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P535/1

Physics
Paper 1 (Theory)
July/August 2024
2 1/2 Hours

MEBU EXAMINATIONS CONSULT


UGANDA LOWER SECONDARY CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
END OF TERM 2 ASSESSMENT 2024
PHYSICS
PAPER 1 (THEORY)
SENIOR TWO
2 Hours 30 min
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
This paper consists of seven (7) scenario-based items carrying equal marks with
two sections A and B. Section A consists of only three (3) compulsory items.
Section B has two parts I and II, each containing two (2) items.
You are required to attempt any one (1) question from each part of section B. Any
additional question(s) attempted shall not be marked.
Silent non-programmable scientific calculators may be used.
You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use
appropriate S.I units.
Poor handwriting and untidy work shall lead to loss of marks.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
Where necessary, assume;
Acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 ms-2
Density of water = 1000 kgm-3
Specific heat capacity of water = 4200 Jkg-1K-1
Speed of light in vacuum , C = 3.0 x 108 ms-1

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Section A: (Compulsory)
Item 1
The school welfare department is facing a challenge of rain affecting their catering
activities due to lack of a kitchen. The school is planning to construct a modern
kitchen, which can save energy and reduce on the temperature inside.
Task
You are appointed as the head of construction committee for this kitchen, conduct
a survey and compile a report you will present to the school welfare department
showing the kind of cooking utensils required, how to paint the walls to reduce
heat inside and outside the kitchen and how to manage air exchange inside the
kitchen. (20 scores)
Item 2
At a construction site, Mbwali Milly was tasked to carry bricks from where they
were to the masons. The task was tiresome. She applied a lot of energy and would
carry a few bricks a day. She asked the foreman for a wheelbarrow. Soon, she had
to take the bricks up the building. This time, she asked for a plank of wood which
she used to make an inclined plane. But she would be tired by noon! So, the
foreman suggested that she makes a single machine that would move the bricks up
vertically.
When the foreman looked in the vicinity, he realized that there was a motorcycle
wheel, long ropes, straight poles, tall enough to reach the position where the bricks
were to be put, and a large hemispherical pan.

Tasks
(a) Make a brief explanation why and how each machine was able to simplify
work. (08 scores)
(b) Show how Milly could assemble the items to come up with a simple machine
and how she would use it to lift the building materials up to the floor in the shortest
time possible. (12 scores)

Item 3
During preparation for the function or party at your school, two decorators
disagreed on the right position to hang the balloons. One preferred the balloons to
be placed in direct sunshine. However, the other insisted that they should be inside
the tent.
Task
As a Physics Learner, write an advisory message, with reasons, indicating the place
where the balloons should be placed. (20 scores)

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SECTION B: (ATTEMPT ANY ONE QUESTION FROM EACH PART)
PART I

ITEM 4
A certain family stays near the marram road and a school. Every day, the family
receives dust raised by moving vehicles from the road and the bad smell from the
school pit latrines. In the morning hours, the dust is not so much and the smell
from the pit latrine is not so much either. These conditions worsen around midday
on hot sunny days. The family is disgusted by these conditions. They do not know
the cause of these conditions.
Task
As a Physics student, write a message to this family explaining what causes the
above conditions and possible ways of solving the above problem.
(20 scores)

ITEM 5
Your uncle operates one of the largest supermarkets in Hoima city. However, he
has been having some challenges especially theft of his goods in his supermarket.
A customer of height 10cm is at a distance of 60cm from a concave mirror of focal
length 20cm.
Tasks
a) Using the knowledge of reflection of light, what advice would you offer him
to overcome such losses due to theft of his goods?
b) Using a graph paper, draw a ray diagram to help your uncle to find the
image position of the customer. And also state the nature of customer’s
image. (20 scores)

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Part II
Item 6
A one-day old chicks are vulnerable to extreme temperatures. Patience is rearing
chicken on a commercial scale and she has bought 1000 one-day chicks.

(a) Suggest possible causes of extreme coldness and hotness in the chicken
house. (12 scores)
(b) Explain what Patience should do to regulate the temperature in the chicken
house. (08 scores)

Item 7
You all have experienced a force in some way. Forces play a role in everything
that we do. It may be kicking a ball, playing games and others. BLUE team and
RED team are playing a tag of war. If each person in the blue team pulls the flag
with a force of 200N and each person in the red team pulls the flag with force of
100N.

Task
By showing your working, which team do you think will win the game? In addition, how many
people should be added to the losing team to match the strength of the winning team?
(20 scores)

END

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