Topic 26 · Course Revision

Official SEC Sample Questions

Official State Examinations Commission sample questions, organised for authentic practice after the relevant Physics has been taught.

Sample 1 · Question 1

Short questions across optics, circuits, mechanics, gravity, magnetism and nuclear binding

Sample 1 · Question 2

Filament-bulb modelling, LEDs and electromagnetic induction

Sample 1 · Question 3

Heat transfer, U-values, solar panels and efficiency

Sample 1 · Question 4

Hooke’s law, elastic energy and spring oscillations

Sample 1 · Question 5

Photoelectric effect, electric fields and atomic models

Sample 1 · Question 6

Microwave diffraction/interference, polarisation and transistor switching

Sample 1 · Question 7

Electric fields, charging by induction and carbon-14 decay

Sample 1 · Question 1

Waves, motion graphs, latent heat, stretched strings and parallel resistance

Sample 1 · Question 2

Radioactivity, solar energy and electrical generators

Sample 1 · Question 3

Polarisation, reflection, refraction and Snell’s law

Sample 1 · Question 4

Atmospheric pressure, barometers and pressure in liquids

Sample 1 · Question 5

Motion, forces, force–acceleration data and static electricity

Sample 1 · Question 6

Thermistors, transistor switching, heating and efficiency

Sample 1 · Question 7

Doppler ultrasound, Cockcroft–Walton, mass–energy and pair production

Sample Paper 2 extract · Question 1(c)

Vernier, micrometer and percentage error

Sample Paper 2 extract · Question 3(b)

Saturn’s moons, modelling and Kepler’s third law

Sample Paper 2 extract · Question 4(b)

Fermions, bosons, Feynman diagrams and beta decay

Sample Paper 2 extract · Question 4(a)(iv)

Comparing nuclear energy released per gram

Sample Paper 2 extract · Question 4(a)(v)

Direction of magnetic field from a charged-particle path

Sample Paper 2 extract · Question 5(viii)

Partial reflection and refraction at a glass boundary