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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the intent of the Principia Mathematica?
(a) To disprove the theory of relativity.
(b) To confirm the theory of gravity.
(c) To prove or disprove any statement.
(d) To prove or disprove quantum consciousness.

3. What culture grouped characters in categories such as tools, weapons, plants, animals, and buildings?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Inca Culture.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The Egyptians.

4. What society created the first numeric tables?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Roman.
(d) Babylonian.

5. How did Bertrand Russell address conflicting results produced by the Principia Mathematica? the problem of these recursive paradoxes by simply making them against the rules of his formal system.
(a) He ignored them since they were infrequent.
(b) He implemented exceptions into the system.
(c) He made them against the rules.
(d) Russell altered the Principia Mathematica to adjust for conflicting results.

6. There was no "looking up" of information prior to what invention?
(a) Writing.
(b) Pen and ink.
(c) Printing machines.
(d) Publishing houses.

7. What is the system of dots and dashes used to communicate telegrams called?
(a) Electronic Messaging.
(b) Morse Code.
(c) Bell's Code.
(d) Tele-Com Messaging.

8. How was the machine created by Charles Babbage received?
(a) It was very well received in the mathematics community.
(b) It received government backing but was not considered practical.
(c) It was very well received in academia.
(d) It failed to receive governmental backing.

9. How many years ago was the first language established?
(a) 100,000 years ago.
(b) 50,000 years ago.
(c) Between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago.
(d) Between 4,500 and 8,000 years ago.

10. All known alphabets are based on the original alphabet that emerged about 1500 B.C. in what area?
(a) South America.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Asia.
(d) The Mediterranean region.

11. What did Shannon call the units of information that he was able to measure in a message?
(a) Bytes.
(b) Microns.
(c) Data.
(d) Bits.

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

13. What jobs were created to handle the increasing number of telephone calls?
(a) Switchboard operators.
(b) Secretaries.
(c) Office assistants.
(d) Call center personnel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What machine was constructed by Charles Babbage?

2. What theory was not only useful in practical communications, but had applications in psychology, biology, and physics?

3. What was the goal of James Murray when he wrote the first Oxford English Dictionary in 1879?

4. Why were there so many message errors with the early telegraph?

5. What word book by Robert Cawdrey was published first in 1604?

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