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1. 532.5 eV matches which of the following specific atom type?
Carbon
Oxygen
Nitrogen
Argon
2. By studying which of the following can we determine if the surface corresponds to C-O or C=O chemical form?
Mass of the electron
Energy of the carbon peak
Binding energy
Charge of electron
3. Which of the following is the detection limit of ESCA?
0.1% monolayer
0.5% monolayer
1% monolayer
2% monolayer
4. The characterisation of auger spectroscopy can be achieved up to which of the following depths?
1 nm
2 nm
4 nm
8 nm
5. Auger electron spectroscopy can be used for surface chemical analysis in a way similar to which of the following?
ESCA
SIMS
ISS
Ion spectroscopy
6. AES is limited when it comes to very high resolution studies.
True
False
all of the above
None of the mentioned
7. Qualitative chemical analysis is very often performed using which of the following?
ESCA
SIMS
AES
Ion spectroscopy
8. Electron ionization can produce which of the following?
ESCA electron
Auger electron
Ion
Photon
9. Electron ionisation can produce ESCA electrons.
True
False
all of the above
None of the mentioned
10. Which of the following is an Auger transition starting from a hole in 1s levels which would be filled up from the 2p level?
KLM transition
KLL transition
LMN transition
LLM transition
11. In ESCA process, the photon ejects which of the following?
1s electron
1p electron
2s electron
2p electron
12. In Auger process, an electron drops to fill which of the following?
1s hole
1p hole
2s hole
2p hole
13. Auger electron spectroscopy involves the irradiation of the surface to be analysed with a beam of electrons of energy in the _________ range.
1-2 KeV
2-4 KeV
4-8 KeV
1-8 KeV
14. In Auger spectroscopy, beam currents are typically _____ in a beam of diameter 0.5mm.
5-10 µA
5-20 µA
5-30 µA
5-50 µA
15. Which of the following is the detection limit of Auger Electron Spectroscopy?
0.1% monolayer
0.5% monolayer
1% monolayer
2% monolayer
16. Which of the following denotes the sample destruction that occurs in Auger electron spectroscopy?
None in 95% of sample
None in 99% of sample
None in 100% of sample
Frequent
17. How is the specificity of Auger electron spectroscopy?
Very bad
Bad
Good
Very good
18. AES is more sensitive than XPS because of which of the following factors?
Binding energies of electrons
Kinetic energies of electrons
Mass of electrons
Mass to charge ratio of electrons
19. A basic X-ray source includes which of the following components?
Large target anode
Large target cathode
Small target anode
Small target cathode
20. The anode is held at __________ positive potential and the filament is held at ____________ potential.
High, ground
Ground, high
Low, high
High, low
21. Which of the following is one of the most commonly used anode material?
Carbon
Tungsten
Magnesium
Cesium
22. Which is the most intense line in the X-ray spectrum?
Kα1
Kα2
Kα12
Kα22
23. Which of the following must be used with the X-ray source to have high energy resolution?
Chopper
Vacuum chamber
Accelerator
Monochromator
24. Magnetic deflection energy analysers are effective than electrostatic types.
True
False
all of the above
None of the mentioned
25. Double-pass cylindrical mirror energy analyser has how many mirrors?
One
Two
Three
four
26. In spherical sector analyser, ____ is detected and plotted as a function of energy.
Mass
Charge
Number of electrons striking the detector
Mass to charge ratio of electrons
27. Which of the following is the most commonly used detector in ESCA and AES?
Electron multiplier
Dynodes
Photovoltaic cell
Photomultiplier
28. Electron detector has a _______ doped glass tube with a secondary semiconducting coating.
Quartz
Silica
Lead
Cesium
29. The output of the multiplier is fed to which of the following immediately?
Pulse amplifier discriminator
DAC
ADC
Multichannel analyser
30. Which of the following is the ideal vacuum for electron spectrometers?
10-6 torr
10-7 torr
10-8 torr
10-9 torr
31. Which of the following is the most commonly used magnetic shielding?
Helmholtz coils
Ferro-magnetic shielding
Faraday shield
Magnetometer probe
32. Charging effect can be suppressed by supplying flood of electrons having which of the following?
Uniform low energy
Uniform low mass
Uniform high energy
Uniform high mass
33. Synchroton radiation has several advantages over conventional radiation.
True
False
all of the above
None of the mentioned
34. In Ion spectroscopy, the primary ion is usually which of the following?
Inert gas ion
Halogen ion
Oxygen group gas ion
Hydrogen
35. The kinetic energy of the primary ion should be in which of the following range?
0.1-4 keV
0.2-1 keV
0.4-2 keV
0.3-5 keV
36. If the primary ion is elastically scattered, the kinetic energy of the reflected primary ion will depend on which of the following?
Charge of the primary ion
Charge of the surface ion
Mass of the surface ion
Number of surface ions
37. Which of the following causes the phenomena of sputtering?
Primary ion gets embedded in the solid
Primary ion is elastically scattered
Primary ion is reflected
Primary ion is refracted
38. The fragments formed during sputtering can be either neutral atoms or ions. The ions can only be positive.
True
False
all of the above
None of the mentioned
39. Which of the following is the energy range of ISS?
1 keV
2 keV
4 keV
8 keV
40. Which of the following is the spectral range of SIMS?
0-10 amu
0-100 amu
0-500 amu
0-1000 amu
41. Both ISS and SIMS have depth profiling capability.
True
False
all of the above
None of the mentioned
42. Which of the following is denotes the absolute quantitative analysis of SIMS?
30%
70%
50%
Not possible
43. Which of the following is the amount of matrix effect that occurs in SIMS?
Very low
Low
Some
Severe
44. Which of the following is the x-y resolution of ISS?
1 µ
10 µ
100 µ
1000 µ
45. Which of the following is the x-y resolution of SIMS?
1 µ
10 µ
100 µ
1000 µ
46. In ion spectroscopy, the positive ions are focussed on the sample at which of the following angles?
20o
30o
45o
90o
47. Only those electrons which are in a selected small solid angle are received in the ________ electrostatic analyser.
100o
127o
180o
263o
48. Which of the following can be used as the detector in ion spectroscopy?
Faraday cup collector
Channel electron multiplier
Micro-channel plate
Flame ionization detector
49. In order to obtain ISS spectra, the backscattered primary ions are sampled by which of the following?
Faraday cup analyser
Photographic analyser
Micro-channel analyser
Cylindrical mirror analyser
50. Which of the following is the energy after collision with a surface atom for a scattering angle of 90o when Eo is the energy of the incident ion, M1 is the mass of the incident ion and M2 is the mass of the target surface?
Eo(M2-M1)/(M2+M1)
Eo(M2+M1)/(M2-M1)
Eo(M2×M1)/(M2+M1)
Eo(M2-M1)/(M2×M1)
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