Laser Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

11. What is one way to describe a Photon?

1. Solid as a rock
2. A wave packet
3. A torpedo

12. What does the acronym MASER stand for?

1. Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2. Molecular Absorption by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
3. The name of Albert Einsteins dog

13. What does the acronym LASER stand for?

1. Light Absorption by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
3. Light Alteration by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

14. What determines the color of light?

1. its intensity
2. its wavelength
3. its source

15. The National Ignition Facility will use what type of laser for fusion power experimentation?

1. Neodymium-glass
2. Argon gas
3. Rhodamine Dye

16. The Eximer laser produces light with what wavelength?

1. Visible
2. Ultraviolet
3. Infrared

17. Most lasers are electrically inefficient devices

1. True Statement
2. False Statement

18. Laser energy is used to break up kidney or gallstones in process called?

1. Trbecularplasty
2. Lithotripsy
3. Viscocanalostomy

19. Chemical lasers use...............to produce their beams

1. Excessive amounts of electrical power
2. Small amounts of electrical power
3. No electrical power

20. As wavelength gets longer, the laser light can be focused to

1. Larger spot sizes
2. Smaller spot sizes
3. None of the above