Physics: Cambridge 2027 syllabus mapping

Cambridge International AS & A Level 9702 · Examination year 2027

AI-assisted conceptual placements, not official Cambridge endorsement or independent teacher approval. A linked practice question does not establish complete teaching, practical competence or exam readiness.

Current question placements: 69 / 69
Direct conceptual matches: 61
Partial matches: 8
Enrichment: 0
Placements needing review: 0
Inventory entries without linked practice: 18

Inventory scope: specified content sections. Source inventory: partial; further source entries require review. Independent teacher approval: pending.

Official references

Cambridge International AS & A Level physics 9702, 2025-2027 syllabus · Version 1, published September 2022 · checked 2026-10-24
Embedded changes notice, PDF page 67 · Version 1, September 2022. The notice identifies revised wording for 3.3.3, 7.5.2, 15.3.4 and 25.3.1. Checked these against the actual content, including the explicit unpolarised-intensity exclusion in 7.5.2. · checked 2026-10-24

Practice by syllabus reference

AS · Core (36 entries)

Physics 9702: AS · Core
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
1.1	Physical quantities and estimates	No linked practice
1.2	SI units and dimensions	Measurement, mechanics and materials, question 1 (direct)
1.3	Measurement errors and uncertainty	Oscillations and resonance, question 5 (partial) Measurement, mechanics and materials, question 1 (direct)
1.4	Scalar and vector operations	Dynamics and circular motion, question 4 (direct) Gravitational and electric potentials, question 4 (direct) Measurement, mechanics and materials, question 2 (direct)
2.1	Motion equations and graphs	Mechanics, circuits and waves, question 1 (direct) Measurement, mechanics and materials, question 2 (direct)
3.1	Newtonian force and momentum	Dynamics and circular motion, question 1 (direct)
3.2	Drag and terminal motion	No linked practice
3.3	Momentum conservation and collisions	Dynamics and circular motion, question 3 (direct) Dynamics and circular motion, question 6 (direct) Quantum and nuclear processes, question 2 (direct)
4.1	Moments and couples	Measurement, mechanics and materials, question 3 (direct)
4.2	Force and torque equilibrium	No linked practice
4.3	Density, pressure and upthrust	Measurement, mechanics and materials, question 1 (direct) Measurement, mechanics and materials, question 3 (direct)
5.1	Work, efficiency and power	Dynamics and circular motion, question 6 (direct) DC networks and capacitors, question 6 (direct) Gravitational and electric potentials, question 5 (partial) Magnetic forces and induction, question 5 (direct) Thermal physics and ideal gases, question 3 (direct) Thermal physics and ideal gases, question 5 (direct)
5.2	Kinetic and gravitational energy	Mechanics, circuits and waves, question 1 (direct) Dynamics and circular motion, question 5 (partial)
6.1	Hooke law, stress and strain	Oscillations and resonance, question 2 (direct) Measurement, mechanics and materials, question 4 (direct)
6.2	Elasticity and deformation energy	Measurement, mechanics and materials, question 4 (direct)
7.1	Wave quantities and intensity	Wave interference and optics, question 1 (direct) Wave interference and optics, question 2 (direct)
7.2	Longitudinal and transverse waves	No linked practice
7.3	Moving-source sound Doppler effect	Measurement, mechanics and materials, question 5 (direct)
7.4	Electromagnetic wavelengths	No linked practice
7.5	Polarisation and Malus law	Wave interference and optics, question 6 (partial)
8.1	Stationary waves and superposition	Wave interference and optics, question 3 (partial)
8.2	Diffraction at apertures	No linked practice
8.3	Coherence and two-source fringes	Mechanics, circuits and waves, question 3 (direct) Wave interference and optics, question 4 (direct)
8.4	Diffraction gratings	Wave interference and optics, question 5 (direct)
9.1	Charge flow and drift speed	Charge transport, signals and thermal work, question 1 (direct)
9.2	Voltage, energy and electrical power	DC networks and capacitors, question 5 (direct)
9.3	Resistance, resistivity and sensors	DC networks and capacitors, question 4 (direct) Charge transport, signals and thermal work, question 1 (direct)
10.1	EMF, circuits and internal resistance	Mechanics, circuits and waves, question 2 (direct) DC networks and capacitors, question 3 (direct)
10.2	Kirchhoff circuit analysis	Mechanics, circuits and waves, question 2 (direct) DC networks and capacitors, question 1 (direct) DC networks and capacitors, question 5 (direct)
10.3	Potential dividers and null methods	DC networks and capacitors, question 5 (direct) Charge transport, signals and thermal work, question 1 (direct)
11.1	Nuclei, radiation and antiparticles	Quantum and nuclear processes, question 2 (direct) Particles, medical imaging and cosmology, question 1 (direct)
11.2	Quarks, hadrons and leptons	Particles, medical imaging and cosmology, question 1 (direct)
Paper 3 / Manipulation, measurement and observation	Practical apparatus use and data quality	No linked practice
Paper 3 / Presentation of data and observations	Practical tables and graph conventions	No linked practice
Paper 3 / Analysis, conclusions and evaluation	Practical analysis and uncertainty	No linked practice
Paper 3 / Drawing conclusions	Practical inference and improvements	No linked practice

A · Core (46 entries)

Physics 9702: A · Core
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
12.1	Angular motion quantities	Gravitational and electric potentials, question 3 (direct)
12.2	Centripetal force and acceleration	Dynamics and circular motion, question 2 (direct) Dynamics and circular motion, question 4 (direct) Dynamics and circular motion, question 5 (partial) Magnetic forces and induction, question 3 (direct)
13.1	Gravitational field representation	No linked practice
13.2	Gravitation and satellite orbits	Gravitational and electric potentials, question 3 (direct)
13.3	Inverse-square gravitational field	Gravitational and electric potentials, question 1 (direct)
13.4	Gravitational potential and energy	Gravitational and electric potentials, question 1 (direct) Gravitational and electric potentials, question 5 (partial)
14.1	Thermal equilibrium	Thermal physics and ideal gases, question 3 (direct)
14.2	Thermometry and temperature scales	No linked practice
14.3	Heat capacity and latent heat	Thermal physics and ideal gases, question 1 (direct) Thermal physics and ideal gases, question 3 (direct) Thermal physics and ideal gases, question 5 (direct)
15.1	Moles and molecular counting	No linked practice
15.2	Ideal-gas equations	Thermal physics and ideal gases, question 2 (direct) Thermal physics and ideal gases, question 6 (partial)
15.3	Molecular kinetic theory	Thermal physics and ideal gases, question 2 (direct) Thermal physics and ideal gases, question 4 (direct)
16.1	Internal energy	Charge transport, signals and thermal work, question 4 (direct)
16.2	Thermodynamic work and first law	Thermal physics and ideal gases, question 6 (partial) Charge transport, signals and thermal work, question 4 (direct)
17.1	Harmonic displacement and velocity	Oscillations and resonance, question 1 (direct) Oscillations and resonance, question 2 (direct) Oscillations and resonance, question 3 (direct) Oscillations and resonance, question 4 (direct) Oscillations and resonance, question 5 (partial)
17.2	Harmonic energy exchange	Oscillations and resonance, question 3 (direct) Oscillations and resonance, question 6 (partial)
17.3	Damping, driving and resonance	Oscillations and resonance, question 6 (partial)
18.1	Electric fields and force	Electric fields and radioactivity, question 1 (direct)
18.2	Uniform electric fields	Electric fields and radioactivity, question 1 (direct) Charge transport, signals and thermal work, question 2 (direct)
18.3	Coulomb forces	No linked practice
18.4	Point-charge electric fields	Gravitational and electric potentials, question 4 (direct) Gravitational and electric potentials, question 6 (direct)
18.5	Electric potential and energy	Gravitational and electric potentials, question 2 (direct) Gravitational and electric potentials, question 4 (direct) Gravitational and electric potentials, question 6 (direct) Quantum and nuclear processes, question 5 (direct)
19.1	Capacitance and combinations	DC networks and capacitors, question 2 (direct) DC networks and capacitors, question 6 (direct)
19.2	Capacitor energy	DC networks and capacitors, question 2 (direct) DC networks and capacitors, question 6 (direct)
19.3	RC discharge	DC networks and capacitors, question 4 (direct)
20.1	Magnetic field representation	No linked practice
20.2	Magnetic force on wires	Magnetic forces and induction, question 1 (direct) Magnetic forces and induction, question 5 (direct)
20.3	Charged particles and Hall voltage	Magnetic forces and induction, question 3 (direct) Charge transport, signals and thermal work, question 2 (direct)
20.4	Current-generated magnetic fields	No linked practice
20.5	Flux and electromagnetic induction	Magnetic forces and induction, question 2 (direct) Magnetic forces and induction, question 4 (direct) Magnetic forces and induction, question 5 (direct) Magnetic forces and induction, question 6 (direct)
21.1	Sinusoidal AC and RMS	Magnetic forces and induction, question 6 (direct) Charge transport, signals and thermal work, question 3 (direct)
21.2	Rectification and smoothing	Charge transport, signals and thermal work, question 3 (direct)
22.1	Photon energy and momentum	Quantum and nuclear processes, question 1 (direct) Quantum and nuclear processes, question 3 (direct)
22.2	Photoelectric emission	Electric fields and radioactivity, question 3 (partial)
22.3	Matter waves and duality	Quantum and nuclear processes, question 5 (direct)
22.4	Atomic levels and line spectra	Quantum and nuclear processes, question 3 (direct)
23.1	Binding energy and nuclear reactions	Quantum and nuclear processes, question 6 (direct)
23.2	Radioactive activity and decay	Electric fields and radioactivity, question 2 (direct) Quantum and nuclear processes, question 4 (direct)
24.1	Ultrasound transducers and attenuation	Particles, medical imaging and cosmology, question 2 (direct)
24.2	X-ray production and CT	Particles, medical imaging and cosmology, question 3 (direct)
24.3	Positron emission imaging	Particles, medical imaging and cosmology, question 4 (direct)
25.1	Luminosity and standard candles	Particles, medical imaging and cosmology, question 5 (direct)
25.2	Stellar temperature and radius	Particles, medical imaging and cosmology, question 5 (direct)
25.3	Redshift, expansion and Hubble law	Particles, medical imaging and cosmology, question 6 (direct)
Paper 5 / Planning	Experimental planning and risk control	No linked practice
Paper 5 / Analysis, conclusions and evaluation	Processed data and uncertainty evaluation	No linked practice

Remaining academic requirements

Conceptual English-only alignment and independent AI content checks, not official Cambridge certification or teacher approval. A qualified teacher must check marking, level, route and teaching adequacy.
Inventory limitation: all numbered theoretical subsections were located/read, but this is NOT an exhaustive leaf-outcome inventory. Individual numbered outcomes, lettered clauses, example lists and all practical bullets still need a teacher-checked leaf ledger.
All listed Paper 3 apparatus/measurement/observation requirements and actual extended Paper 5 experimental planning remain practical training gaps. A numerical calculation, supplied observation or short design discussion does not demonstrate laboratory handling, microscopy drawing, data collection, a complete safe method or practical competence. No hazardous real-laboratory instructions are supplied by the additions.
New questions are original English-only selected practice with indicative distinct marking points. Independent AI checking does not establish teacher approval, validated translations or full outcome teaching coverage. Arabic practice and bilingual academic verification are not supplied here.
Subsections with no placed existing or new question at all: 1.1 (Physical quantities and estimates; PDF 16); 3.2 (Drag and terminal motion; PDF 18); 4.2 (Force and torque equilibrium; PDF 18); 7.2 (Longitudinal and transverse waves; PDF 21); 7.4 (Electromagnetic wavelengths; PDF 21); 8.2 (Diffraction at apertures; PDF 22); 13.1 (Gravitational field representation; PDF 26); 14.2 (Thermometry and temperature scales; PDF 27); 15.1 (Moles and molecular counting; PDF 28); 18.3 (Coulomb forces; PDF 31); 20.1 (Magnetic field representation; PDF 32); 20.4 (Current-generated magnetic fields; PDF 33). Even the other subsections have only selected question presence, not complete teaching/assessment coverage.
Physics extensions are partial rather than forced matches: vertical-loop contact thresholds, pendulum-specific period recall, exponential damped envelopes/shifted resonance, tension-density string speed, escape-speed comparison, stopping potential and logarithmic isothermal work. Polariser practice starts from unpolarised light even though 7.5.2 excludes that initial-transmission calculation from requirements.
Residual theory includes complete terminal-speed/drag treatments, EM-spectrum and oscilloscope interpretation, geostationary geometry, detailed field/force line drawings, Hall-probe practice, current-generated field patterns, full nuclear reaction/decay evidence and all nested medical/cosmological outcomes. One selected imaging or stellar calculation is not a complete unit.

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