NOWLEDGE 1. Par cles that par cipate in strong nuclear interac on are 11. Par cles that interact with strong force are called: K called: a) Electrons b) Hadrons a) Neutrinos b) Hadrons c) Muons d) Leptons

OUR c) Leptons d) Photons

Y 12. A baryon is made of: 2. Sum of the charges of 14 up quarks and 11 down quarks: a) A quark anƟ quark pair a) 52/3 b) 39 b) Three quarks

EST c) 3 d) 17/3 c) Three anƟ quarks

T d) Electron-positron-gamma state 3. Bo om Quark is also known as: a) Charm quark 13. How many diff erent gluons exist? b) Bubble quark a) 5 b) 6 c) Bilou quark c) 7 d) 8 d) Beauty quark 14. The proton in the quark model is composed of: 4. Which of the following is the most massive object? a) u-d-d b) d-d-d a) Z-parƟ cle c) u-u-u d) u-u-d b) W-parƟ cle c) Top quark 15. The neutron in the quark model is composed of: d) None of the above a) u-d-d b) d-d-d c) u-u-u d) u-u-d 5. Which of the following par cles is not a boson? a) The photon 16. The search for elementary par cles is an example of: b) The gluon a) ReducƟ onism b) IrraƟ onalism c) The muon c) Holism d) Determinism d) The Higgs parƟ cle 17. Which of the following is not found in an atom? 6. Which of the following is not conserved in a nuclear reac on? a) Neutrino b) Quark a) Nucleon number c) Proton d) Electron b) Baryon number c) Charge 18. Which of the following is the large hadron collider looking d) All of the above are conserved for? a) Neutrino b) Tau leptons 7. The fi rst an par cle found was the: c) Quarks d) Higgs bosons a) Positron b) Quark c) Baryon d) Hyperon 19. Which of the following is not a par cle physics experiment? a) Gargamelle b) Aladin 8. The proton, neutron, electron and photon are called: c) Belle d) Babar a) Secondary parƟ cles b) Fundamental parƟ cles 20. Which of the following is not associated with LHC c) IniƟ al parƟ cles experiment? d) Basic parƟ cles a) Atlas b) LHCb c) Alice d) Aleph 9. The exchange par cle of electromagne c force is: a) Gluon b) Muon c) Photon d) Proton ANSWERS: 1.b 2.d 3.d 4.c 5.c 6.d 10. The electron and muon both are: 7.a 8.b 9.c 10.b 11.b 12.b a) Hadrons b) Leptons 13.d 14.d 15.a 16.a 17.a 18.d c) Mesons d) Baryons 19.a 20.d

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1. Epitrochlear bursi s is another name for: 12. Fregoli syndrome causes people to believe that complete a) Middle ear infl ammaƟ on b) Sore throat strangers are in fact: c) Tennis elbow d) Bunions a) People they know b) Famous celebriƟ es c) Mirages d) Aliens 2. Spider is an abnormal grouping of vessels near the surface of the: 13. Cotard’s syndrome is a psychological disorder in which people a) Eyeballs b) believe they are: c) Tongue d) Fingernails a) Immortal b) Famous c) Dead d) None of the above 3. Somnambulism is another name for: a) Small blood clot b) Snoring 14. A disease in which unusual thread-like fi bers appear under c) Sleepwalking d) A pronounced limb the skin: a) Morgellons disease b) Asperger’s disease 4. If a child develops a chalazion, which part of his or her body c) Seizure disease d) Addison’s disease is aff ected? a) Eyelid b) Skin 15. Korsakoff ’s syndrome is an amnes c disorder caused by c) Throat d) Stomach damage to the: a) Cerebral cortex b) Amygdale 5. Encephali s is an irrita on and infl amma on aff ec ng which c) Hippocampus d) Thalamus organ? a) The brain b) The 16. is a condi on involving: c) The heart d) The thyroid gland a) Abnormal out pockeƟ ng of the large intesƟ ne b) Infl ammaƟ on of the small intesƟ ne 6. A por on of your stomach protrudes through a hole in your c) ConstricƟ on of the esophagus with a tumor diaphragm and upward in your chest. You have: d) DegeneraƟ on of the liver a) A compounded ulcer b) A hiaƟ al hernia c) Severe heartburn d) Esophageal refl ex 17. Dysphagia is a term describing diffi cult, painful or abnormal: a) Passing of stool 7. Alterna ng pain, weakness, numbness and ngling in a leg are b) Emptying of stomach likely symptoms of: c) Chewing of food a) A pinched nerve b) A muscle tear d) Swallowing c) PhlebiƟ s d) SciaƟ ca 18. If you have GERD, you have: 8. Which of the following is not a hereditary disease? a) Gall bladder disease b) Stomach ulcers a) Albinism b) Mental retardaƟ on c) Severe heartburn d) Alcoholic c) Hemophilia d) 19. Crohn’s disease is associated with: 9. Which of the following disease is known as the Hansen’s a) Liver b) IntesƟ nal tract disease? c) Heart d) Lung a) Leprosy b) Infl uenza c) Tuberculosis d) Pneumonia 20. A disease associated with thickening of skin and underlying ssues: 10. Curvature of the spine is associated with: a) Schizophrenia b) Anorexia Nervosa a) Dyslexia b) Epilepsy c) LymphaƟ c Filariasis d) Narcolepsy c) Scoliosis d) Angelman ANSWERS: 11. Hypertrichosis is also some mes informally called: 1.c 2.b 3.c 4.a 5.a 6.b a) Vampire disorder 7.d 8.d 9.a 10.c 11.d 12.a b) Mummy disease 13.c 14.a 15.d 16.d 17.d 18.c c) Zombifi caƟ on 19.b 20. c d) Werewolf syndrome

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