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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What discovery about string theory triggered the "superstring revolution"?
(a) Its approximate equations were solved for the first time.
(b) It was found to encompass the four fundamental forces of matter.
(c) Einstein announced that it exactly matched his formulas for general relativity.
(d) It was experimentally confirmed at Fermilab in the US.

3. Black holes are dense and massive cosmological bodies. What unique distinction do they have?
(a) They are the only objects that emit gamma rays.
(b) Light cannot escape their gravitational well.
(c) Neutrinos always flow towards them.
(d) They are the only types of stars that can produce uranium and heavier elements.

4. What does the quantum electroweak theory state about the two fundamental forces it describes?
(a) At extreme energy and temperature conditions, they become the same thing.
(b) In four-dimensional space, they are the same thing.
(c) They are identical at quantum scales.
(d) They only interact at the Planck length and below.

5. What is the quantum, or messenger particle, of the weak force?
(a) The neutrino.
(b) The weak gauge boson.
(c) The up quark.
(d) The Higgs boson.

6. Which of the following is not true according to special relativity?
(a) Motion and time are relative; they depend on the observer.
(b) No object can move faster than the speed of light.
(c) Time does not pass for objects that are perfectly at rest.
(d) All objects move at a constant speed through space-time.

7. What rule did Max Planck discover the electromagnetic waves bounded in a container, such as an oven, must follow?
(a) There must be an even number of peaks and troughs.
(b) They must have a whole number of peaks and troughs that fit perfectly inside the container.
(c) The frequencies of the waves must all be the same.
(d) The energies of all waves inside the over must cancel out to zero.

8. According to general relativity, which of the following is said to warp or bend space-time?
(a) Accelerated motion and orbital motion.
(b) Constant, relativistic speed motion.
(c) Gravity and electromagnetic fields.
(d) Accelerated motion and gravity.

9. In quantum mechanics, what is symmetry breaking?
(a) When an asymmetrical matter and anti-matter pair is created.
(b) When two fused fundamental forces become separated out.
(c) The primary reason that the theory is incompatible with general relativity.
(d) When the symmetry between a electrical and magnetic field is broken at high energy levels.

10. Which of the following is a correct statement, based on the theory of special relativity?
(a) Movement can only be measured relative to very massive objects, such as stars.
(b) Time and space are not experienced exactly the same by all observers
(c) Time is always the same to all observers, but space is not.
(d) Energy only exists relative to mass.

11. In Einstein's famous equation, E=mc^2, what does "c" represent?
(a) The frequency of light.
(b) The speed of the object.
(c) The object's density.
(d) The speed of light.

12. Einstein's equation, E=mc^2, states that which of the following are equivalent?
(a) Light and magnetism.
(b) Electricity and magnetism.
(c) Energy and mass.
(d) Energy and light.

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

14. In 1968 it was discovered that protons and neutrons are composed of which type of particle?
(a) Baryons.
(b) Muons.
(c) Quarks.
(d) Neutrinos.

15. Two theories form the basis of modern physics, but are incompatible with one another. String theory attempts to reconcile these fields. What are these two theories?
(a) General relativity and special relativity.
(b) Gravity and general relativity.
(c) Quantum mechanics and the photoelectric effect.
(d) General relativity and quantum mechanics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is correct about the speed at which light moves?

2. According to Newton's law of gravity, the strength of the pull between two objects depends on what factors?

3. The smallest possible unit of energy is referred to as _____.

4. What are the characteristics of a wave?

5. What type of a wave is light?

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