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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Norbert Weiner developed a theory that had implications for the understanding of what system of the human body which might be thought of as a system of switches and signals.
(a) The respiratory system.
(b) The nervous system.
(c) The artillery system.
(d) The circulatory system.

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

3. What game did Shannon plan to teach his computer to play?
(a) Solitaire.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Gin rummy.
(d) Chess.

4. What did Chaitin determine about most numbers?
(a) That they can be compressed to manageable entities.
(b) That they have complex alogarithms.
(c) That they are not computable.
(d) That they are computable.

5. How was the telephone superior to the telegraph?
(a) It was the preferred means of communications by government.
(b) It was less expensive.
(c) Ease of use, no need for encoding of the message, and its availability.
(d) Anyone could use a phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Claude Shannon fascinated with?

2. What about DNA allows it to split and replicate?

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

4. By 1930, what had replaced the telegraph as the most advanced means of communication?

5. When were computers first unveiled?

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