Trivia quiz questions about quantum mechanics with answers
Who is considered the father of quantum mechanics?
Answer: Max Planck.
What is the smallest amount of light called, and what
does it consist of?
Answer: A photon, consisting of both particle and wave-like behavior.
What is the famous wave-particle duality experiment
with electrons called?
Answer: The double-slit experiment.
What does the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle state?
Answer: That it is impossible to measure both the position and velocity of a
particle with absolute certainty.
What is the name of the mathematical tool used to
describe quantum mechanical systems?
Answer: Wave function.
What is the difference between an eigenfunction and an
eigenvalue?
Answer: An eigenfunction is a function that, when multiplied by a constant,
remains the same. An eigenvalue is that constant.
Who discovered the Schrödinger equation?
Answer: Erwin Schrödinger.
What is a quantum harmonic oscillator?
Answer: A simple quantum mechanical system consisting of a particle that is
subject to a restoring force.
What is a qubit?
Answer: The basic unit of quantum information, analogous to a classical bit.
What is the difference between classical and quantum
cryptography?
Answer: Quantum cryptography is based on the principles of quantum
mechanics, while classical cryptography is based on mathematical algorithms.
What is quantum entanglement?
Answer: A phenomenon where two or more particles become correlated in such a
way that the state of one particle is dependent on the state of the other.
What is the name of the principle that states that
particles with the same quantum number cannot occupy the same state?
Answer: Pauli exclusion principle.
What is the name of the famous paradox involving two
entangled particles?
Answer: The EPR paradox.
What is the name of the principle that states that the
total energy of a system is constant?
Answer: Conservation of energy.
What is a quantum computer?
Answer: A computer that uses quantum mechanical principles to process
information.
What is the name of the principle that states that the
wave function of a system collapses upon measurement?
Answer: The measurement problem.
What is the difference between a pure state and a mixed
state?
Answer: A pure state is a state where the system is in a definite state,
while a mixed state is a state where the system is in a superposition of
states.
What is the name of the principle that states that the
total angular momentum of a system is conserved?
Answer: Conservation of angular momentum.
What is the name of the principle that states that the
total spin of a system is conserved?
Answer: Conservation of spin.
What is a quantum dot?
Answer: A semiconductor structure that can trap a single electron.
What is the name of the principle that states that the
energy of a system is quantized?
Answer: The quantization of energy.
What is the name of the famous experiment that
demonstrated the non-locality of quantum mechanics?
Answer: The Bell experiment.
What is the name of the principle that states that the
total electric charge of a system is conserved?
Answer: Conservation of electric charge.
What is the name of the principle that states that the
total magnetic moment of a system is conserved?
Answer: Conservation of magnetic moment.
What is a quantum dot
laser?
Answer: A semiconductor laser that is based on quantum mechanical
principles.
What is the name of the principle that states that the
total linear momentum of a system is conserved?
Answer: Conservation of linear momentum.
