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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The invention of what technology would make Shannon's theory of a computing machine practical?
(a) Grid.
(b) Transistor.
(c) Circuit.
(d) Network.

2. What was the Morse code based on?
(a) Symbols.
(b) The alphabet.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Dots and dashes.

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

4. What did a young mathematician named Kurt Gödel conclude about conflicting statements?
(a) There frequency represented only a .001 percent possibility of occurring.
(b) There were some statements that could neither be proved or disproved.
(c) That the Principia Mathematica was flawed and began his own work.
(d) That Russell had made an error in basic structure of the Principia Mathematica.

5. What was the Morse code comprised of?
(a) Short pulses, called dots, and long pulses, called dashes.
(b) Symbols.
(c) Numbers.
(d) Letters.

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

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

8. In what field was Charles Babbage an early pioneer?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Computer science.
(c) Physics.
(d) Advanced mathematics.

9. Where was knowledge stored prior to the written word?
(a) By legend.
(b) In the mind.
(c) In tribal strongholds.
(d) Word of wise men.

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

11. What did the written language provide that helped to progress the intellect of mankind?
(a) Education.
(b) Permanence.
(c) Records.
(d) Books.

12. What development was the last stage of writing?
(a) The numeric system.
(b) Phoenetics.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) The alphabet.

13. Shannon proposed a solution for overcoming extra noise in his communication model that mimicked what early communicators?
(a) Telegraph operators.
(b) Early telephone developers.
(c) The French telegraph inventors.
(d) African drummers.

14. What language do the drums of what is now Zaire mimic?
(a) Kele.
(b) Zulu.
(c) Bantu.
(d) Swahili

15. What were the two essential elements of Shannon's simple communication model?
(a) Two relay switches.
(b) Circuit and grid.
(c) Grid and network.
(d) A transmitter and a receiver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the errors that were contained in the tables of logarithms that had to be calculated themselves?

2. What word book by James Murray was first published in 1879?

3. What code did Claude Shannon apply to relay switches which could either be open or closed?

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

5. Why did Lovelace publish her mathematical arguments anonymously?

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