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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What language do the drums of what is now Zaire mimic?
2. Who invented the telegraph?
3. How was the machine created by Charles Babbage received?
4. What development was the last stage of writing?
5. Claude Shannon and Alan Turing were working on separate cryptography project and shared what astounding possibility?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the purpose behind the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary?
2. Who invented the "first" telegraph?
3. By the 1930s the telephone had replace the telegraph as the most advanced means of communication. What advantages did the telephone have over the telegraph?
4. Who first at the concept of "bandwith" and in what context was it first conceived?
5. While Shannon worked on secret cryptography projects for the US government during World War II, what theory about information did he conceive?
6. What were examples of the use of mathematics in the Babylonian culture?
7. Who developed the Principia Mathematica and what did it provide?
8. How did the development of the written language assist Greek philosophers in advancing mankind?
9. In modern times, what innovation has had the most impact on language?
10. By reducing information to its elemental form, Claude Shannon opened up a new field of scientific inquiry that proved to have applications not only in communications, but in what other fields?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is the year 1948 considered a huge turning point in information theory and technology? What advances were made by researchers at Bell Laboratories during this time frame?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the evolution of the written language and its impact on knowledge sharing. What impact has the Internet had on the transference of information?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the various theories on entropy. How was entropy important to information theory?
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