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Quiz - Nuclear physics

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. What is the number of neutrons in nuclides 4. The material mass before decay process is x gram.
238
U? The half-life of a material is 2 days. The mass of
92
material after 8 days is y gram. What is the
x
A) 156 comparison between ?
B) 337
y
C) 146
D) 234 A) 16 : 1
B) 8 : 1
2. Which equation shows a nuclear fusion C) 1 : 16
reaction?
D) 1 : 8
46
A) 21
Sc  46
21
Sc + gamma ray 5. What is not include to the radioactive decay
239 95 141 type?
B) 92
U 38
Sr + 54
Xe + 3 neutrons
2 2 4
C) 1
H + H  He
1 2
A) Beta
14 B) Alpha
D) N + neutron  157 N
7 C) Gamma
D) Neutrons
3. The graph shows decay process of material.
6. The mass of 94 Be nucleus = 9,0121 amu, mass of
proton = 1.0078 amu, mass of neutron = 1.0086
amu. If 1 amu is equivalent to 931 MeV of energy,
What is the atomic binding energy of 94 Be
nucleus?

A) 57.82 MeV
B) 90.12 MeV
C) 62.10 MeV
D) 51.39 MeV
Based on the graph, what is the half-life of
material?

A) 20 seconds
B) 5 seconds
C) 40 seconds
D) 10 seconds

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7. The equation shows the decay of the nuclide X. 11. A radioactive source emits radiation that can pass
through a sheet of paper but not through thick
aluminium.

What are the values of P and Q?

A) P= 222; Q= 90
B) P= 222; Q= 86
C) P= 230; Q= 86
D) P= 230; Q= 90
What does this show about the radiation?
8. What is the missing in the following reaction?
A) It is beta-particles
235
92
U  10 n 
     90
37
Rb  210 n B) It is gamma-rays
C) It is alpha-particles
140 D) It is a mixture of alpha-particles and
A) Cs
55 gamma-rays
144
B) 55
Cs
150 12. The numbers of protons, neutrons and nucleons in
C) 54
Cs three nuclei are shown.
55
D) 140
Cs

9. If an atom's atomic number is given by Z, its

atomic mass by A, and its neutron number by N,
which of the following is correct?

A) None of the given answers

B) N=A-Z Which nuclei are isotopes of the same element?
C) N=A+Z
D) N=Z-A A) All of them
B) Y and Z
10. Look at the following radioactive decay equation.
C) X and Z
222
D) X and Y
Rn  218
8684
PX
What is the right X particle? 13. If the half-life of a material is 45 years, how much
will be left after 100 years?
1
A) 1
P
A) Less than 1/2
B) 4
2
 B) More than 1/4
1
C) 0
n C) Less than 1/4
D) 0
e D) More than 1/2
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14. During  - decay ___________
A) A proton is transformed to a neutron.
B) A neutron is ejected from the nucleus.
C) A proton is ejected from the nucleus.
D) A neutron is transformed to a proton.
15. What is the process of emission of natural
radiation from some elements?
19. The expression (MX - MY - M) × 931.5
represents __________
A) The energy released when nucleus Y undergoes
alpha decay.
B) The energy released when nucleus X undergoes
alpha decay.
C) The binding energy of the nucleus Y.
D) The binding energy of the nucleus X.

A) Degeneracy 20. Which equation shows a nuclear fission

B) Radiotransmutation reaction?
C) Radioactivity
2
D) Transmutation A) 1
H + 21 H  42 He
14
16. Nucleus consists of _________ B) 7
N + neutron  157 N
46
C) 21
Sc  46
21
Sc + gamma ray
A) proton and neutron 239
D) U  95 Sr + 141 Xe + 3 neutrons
B) proton, neutron, and electron 92 38 54

C) neutron only
D) proton only
E) electron only

17. The Uranium nucleus 23892

U emits an alpha-particle
to become thorium, which then emits a
beta-particle to become protactinium.

What is the proton number (atomic number) of

protactinium?

A) 95
B) 90
C) 91
D) 89
E) 88

18. Mass of the nucleus of an atom is A. Mass of all

protons in the nucleus is B and mass of all neutron
in the nucleus is D. if the speed of light in vacuum
is C, then the nucleus binding energy is
___________

A) (B-(A+D))C2
B) ((B+D)-A))C2
C) (A-(B+D))C2
D) ((A+D)-B)C2
E) (A+B+D)C2