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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What machine was constructed by Charles Babbage?
(a) The calculator.
(b) The computer.
(c) The difference analyzer.
(d) The difference engine.

2. What game did Shannon plan to teach his computer to play?
(a) Solitaire.
(b) Gin rummy.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) Chess.

3. Chaotic looking numbers may have simplistic algorithms but why are many difficult to determine?
(a) Because they are not computable.
(b) The number is too complex.
(c) It is impossible to work back from the number to find them.
(d) The number is too difficult to compress through computation.

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. What did mathematician Gregory Chaitin propose about Shannon's concept of entropy as uncertainty?
(a) It was related to infinity.
(b) It was related to randomness in numbers.
(c) That the theory was faulty.
(d) It was related to the dynamism of numbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were computers first unveiled?

2. What were the benefits of the early logarithm tables?

3. What is an algorithm?

4. What time of memory is most limited?

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

(see the answer key)

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