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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Chaitin determine about most numbers?
(a) That they are not computable.
(b) That they have complex alogarithms.
(c) That they can be compressed to manageable entities.
(d) That they are computable.

3. Norbert Weiner developed a theory that had implications for the understanding of what system of the human body which might be thought of as a system of switches and signals.
(a) The nervous system.
(b) The circulatory system.
(c) The artillery system.
(d) The respiratory system.

4. What were the interests of Charles Babbage, a brilliant Englishman who lived in the 19th century?
(a) Philosophy and psychology.
(b) The history of discovery and travel.
(c) Prose and poetry.
(d) Mathematics, engineering, cryptography, railroads, and industrial machinery.

5. Why wasn't Shannon able to teach his computer to play a game?
(a) It would take to long to teach the machine the game.
(b) He thought he would be seen as non-serious.
(c) His boss nixed the idea.
(d) He found it wasn't possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game did Shannon plan to teach his computer to play?

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

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

4. At an exclusive meeting in New York City, Shannon commented that the English language had what characteristic?

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

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