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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the randomness of numbers difficult to define?
(a) A number may be random to some but not to others.
(b) Numbers send different messages.
(c) Numbers are infinite.
(d) Numbers have an unpredictability.

2. What does the word "cybernetics" mean?
(a) The study of Internet crime.
(b) The same as computer science.
(c) The study of the relationship between man and machine.
(d) The study of robotics.

3. What was the small device intended to replace bulky vacuum tubes perfected by Bell Laboratories called?
(a) The circuit.
(b) The transistor.
(c) The grid.
(d) The relay.

4. Why did Claude Shannon's theory have to separate all meaning from information?
(a) In order to help educate people.
(b) To treat it as an entity in itself.
(c) In order to organize it.
(d) So that it was more understandable.

5. What culture was the first to use a written language?
(a) English.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Italian.
(d) Chinese.

Short Answer Questions

1. The existence of what entity as a basic element of genetics had been theorized before the mechanics of genetic reproduction was fully understood?

2. DNA is made up of of how many different nucleotides?

3. In what manner was "A Table Alphabeticall" arranged?

4. How much information does the universe hold?

5. An alphabetical list did not take what element of the word into account at all, but mechanically placed it in a slot based on the order of the letters?

(see the answer key)

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