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Worksheet Class 1 January 19, 2017

Complete this worksheet for use during the in class quiz on January 26, 2017 and in preparation for lecture and the class activity.

• 2 questions on the quiz will be about the syllabus.

• At least one question will come from the handout about Nintendo and Cisco.

• The remaining questions will come from the reading and lecture

For collection at the beginning of class

Huffman encode the below words and calculate the bit savings:

1. alliteration

2. dermatillomania

In preparation for the Excel activity that we will start on January 26, 2017

If you do not already have MS Excel on your laptop, download MS 365, which includes MS Excel. All Mac and Windows users should be able to install MS Excel from the below resource.

Download Microsoft Excel and Access using your free license available from SLU



In preparation for lecture and the quiz

Read Chapter 1. ESPECIALLY read the chapter introduction on pages 2 and 3.

Review:

1. Lecture slides

2. Huffman encoding

3. Syllabus

4. Chapter 1 introduction

5. Lecture notes

6. The paragraphs about Nintendo and Cisco

Make sure you know the following definitions from the handouts, slides and textbook:

1. Data

2. Information

3. Algorithm

4. Analog

5. Digital

6. Program

7. Bit

8. Byte

9. Moore’s Law

10. MIS

11. Non-routine skills

12. Huffman encoding

13. compression

Concepts:

1. List as many jobs as possible that have been eliminated during your lifetime due to the effects/consequences of Moore’s law.

2. What are the 4 non-routine skills and be able to explain how Jennifer failed to demonstrate each in the opening discussion of Chapter 1

3. Picture yourself at your first job. How will you demonstrate the 4 non-routine skills?

4. How will you avoid being affected by Moore’s law in your career choice?

5. List 3 examples of analogue devices.

Huffman question:

What English word is encoded using the below dictionary and bit series? How many bits were saved by using the encoding?

A 111

Y 110

L 101

I 100

O 011

N 010

D 00

0011101000110101100011010

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