quiz b
1. According to chaos theory, what make outcomes difficult to predict?
A) Unpredictability
B) Dr. Edward Lorenz
C) The butterfly effect
D) The imaginary friends I’ve had since childhood all voicing their opinions at the same time
E) Penises
F) I’ve had the same song stuck in my head for years and can’t get it out
G) Initial variables
H) Happiness
I) The fact that we’ll all be dead soon so there’s no point using our limited time on earth to figure it all out
J) The ongoing debate on which melon is more useless in fruit salad, cantaloupe or honeydew
2. A person walking down the street in Philadelphia stops to pick up a piece of trash on the sidewalk. In another multiverse a muppet awakens from it’s deep slumber and strange dream about heckling other muppets. This is direct cause and effect. What describes this?
A) Initial conditions
B) A moderate amount of opium
C) Unpredictability
D) Religion
E) Final outcomes
F) A liberal arts education
G) The butterfly effect
H) A massive amount marijuana
I) Guilt about not playing with your stuffed animals anymore, just in case they really were alive
J) Best friends
3. Which of these quotes could be attributed to you?
A) What time is it?
B) Wrong answer, fuckbag.
C) What, what, what's happening?
D) You want me to take you to the doctor?
E) I think everything's gonna be all right this time.
F) Is... Did he... What happened in the basement?
G) Lenny likes Poptarts. You guys are all the better now.
H) There are no journals.
I ) You can't change who people are without destroying who they were.
J) You think you know me? *I* don't know me!
4. Who is considered the father of chaos theory?
A) Salmon P Chase
B) Kate Chase
C) Edward Bates
D) Julia Coalter
E) Abraham Lincoln
F) Mary Todd Lincoln
G) William H. Seward
H) Francis Seward
I) Dred Scott
J) Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney
5. In chaos theory, as time passes from t=0, does a system become more chaotic, thus more difficult to predict?
A) Yes
B) No
C) I think maybe
D) Whatever my father says
E) Hmm? Sounds nice dear
F) Only if t+1=j(l-3)xc
G) My head hurts
H) Hard to say, given the variable initial conditions
I ) I’m not telling
J) Once and once only
6. What is a linear systems analysis?
A) Basically the term for most of the math that we use. One tiny error will linearly lead to more tiny errors.
B) Two ways of displaying the same data and gaining a picture of a system's long-term behavior. All lead to chaos.
C) Positive feedback: if a process goes in one direction, nonlinear feedback makes it go that way even faster.
D) Negative feedback: If a process goes in one direction, nonlinear feedback makes it go the other way.
E) The concepts of nonlineral feedback embodied within the field of Dynamical systems.
F) Some amount of trust in a measurement made to characterize such errors.
G) Many processes around us actively changing in time.
H) Unpredictable (but not random) behavior.
I ) Rapid increases in stable states.
J) A multiple choice question.
7. STEM > STEAM Because:
A) If you don’t already know, there’s no point in explaining
B) It isn’t
C) Is this a trick question?
D) We can live without facials but not without plants
E) There can only be one kind of intelligence and that intelligence is logical reasoning
F) t+1=j(l-3)xc
G) My head hurt
H) Internal fluxion working at max capacity yields exponential growth in all quadrants
I ) If it didn’t there would be no funding for anything at all
J) It’s not worth the risk.
8. How about these?
A) God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.
B) That doesn't look very scary. More like a six-foot turkey.
C) Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move.
D) Condors. Condors are on the verge of extinction.
E) Yes, yes, yes. That's why we're taking extreme precautions.
F) God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.
G) Clever girl.
H) Gee, the lack of humility before nature that's being displayed here, uh... staggers me.
I ) Hammond, after careful consideration, I've decided, not to endorse your park.
J) I'm a hacker!
9. Please write down a list of things that you want very much to do but have not done because you are afraid to make the attempt and be found wanting.
A) Unpredictability
B) Dr. Edward Lorenz
C) The butterfly effect
D) The imaginary friends I’ve had since childhood all voicing their opinions at the same time
E) Penises
F) I’ve had the same song stuck in my head for years and can’t get it out
G) Initial variables
H) Happiness
I) The fact that we’ll all be dead soon so there’s no point using our limited time on earth to figure it all out
J) The ongoing debate on which melon is more useless in fruit salad, cantaloupe or honeydew
2. A person walking down the street in Philadelphia stops to pick up a piece of trash on the sidewalk. In another multiverse a muppet awakens from it’s deep slumber and strange dream about heckling other muppets. This is direct cause and effect. What describes this?
A) Initial conditions
B) A moderate amount of opium
C) Unpredictability
D) Religion
E) Final outcomes
F) A liberal arts education
G) The butterfly effect
H) A massive amount marijuana
I) Guilt about not playing with your stuffed animals anymore, just in case they really were alive
J) Best friends
3. Which of these quotes could be attributed to you?
A) What time is it?
B) Wrong answer, fuckbag.
C) What, what, what's happening?
D) You want me to take you to the doctor?
E) I think everything's gonna be all right this time.
F) Is... Did he... What happened in the basement?
G) Lenny likes Poptarts. You guys are all the better now.
H) There are no journals.
I ) You can't change who people are without destroying who they were.
J) You think you know me? *I* don't know me!
4. Who is considered the father of chaos theory?
A) Salmon P Chase
B) Kate Chase
C) Edward Bates
D) Julia Coalter
E) Abraham Lincoln
F) Mary Todd Lincoln
G) William H. Seward
H) Francis Seward
I) Dred Scott
J) Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney
5. In chaos theory, as time passes from t=0, does a system become more chaotic, thus more difficult to predict?
A) Yes
B) No
C) I think maybe
D) Whatever my father says
E) Hmm? Sounds nice dear
F) Only if t+1=j(l-3)xc
G) My head hurts
H) Hard to say, given the variable initial conditions
I ) I’m not telling
J) Once and once only
6. What is a linear systems analysis?
A) Basically the term for most of the math that we use. One tiny error will linearly lead to more tiny errors.
B) Two ways of displaying the same data and gaining a picture of a system's long-term behavior. All lead to chaos.
C) Positive feedback: if a process goes in one direction, nonlinear feedback makes it go that way even faster.
D) Negative feedback: If a process goes in one direction, nonlinear feedback makes it go the other way.
E) The concepts of nonlineral feedback embodied within the field of Dynamical systems.
F) Some amount of trust in a measurement made to characterize such errors.
G) Many processes around us actively changing in time.
H) Unpredictable (but not random) behavior.
I ) Rapid increases in stable states.
J) A multiple choice question.
7. STEM > STEAM Because:
A) If you don’t already know, there’s no point in explaining
B) It isn’t
C) Is this a trick question?
D) We can live without facials but not without plants
E) There can only be one kind of intelligence and that intelligence is logical reasoning
F) t+1=j(l-3)xc
G) My head hurt
H) Internal fluxion working at max capacity yields exponential growth in all quadrants
I ) If it didn’t there would be no funding for anything at all
J) It’s not worth the risk.
8. How about these?
A) God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.
B) That doesn't look very scary. More like a six-foot turkey.
C) Don't move! He can't see us if we don't move.
D) Condors. Condors are on the verge of extinction.
E) Yes, yes, yes. That's why we're taking extreme precautions.
F) God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.
G) Clever girl.
H) Gee, the lack of humility before nature that's being displayed here, uh... staggers me.
I ) Hammond, after careful consideration, I've decided, not to endorse your park.
J) I'm a hacker!
9. Please write down a list of things that you want very much to do but have not done because you are afraid to make the attempt and be found wanting.
