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

2. Schrodinger and others theorized that genes had what role in life?
(a) They are a kind of code for identifying an organism.
(b) They are a kind of code for constructing an organism.
(c) They are a kind of code for constructing an human cells.
(d) They are a kind of marker for cell multification.

3. What is the most probable state for an arrangement of molecules in a system?
(a) Constantly and randomly movement.
(b) In an organized line.
(c) In a jumble.
(d) In an arc.

4. The elements of DNA come in predictable proportions of what shape?
(a) Infinity symbol.
(b) Double helix.
(c) Double spiral.
(d) Figure eight.

5. Why are people able to recall the name of a tune?
(a) People love music.
(b) It makes them remember good times.
(c) Recollection of tunes is stored in memes.
(d) They associate music with certain events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two disciplines of science were forced together by DNA?

2. How did Gregory Chaitin define random numbers?

3. What was one of the innovative concepts that Dawkins proposed in "The Selfish Gene"?

4. What does the word "entropy" describe in relationship to thermodynamics?

5. Why is modern society in information overload?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes a number "computable?"

2. How did Gregory Chaitin characterize random numbers?

3. What was discovered through the study of thermodynamics about the movement of energy?

4. What are "memes" as first proposed by Richard Dawkins in "The Selfish Gene"?

5. What has research shown about entangled particles and the transference of information?

6. What are major differences between Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Brittanica?

7. What was John von Neumann's theory on energy cost and how did Rolf Landauer disprove that concept?

8. What did Dawkins attribute the belief in God to?

9. What is the normal state of molecules in a system? Describe that arrangement.

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

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