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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. in what year did John Carrington, an English missionary, publish "The Talking Drums of Africa"?
(a) 1845
(b) 1902
(c) 1949
(d) 1972

2. Prior to the electric telegraph, an invention by the same name was created by Claude Chappe and his brothers during what conflict?
(a) World War I.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) The Russian Revolution.
(d) The Spanish-American War.

3. By 1930, what had replaced the telegraph as the most advanced means of communication?
(a) The telephone.
(b) Ship to shore communicators.
(c) The two-way radio.
(d) The computer.

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

5. What were conflicting statements created by the Principia Mathematica called?
(a) Non-conclusive results.
(b) Recursive.
(c) Circular arguments.
(d) False positives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were phonetic sounds represented in language?

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

3. Eliminating noise in Shannon's model meant looking at language in terms of what factor?

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

5. Shannon proposed a solution for overcoming extra noise in his communication model that mimicked what early communicators?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impact did the electric telegraph have on the world?

2. Who invented the telegraph and what is its fundamental functionality?

3. Who first conceived the idea of a machine that could think and under what circumstances?

4. While working on plans for this "analytical engine," Babbage struck an acquaintance with what young woman?

5. How was the "telephone number" born?

6. How did the development of the written language assist Greek philosophers in advancing mankind?

7. What were examples of the use of mathematics in the Babylonian culture?

8. What were the two stages of a "bit" as conceived by Claude Shannon?

9. What innovative device did Charles Babbage design and build?

10. What was the purpose of Cawdrey's wordbook, "A Table Alphabeticall?"

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