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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a closed system made up of a hot part and a cold part attain as the heat passes from the hot part to the cold part?
(a) 32 degrees F.
(b) Neutrality.
(c) Controlled environment.
(d) Equilibrium.

2. What type of lists did Babbage create about livestock, fabric, letter combinations in various languages and other facts?
(a) Statistical.
(b) Numeric.
(c) Alphabetical.
(d) Random.

3. What were the benefits of the early logarithm tables?
(a) Made work easier.
(b) Cut down on errors and allowed for quicker calculations.
(c) Provided solutions.
(d) Eliminated calculations.

4. Entropy is the physical equivalent of what state?
(a) Possibility.
(b) Normality.
(c) Sequencing.
(d) Probability.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What game did Shannon plan to teach his computer to play?

2. Who suggested that the meaning of the word "entropy" mean the opposite of what it was originally, to describe the part of energy which was available to be converted into work?

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

4. What jobs were created to handle the increasing number of telephone calls?

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

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