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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 provide the pronunciation of all words.
(b) To limit the work to only proper English.
(c) To catalog the entire English language.
(d) To alphabetize all words.

2. What can a computable number be compressed into?
(a) A byte.
(b) 0s and 1s.
(c) A standard calculation.
(d) An algorithm.

3. What were conflicting statements created by the Principia Mathematica called?
(a) Non-conclusive results.
(b) Circular arguments.
(c) Recursive.
(d) False positives.

4. Shannon showed that it was theoretically possible to overcome any amount of signal noise by what action?
(a) By creating the first anti-virus element.
(b) By changing locations.
(c) By sending corrective bits of information.
(d) By limiting data.

5. What machine was constructed by Charles Babbage?
(a) The difference analyzer.
(b) The difference engine.
(c) The computer.
(d) The calculator.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the randomness of numbers difficult to define?

3. There was no "looking up" of information prior to what invention?

4. Why do scientists consider the belief in God a meme?

5. What did MIT scholar Vannevar Bush create?

(see the answer key)

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