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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. A psychologist named George Miller noticed that people seem to be able to easily remember up to how many items at a time?

2. How does Wikipedia differ from the Encyclopedia Britannica?

3. Why are people able to recall the name of a tune?

4. What does a closed system made up of a hot part and a cold part attain as the heat passes from the hot part to the cold part?

5. What did Shannon bring to one of his meetings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are examples of memes?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What are major differences between Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Brittanica?

9. What was Claude Shannon referring to by the term "entropy" and what was its importance?

10. What comparison does the author make to the famous library at Alexandria?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the work of Charles Babbage. What was the purpose of his machine, the "difference engine" and how did it function? What contribution did the Babylonians make to mathematics and how was it relevant to knowledge sharing?

Essay Topic 2

What were the views of Rolf Landauer and John von Neumann on the energy cost of information processing? How was von Neuman's theory disproved and by whom?

Essay Topic 3

What is the relationship between genes and DNA? What are the properties of DAN and where is it found in an organism?

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