Assignment brief Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria 2017-18 Maths, Physics and Engineering Standardisation event – 6 December 2017 Sample number 1: Unit title: Physics – RC1/3/AA/04G Overview of assessment task This assignment contains a practical exercise involving the building of a circuit from a circuit diagram and then utilising components to make measurements to ascertain the unknown resistance of a resistor. This assignment also has a series of questions on problem solving skills involving the topic of electric current. Learning outcomes and assessment criteria Learning Outcomes Assessment Criteria 6. Be able to identify a range of electrical component 6.1. Recognise, and name, common electronic components and their associated circuit symbols 7. Be able to employ practical circuits to investigate current 7.1. Analyse given circuit diagrams (both series and parallel) involving no more than ten electrical components 7.2. Demonstrate series and parallel circuits from given circuit diagrams 7.3. Utilise ammeters and voltmeters with appropriate scales to measure current and potential difference (p.d.) using units and S.I. prefixes appropriate to the readings 7.4. Calculate frequency and peak-to- peak p.d. from an oscilloscope trace 8. Understand current electricity and related formulae 8.1. Explain charge and the coulomb 8.2. Explain electric current as the flow of charged particles, Q = It 8.3. Explain that current is the rate of flow of charge, and use the equation Q = It (or I = ΔQ/Δt) in calculations 8.4. Explain potential difference and the volt 8.5. Use V = E/Q in calculations 8.6. Use P = VI and P = I 2 R in calculations 8.7. Explain resistance and the ohm 8.8. Recall and apply Ohms Law, V=IR 8.9. Calculate the combined resistance for two, or more, resistors in series and/or parallel. 8.10. Sketch and explain the I/V characteristics of a metallic conductor at constant temperature