-117 1,2,3
All section 4.3 2.2.b Measurement of temperature 122 All questions on page 125
Section 4.4  2.2.a Expansion of solids 126-128 1,2,3
All section 4.5 2.2.a Expansion of solids 130 All questions on page 131
All section 4.6 2.2.a Expansion of liquids 132 All questions on page 133
All section 4.7 2.2.a Expansion of gases 134 All questions on page 139
All section 4.8 2.3.a Conduction 140 All questions on page 141
All section 4.9 2.3.b Convection 142 All questions on page 143
All section 4.10 2.2.c Thermal Capacity 144 All questions on page 147
All section 4.11 2.2.d Melting and boiling 148 All questions on page 151
All section 4.12  2.2.d Melting and boiling 152 All questions on page 155
Section 4.13 2.2.d Melting and boiling 158 4,5,6

Review

 Molecular motion and heat 160-164 All of part-A
All Section 5.1 3.2.a Reflection of light 169 All questions on page 171
All Section 5.4 3.2.b Refraction of light 177 All questions on page 180
Section 5.5 3.2.c thin converging lens 181 All questions on page 186
All section 5.8 3.2.d Dispersion of light 191 All questions on page 194
All section 5.9 3.1 General waves properties 195 All questions on page 199
All section 5.11 3.2.e Electromagnetic spectrum 204 All questions on page 207 
All section 5.12 2.3.c Thermal radiations 208 All questions on page 209
All section 5.13 3.3 sound 210 All questions on page 213
All section 5.14 3.3 sound 214 All questions on page 217

Review

Light and sound 224-228 All part-A: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Part-B:
1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,
16,18,20,21,23,24,25,26,29
All section 8.1 4.6.a Cathode Rays 324 All questions on page 327
All section 8.2 4.6.b Simple treatment of cathode ray oscilloscope  328 All questions on page 331
Section 8.3 4.6.c Action and use of circuit components: potential divider, thermistors, LDRs 332 2, 3

Review

 Electrical energy 273-278 All part-A: 1,2,3,4,5,6,
Part-B:
3,4,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,21
 

 

For more information write: abumsamh@emirates.net.ae
Created SEP 1, 2000
Copyright © 2000
Designed by: R. K. Abu-Msameh
Last modified: May 18, 2001