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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What computer is the simulator stored on?
(a) Gollum.
(b) The miniNOVA.
(c) Coke.
(d) Trixie.

3. What do computers manipulate directly?
(a) Numbers.
(b) Symbols.
(c) Governments.
(d) Systems.

4. What was the second company that Wallach worked for?
(a) Data General.
(b) DEC.
(c) Raytheon.
(d) General Electric.

5. What is in the display case in the lobby?
(a) The first computer with a functioning monitor.
(b) The first computer Data General ever sold.
(c) The first computer affordable by the average family.
(d) The first computer ever made.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the 360 project cost more than the development of?

2. What signal is Jon Blau in charge of?

3. How many boards does VAX have?

4. Where did Tom work after finishing college?

5. What television program do Alsing's sons want to watch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does ROM-driven mean?

2. What are the four rules of the Eagle team?

3. What is the importance of the 32-bit computer?

4. What was Tom West like as an engineer, friend, and person?

5. Why angers some engineers about FHP?

6. Describe the weekly meetings Tom has with Wallach, Alsing, and Rasala.

7. Describe Rasala.

8. What 'sly' thing does West do? What does he feel the VAX embodies?

9. How does West react to the time constraints on Eagle?

10. How does a computer appear to make sophisticated decisions?

(see the answer keys)

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