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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: The Smoking Gun, Experimental Signatures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following qualities must a physical law have in order to be considered symmetric?
(a) It works regardless of the spin of the particles involved.
(b) It is valid for both matter and anti-matter.
(c) It does not depend on where or when it is applied.
(d) It is valid for both matter and energy.

2. The advent of fermionic vibrational patterns resulted in the creation of _____.
(a) Supersymmetric quantum field theory.
(b) Fermionic resonance theory.
(c) Symmetric antistring theory.
(d) Quantum electroweak theory.

3. What are the characteristics of a wave?
(a) Energy level, polarity, and speed.
(b) Frequency, wavelength, and amplitude.
(c) Amplitude and energy.
(d) Frequency, polarity, and wavelength.

4. Which of the following did Einstein considered time?
(a) A fourth dimension, alongside the three spatial dimensions.
(b) A three-dimensional field.
(c) A physical substance, composed of particles.
(d) The fifth fundamental force of the universe.

5. In which particle was spin first discovered?
(a) The proton.
(b) The electron.
(c) The neutron.
(d) The photon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true regarding experimental evidence for super particles?

2. What is the traditional method of testing theories in physics?

3. What property of electromagnetic waves did Max Planck solve the thermodynamic problem of the oven by discovering?

4. What is quantum foam?

5. In Einstein's famous equation, E=mc^2, what does "c" represent?

(see the answer key)

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