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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Bertrand Russell address conflicting results produced by the Principia Mathematica? the problem of these recursive paradoxes by simply making them against the rules of his formal system.
(a) Russell altered the Principia Mathematica to adjust for conflicting results.
(b) He ignored them since they were infrequent.
(c) He made them against the rules.
(d) He implemented exceptions into the system.

2. 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 transistor.
(b) The relay.
(c) The circuit.
(d) The bit.

3. How did the drummers of Africa differentiate between similar words?
(a) The drummer added short descriptive phrases.
(b) The main drummer was assisted by another drummer.
(c) The drummer had to let those receiving the message figure out the right words.
(d) The drummer added special emphasis.

4. What code did Claude Shannon apply to relay switches which could either be open or closed?
(a) 1 and 100
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 0 and 1.
(d) .1 to .5

5. What was the Morse code comprised of?
(a) Symbols.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Letters.
(d) Short pulses, called dots, and long pulses, called dashes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Lovelace publish her mathematical arguments anonymously?

3. How was the machine created by Charles Babbage received?

4. Who was the sixth editor of the Oxford English Dictionary?

5. What word book by James Murray was first published in 1879?

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