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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 MULTICS?
(a) A plan to end time-sharing systems for good.
(b) A plan to expand time-sharing systems into a dominant market position.
(c) A plan for making time-sharing systems secure.
(d) A plan for hacking into time-sharing systems.

2. When were the first pieces of route 495 laid down?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1940s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1970s.

3. What is the name for a design flaw within a computer system?
(a) Crock.
(b) Fault.
(c) Blue screen of death.
(d) Crash.

4. What momentous news arrives on an evening in early 1979?
(a) North Carolina is being closed down due to security issues.
(b) North Carolina has lost a key member of its staff.
(c) North Carolina's team is merging with West's team.
(d) North Carolina is going to miss its deadline.

5. How many assembly language instructions does the Eclipse contain?
(a) 390.
(b) 420.
(c) 195.
(d) 101.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen to West if he cannot keep life and computers separate?

2. What was project Victor?

3. What is scarce in the engineering business?

4. Who is Edson de Castro?

5. Where was Firth born?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What complexities and problems exist in microcode?

3. Describe Rasala.

4. Describe Steve Wallach's origins and early experiences in the computer business.

5. What is the first NOVA?

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

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

8. What is microcode? How does it work?

9. What is the 'dream job' described at the start of the chapter? Why does this job sound great to the engineers?

10. How is the Microteam organized?

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