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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. Who is Seth Lloyd?

2. What is an algorithm?

3. What claim did Shannon make about the predictable redundancy of the English language?

4. It had long been noted that physical traits were inheritable and that they had something to do with what other human element?

5. Is quantum computing a real possibility?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was mathematician Gregory Chatin's concept on entropy?

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

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

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

5. What was zoologist's Richard Dawkins' theory on DNA?

6. What was the "Library of Babel" that was described in a story by Jorge Luis Borges?

7. What is the normal state of molecules in a system? Describe that arrangement.

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

9. What makes a number "computable?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did the telephone replace the telegraph as the most advanced form of communication? What advantages did the telephone have to the general public? Contrast the differences between the telephone an the telegraph.

Essay Topic 2

Provides descriptions and the functionality of the "Differential Analyzer" and the "Principia Mathematica." How did early technological advancements lead to the merging of math and logic which lead to modern computing.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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