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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 measurement of its meaningfulness.
(b) Is not a good measurement of its importance.
(c) Is not a good measurement of its capacity.
(d) Is not a good measure of its ability for computation.

2. 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 artillery system.
(c) The circulatory system.
(d) The respiratory system.

3. How was the machine created by Charles Babbage received?
(a) It received government backing but was not considered practical.
(b) It was very well received in academia.
(c) It failed to receive governmental backing.
(d) It was very well received in the mathematics community.

4. Why did Lovelace publish her mathematical arguments anonymously?
(a) She didn't want to appear more intelligent than Babbage.
(b) She wasn't sure her arguments were correct.
(c) She didn't want to embarrass her father.
(d) Women were not expected to engage in scientific or academic efforts.

5. What did Shannon bring to one of his meetings?
(a) A computer.
(b) A robot.
(c) A computer scientist.
(d) A newly developed programming language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "cybernetics" mean?

2. What can a computable number be compressed into?

3. What did Chaitin determine about most numbers?

4. Chaotic looking numbers may have simplistic algorithms but why are many difficult to determine?

5. A psychologist named George Miller noticed that people seem to be able to easily remember up to how many items at a time?

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