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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first defined the concept of "bandwith"?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Harry Nyquist.
(c) Alexander Graham Bell.
(d) Samuel Morse.

2. Where does the Internet store memes?
(a) In clouds.
(b) In databases.
(c) In search engines.
(d) In the network.

3. A new interest in what pursuit arose following the rise of the telegraph?
(a) The telephone.
(b) Computer Science.
(c) Writing.
(d) Cryptography.

4. What new word did Claude Shannon, a mathematical researcher at Bell Labs, introduce in the in-house journal called "A Mathematical Theory of Communication"?
(a) The relay.
(b) The transistor.
(c) The circuit.
(d) The bit.

5. Who first thought of constructing a machine that could calculate logarithms?
(a) Issac Newton.
(b) Galileo.
(c) John Napier.
(d) Charles Babbage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the system of dots and dashes used to communicate telegrams called?

2. How were phonetic sounds represented in language?

3. Who invented the telegraph?

4. What time of memory is most limited?

5. Seventeenth numerical tables were set up so that what factor could be learned about each number?

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