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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to the worship of multiple deities?
(a) Omnitheism.
(b) Monotheism.
(c) Polytheism.
(d) Atertheism.

2. The name “electron” was introduced in 1891 by what Irish physicist?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Sir Isaac Newton.
(c) Galileo Galilei.
(d) George Johnstone Stoney.

3. What rule in calculus uses derivatives to help evaluate limits involving indeterminate forms?
(a) General relativity.
(b) The Golden Ratio.
(c) The Pythagorean Theorem.
(d) L'Hôpital's rule.

4. What mathematical term refers to a function that preserves distinctness by never mapping distinct elements of its domain to the same element of its codomain?
(a) Derivative function.
(b) Differential equation.
(c) Bijective function.
(d) Injective function.

5. In September of 1997, a crewmember entered a zero into the database field on the computers of the USS Yorktown, leading to what type of error?
(a) A subtraction by zero error.
(b) A divide by zero error.
(c) A multiply by zero error.
(d) An addition by zero error.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the branch of mathematics concerned with finding tangent lines to curves, areas under curves, minima and maxima, and other geometric and analytic problems?

2. What term refers to the production of nuclei other than those of the lightest isotope of hydrogen during the early phases of the universe?

3. How many minutes made up an hour in the ancient Greek system?

4. Any number multiplied by zero equals what?

5. The system that equipped the USS Yorktown in 1996 and 1997 was predicted to save $2.8 million per year by reducing the ship’s complement by what percentage?

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