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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the goal of James Murray when he wrote the first Oxford English Dictionary in 1879?
(a) To catalog the entire English language.
(b) To alphabetize all words.
(c) To provide the pronunciation of all words.
(d) To limit the work to only proper English.

2. How did Landauer disprove von Neumann's theory on the energy cost of information?
(a) There was no lost of vitality.
(b) Through extensive experiments.
(c) He was supported by others who agreed with him.
(d) Flipping a bit from one state to another did not change entropy..

3. What was the Morse code based on?
(a) Dots and dashes.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Symbols.
(d) The alphabet.

4. What was the intent of the Principia Mathematica?
(a) To prove or disprove quantum consciousness.
(b) To prove or disprove any statement.
(c) To confirm the theory of gravity.
(d) To disprove the theory of relativity.

5. What caused the errors that were contained in the tables of logarithms that had to be calculated themselves?
(a) Calculations and printing errors.
(b) Printing errors.
(c) Calculations.
(d) Under-educated workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What code did Claude Shannon apply to relay switches which could either be open or closed?

2. What was one of the innovative concepts that Dawkins proposed in "The Selfish Gene"?

3. What does a closed system made up of a hot part and a cold part attain as the heat passes from the hot part to the cold part?

4. Recognizing a famous painting like the Mona Lisa is attributed to what factor?

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

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