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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. What is the name of Firth's wife?
(a) Lynn.
(b) Linda.
(c) Laura.
(d) Linette.

2. Where is Rasala's family from?
(a) India.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Russia.

3. What does OEM stand for?
(a) Obviously Except from Me.
(b) Ostentatious Excellence in Marketing.
(c) Oligarchical Electronics Masking.
(d) Original Equipment Manufacturer

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

5. How many bits does the NOVA deal with at one time?
(a) 16.
(b) 64.
(c) 8.
(d) 32.

6. What does UINST mean?
(a) Universal Installer.
(b) User Instance.
(c) Uninstall.
(d) Micro Instruction Set.

7. What is scarce in the engineering business?
(a) Suits.
(b) Women.
(c) Fashion sense.
(d) Men in their forties.

8. What does Wallach think of North Carolina?
(a) All of the above.
(b) It's not a place to bring up his wife and children.
(c) It sucks.
(d) The food is terrible.

9. What do you learn after working at Data General for any period of time?
(a) That working for Data General is Hell.
(b) Nothing ever happens unless you push it.
(c) Everything happens for a reason.
(d) There is no such thing as a coincidence.

10. What is one of the most important questions in the computer industry?
(a) How to protect data.
(b) How to transmit data.
(c) How to store data.
(d) How to retrieve data.

11. What do Cossacks harbor strong feelings towards?
(a) Horses.
(b) Ladies.
(c) Swords.
(d) New designs.

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

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

14. What does Trixie like to do?
(a) Misbehave.
(b) Anthropomorphize machines.
(c) Play tricks on Woodstock.
(d) Carl.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the best person to design the Eagle?

2. What is Data General's relationship to Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)?

3. How many boards does VAX have?

4. How many jobs depend on the project being successful?

5. What does West do on his day off?

(see the answer keys)

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