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HL - Scientific Skills & Tools

25 MCQ from 2025 Question Bank Scientific Skills & Tools (all topics)

DP IB HL Physics Quiz

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1. The volume of a cylinder is calculated from the product of its base area and height. The measurement of the height has an uncertainty of 5% and the uncertainty of the diameter is 1%. What is the uncertainty of the volume of the cylinder?

 

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2. Which of the following units is not a unit of power?

 

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3. Electrons are accelerated between two conducting plates that have a potential difference of . Estimate the total energy that would be delivered to 10^21 electrons by the conducting plates.

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4. A body moves a distance of 1.5 in 10 .

Which of the following gives the correct magnitudes of both of distance and time?

Distance Time
A. 1.5×10^−4 dm 10^16 ps
B. 1.5×10^4 dm 10^16 ps
C. 1.5×10^9 μm 10^−16 ps
D. 1.5×10^−9 μm 10^−16 

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5. An object moves  east, then  north.

What is the magnitude of the total displacement of this object?

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6. A rectangle has length  and width W=(3 ± 0.2) cm.

What is the uncertainty of the perimeter of the rectangle?

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7. An experiment requires the measurement of the radius  and height  of a cylindrical battery to determine its volume. The uncertainty in  is  and the uncertainty in  is .

What is the fractional uncertainty in the volume of the battery?

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8. Which of the following is a vector quantity?

 

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9. A car is moving with a kinetic energy of .

Estimate the order of magnitude of its momemtum.

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10. As a truck is brought to rest, the brakes apply a force of 5.1×10^3N. Which answer best describes the magnitude of the change in momentum of the truck if the brakes are applied for 3.0 ?

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11. Express 0.04758 to 3 significant figures.

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12. The mass and circumference of a standard volleyball are 270±10g and 66±1 cm respectively. What is the percentage uncertainty in the density of the ball calculated from these values?

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13. A ball is projected with an initial speed of  making an angle of  with the horizontal as shown.

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Which expression gives the vertical component of the velocity vector?

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14. Vectors  and  are in the shown directions.

PH0489-Q

Which of the following shows the sum of the two vectors?

A. B.
PH0489QA PH0489QB
C. D.
PH0489QC PH0489QD

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15. Which of the following is not a fundamental SI unit?

 

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16. A car moves clockwise in a circular path as shown. The direction of its instantaneous velocity at two different times is shown in the diagram.

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Which of the following vectors shows the direction of the change in velocity?

A. B.
PH0496A PH0496B
C. D.
PH0496C PH0496D

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17. A point  is subjected to three simultaneous forces of magnitudes FA>FB>FC. Point  is in equilibrium. Which of the following statements is not always true about the magnitudes of the forces?

  • I.
    II.
    III.

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18. A spring with spring constant  is extended by a distance .

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The uncertainty of  is 2% and that of x is 3%.

What is the uncertainty of the potential energy stored in the spring?

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19. An object starting from rest travels a distance d after a time . If , and the time is measured as . Which of the following gives the correct values of the fractional and absolute uncertainties of acceleration?

 Fractional  Absolute /m s^−2
 A. 0.25  2.5
 B. 0.30  3.0
 C. 0.45  4.5
 D. 1.4  14

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20. An electronic balance has a button with “tare” written on it. The reading of the balance is reset to zero when the “tare” button is pressed. Which of the following gives a reason why use of the “tare” button improves the measurement?

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21. An apple falls 5 m in height from a tree. It rebounds from the ground with a quarter of its striking speed. The apple is in contact with the ground for approximately 0.1 . What is an estimate of the magnitude of the average net force on the apple when it strikes the ground?

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22. A stream flows east with a speed . A boat points due south and moves with a speed  relative to the water.

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The ratio vo/vs=1/2

Which of the following is correct about the magnitude in  and the angle  between the velocity of the boat and the side of the stream?

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23. A rectangular prism is obtained by combining two identical cubes as shown in the figure.

PH0031

The length of one side of a cube is .

What is the ratio

[absolute uncertainty of volume of the rectangular prism]/[absolute uncertainty of volume of one cube?

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24. Which of the following gives the unit for work in fundamental SI units?

 

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25. A spring of negligible mass and length of lo is attached to a fixed point. When the spring is extended by an external force , the length of the spring increases to . The graph shows how the length of the spring varies with the tension in spring. The tension in the spring is equal to , where k is a constant and  is the extension of the spring.

PH0036

What are the gradient and y-intercept of the graph?

 Gradient  y-intercept
 A. 1/k l
 B. 1/k lo
 C. k lo
 D. 1/k Δl

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