1. There is currently not enough computational power on Earth to tackle certain problems that are above a certain ___________________________. (2 marks)
2. Universal quantum computers leverage the quantum mechanical phenomena of ____________ and _______________ to create states that scale exponentially with number of qubits, or quantum bits. (2 marks)
3. The below image shows a caffiene molecule. For simple molecules like this, the number of quantum states in the system __________________________________.
4. Current computers store information as binary 0 and 1 states. Quantum computers leverage quantum mechanical phenomena and they rely on quantum bits, also called: ________.
5. _____________ refers to a combination of states we would ordinarily describe independently. To make a classical analogy, if you play two musical notes at once, what you will hear is a _________ of the two notes.
6. Entanglement is a famously counter-intuitive quantum phenomenon describing behavior we never see in the classical world. Entangled particles behave together as a system in ways that ____________________________.
7. Quantum states can undergo interference due to a phenomenon called phase.Quantum interference is similar to wave interference and ______________
8. A useful metric for understanding quantum capability is quantum volume. It measures the relationship between number and quality of qubits, circuit connectivity, and _________________.
9. In case of 2-qubit system, it is not possible to determine the state of an individual qubit in the system as the states of the two qubits are entangled
10. The amount of information stored in N Qubits is ________ to the power of N classical bits
11. Unlike a bit, the measurement of Qubit can have more than two possible outcomes.
12. Unlike a bit, the Qubit can be in both 0 and 1 state (superposition of both 0 and 1 states).
13. In quantum mechanics, the Bloch sphere is a geometrical representation of the pure state space of a 2-level quantum system. The Bloch sphere is rectangular (cuboid) in shape.
14. Suppose you have 2 particles entangled, separated by a long distance. if you change the state of particle A, the particle B will change too. Thus, one can create a ____________ using entangled particles.
15. In 2019 IBM revealed its biggest yet quantum computer, consisting of 15 million qubits.