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Year 11 HSC Physics sample questions

Year 11 HSC Physics sample questions

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Year 11 HSC Physics practice questions

Use this no-login public demo to preview Skill Align's Year 11 HSC Physics sample questions, explanations, exercise mode, and test mode before regular practice.

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Skills covered

Practice motion, forces, energy, waves, electricity, fields, light, matter, data analysis, and scientific modelling.

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Sample HSC Year 11 Physics questions

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HSC Year 11 Physics Motion graphs hard velocity-time graph

1. A velocity-time graph rises from 0 m/s to 8 m/s in 4.0 s, then stays at 8 m/s until 6.0 s. What displacement is represented?

HSC 11 velocity-time area 0-4 s 8 m/s 6 s t v
Choices
  • 32 m
  • 16 m
  • 48 m
  • 8 m
Explanation:

Area under the graph gives displacement. The triangle is 0.5 x 4.0 x 8 = 16 m and the rectangle is 2.0 x 8 = 16 m, giving 32 m.

HSC Year 11 Physics Electric circuits hard circuit diagram

2. A 12 V supply is connected to a 6 ohm resistor. What current should the circuit diagram show?

HSC 11 resistor circuit 12 V 6 ohm I
Choices
  • 2.0 A
  • 0.5 A
  • 18 A
  • 72 A
Explanation:

Ohm's law gives I = V / R = 12 / 6 = 2.0 A.

HSC Year 11 Physics Waves in media hard standing-wave diagram

3. The standing-wave diagram shows three half-wavelengths along a 1.20 m string. What is the wavelength?

HSC 11 standing-wave length 1.20 m 3 halves lambda
Choices
  • 0.80 m
  • 0.40 m
  • 1.20 m
  • 3.60 m
Explanation:

One half-wavelength is 1.20 / 3 = 0.40 m, so the full wavelength is 0.80 m.

HSC Year 11 Physics Refraction hard refraction diagram

4. A ray travels from air into glass. Which path is consistent with the ray slowing at the boundary?

HSC 11 refraction boundary air glass normal
Choices
  • It bends toward the normal
  • It bends away from the normal
  • It travels along the boundary
  • It must reverse direction
Explanation:

Entering a slower medium makes the ray bend toward the normal while its frequency remains the same.

HSC Year 11 Physics Radioactive decay hard decay graph

5. A count rate falls from 80 counts/s to 10 counts/s in 9 hours. What half-life is consistent with the decay graph?

HSC 11 count-rate decay 80 10 9 h
Choices
  • 3 hours
  • 4.5 hours
  • 9 hours
  • 30 hours
Explanation:

80 to 10 is three halvings: 80, 40, 20, 10. Three half-lives take 9 hours, so one half-life is 3 hours.

HSC Year 11 Physics Electric fields hard field diagram

6. A positive test charge is placed in a uniform electric field between charged plates. What direction is its force?

HSC 11 uniform field force + - + plate - plate E
Choices
  • In the direction of the field
  • Opposite the field
  • Perpendicular to the plates only
  • Zero because it is a test charge
Explanation:

A positive charge experiences force in the same direction as the electric field.

For parents comparing HSC Year 11 Physics support

HSC Year 11 Physics practice should help students connect equations to visible evidence: motion, energy, electric fields, waves, magnetic flux, and light-and-matter data. These examples preview that visual reasoning before the no-login Physics demo.

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Practice Summary
Year 11 · HSC Physics · Test mode · 12 questions · 10 min
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HSC Physics practice questions FAQ

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