O Level Physics 5054, topic 4.5.5
The d.c. motor: past paper questions
7 Cambridge O Level Physics 5054 questions on The d.c. motor (4.5.5) from 7 papers, 2023 to 2025. Mostly multiple choice. 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
- 7
- Papers
- 7
- Years
- 2023 to 2025
- Total marks
- 23
- Average per question
- 3.3 marks
- Largest question
- 11 marks
By type: Multiple choice 5 · Structured 2
How hard the questions are
- Recall1
- Apply0
- Analyse3
- Not banded3
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
- explainAnalyse2 questions
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
- stateRecall2 questions
express in clear terms
- calculateApply1 question
work out from given facts, figures or information
- drawApply1 question
- nameRecall1 question
- suggestAnalyse1 question
apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid responses in order to make proposals / put forward considerations
Where the questions come from
By year
- 20253
- 20242
- 20232
By session
- May/June4
- Oct/Nov3
By paper
- Paper 15
- Paper 22
Questions on this topic
Showing 6 of 7, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- Try this questionQuestion 32Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Multiple choice1 mark
Which component is not needed to make a simple d.c. motor work?
- Try this questionQuestion 35Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Multiple choice1 mark
Which part of a simple d.c. motor reverses the direction of current in the coil once every half rotation of the coil?
- Try this questionQuestion 34May/June 2025, paper 12Multiple choice1 mark
Students are asked to suggest factors that affect the speed of rotation of a direct current (d.c.) motor.
- Try this questionQuestion 35May/June 2024, paper 12Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram
The diagram shows a simple d.c. motor. What is the part labelled Q?
- Try this questionQuestion 9May/June 2023, paper 21Structured7 marksHas a diagram
Fig. 9.1 shows a simple a.c. generator. Explain why there is a voltage induced in the coil when the coil is turned.
- Try this questionQuestion 7May/June 2025, paper 22Structured11 marksHas a diagram
Fig. 7.1 shows a simple d.c. motor. The poles at the ends of the magnets are not labelled.