View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If neither person swerves in a game of chicken what happens?
(a) They both die.
(b) They start again.
(c) Neither wins.
(d) They both lose.

2. Who developed SAGE?
(a) von Neumann.
(b) Nash.
(c) Godel.
(d) Hilbert.

3. In the face of major criticism game theory research shifted from a pure math focus to what?
(a) Actual human behavior.
(b) Animal behavior.
(c) Evolutionary possibilities.
(d) Human psychological factors.

4. Due to his deteriorating health von Neumann was confined to a wheelchair in ___.
(a) 1953.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1949.

5. As his health worsened von Neumann's ___ was one of the first things to go.
(a) Coordination.
(b) Hearing.
(c) Speech.
(d) Mind.

6. Where was the disastrous Secretary of the Navy's speech about neutralizing the Soviet threat made?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) California.

7. Who appointed von Neumann Atomic Energy Commissioner?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Truman.

8. In what year did the U.S. get good evidence of Soviet nuclear capability?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1949.

9. What General believed it was justified to use nuclear weapons in Korea to prevent a North Korean and Chinese victory?
(a) Pershing.
(b) MacArthur.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) LeMay.

10. In a game of chicken, what happens if both parties swerve simultaneously?
(a) They both win.
(b) Neither is the chicken.
(c) They have to start over.
(d) A vote determines the winner.

11. In the late 1950s what did von Neumann spend most of his time working on?
(a) I.A.S. projects.
(b) The atom bomb.
(c) MIRVs.
(d) The H-bomb.

12. What was a public example of a nuclear chicken game?
(a) The Cuban Missile Crisis.
(b) The Cold War.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) WWII.

13. Before the game of chicken what game model did many believe nuclear warfare was like?
(a) Prisoner's Dilemma.
(b) Divide the Cake.
(c) Bully.
(d) Deadlock.

14. After WWI what did the U.S. push to develop in the hopes of gaining an edge over the Soviet Union?
(a) ICBMs.
(b) The atom bomb.
(c) MIRVs.
(d) The hydrogen bomb.

15. What game is similar to volunteer's dilemma but is played by only two people?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Stag Hunt.
(c) Bully.
(d) Deadlock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many began to see the presumptions of game theory as callous and ___.

2. What game is a cross between Deadlock and Chicken?

3. When a madman strategy is used by one player the opposing player is more likely to do what?

4. What is also know as a public goods game?

5. Who came up with the game model centered around two hunters deciding what to hunt for the day?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 392 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample