Phys 165 Module 10 Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
What kind of variable is the charge of a proton?
A) Quantized variable
B) Continuous variable
C) Continuous and quantized
D) Neither continuous nor quantized - Correct answer-B) Continuous variable
Which of the following is a continuous variable ?
A) Number of students in a class
B) Time spent exercising per week
C) Number of M&Ms consumed
D) You Answered Age (in years) - Correct answer-B) Time spent exercising per
week
- speed of a car
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, Which of the following is a quantized variable?
A) Velocity of a falling object
B) Position of a Truck
C) Speed of a sound wave
D) Energy of a Purple Photon - Correct answer-Energy of a purple photon
The number of people attending a concert is a quantized variable. There is a
smallest value - one person, and all possible values are integer multiples of that
smallest value.
The discovery of the electron is credited to which experiment?
A) The Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment
B) J. J. Thompson's Cathode Ray Tube Experiment
C) The Compton Scattering Experiment
D) The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment - Correct answer-B) JJ Thompson's Cathode
Ray Tube Experiment
True or False: Max Planck proposed that a blackbody is made up of tiny
oscillators. - Correct answer-True
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Questions and Answers
What kind of variable is the charge of a proton?
A) Quantized variable
B) Continuous variable
C) Continuous and quantized
D) Neither continuous nor quantized - Correct answer-B) Continuous variable
Which of the following is a continuous variable ?
A) Number of students in a class
B) Time spent exercising per week
C) Number of M&Ms consumed
D) You Answered Age (in years) - Correct answer-B) Time spent exercising per
week
- speed of a car
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, Which of the following is a quantized variable?
A) Velocity of a falling object
B) Position of a Truck
C) Speed of a sound wave
D) Energy of a Purple Photon - Correct answer-Energy of a purple photon
The number of people attending a concert is a quantized variable. There is a
smallest value - one person, and all possible values are integer multiples of that
smallest value.
The discovery of the electron is credited to which experiment?
A) The Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment
B) J. J. Thompson's Cathode Ray Tube Experiment
C) The Compton Scattering Experiment
D) The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment - Correct answer-B) JJ Thompson's Cathode
Ray Tube Experiment
True or False: Max Planck proposed that a blackbody is made up of tiny
oscillators. - Correct answer-True
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