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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Entropy is the physical equivalent of what state?
(a) Normality.
(b) Sequencing.
(c) Possibility.
(d) Probability.
2. When were computers first unveiled?
(a) Pre-World War II.
(b) Just before the Korean War.
(c) After World War II.
(d) At the end of the Eisenhower administration.
3. A psychologist named George Miller noticed that people seem to be able to easily remember up to how many items at a time?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Twelve.
4. What does the author compare the famous library to?
(a) Quantum data storage.
(b) The online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
(c) Search engines.
(d) The Encyclopedia Brittanica.
5. What process can measure the limits of the human mind?
(a) Information technology.
(b) Knowledge management.
(c) Information theory.
(d) Psychoanalytical evaluation.
6. Where is DNA found?
(a) In the cells of the nervous system.
(b) Within the cells of every living thing.
(c) In newly forming cells.
(d) Within the cells of every human being.
7. What does Gleick compare the "Library of Babel" to?
(a) The M-Theory.
(b) Quantum consciousness.
(c) The Internet.
(d) Search engines.
8. Who is Seth Lloyd?
(a) A astrophysicist at Stanford.
(b) A quantum engineer at MIT.
(c) A physics professor at Harvard.
(d) A theoretical physicist at MIT.
9. How did Gregory Chaitin define random numbers?
(a) As numbers that could not be identified.
(b) As numbers that could not be computed.
(c) As numbers that could not be defined.
(d) As numbers that could not be calculated.
10. The existence of what entity as a basic element of genetics had been theorized before the mechanics of genetic reproduction was fully understood?
(a) A gene.
(b) DNA.
(c) RNA.
(d) The Genome.
11. What is a fundamental problem in quantum mechanics?
(a) Quantum mechanics is not a proven science.
(b) It is difficult to observe the quantum particle.
(c) Particles are unstable at the quantum level.
(d) Observing a particle interferes with its behavior.
12. Schrodinger and others theorized that genes had what role in life?
(a) They are a kind of code for constructing an human cells.
(b) They are a kind of code for identifying an organism.
(c) They are a kind of code for constructing an organism.
(d) They are a kind of marker for cell multification.
13. Why is the belief in God an enduring one?
(a) The belief is inherited.
(b) Belief of God has been with mankind since the beginning.
(c) The memes retain beliefs.
(d) Beliefs are the only concepts that are passed on.
14. What is the premise of the story by Jorge Luis Borges entitled, "Library of Babel"?
(a) The library has the answers to all the mysteries of the universe.
(b) The library encompasses everything thing that ever lived.
(c) The library encompasses everything in the universe.
(d) The library encompasses all the energy of the universe.
15. Recognizing a famous painting like the Mona Lisa is attributed to what factor?
(a) Bits.
(b) The meme.
(c) Memory.
(d) Education.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of information is contained in DNA?
2. What are memes?
3. Why is modern society in information overload?
4. What is DNA also known as?
5. Where does the Internet store memes?
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