Example of the test from astrophysics:

1. How old is Astrophysics?
a) more than 2 000 years, from the very beginning of the first astronomical observations,
b) about 400 years, from Keplerian laws and Newtonian mechanic formulation,
c) about 100 years, from using modern theoretical and experimental methods such as spectroscopy,
d) about 50 years, during them we can use rockets and artificial satellites.

2. Which of following sentences is right:
a) 1 l.y. is longer than 1 parsec,
b) from parsec, light year and Astronomical Unit is the longest the Astronomical Unit,
c) parsec is longer than light year, which is longer than Astronomical Unit,
d) parsec and light year are similar units, whereas Astronomical Unit is much more smaller.

3. Which value of apparent magnitude are the finest stars visible by naked eye?
a) -6
b) 6
c) 1
d) 0

4. The intensity of the light from star A is 10 000 times greater then the one from star B. For apparent magnitudes is right:
a) apparent magnitude of star A is greater than that of star B,
b) apparent magnitude of star A is smaller than that of star B,
c) m_A - m_B = 4
d) m_A - m_B = -10

5. Messier catalogue
a) includes stars, planets and asteroids,
b) includes all the visible objects on the sky,
c) includes about 6 000 brightest objects on the sky,
d) is catalogue only for the brightest galaxies.

Right answers:
1. c); 2. c); 3. b); 4. b) and d); 5. no of the answers is right.

It can bee more than one right answer, or no from the possibilities a), b), c) and d) can be right.

The questions are form following topics:

Astronomy & astrophysics (see http://www.aldebaran.cz/~zacek/download/astrophysics_2011.pps)

Physics of stars (see http://www.aldebaran.cz/~zacek/download/astrophysics_2011_2.pps)

Cosmology (see http://www.aldebaran.cz/~zacek/download/astrophysics_2011_3.pps)

Classification:

By each question you can obtain from 0 to 4 point, 4 point means that you answer good every possibilities a), b), c) and d). Your classification depends on the procentual gain of points:

gain	classification
100% ... 90%	A (excellent)
89% ... 80%	B (very good)
79% ... 70%	C (good)
69% ... 60%	D (satisfactory)
59% ... 50%	E (sufficient)
less than 50%	F (fail)