Physics 9702 · Cambridge International AS & A Level

Paper 3: Advanced Practical Skills

2 hours · 40 marks · 23% of the AS Level

What is on this paper

Practical work and structured questions
Questions are based on the experimental skills in the Practical assessment section of the syllabus.
Externally assessed

AS Level candidates take Papers 1, 2 and 3. A Level candidates take all five papers.

Assessment details are taken from the official Cambridge Physics 9702 syllabus for 2025-2027. Read the syllabus ↗

100 original questions, each with a full worked solution. Free to read, no account needed.

Define and use distance, displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration; read displacement–time and velocity–time…

Apply F = ma and Newton's laws of motion; define momentum and force as rate of change of momentum; describe…

Define and apply the moment of a force and the torque of a couple; use the principle of moments and vector triangles…

Use work done = force × displacement in the direction of the force and the principle of conservation of energy…

Use load, extension, limit of proportionality, Hooke's law and the spring constant k = F/x; define stress, strain and…

Use displacement, amplitude, phase, period, frequency, wavelength and speed to describe progressive waves; derive and…

Apply the principle of superposition to explain stationary waves, nodes and antinodes; explain diffraction and the…

Use Q = It and I = Anvq for current as flow of quantised charge; define potential difference as energy transferred per…

Distinguish e.m.f. from potential difference and account for internal resistance; apply Kirchhoff's first and second…

Interpret the α-particle scattering experiment as evidence for a small, charged nucleus; use nucleon number, proton…