QCE PhysicsPractice Examination 11

This paper covers

• QCAA Physics Units 3 & 4 (General, 2025 v1.3) External Assessment
• Unit 3: uniform circular motion and centripetal dynamics, Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, gravitational field strength, Kepler's three laws, orbital/satellite mechanics, Coulomb's Law and electric fields, work done on charges, the motor effect, electromagnetic induction (Faraday/Lenz), AC generators, transformers and power transmission
• Unit 4: special relativity (postulates, simultaneity, time dilation, length contraction, mass-energy equivalence), quantum theory (Planck, photoelectric effect, de Broglie, Bohr model), Standard Model (quarks/leptons, baryons/mesons, antiparticles, four forces and exchange bosons, conservation laws, Feynman diagrams)
• Stimulus context: a neutron-star binary system analysed with Kepler's third law (extremely short orbital period) to determine total stellar mass and to compare neutron-star surface gravitational field strength with Earth's
• Assessment Objectives 1-4 only (describe/explain, apply, analyse evidence, interpret evidence); higher-mark items target evaluate/justify/deduce with full evidence → principle → conclusion reasoning chains
• Paper 1 (Section A: 20 MCQ = 20 marks; Section B: short/extended response = 28 marks) + Paper 2 (Section C: stimulus-based short/extended response = 49 marks); grand total 97 marks

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.