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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the lab needed repair?
(a) The door.
(b) The lighting.
(c) The circuit breakers.
(d) The cooling system.

2. Where is the 'very liberal arts college' that Rosen visits?
(a) New York.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Vermont.

3. What term did Norbert Weiner coin?
(a) Cybernetics.
(b) Artificial intelligence.
(c) Robotics.
(d) Ergonomics.

4. What component is the crucial difference between the Eagle and earlier machines?
(a) 32 bits vs. 16 bits.
(b) A dual-core processor.
(c) Accelerators.
(d) A WYSIWYG interface.

5. What did West do every morning before work during the debugging of the first Eclipse?
(a) Smoke ten cigarettes.
(b) Go for a run.
(c) Cry.
(d) Throw up.

6. What new line of computers does IBM feature at the NCC?
(a) The PPC 970 line.
(b) The 36-50 line.
(c) The IBM-PC line.
(d) The 4300 line.

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

8. Where will Data General send the Eagle blueprints to?
(a) The DOD.
(b) An OEM.
(c) DEC.
(d) The CIA.

9. What type of fighter does the author compare the Eclipse group to?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Boxers.
(c) Mercenaries.
(d) Gunslingers.

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

11. What group does Rasala feud with?
(a) Software.
(b) The Hardy Boys.
(c) Marketing.
(d) Diagnostics.

12. What type of bugs need to be fixed before a computer can get out the door?
(a) Software bugs.
(b) Logic errors.
(c) Design flaws.
(d) Ergonomic inefficiencies.

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

14. What has West talked about ever since coming to work for Data General?
(a) Quitting.
(b) Synergy.
(c) Responsibility.
(d) Efficiency.

15. When does the Eagle make its debut?
(a) Spring of 1980.
(b) Summer of 1979.
(c) Fall of 1982.
(d) Winter of 1981.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rasala have to buy Holberger because of a bet they made?

2. Who is one of the best Hardy Boys?

3. What do computer programs tend to do?

4. Why does Jon Blau become a Hardy Boy?

5. What does Rasala go to London with a model of?

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