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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 did Chaitin mean by a "computable" number?

2. Recognizing a famous painting like the Mona Lisa is attributed to what factor?

3. Why is the randomness of numbers difficult to define?

4. How much information does the universe hold?

5. What did Charles Bennet prove about energy cost?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was found to be the make-up of DNA and what did these properties allow?

2. The connection of information with entropy and the physical realm was important to what physics discipline?

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

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

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

6. Norbert Weiner based his theory on what system of the human body?

7. How did Gregory Chaitin characterize random numbers?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Norbert Weiner's views on the work and theories of Claude Shannon. Explain the circumstances under which Weiner coined the phrase "cybernetics". What was George Miller's observation on the capacity for the human mind to retain information?

Essay Topic 2

Why is the year 1948 considered a huge turning point in information theory and technology? What advances were made by researchers at Bell Laboratories during this time frame?

Essay Topic 3

What is a random number? What makes a number computable? What were Gregory Chaitin's conclusions about the complexity of numbers?

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