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Instructionsforpreparingapparatus

TheSupervisorisnotallowedtoconsulttheQuestionPaperbeforetheexamination.Thisteacher

should,aspartofthepreparationoftheexaminationrequirements,testtheapparatusinorderto

ensurethatitissatisfactory.

TheSupervisorisaskedtogive(andattachtotheReportformprintedonpages7and8)abrief

descriptionoftheapparatusd,mentioninganypointsthatarelikelytobeofimportancetothe

Examinerinmarkingtheanswers.TheSupervisorshouldalsoreportanyassistancegivento

candidates.AllreportsshouldbesignedbytheSupervisorandbytheresponsibleforpreparing

theapparatus.

Inadditiontotheusualequipmentofaphysicslaboratory,eachcandidatewillrequiretheapparatus

specifiedintheseInstructions.Ifacandidatebreaksanyoftheapparatus,orlosesanyofthematerial

d,themattershouldberectifiedandanotemadeintheReport.

Numberofsetsofapparatus

Asaminimum,thenumberofsetsofapparatusprovidedshouldbeN/4,whereNisthenumberof

candidates(persession).Afewsparesetsshould,preferably,beavailabletoavoidanycandidate

beingdelayedwhenmovingtoanotherquestion.

CentresmayfinditmoreconvenientandeasiertoadministerifN/3sets(plusoneortwo‘spares’)of

apparatusareprovided.

Theorderinwhichagivencandidateattemptsthefourquestionsisimmaterial.

AssistancetoCandidates

ThepurposeofthePracticalPhysicstestistofindoutwhetherthecandidatescancarryoutsimple

practicalworkthemselves.TheExaminersareawarethatcandidatesmaysometimesbeunableto

showtheirpracticalabilitythroughfailuretounderstandsomepointinthetheoryoftheexperiment.If

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