Q.1
What can Zur Quantenmechanik be translated to?
  • "To Rome We Go"
  • Greece, Rethymno
  • "Sweet Home Alabama"
  • "To Quantum Mechanics"
Q.2
According to classical mechanics, which law(s) apply or applies to the behavior of macroscopic particles?
  • Newton's three laws
  • the differential wave equation
  • Dalton's law of multiple proportions
  • Kepler's Law
Q.3
A determinist view of the world would expect
  • objects to move as they see fit
  • science to be formulaic
  • objects to follow predetermined paths
  • scientist to conduct experiments
Q.4
Which two characteristics are variables in Heisenberg's uncertainty principle?
  • wavelength and distance
  • position and momentum
  • charge and displacement
  • atomic radius and frequency
Q.5
In Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland, strange apparitions are a result of
  • alpha decay
  • large magnitudes of Planck's constant
  • the Pauli exclusion principle
  • radiation
Q.6
Which man wrote Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland?
  • George Orwell
  • Lewis Carroll
  • George Gamow
  • C.S. Lewis
Q.7
Which book's protagonist explores a quantum jungle?
  • A New System of Chemical Philosophy
  • Optiks
  • Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland
  • The Jungle
Q.8
Which physicist proposed the uncertainty principle in 1927?
  • Niels Bohr
  • Albert Einstein
  • Arnold Schrodinger
  • Werner Heisenberg
Q.9
How does the scattering of a photon affect an electron
  • by splitting it in two
  • by charging its charge
  • by making it disappear
  • by changing its position
Q.10
All of the following statements about Schrodinger's cat are true EXCEPT
  • it was conducted in 1935
  • the cat is sealed inside of a box
  • the cat  is both alive and dead
  • there is a 50 percent chance a vial of poison is released inside the box
Q.11
Schrodinger's cat experiment tested
  • the probability of quantum tunneling
  • Bohr's atomic model
  • whether a quantum system could exist in multiple states
  • radioactive decay in Plutonium
Q.12
An object's path can be predicted using Newton's
  • uncertainty principle
  • particle theory
  • conservation laws
  • laws of motion
Q.13
How does a scanning tunneling microscope map a surface?
  • by measuring the size of each individual electron
  • by measuring the voltage created by electron transfer
  • by measuring the size of each atom of the surface
  • by measuring the current due to tunneling electrons
Q.14
The use of a scanning tunneling microscope places a conducting tip
  • 0.5 to 0.8 nm from the surface
  • 0.4 to 0.7 nm from the surface
  • 0.4 to 0.9 nm from the surface
  • 0.3 to 0.5 nm from the surface
Q.15
The probability density is the
  • square root of the wave function
  • absolute value of the wave function
  • inverse of the wave function
  • absolute square of the wave function
Q.16
Solutions to Schrodinger's equation are labeled with
  • psi
  • phi
  • mu
  • pi
Q.17
Schrodinger's equation described the
  • procedure for splitting an atom
  • complement of the wave function
  • behavior of "matter" waves
  • motion of light
Q.18
Generally, the mathematics of modern quantum mechanics is
  • perfunctory
  • unimportant
  • simplified
  • complex
Q.19
Beforequantum theory
  • faced little challenge to its credibility
  • lacked organization
  • had wide applications
  • was widely accepted
Q.20
What is the current interpretation of physical theories?
  • Quantum field theory
  • nihilistic theory
  • We haven't current interpretation.
  • String theory
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