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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Morse code based on?
(a) Numbers.
(b) Dots and dashes.
(c) Symbols.
(d) The alphabet.

2. Shannon proposed a solution for overcoming extra noise in his communication model that mimicked what early communicators?
(a) The French telegraph inventors.
(b) Early telephone developers.
(c) African drummers.
(d) Telegraph operators.

3. By 1930, what had replaced the telegraph as the most advanced means of communication?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The two-way radio.
(c) Ship to shore communicators.
(d) The computer.

4. What did the written language provide that helped to progress the intellect of mankind?
(a) Books.
(b) Education.
(c) Records.
(d) Permanence.

5. What theory was not only useful in practical communications, but had applications in psychology, biology, and physics?
(a) The Quantum theory.
(b) The M-Theory.
(c) The information theory.
(d) The theory of relativity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were the interests of Charles Babbage, a brilliant Englishman who lived in the 19th century?

3. What code did Claude Shannon apply to relay switches which could either be open or closed?

4. How many words were contained in "A Table Alphabeticall?"

5. Before "A Table Alphabeticall", how were most catalogs and word lists arranged?

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