Section 1 — Perform quantum operations

16% of the exam · ≈ 11 of 68 questions · 37 verified practice questions

What the exam expects

• Define Pauli Operators (s1o1)
• Apply quantum operations (s1o2)

Scope notes — what to actually master

• Pauli matrices and tensor products (e.g. Pauli('XZ') ordering and matrix form)
• Gate effects on states incl. global phase (e.g. T gate on |1>)
• Statevector / Operator construction and manipulation (qiskit.quantum_info)
• Measurement probabilities from prepared states (e.g. after RY(theta))

Learn — official resources

The exam is based on these official IBM materials. Study them first; the drills below tell you when you're done.

Resource	Type
Operators overview	guide
Operator class	guide
qiskit.quantum_info API	api

Drill — verified practice

Every code-bearing question below was executed against a pinned Qiskit 2.x stack at build time; explanations show the actual execution evidence.

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