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

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

3. What single invention revolutionized the computer industry?
(a) The cathode.
(b) The mouse.
(c) The transistor.
(d) The LCD display.

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

5. What does West do on his day off?
(a) Go hunting.
(b) Look at sailboats.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Play Adventure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the electrician that West and his wife befriend?

2. How many jobs depend on the project being successful?

3. What do the engineers often talk about putting on the side of the Eclipse?

4. Where does West's father work?

5. What new class of computer has DG not responded to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does a company use cubicles?

2. What is microcode? How does it work?

3. What is the problem with West at the beginning of the chapter?

4. How is competition used as a management strategy in companies such as Data General and IBM? Is this a good strategy?

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

6. How is the Microteam organized?

7. Describe the game Adventure.

8. What made Alsing think that Holland was ideal for writing microcode?

9. What complexities and problems exist in microcode?

10. What does Alsing do to his sons?

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