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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In statistics, what refers to any statistical relationship between two random variables or two sets of data?
(a) Diversity.
(b) Commonality.
(c) Dependence.
(d) Prediction.

2. If a system is in what state, then the recently observed behavior of the system will continue into the future?
(a) Unstable.
(b) Reactive.
(c) Changing.
(d) Steady.

3. Where is Stephen Smale from?
(a) Atlanta, Georgia.
(b) Aurora, Illinois.
(c) Flint, Michigan.
(d) Fargo, North Dakota.

4. Who is attributed with the following quote from Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos": "What else, when chaos draws all forced inward to shape a single leaf"?
(a) Michael Barnsley.
(b) Benoit Mandelbrot.
(c) Conrad Aiken.
(d) Albert Libchaber.

5. What exists when a reversible reaction ceases to change its ratio of reactants/products, but substances move between the chemicals at an equal rate, meaning there is no net change?
(a) Euclidean space.
(b) Dynamic equilibrium.
(c) Energy.
(d) Cantor dust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through this work on the study of quantum behavior of superfluid helium, Albert Libchaber invented what?

2. What refers to the static or animated 2-D or 3-D visual representation of information about software systems based on their structure, size, history or behavior?

3. What was the name of Edward Lorenz's 1963 paper in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences?

4. What is the atomic number of helium?

5. What refers to a supercomputer manufacturer based in Seattle, Washington, and founded in 1972?

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