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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first thought of constructing a machine that could calculate logarithms?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Charles Babbage.
(c) Issac Newton.
(d) John Napier.

2. Why wasn't Shannon able to teach his computer to play a game?
(a) His boss nixed the idea.
(b) It would take to long to teach the machine the game.
(c) He found it wasn't possible.
(d) He thought he would be seen as non-serious.

3. What did Chaitin propose using to express a computable number into another form?
(a) By using complex calculations.
(b) By using algebra,
(c) By using advanced calculus.
(d) By using the Turing machine.

4. Is quantum computing a real possibility?
(a) It is a solid theory.
(b) It is not likely.
(c) It is just a dream.
(d) The theory has not been proven yet.

5. Who invented the telegraph?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) Samuel Morse.
(c) Alexander Graham Bell.
(d) Albert Einstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erwin Schrodinger used the concept of entropy to describe what group?

2. What was the Morse code comprised of?

3. What was difficult for people to accept about telegraph communications?

4. What is the normal state of quantum particles?

5. How was "A Table Alphabeticall" intended to help people?

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