ACS Quantum
Mechanics Final
Questions and Answers
Updated 2026
whoBassumedBtheBenergyBofBallBoscillatorsBinBaBblackbodyBwasBquantized?BwhatBwas
BitBsaidBtoBbeBquantizedBby?B-
BAnswerBPlanck;Be=nhvBwhereBn=quantumBnumber,Bh=PlanksBconstant,BandBv=freque
ncyBofBtheBoscillator
whatBdidBEinsteinBproposeBthroughBuseBofBPlank'sBquantizationBofBenergyBtheory?B-
BAnswerBthatBradiationBitselfBexistedBasBpacketsBofBenergyB(calledBphotons)BwithBe=h
v
whatBisBtheBempiricalBequationBexplainingBtheBobservedBspectrumBofBhydrogen?B-
BAnswerBv=Rh((1/n1^2)-
(1/n2^2))BwhereBRhBisBtheBRydbergBconstant,BandBn1BandBn2BareBquantumBnumbers
theBangularBmomentumBofBtheBhydrogenBatomBisBquantizedBbyBunitsBofBwhat?B-
BAnswerBh/2PiBorBhbar
whatBisBtheBrelationBofBmomentumBtoBwavelength?B(deBBroglieBrelation)B-
BAnswerBwavelength=h/pBorBh/m*vB
whereBvBisBvelocity,BmBisBmass,BandBhBisBplanck'sBconstant
whatBisBtheBSchrodingerBequation?B-
BAnswerBaBpartialBdifferentialBequationBdescribingBtheBwaveBpropertiesBofBmatter.Bsol
utionsBareBcalledBwaveBfunctions.
, equationBforBtheBtheoryBthatBtwoBelectronsBcannotBoccupyBtheBsameBspatialBorbitalB
unlessBtheyBareBofBoppositeBspin?B(PauliBexclusionBprinciple)B-BAnswerBΨ(1,2)=B-
Ψ(2,1)
whatBisBtheBequationBforBtheBHeisengburgBuncertaintyBprinciple?B-
BAnswerBΔxΔpBisBgreaterBthanBorBequalBtoB0.5hbar
whatBdoesBtheBcorrespondenceBprincipleBstate?B-
BAnswerBclassicalBandBquantumBmechanicalBresultsBmergeBinBtheBlimitBofBhighBquant
umBnumbers
WhatBisBtheBtimeBindependentBschrodingerBequation?B-
BAnswerBHΨ=EΨBwhereBHBisBtheBhamiltonianBoperatorBandBEBisBtheBenergy
whenBisBaBfunctionBanBeigenBfunction?B-
BAnswerBexample:BABisBanBeigenBfunctionBifBapplyingBABtoBtheBfunctionBfBisBtheBsa
meBasBtheBmultiplicationBofBfBbyBaBconstant,Ba.BOrBAf=af
theBwavefunctionsBandBenergiesBofBsystemsBareB_____BofBtheBHamiltonianBoperatorB-
BAnswerBeigenBfunctions.BInBotherBwords,BapplyingBtheBHamiltonianBtoBtheBwaveBfun
ctionBisBtheBsameBasBmultiplyingBtheBwavefunctionBbyBtheBconstant,BEBorBenergy.
whatBisBanBoperator?B-
BAnswerBABruleBforBchangingBoneBfunctionBintoBanotherBfunction
whatBmakesBanBoperatorBlinear?B-
BAnswerBitB(representedBbyBA)BsatisfiesBtheBequation:BA(cf+dg)=Acf+AdgBwhereBfBand
BgBareBfunctionsBandBcBandBdBareBconstants
whatBmakesBanBoperatorBHermitian?B-
BAnswerBitB(representedBbyBA)BsatisfiesBtheBequation:BINTEGRAL(fAgBdT)B=BINTEGRAL
(gAfBdT)