The Soul of a New Machine Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Soul of a New Machine Test | Final 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 project flooded with come Spring?
(a) Cash.
(b) Engineers.
(c) Programmers.
(d) Water from the melting snow.

2. What percentage of Data General's equipment sales does the Eagle represent after its launch?
(a) Slightly less than eight percent.
(b) Around fifty percent.
(c) Exactly forty-two percent.
(d) More than ten percent.

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

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

5. What do the engineers talk about at their parties?
(a) Nothing but nervous small-talk.
(b) How much they hate West.
(c) Women.
(d) Computers.

6. What model of the Eclipse does Alsing refer to as 'his' machine?
(a) The M/300.
(b) The EC/12.
(c) The VAX 11/780.
(d) The C/150.

7. When was the 32-bit computer that Wallach hears about designed?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1963.

8. What was the name of the cluster-controller that Rosen designed?
(a) Hydra.
(b) Chimera.
(c) Archon.
(d) Thanatos.

9. How many types of arithmetic must the Eagle perform simultaneously at high speed?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) As many as the user needs.

10. Where is Holberger in early September?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Houston.
(c) Burn-out city.
(d) New York.

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

12. According to Rosemarie, what is West always doing?
(a) Sizing up those around him.
(b) Planning.
(c) Wasting time.
(d) Ignoring his gut feelings.

13. At the time of writing, when did Holberger join Data General?
(a) Four months ago.
(b) Nineteen months ago.
(c) Three years ago.
(d) Ten years ago.

14. How does Jon Blau refer to the blonde twins at National Cash Register's booth?
(a) Attractive.
(b) Bipolar.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Identical.

15. When does Ed Rasala tell Carl Carman he will be finished debugging?
(a) Sometime in the next year.
(b) August.
(c) Late September.
(d) He doesn't know.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does no one ever do at Data General?

2. Who is sent to Data General's semiconductor facility for a 'vacation?'

3. What college did West attend?

4. What type of songs does West like to play?

5. What does West send along with the engineers who go to the conference?

(see the answer keys)

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