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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of tiredness do Rasala and the rest of the team suffer from?
(a) Long-term.
(b) Terminal.
(c) Acute.
(d) Wife and/or girlfriend-related.

2. What does Data General supposedly offer its employees in addition to medical insurance?
(a) Dental.
(b) Alimony benefits.
(c) Maternity leave.
(d) Death benefits.

3. In what month is the National Computer Conference?
(a) June.
(b) July.
(c) August.
(d) May.

4. What type of device does West particularly not like?
(a) Automated check-out scanners.
(b) Satellites.
(c) Automatic transmissions.
(d) Digital watches.

5. What did cavemen use to debug fire?
(a) The wheel.
(b) Sticks.
(c) An oscilloscope.
(d) A Power Diagnostic Unit (PDU).

Short Answer Questions

1. How many types of arithmetic must the Eagle perform simultaneously at high speed?

2. What did West do every morning before work during the debugging of the first Eclipse?

3. What type of bugs need to be fixed before a computer can get out the door?

4. Which character from Lord of the Rings does Peck name after Tom West?

5. What do computer programs tend to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does West describe his job?

2. How have computers changed society?

3. Describe IBM's booth at the NCC.

4. What 'right choice' did West make for the Eagle?

5. What are the accelerators?

6. Describe the circumstances around Rosen's departure from Eagle.

7. What resource problem does Holberger have? How does he solve it?

8. What strange problem does the Eagle team have in August?

9. What change do the carpenters bring?

10. Describe the level of openness in the Eagle project.

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