The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 106 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The universe has performed how many "operations"?

2. What process can measure the limits of the human mind?

3. The connection of information with entropy and the physical realm proved to have applications in what type of physics?

4. What claim did Shannon make about the predictable redundancy of the English language?

5. How can memes be altered?

Short Essay Questions

1. When was the existence of DNA discovered and by whom?

2. What did Dawkins attribute the belief in God to?

3. What did psychologist George Miller discover about a person's ability to remember?

4. What was Erwin Schrodinger's theory about "genes"?

5. What was Claude Shannon referring to by the term "entropy" and what was its importance?

6. When was the term "cybernetics" coined and what meaning was attached to it?

7. What are "memes" as first proposed by Richard Dawkins in "The Selfish Gene"?

8. What has research shown about entangled particles and the transference of information?

9. What is the normal state of molecules in a system? Describe that arrangement.

10. Norbert Weiner based his theory on what system of the human body?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were early theories about genetics? What are genes? What were the opinions and theories on genes expressed by zoologist Richard Dawson in his book, "The Selfish Gene"?

Essay Topic 2

What vision for the future did Alan Turing and Claude Shannon share? What was the purpose and functionality of Turing's "imaginary machine?"

Essay Topic 3

Explain the evolution of the written language and its impact on knowledge sharing. What impact has the Internet had on the transference of information?

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