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Questions 1-5 of 25:

What time of memory is most limited? (from Chapter 8)

Short term memory.

Long term memory.

Repressed memory.

Childhood memory.

The invention of what technology would make Shannon's theory of a computing machine practical? (from Chapter 7)

Circuit.

Network.

Transistor.

Grid.

Why are people able to recall the name of a tune? (from Chapter 11)

They associate music with certain events.

People love music.

It makes them remember good times.

Recollection of tunes is stored in memes.

What code did Claude Shannon apply to relay switches which could either be open or closed? (from Chapter 6)

0 and 1.

2 and 4

1 and 100

.1 to .5

What function does indexing give the Internet? (from Chapter 15 and Epilogue)

Searching.

Caching.

Filtering.

Storing.

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