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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the term for getting inside a machine, learning about it, and reproducing it?
(a) Knocking off.
(b) Plagiarism.
(c) Reverse engineering.
(d) Invention.

2. What does FHP stand for?
(a) Fountainhead Project.
(b) Frontier Heavy Production.
(c) Fidelity High Processing.
(d) Faulty Head Packet.

3. Where do the names Woodstock and Trixie come from?
(a) Novels.
(b) Pornography.
(c) Comics.
(d) Music festivals.

4. How many unique addresses can a 16-bit computer handle (approximately)?
(a) 65,000.
(b) 4.3 billion.
(c) 32 million.
(d) 16,000.

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

6. What was Chuck Holland's father?
(a) An engineer.
(b) A microcoder.
(c) A convicted felon.
(d) A lawyer.

7. What is one of Tom West's great abilities?
(a) Persuasion.
(b) Marketing.
(c) Problem solving.
(d) Deception.

8. What is a beautiful, rare commodity for Alsing?
(a) Boolean algebra.
(b) Propositional calculus.
(c) Quantum physics.
(d) Automated reasoning.

9. What does Jon Blau feel from inside of him?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Pressure.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Joy.

10. Where was Wallach raised?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Manhatten.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Queens.

11. What type of car does Tom West drive?
(a) A blue Cadillac.
(b) A black Ford.
(c) A green Volvo.
(d) A red Saab.

12. Where was Firth born?
(a) Maine.
(b) Westborough.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Canada.

13. What is Westborough's first defense against thieves?
(a) A checkpoint and metal detector in the lobby.
(b) Cameras on the rooftop.
(c) Security guards everywhere.
(d) The vigilance of all employees.

14. What is the name of the more interesting of the two Eagles?
(a) Frodo.
(b) Gollum.
(c) Pepsi.
(d) Coke.

15. What part of the project comes after assembling the prototypes?
(a) Beta testing.
(b) Debugging.
(c) Focus groups.
(d) Clinical trials.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the most important questions in the computer industry?

2. What type of shoes does Tom West wear?

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

4. Where does West's father work?

5. How much video does West record?

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