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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. How are memes replicated?
(a) Through the maturation process.
(b) Through imitation.
(c) Through cloning.
(d) In response to disease.

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

3. What library once helped writing from all over the known world?
(a) The famous library in Sparta.
(b) The famous library of the Roman Empire.
(c) The famous library at Oxford.
(d) The famous library at Alexandria.

4. What comment did IBM researcher Charles Bennet make about the amount of information in a message?
(a) Is not a good measure of its ability for computation.
(b) Is not a good measurement of its meaningfulness.
(c) Is not a good measurement of its importance.
(d) Is not a good measurement of its capacity.

5. What does the word "entropy" describe in relationship to thermodynamics?
(a) The temperature of a system.
(b) The availability of energy in a system.
(c) The functionality of a system.
(d) The efficiency of a system.

Short Answer Questions

1. At an exclusive meeting in New York City, Shannon commented that the English language had what characteristic?

2. What did Charles Bennet prove about energy cost?

3. The universe has performed how many "operations"?

4. How much information does the universe hold?

5. What time of memory is most limited?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When was the existence of DNA discovered and by whom?

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

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

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

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

9. What are examples of memes?

10. How did Gregory Chaitin characterize random numbers?

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