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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 did Chaitin mean by a "computable" number?
(a) A number that can be calculated.
(b) A number that is not a variable.
(c) A number that could be expressed in its square root value.
(d) A number that could be expressed in a simpler form.

2. Is quantum computing a real possibility?
(a) It is just a dream.
(b) The theory has not been proven yet.
(c) It is not likely.
(d) It is a solid theory.

3. What is DNA also known as?
(a) Cells.
(b) Deoxyribonucleic acid.
(c) Amino acid.
(d) Defining neutrino acid.

4. Shannon used the term entropy to have what meaning in reference to a message?
(a) Relevance.
(b) Uncertainty.
(c) Certainty.
(d) Importance.

5. How can memes be altered?
(a) Through mutation and manipulation.
(b) Through manipulation.
(c) Through mutation.
(d) After a serious illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. DNA is made up of of how many different nucleotides?

2. Why do scientists consider the belief in God a meme?

3. What process can measure the limits of the human mind?

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

5. What game did Shannon plan to teach his computer to play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did psychologist George Miller discover about a person's ability to remember?

2. What makes a number "computable?"

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

4. What did IBM research Charle Bennet write about "information" in the 1980s?

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

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

7. What fundamental problem is inherent in the observation of quantum particles?

8. What estimates did Seth Lloyd, a quantum engineer at MIT, make about the power of the universe?

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

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

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