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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. What was one of the innovative concepts that Dawkins proposed in "The Selfish Gene"?
(a) The repressive gene.
(b) A meme.
(c) The extra gene.
(d) The genome.

2. What type of information is contained in DNA?
(a) Information that is unique to that organism.
(b) Information key to survival.
(c) Information that is limited to the surrounding cells.
(d) Information that is passed from generation to generation.

3. What does a closed system made up of a hot part and a cold part attain as the heat passes from the hot part to the cold part?
(a) Equilibrium.
(b) Controlled environment.
(c) Neutrality.
(d) 32 degrees F.

4. How does Wikipedia differ from the Encyclopedia Britannica?
(a) It contains questionable material.
(b) It is not reliable.
(c) It is collaborative and descriptive but not up to date.
(d) It is collaborative and descriptive but not authoritative.

5. What is the advantage of using quantum particles in the place of bits?
(a) A quantum computer that can have many states at once.
(b) A quantum computer would be more efficient.
(c) A quantum computer could process data much faster.
(d) A quantum computer could store more information.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the size of the algorithm indicate about the number?

2. How does heat travel?

3. What is the most probable state for an arrangement of molecules in a system?

4. Shannon used the term entropy to have what meaning in reference to a message?

5. When were computers first unveiled?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comparison does the author make to the famous library at Alexandria?

2. What was zoologist's Richard Dawkins' theory on DNA?

3. What was mathematician Gregory Chatin's concept on entropy?

4. What was the "Library of Babel" that was described in a story by Jorge Luis Borges?

5. What is the relationship between man and his memes?

6. What was the original meaning of the term "entropy"?

7. When was the term "cybernetics" coined and what meaning was attached to it?

8. What was Claude Shannon referring to by the term "entropy" and what was its importance?

9. What was Erwin Schrodinger's theory about "genes"?

10. How did Erwin Schrodinger used the concept of "entropy"?

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