O Level Physics 5054, topic 5.2.6
Safety precautions: past paper questions
4 Cambridge O Level Physics 5054 questions on Safety precautions (5.2.6) from 4 papers, 2023 to 2026. Open the paper or try a question free.
Practising builds a set from this topic, free with an account. One question opens straight away, with no account.
- Questions
- 4
- Papers
- 4
- Years
- 2023 to 2026
- Total marks
- 26
- Average per question
- 6.5 marks
- Largest question
- 10 marks
By type: Multiple choice 1 · Structured 3
How hard the questions are
- Recall0
- Apply1
- Analyse2
- Not banded1
Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.
Command words
- describeApply3 questions
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
- stateRecall3 questions
express in clear terms
- explainAnalyse2 questions
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
- completeApply1 question
- determineApply1 question
establish an answer using the information available
- showApply1 question
- show thatApply1 question
Where the questions come from
By year
- 20261
- 20251
- 20241
- 20231
By session
- May/June2
- Oct/Nov2
By paper
- Paper 11
- Paper 23
Questions on this topic
Showing 3 of 4, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- Try this questionQuestion 8May/June 2026, paper 21Structured10 marksHas a diagram
A radioactive source emits alpha particles, beta particles and gamma radiation. The radiation emitted from the radioactive source causes ionisation. State one harmful effect of ionising radiation on living things.
- Try this questionQuestion 8Oct/Nov 2025, paper 22Structured8 marksHas a diagram
The element lithium has several different isotopes. State one way in which the compositions of the atoms of all lithium isotopes are the same.
- Try this questionQuestion 9May/June 2023, paper 22Structured7 marksHas a diagram
A radioactive source emits -particles, -particles and -radiation. State which type of radiation produces the strongest ionising effect.