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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Shannon able to theoretically compute by measuring a message in bits? By measuring information in bits, he could theoretically compute the maximum amount of information that could be transmitted through a given channel.
(a) The limits of computing.
(b) The virtual size of the message in microns.
(c) The maximum size a message could be.
(d) The maximum amount of information that could be transmitted.

2. There was no "looking up" of information prior to what invention?
(a) Publishing houses.
(b) Writing.
(c) Pen and ink.
(d) Printing machines.

3. What did the study of thermodynamics not state about the movement of energy?
(a) That it traveled in many directions.
(b) That it traveled in random directions with no pattern.
(c) That it traveled in one direction.
(d) That it was dynamic.

4. Where was knowledge stored prior to the written word?
(a) In the mind.
(b) Word of wise men.
(c) By legend.
(d) In tribal strongholds.

5. All known alphabets are based on the original alphabet that emerged about 1500 B.C. in what area?
(a) South America.
(b) Asia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) The Mediterranean region.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shannon used the term entropy to have what meaning in reference to a message?

2. What is the most probable state for an arrangement of molecules in a system?

3. What jobs were created to handle the increasing number of telephone calls?

4. What type of lists did Babbage create about livestock, fabric, letter combinations in various languages and other facts?

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

(see the answer key)

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