Question Bank

Subject: Nano Electronics (PE-EC-505A)

ECE-5th Semester [Year: 2023]
Module: I
PART: A

Sl Questions
No.
1 Which of these consumer products is already being made using nanotechnology
methods?
a) Fishing lure b) Golf ball c) Sunscreen lotion d) All of the above
2 For a quantum wave particle, E = _____________
a) ℏ k
b) ℏ ω
c) ℏ ω/2
d) ℏ k/2
3 The Steady-state form of Schrodinger wave equation is _____________
a) Linear
b) Quadratic
c) Differential equation
d) Derivable
4 According to classical mechanics, which law(s) apply or applies to the behavior of
macroscopic particles?
a) Newton's three laws
b) the differential wave equation
c) Dalton's law of multiple proportions
d) Kepler's Law
5 Schrodinger's equation described the
a) procedure for splitting an atom
b) complement of the wave function
c) behaviour of "matter" waves
d) motion of light
6 Which physicist proposed the uncertainty principle in 1927?
a) Niels Bohr
b) Albert Einstein
c) Arnold Schrodinger
d) Werner Heisenberg
7 A material with one dimension in Nano range and the other two dimensions are large is
called ___________
a) Micro-material
b) Quantum wire
c) Quantum well
 d) Quantum dot
8 Which one of the following is not a strong bond?
(a) van der Waals bond (b) Covalent bond (c) Metallic bond (d) Ionic bond
9 Find the energy in joules of photons of radio waves that leave an FM station that has a
90.0-MHz broadcast frequency.
a) 1.8 × 10−25 J
b) 1.11 × 10−25 J
c) 7.1 × 10−43 J
d) 5.96 × 10-26 J
10 Which region of the electromagnetic spectrum will provide photons of the least energy?
a) infrared light
b) radio waves
c) ultraviolet light
d) X-rays
11 Which of the following observations from the photoelectric effect is not a violation of
classical physics?
a) Electrons are ejected immediately after impact from light.
b) Light can eject electrons from a semi-conductive material.
c) Light intensity does not influence the kinetic energy of ejected electrons.
d) No electrons are emitted if the light frequency is too low.
12 What two particles interact in Compton scattering?
a) photon and electron
b) proton and electron
c) neutron and electron
d) proton and neutron
13 Terms like frequency, amplitude, and period are tied to what component of wave-particle
duality?
a) neither the particle nor the wave model of light
b) both the particle and wave models of light
c) the particle model of light
d) the wave model of light
14 Which statement best describes the photoelectric effect?
a) Emission of electrons from a metal absorbing photons of electromagnetic
radiation
b) Conduction of electrons in a metal due to the movement of photons of
electromagnetic radiation
c) Emission of photons of electromagnetic radiation due to the absorption of
electrons
d) Conduction of holes in a metal due to the movement of photons of
electromagnetic radiation
15 What aspect of wave particle duality is shown by the photoelectric effect?
a) Light is made up of particles
b) Particles can behave like waves
c) Waves can behave like particles
d) All of above
16 What are the implications of Heisenberg’s ‘uncertainty principle’?
a) That traditional assumptions of the scientific method, such as determinism, are
now essentially obsolete
b) That because we now know from quantum physics that certainty in observation
is impossible, all previous (traditional) scientific findings must be considered uncertain
 c) That obtaining precise and simultaneous measurements of both the position and
the momentum of a subatomic particle is impossible
d) That modern physics has dispensed with the Newtonian approach to science
that, ironically, continue to be imitated by fields such as psychology
17 What is quantum mechanics?
a) the field examining the physical behavior of particles at the nanoscopic level
b) the field that examines the behavior of quasars
c) the field examining the loss of mass in a system
d) mass times the velocity of a particle
18 The Heisenberg uncertainty principle is concerned with what two properties?
a) mass and velocity
b) momentum and position
c) position and velocity
d) momentum and mass
19 Which of the following is the correct expression for the Schrödinger wave function?
a) iℏdΨ/dt=−i(ℏ/2m)∂Ψ/∂x+UΨ
b) iℏdΨ/dt=−i(ℏ/2m)∂2Ψ/∂x2+UΨ
c) iℏdΨ/dt=−i(ℏz/2m)∂Ψ/∂x+UΨ
d) iℏdΨ/dt=−i(ℏz/2m)∂2Ψ∂x2+UΨ

20 Which of the following is not a characteristic of wave function?

a) Continuous
b) Single valued
c) Differentiable
d) Physically Significant
21 When the Schrodinger equation is solved for E > Vo, the solutions will be __________
a) Non-oscillatory
b) Oscillatory Inside
c) Oscillatory Outside
d) Oscillatory inside as well as outside
22 The wave function of a particle in a box is given by ____________
a) A sin(kx)
b) A cos(kx)
c) Asin(kx) + Bcos(kx)
d) A sin(kx) – B cos(kx)
23 33. The square of the magnitude of the wave function is called
a) Current density
b) Probability density
c) Zero density
d) Volume density
24 The total probability of finding the particle in space must be __________
(a) zero (b) unity
(c ) infinity (d) double
25 The concept of matter wave was suggested by_________
(a) Heisenberg (b) de Broglie
(c ) Schrodinger (d) Laplace
26 The function representing matter waves must be ________
(a) Complex (b) real
(c) zero (d) infinity
27 Quantum well can be fabricated by
a) By sandwiching a low Bandgap material between wide Bandgap materials
b) By sandwiching a wide Bandgap material between low Bandgap materials
c) Moderate Bandgap materials are required
d) None of the above
28 Richard Feynman is often credited with predicting the potential of nanotechnology.
What was the title of his famous speech given on December 29, 1959?
a) There is a tiny room at the bottom
b) Things get nanoscopic at the bottom
c) Bottom? What bottom?
d) There is plenty of room at the bottom
29 What exactly is a quantum dot?
a) A semiconductor nanostructure that confines the motion of conduction band
electrons, valence band holes, or excitons in all three spatial directions.
b) The sharpest possible tip of an Atomic Force Microscope
c) A fictional term used in science fiction for the endpoints of wormholes
d) Unexplained spots that appear in electron microscopy images of nanostructures
smaller than 1 nanometer
30 The prefix "nano" comes from a ...
(a) French word meaning billion
(b) Greek word meaning dwarf
(c) Spanish word meaning particle
(d) Latin word meaning invisible
31 Who first used the term nanotechnology and when?
(a) Richard Feynman, 1959
(b) Norio Taniguchi, 1974
(c) Eric Drexler, 1986
(d) Sumio Iijima, 1991

32 What is a buckyball?
(a) A carbon molecule (C60)
(b) Nickname for Mercedes-Benz's futuristic concept car (C111)
(c) Plastic explosives nanoparticle (C4)
(d) Concrete nanoparticle with a compressive strength of 20 nanonewtons (C20)
33 Which of these historical works of art contain nanotechnology?
(a) Lycurgus cup
(b) Medieval stained glass windows in churches
(c) Damascus steel swords
(d) All of the above
34 How many oxygen atoms lined up in a row would fit in a one nanometer space?
(a) None; an oxygen atom is bigger than 1 nm
(b) One
(c) Seven
(d) Seventy
35 Which one of these statements is NOT true?
(a) Gold at the nanoscale is red
(b) Copper at the nanoscale is transparent
(c) Silicon at the nanoscale is an insulator
(d) Aluminum at the nanoscale is highly combustible
36 Which of these consumer products is already being made using nanotechnology
methods?
(a) Fishing lure
(b) Golf ball
(c) Sunscreen lotion
(d) All of the above
37 If you were to shrink yourself down until you were only a nanometer tall, how thick
would a sheet of paper appear to you?
(a) 170 meters
(b) 1.7 kilometers (a bit more than a mile)
(c) 17 kilometers
(d) 170 kilometers
38 What is graphene?
(a) A new material made from carbon nanotubes
(b) A one-atom thick sheet of carbon
(c) Thin film made from fullerenes
(d) A software tool to measure and graphically represent nanoparticles
39 Which one of these condiments is unique due to the nanoscale interactions between its
ingredients?
(a) Ketchup
(b) Mustard
(c) Mayonnaise
(d) All of the above
40 Nanorobots (nanobots)...
(a) Do not exist yet
(b) Exist in experimental form in laboratories
(c) Are already used in nanomedicine to remove plaque from the walls of arteries
(d) Will be used by NASA in the next unmanned mission to Mars
41 What is the work function of a material?
a) The bonding energy for the material
b) The minimum energy than an electron needs to escape into the vacuum
c) The spacing between adjacent energy levels in the atoms of a material
d) The free energy of the material at T = 0K.
42 What is the significance of -13.6 electron volts?
a) It is the work function of hydrogen
b) It is the lowest energy state in a hydrogen atom
c) It is the highest energy state in a hydrogen atom
d) It is the work function of silicon
43 The square of the Schrodinger wave function is
a) Equal to one.
b) Not integrable.
c) A probability density.
d) Has no physical meaning.
44 If I know the position of a subatomic particle precisely, then
a) I know nothing about the particle’s momentum.
b) I known a very limited amount about the particle’s momentum.
c) The particle must be at rest.
d) The particle can’t be at rest
45 If the width of the infinite potential is doubled, how is the energy of the ground state
going to change?
 (a) increase by factor 2
(b) increase by factor 4
(c) decrease by factor 2
(d) decrease by factor 4
46 Which of the following can be a wave function?
a) tan x
b) sin x
c) cot x
d) sec x
47 Which of the following is not a characteristic of wave function?
a) Continuous
b) Single valued
c) Differentiable
d) Physically Significant
48 In a finite Potential well, the potential energy outside the box is ____________
a) Zero
b) Infinite
c) Constant
d) Variable
49 If 5eV of energy is supplied to an electron with a binding energy of 2.3eV, with what
kinetic energy will the electron be launched?
50 What is the momentum of a 500-nm photon?
51 What is the energy of a photon of frequency 5.7 x 1014 Hz?
52 Calculate the photon energy corresponding to a particular wavelength λ=0.708X10-8 cm
53 Calculate the de Broglie wavelength of a particle Consider an electron travelling at a
velocity of 107 cm/s
54 A particle with mass 2.2 X10 −31 kg has a de Broglie wavelength of 112 Å. Determine
the momentum.
55 A particle with mass 2.2 X10 −31 kg has a de Broglie wavelength of 112 Å Determine the
kinetic energy
56 The uncertainty in position of an electron is 8 Å. Determine the minimum uncertainly in
momentum
57 Calculate the first three energy levels of an electron in an infinite potential well.
Consider an electron in an infinite potential well of width 5 Å.
58 Calculate the fourth energy level of an electron in an infinite potential well. Consider an
electron in an infinite potential well of width 5 Å.
59 The initial velocity of an electron is 107 cm/s. If the kinetic energy of the electron
increases by 10-12 eV, determine the increase in velocity.
60 If the first allowed energy level of electron is 0.261 eV. Calculate the width of the 1-D
infinite potential well
61 If the second allowed energy level of proton is 5.7X10-4 eV. Calculate the width of the 1-
D infinite potential well
62 Calculate the Zero-point energy for a particle in an infinite potential well for an electron
confined to a 1 nm atom.
63 A particle with mass 5 X10 −31 kg has a de Broglie wavelength of 180 Å. Determine the
momentum of the particle
64 The lowest energy of a particle in an infinite potential well with a width of 100 Å is
0.025 eV. What is the mass of the particle?