Know where to find any Quantum Mechanics practice problems?

In summary, Quantum Mechanics is a difficult subject and practice is key. If you have a Quantum Mechanics test on Wednesday, and you are looking for practice problems and answers, some resources you might be interested in are:
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I have a Quantum Mechanics test on Wednesday and I was wondering if someone could recommend somewhere for me to find some practice problems and answers. I've googled and found some practice tests, but they don't have any answers for me to make sure I'm doing them right. The book I have is Quantum Chemistry by Donald McQuarrie, which I think is a widely used textbook for Quantum Mechanics classes. The material I was hoping to get more practice with is:

Schroedinger Equation and Particle in a Box
Postulates and Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Harmonic Oscillator and Vibrational Spectroscopy
Rigid Rotor and Rotational Spectroscopy

My Professor gives really tough tests so any help finding old homework or practice tests would be greatly appreciated!
 
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Also, if anybody else is looking too, here are some resources I've dug up:

http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/physics/0004072 Found this on physicsforums, tons of notes on QM and a few examples for each topic
http://mini-me.chem.uh.edu/pchem07/page0/page17/page17.html -Professor put 17 of his old QM tests online, but no answers
http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~frioux/workinprogress.html -A Professor's site with tons of tutorials on QM, lot's of material to help solve systems using Mathcad
http://www.falstad.com/qm1d/ - This guy made a really impressive java applet that is good for visualizing QM systems with animated graphs. There are also a bunch of applets for other Physics / Chemistry / Math visualization. These are cool to play with even if you aren't studying.

I've got some other resources too if anybody is looking
 
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maybe this is too late, but your library migh have one of these or similar:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/9810231334/?tag=pfamazon01-20

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521378508/?tag=pfamazon01-20

https://www.amazon.com/dp/052160057X/?tag=pfamazon01-20

There are hundereds of these, my library have a couple, have you tried yours?

And here you might find, from the course I had a couple of years ago, maybe there is some problems that is suitible for you:

http://www.teorfys.uu.se/people/minahan/Courses/QM/ (Previous Exams)


Good luck on the exam!
 
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Thanks a lot!
 

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1. What is Quantum Mechanics?

Quantum Mechanics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior of matter and energy at a very small scale, such as atoms and subatomic particles.

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