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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 interests of Charles Babbage, a brilliant Englishman who lived in the 19th century?

2. What did a young mathematician named Kurt Gödel conclude about conflicting statements?

3. Shannon proposed a solution for overcoming extra noise in his communication model that mimicked what early communicators?

4. What machine was constructed by Charles Babbage?

5. In what manner was "A Table Alphabeticall" arranged?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who invented the "first" telegraph?

2. While working on plans for this "analytical engine," Babbage struck an acquaintance with what young woman?

3. What was the purpose behind the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary?

4. What innovative device did Charles Babbage design and build?

5. How did the development of the written language assist Greek philosophers in advancing mankind?

6. By reducing information to its elemental form, Claude Shannon opened up a new field of scientific inquiry that proved to have applications not only in communications, but in what other fields?

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

8. What was the purpose of Cawdrey's wordbook, "A Table Alphabeticall?"

9. By the 1930s the telephone had replace the telegraph as the most advanced means of communication. What advantages did the telephone have over the telegraph?

10. Who first conceived the idea of a machine that could think and under what circumstances?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain in detail the drum communications methods of the sub-Saharan African tribes and how it relates to the Morse Code. What analysis was made of the Kele language and why was it important in understanding the transferring of information?

Essay Topic 2

What did Charles Bennet put forward to possibly replace "bits" in information processing? How was Bennet's work related to quantum physics?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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