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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There was no "looking up" of information prior to what invention?
(a) Writing.
(b) Pen and ink.
(c) Printing machines.
(d) Publishing houses.

2. What can the amount of information in a message be expressed in?
(a) By the computation that produces it.
(b) By the algorithm that produces it.
(c) By the bits it contains.
(d) By its integral number.

3. What were the interests of Charles Babbage, a brilliant Englishman who lived in the 19th century?
(a) Prose and poetry.
(b) Mathematics, engineering, cryptography, railroads, and industrial machinery.
(c) The history of discovery and travel.
(d) Philosophy and psychology.

4. What results when a closed system's temperature evens out?
(a) More work can be accomplished.
(b) No work could be done.
(c) There is no change.
(d) The system fails.

5. What were the benefits of the early logarithm tables?
(a) Eliminated calculations.
(b) Cut down on errors and allowed for quicker calculations.
(c) Provided solutions.
(d) Made work easier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "entropy" describe in relationship to thermodynamics?

2. The existence of what entity as a basic element of genetics had been theorized before the mechanics of genetic reproduction was fully understood?

3. Why do scientists view quantum particles in terms of probability?

4. All known alphabets are based on the original alphabet that emerged about 1500 B.C. in what area?

5. The telegraph invented by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail was based on what function?

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