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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comment did IBM researcher Charles Bennet make about the amount of information in a message?
(a) Is not a good measure of its ability for computation.
(b) Is not a good measurement of its capacity.
(c) Is not a good measurement of its meaningfulness.
(d) Is not a good measurement of its importance.

2. What does the size of the algorithm indicate about the number?
(a) Its complexity.
(b) Its capacity for computation.
(c) Its simplicity.
(d) Its computable nature.

3. When were computers first unveiled?
(a) Pre-World War II.
(b) At the end of the Eisenhower administration.
(c) After World War II.
(d) Just before the Korean War.

4. What is an algorithm?
(a) A set of instructions for arriving at a certain result.
(b) A mathematical theory.
(c) An algebraic formula.
(d) A complex calculation.

5. According to Psychologist George Miller, what type of process takes place in the mind relative to the information it receives?
(a) The ranking of important to less important information.
(b) The selection of relevant information.
(c) The rejection of too much information.
(d) The simplification of information.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first thought of constructing a machine that could calculate logarithms?

2. In what field was Charles Babbage an early pioneer?

3. Seventeenth numerical tables were set up so that what factor could be learned about each number?

4. How did Gregory Chaitin define random numbers?

5. While working on plans for this "analytical engine," Babbage struck an acquaintance with what individual?

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