The Soul of a New Machine Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Soul of a New Machine Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many small programming projects does Dave Peck do for the team?
(a) 34.
(b) 54.
(c) 23.
(d) 12.

2. How old is Alsing when the Eagle project begins?
(a) 26.
(b) 35.
(c) 42.
(d) 31.

3. What single invention revolutionized the computer industry?
(a) The cathode.
(b) The mouse.
(c) The LCD display.
(d) The transistor.

4. What will happen to West if he cannot keep life and computers separate?
(a) West already cannot keep life and computer separate.
(b) He will take a vacation.
(c) He will quit.
(d) He will go mad.

5. What is the general idea of MULTICS?
(a) A complex network of fullerenes.
(b) A system of rings.
(c) A system of triangles.
(d) A system of boxes.

6. What was project Victor?
(a) All of the below.
(b) The Mature Eclipse.
(c) Something to do.
(d) A canard.

7. What does West do once a year?
(a) Throws a terrific New Year's party.
(b) Takes a vacation.
(c) Gets really drunk and make a fool of himself.
(d) Has a pig roast.

8. What is the name for a design flaw within a computer system?
(a) Crock.
(b) Crash.
(c) Blue screen of death.
(d) Fault.

9. Who is Edson de Castro?
(a) A former DEC employee who founded Data General.
(b) A former DEC employee who was arrested for industrial espionage.
(c) A former DEC employee who invented the fax machine.
(d) A former DEC employee who went on a murderous rampage at the corporate head office.

10. How does Data General handle money?
(a) Ostentatiously.
(b) Freely.
(c) Obscenely.
(d) Thriftily.

11. What does 'give me a core dump' mean?
(a) Too disgusting to translate.
(b) Transfer your project data to my system.
(c) Tell me your thoughts.
(d) Let's grab a drink.

12. What is the first programming language that Alsing learns to use?
(a) C+.
(b) Basic.
(c) FORTRAN.
(d) Python.

13. What type of shoes does Tom West wear?
(a) Loafers.
(b) Moccasins.
(c) Dress shoes.
(d) Sneakers.

14. What is the suicide command?
(a) Kill self.
(b) Axe me.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Kill me.

15. When does West hold his collective meetings with Wallach, Alsing, and Rasala?
(a) Fridays at 3:00 P.M.
(b) Saturdays at 9:30 P.M.
(c) Thursdays at 8:00 A.M.
(d) Every day at lunchtime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does an engineer receive when he completes a successful project?

2. What is scarce in the engineering business?

3. What does de Castro want?

4. What do computers manipulate directly?

5. What are still the largest buildings in many towns?

(see the answer keys)

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