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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While working on plans for this "analytical engine," Babbage struck an acquaintance with what individual?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) Isaac Newton.
(c) John Simpson.
(d) Ada Lovelace.

2. What caused the errors that were contained in the tables of logarithms that had to be calculated themselves?
(a) Under-educated workers.
(b) Calculations and printing errors.
(c) Calculations.
(d) Printing errors.

3. How were telegraph messages priced?
(a) By the volume of messages.
(b) By the number of words.
(c) By the destination of the message.
(d) By the language the message was sent in.

4. What type of lists did Babbage create about livestock, fabric, letter combinations in various languages and other facts?
(a) Alphabetical.
(b) Numeric.
(c) Random.
(d) Statistical.

5. What is a bit?
(a) A micron of information.
(b) The smallest amount of useful information.
(c) The average size of piece of information.
(d) The size of a datum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the two essential elements of Shannon's simple communication model?

2. Who first thought of constructing a machine that could calculate logarithms?

3. A new interest in what pursuit arose following the rise of the telegraph?

4. How did the telegraph advance weather forecasting?

5. What did the written language provide that helped to progress the intellect of mankind?

(see the answer key)

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