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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The RAND Corporation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The minimax theorem states that every two-person game that is completely defined and where players are completely opposed, will have a solution in either ____ or mixed strategy.
(a) Maximum.
(b) Pure.
(c) Equal.
(d) Minimum.

2. In the game prisoner's dilemma the police separate the two criminals into ______ .
(a) A stark cellar.
(b) Transfer rooms.
(c) Interrogation rooms.
(d) Prison cells.

3. In what century was Kriegspiel developed?
(a) 20th.
(b) 19th.
(c) 17th.
(d) 18th.

4. The RAND Corporation became know for "___" the unthinkable as they considered problems arising in varied situations?
(a) Doing.
(b) Saying.
(c) Recommending.
(d) Thinking.

5. With what country was the United States engaged in a "cold war?"
(a) Korea.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. After what war did the United States engage in a prolonged nuclear arms race with another country?

2. Bertrand Russell is a ___.

3. Game theory involves competitive games between perfectly ____ and opposed players.

4. Kriegspiel was developed as a game to be used where?

5. In prisoner's dilemma a ____ action will be bad for both parties,which is a problem game theory seeks to understand.

(see the answer key)

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