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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the two essential elements of Shannon's simple communication model?

2. What development was the last stage of writing?

3. What was the Morse code comprised of?

4. An alphabetical list did not take what element of the word into account at all, but mechanically placed it in a slot based on the order of the letters?

5. What uses one symbol to represent one "minimal sound"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was binary code of 0s and 1s which is the foundation for computing first conceived and by whom?

2. What advanced form of communication was beginning to emerge in the 1840s?

3. In modern times, what innovation has had the most impact on language?

4. While Shannon worked on secret cryptography projects for the US government during World War II, what theory about information did he conceive?

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

6. Who was Claude Shannon?

7. After the use of pictures, what were the next two stages of language development?

8. What technological breakthrough resulted from Claude Shannon's theories and work?

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

10. Who first at the concept of "bandwith" and in what context was it first conceived?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is receiving too much information a problem? What innovations on the Internet have been developed to deal with the deluge of information it contains?

Essay Topic 2

What kind of "telegraph" was invented by two French brothers and how did it function. What was the downside of this invention? Why was human error a factor in this process?

Essay Topic 3

What is a meme? What is the role of a meme? What are some examples of memes?

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