Physics 9702 · for examination in 2025, 2026 and 2027
Cambridge International AS & A Level Physics practice papers
Two practice papers, one for each half of Cambridge 9702 — AS topics 1–11 and A Level topics 12–25 — written in the format the board sets: multiple choice, structured questions, and a planning-and-analysis question of the kind Paper 5 asks and nothing else on the syllabus prepares you for.
Written by GioPhysics from the published syllabus. These are practice papers in the style of Cambridge International AS & A Level Physics 9702; they are not Cambridge papers, contain no past-paper questions, and the official syllabus and specimen materials remain the authority. Cambridge International AS & A Level Physics 9702 syllabus
- Papers
- 2
- Questions
- 23
- Marks
- 156
- Figures
- 12
How A Level examines
Paper 1 is 40 multiple-choice items on AS content. Paper 2 is AS structured questions. Paper 3 is a practical exam taken in a laboratory. Paper 4 is A Level structured questions, 100 marks in two hours, and carries the largest single share of the qualification. Paper 5 is planning, analysis and evaluation — 30 marks, no recall, and the paper on which candidates most often underperform. A data sheet is provided in Papers 1, 2 and 4.
Written to the real level of Paper 4, which is a hard paper. Multi-step calculations where nothing tells you which equation comes first; "show that" parts with the answer given so that partial credit depends on the working; explanations marked for the mechanism, not the name of the effect. The last question on each paper is in Paper 5's format, where the marks are for the design and the uncertainty treatment rather than for physics recall.
The papers
Physical quantities, kinematics, dynamics, forces and pressure, work and energy, deformation of solids, waves, superposition, electricity, d.c. circuits and particle physics.
- Multiple choice
- Structured
- Practical skills
11 questions · 74 marks · 75 minutes
→A2A Level extensionCircular motion and gravitational fields, temperature, ideal gases and thermodynamics, oscillations, electric fields and capacitance, magnetic fields and alternating currents, quantum and nuclear physics.
- Multiple choice
- Structured
- Data analysis
12 questions · 82 marks · 100 minutes
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