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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 circuit.
(c) The relay.
(d) The bit.

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

3. Who was the sixth editor of the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) John Simpson.

4. What is DNA also known as?
(a) Deoxyribonucleic acid.
(b) Defining neutrino acid.
(c) Cells.
(d) Amino acid.

5. While working on plans for this "analytical engine," Babbage struck an acquaintance with what individual?
(a) Ada Lovelace.
(b) John Simpson.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Isaac Newton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What culture grouped characters in categories such as tools, weapons, plants, animals, and buildings?

2. What results when a closed system's temperature evens out?

3. Who wrote the work known as the Principia Mathematica?

4. What was the Morse code comprised of?

5. Why did Lovelace publish her mathematical arguments anonymously?

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