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Physical and Information Sciences

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  1. Which fundamental interaction in particle physics is mediated by massless gluons and binds quarks together into hadrons?
  2. In optical fiber telecommunications, what fundamental optical principle governs the guided propagation of laser pulses along the fiber core?
  3. What type of semiconductor device acts as a one-way valve for electric current and converts alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC)?
  4. Which orbital altitude range characterizes Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites that complete an orbit in exactly 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds?
  5. In computer architecture, what is the fastest and smallest memory tier located directly on the central processing unit (CPU) chip?
  6. Which symmetric encryption standard adopted by NIST in 2001 uses the Rijndael cipher with 128, 192, or 256-bit cryptographic keys?
  7. What is the primary function of the Domain Name System (DNS) in computer networking protocols?
  8. A communications satellite transmits at a frequency of 15 GHz in the Ku-band. What is the wavelength of this electromagnetic signal in free space (c = 3.0 × 10^8 m/s)?
  9. What phenomenon occurs when a moving source of sound or electromagnetic radiation causes an apparent frequency shift observed by a stationary receiver?
  10. In quantum mechanics, what principle formulated by Werner Heisenberg states that the position and momentum of a particle cannot simultaneously be measured with arbitrary precision?

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