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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. All known alphabets are based on the original alphabet that emerged about 1500 B.C. in what area?
(a) South America.
(b) Asia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) The Mediterranean region.

3. What word book by Robert Cawdrey was published first in 1604?
(a) The English Language.
(b) The Written Word.
(c) A Table Alphabeticall.
(d) Oxford English Dictionary.

4. In his graduate paper, to what did Claude Shannon apply the binary logic of George Boole?
(a) To a logarithm table.
(b) To a system of relays.
(c) To circuit grid.
(d) To an advanced telegraph.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the goal of James Murray when he wrote the first Oxford English Dictionary in 1879?

2. How did sub-Saharan African tribes communicate over long distances?

3. What did Shannon call the units of information that he was able to measure in a message?

4. How was the telephone superior to the telegraph?

5. In what field was Charles Babbage an early pioneer?

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