During World War II, the English country estate of Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, England, became the site
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During World War II, the English country estate of Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, England, became the site for the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS). The main purpose of Bletchley Park was to break the codes of the secret communications of the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan), most importantly codes generated by the German Enigma and Lorenz cipher machines. In 1941, an Enigma machine and codebooks were captured from a German U-boat. Unbeknownst to the Germans, having the machine increased the ability of the Allies to break codes and determine what the enemy was planning. The development of the electromechanical Bombe machine and Colossus computer aided greatly in breaking the codes generated by the Enigma and Lorenz machines.
Which of the following statements best explains how the Shannon-Weaver model of communications could be applied to the challenges faced by the GC&CS?
People who were recruited for work at Bletchley Park were identified as educated, problem solvers, and good with language, all important elements of the Shannon-Weaver model.
Because the messages being sent were encoded, the Shannon-Weaver model, which focuses on encoding and decoding, is the most useful model for this situation.
The Shannon-Weaver model focuses on technological challenges and can easily be applied to the technical problems faced when using machines to break the codes.
The communications that were decrypted at Bletchley Park were a result of the intense focus on the development of people who likely understood the Shannon-Weaver model.