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Section 3 — Create quantum circuits

18% of the exam · ≈ 12 of 68 questions · 49 verified practice questions

What the exam expects

  • Construct basic quantum circuits (s3o1)
  • Construct dynamic circuits (s3o2)
  • Construct parameterized circuits (s3o3)
  • Transpile and optimize circuits (s3o4)
Scope notes — what to actually master
  • QuantumCircuit, QuantumRegister/ClassicalRegister, composing and measuring
  • Dynamic circuits: if_test / classical feedforward and control flow
  • Parameter / ParameterVector, assign_parameters
  • generate_preset_pass_manager, optimization levels 0-3, ISA circuits, transpiler stages, pass managers

Quick study: the cram sheet for this section condenses the key facts once you've drilled.

Learn — official resources

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

ResourceType
Construct circuitsguide
Circuit libraryguide
Classical feedforward and control flowguide
Introduction to transpilationguide
Transpiler stagesguide
Set transpiler optimization levelguide
Transpile with pass managersguide
Video: Intro to Transpilation (Matthew Treinish, QDC24)video

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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