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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to myth, what did Data General formerly zealously protect?
(a) Cash-flow.
(b) Secrets.
(c) Paperclips.
(d) Employees.

2. According to his resignation note, what is the maximum unit of time that Rosen will deal with?
(a) Season.
(b) Day.
(c) Second.
(d) Hour.

3. What does Van San sell?
(a) Quietizers.
(b) Minicomputers.
(c) Disk drives.
(d) Mason Jars.

4. In this chapter, how many prototypes have been created thus far?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. What part of the computer does Rasala melt accidentally?
(a) A chip socket.
(b) A co-processor.
(c) The heat gun.
(d) A PAL.

6. Who is one of the best Hardy Boys?
(a) Steve Smith.
(b) Carl Alsing.
(c) Ed Rasala.
(d) Dave Epstein.

7. What division was Rosen in before coming to work on the Eagle?
(a) Customer Care.
(b) Black Ops.
(c) Special Systems.
(d) Games Consoles.

8. How many passes of Eclipse program 21 do Coke and Gollum go through?
(a) 923.
(b) 921.
(c) 920.
(d) 945.

9. What new type of processor did Rosen design in college?
(a) Rolled Tungsten.
(b) Floating Point.
(c) Fuzzy Logic.
(d) Dual-Core.

10. What did the staffer at Personnel tell Rosen they will remind him to do?
(a) Take his vacations.
(b) Be a team player.
(c) Work harder.
(d) File his taxes.

11. When does West leave for work?
(a) Right at six.
(b) A bit before eight.
(c) A little after seven.
(d) In between seven-thirty and eight.

12. What does Rosemarie think West is?
(a) The daddy.
(b) An outlet for the team's frustrations.
(c) Someone who cares.
(d) All of the above.

13. What is the project flooded with come Spring?
(a) Water from the melting snow.
(b) Programmers.
(c) Cash.
(d) Engineers.

14. What does the Microteam lack?
(a) Their own computer.
(b) A simulator program.
(c) A flexible schedule.
(d) Manpower.

15. Through the help of what piece of equipment does Jon Blau 'see it all?'
(a) A cable.
(b) A monitor.
(c) A chipset.
(d) A CPU.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Rasala's reaction when Josh Rosen quits?

2. What part of the Eagle becomes the focal point, or 'bogeyman?'

3. According to Rasala, why is Veres the best of the college kids?

4. What college did West attend?

5. What percentage of Data General's equipment sales does the Eagle represent after its launch?

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