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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What development was the last stage of writing?
(a) The numeric system.
(b) Phoenetics.
(c) The alphabet.
(d) Symbolism.

2. What society created the first numeric tables?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Babylonian.
(c) Roman.
(d) Egyptian.

3. What new word did Claude Shannon, a mathematical researcher at Bell Labs, introduce in the in-house journal called "A Mathematical Theory of Communication"?
(a) The relay.
(b) The bit.
(c) The circuit.
(d) The transistor.

4. Why did businessmen immediately take to the telegraph?
(a) Businessmen could save money on travel expenses.
(b) Orders and market information could be transmitted quickly over long distances.
(c) Orders no longer had to be hand written.
(d) Businesses did not have to hire as many workers.

5. A new interest in what pursuit arose following the rise of the telegraph?
(a) Cryptography.
(b) Computer Science.
(c) Writing.
(d) The telephone.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the system of dots and dashes used to communicate telegrams called?

4. Why were there so many message errors with the early telegraph?

5. All known alphabets are based on the original alphabet that emerged about 1500 B.C. in what area?

(see the answer key)

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