CCC Kei Yuen College
Second Common Test 2022-2023
S.3 Physics
Name: _________________________ Class: ______ ( ) Marks: _______/ 30
Time allowed: 25 minutes
Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or correct to 3 significant figures.
1. Figure 1.1 shows a lens L. A vertical pin is used as an object and is placed at O, the image is
formed at I by the lens.
Figure 1.1
(a) What kind of lens is used? Explain. (2 marks)
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(b) Draw a suitable ray to locate the princiapl focus F of the lens. Find its focal length. (2 marks)
Focal length = ________________
(c) Complete the path for the ray p from point A. (1 mark)
2. Figure 2.1 shows an experimental set-up for studying the image formed by lens L of focal length
20 cm. L is placed 60 cm in front of an illuminated object F. The image of the object formed by L
is captured on a screen.
Figure 2.1
(a) Which kind of lens is used? Explain. (2 marks)
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(b) The formation of the image by L is illustrated in Figure 2.2. AB represents the
illuminated object, and p, q, r represent incident rays. Complete the light rays and
draw the image.
Figure 2.2 (4 marks)
(c) State the natures of the image. (3 marks)
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(d) If the experiment is repeated with a lens of shorter focal length, what will be the
change in the size of the image? (2 marks)
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3. An ant is 100 cm in front of a lens and an erect image is formed at a distance 50 cm from the lens.
(a) Find the magnification of the image. (2 marks)
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(b) What kind of lens is used? Is the image real or virtual? (2 marks)
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(c) Complete the ray diagram to show how the image is formed. Also complete the
lens on the ray diagram. (4 marks)
ant
principal axis
25 cm
lens
(d) Determine the focal length of the lens. (1 mark)
Focal length = ________________
4. Mary makes a water-lens by filling some water in a test tube as shown in the following figure.
She finds that when the test tube is held vertically under the sun, a very bright spot of the light
can be found on the table surface, which is 5 cm below the bottom of the test tube.
Figure 4.1
(a) Draw a ray diagram to show how the image is formed in this case. Mark the point
of bright spot as I on the ray diagram. (4 marks)
(b) What is the focal length of the water-lens? (1 mark)
Focal length = ________________
End of Test
