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Question 1

What is the angular frequency of an ideal LC circuit?

  • 1/√(LC)
  • √(LC)
  • 1/(LC)
  • LC
Question 2

For a monatomic ideal gas, the adiabatic index γ = C_p/C_v is:

  • 5/3
  • 7/5
  • 3/2
  • 4/3
Question 3

For a diatomic ideal gas, the adiabatic index γ equals 7/5.

  • True
  • False
Question 4

The rest mass of the electron is approximately ______ keV/c².

Fill in the blank

Question 5

A pion is best described as which of the following?

  • A meson: a boson made of a quark–antiquark pair
  • A baryon made of three quarks
  • A lepton, like the electron
  • A massless gauge boson
Question 6

The Heisenberg uncertainty principle requires that the product ΔpΔx be at least:

  • ħ/2
  • ħ
  • 0
Question 7

Which expression correctly gives the Poynting vector?

  • S = (1/μ₀)(E × B)
  • S = μ₀(E × B)
  • S = (1/ε₀)(E · B)
  • S = ε₀(E × B)
Question 8

The cyclotron radius of a charged particle moving perpendicular to a magnetic field is:

  • r = mv/(qB)
  • r = qB/(mv)
  • r = mvB/q
  • r = qv/(mB)
Question 9

In nondegenerate perturbation theory, the first-order energy correction to state n is given by:

  • E_n^(1) = ⟨φ_n^(0)|Ĥ₁|φ_n^(0)⟩
  • E_n^(1) = Σ_{k≠n} |⟨φ_k^(0)|Ĥ₁|φ_n^(0)⟩|² / (E_n^(0) − E_k^(0))
  • E_n^(1) = ⟨φ_n^(0)|Ĥ₀|φ_n^(0)⟩
  • E_n^(1) = Ĥ₁|φ_n^(0)⟩ / E_n^(0)
Question 10

In a tube open at one end and closed at the other, the resonant wavelengths are:

  • λ = 4L/(2n+1)
  • λ = 2L/n
  • λ = 4L/(2n)
  • λ = L/n
Question 11

The electric field inside a conducting shell enclosing a neutral electric dipole is zero.

  • True
  • False
Question 12

Which expression gives the bound current density J_b in a magnetized material?

  • J_b = ∇×M
  • J_b = ∇·M
  • J_b = −∇·P
  • J_b = ∂P/∂t
Question 13

Which expression gives the moment of inertia of a continuous mass distribution?

  • I = ∫ r² dm
  • I = ∫ r dm
  • I = ∫ r² dV
  • I = ∫ m r² dr
Question 14

For thin-film interference at normal incidence, constructive interference occurs when:

  • mλ = 2nd
  • (m - 1/2)λ = 2nd
  • mλ = nd
  • (m + 1/2)λ = nd
Question 15

In thin-film interference, destructive interference occurs when (m - 1/2)λ = 2nd.

  • True
  • False
Question 16

In the photoelectric effect, the photon energy ħω equals the maximum kinetic energy T plus the ___.

Fill in the blank

Question 17

What is the mean thermal energy ⟨ε⟩ of a photon mode of frequency ω in blackbody radiation?

  • ⟨ε⟩ = ħω / (e^(ħω/(k_B T)) - 1)
  • ⟨ε⟩ = ħω / (e^(ħω/(k_B T)) + 1)
  • ⟨ε⟩ = k_B T / (e^(ħω/(k_B T)) - 1)
  • ⟨ε⟩ = ħω (e^(ħω/(k_B T)) - 1)
Question 18

Which is the Rydberg formula for the wavelength λ of a spectral line in a hydrogen-like atom?

  • 1/λ = R Z² (1/n₁² - 1/n₂²)
  • 1/λ = R Z (1/n₁² - 1/n₂²)
  • λ = R Z² (1/n₁² - 1/n₂²)
  • 1/λ = R Z² (1/n₂² - 1/n₁²)
Question 19

The ground-state energy of hydrogen (Z=1, n=1) is approximately ___ eV.

Fill in the blank

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT one of the hydrogen spectral series listed?

  • Lyman
  • Balmer
  • Brackett
  • Doppler
Question 21

Which two-spin-1/2 state is the singlet state (s=0)?

  • |0,0> = (↑↓ - ↓↑)/√2
  • |1,0> = (↑↓ + ↓↑)/√2
  • |1,1> = ↑↑
  • |1,-1> = ↓↓
Question 22

The Pauli matrix σ_z is equal to [[1,0],[0,-1]].

  • True
  • False
Question 23

What is the Heisenberg equation of motion for an operator O (with no explicit time dependence)?

  • dO/dt = (1/(iħ)) [O, H]
  • dO/dt = (1/(iħ)) [H, O]
  • dO/dt = (iħ) [O, H]
  • dO/dt = (1/ħ) [O, H]
Question 24

Which formula correctly gives the observed frequency f' for a moving source and observer (with v_o toward the source and v_s toward the observer)?

  • f' = f₀ (v + v_o) / (v - v_s)
  • f' = f₀ (v + v_s) / (v + v_o)
  • f' = f₀ (v - v_o) / (v + v_s)
  • f' = f₀ (v - v_s) / (v + v_o)

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