View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, Beyond Strings, In Search of M-Theory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is true regarding experimental confirmation of string theory?
(a) It has not yet been experimentally confirmed.
(b) It was confirmed in the 1980s.
(c) It can never be confirmed.
(d) It has been experimentally confirmed, but the data are still being processed.

2. Quantum electroweak theory concerns quantum mechanics and _____.
(a) Gravity.
(b) The strong force.
(c) The weak force.
(d) The electromagnetic force.

3. Which team of researchers discovered the process for altering Calabi-Yau spaces by rupturing them?
(a) Greene and Morrison.
(b) Bohr and Feynman.
(c) Hawking and Fermi.
(d) Yau and Tian.

4. Which of the following best describes the fate of Kaluza-Klein theory?
(a) It was quickly discarded as meaningless, but rediscovered by string theory.
(b) It became the mathematical basis of general relativity.
(c) It became widespread for a short time, but receives almost no attention now.
(d) It was updated through the 1970s, and eventually incorporated into string theory.

5. How many dimensions are necessitated by M-theory?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true regarding the mass and spin of a pair of superpartners?

2. What is the photoelectric effect?

3. Which of the following is true regarding the amount of visible matter in the universe compared to the amount of matter required to cause collapse of the universe?

4. How does the number of extra "curled up" dimensions affect the vibration of strings?

5. What are the vibrational patterns that a string can exhibit called?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 374 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample