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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) That working for Data General is Hell.
(b) Everything happens for a reason.
(c) There is no such thing as a coincidence.
(d) Nothing ever happens unless you push it.

2. How much video does West record?
(a) 11 hours.
(b) 20 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) A half-hour infomercial's worth.

3. What does UINST mean?
(a) User Instance.
(b) Micro Instruction Set.
(c) Universal Installer.
(d) Uninstall.

4. What does an engineer receive when he completes a successful project?
(a) A vacation.
(b) A bonus.
(c) A picture of a computer.
(d) A commemorative ring.

5. What do people think about Alsing after meeting him?
(a) That he is awkward and uncoordinated.
(b) That he is good at sports.
(c) That he is an engineer.
(d) That he is smart and interesting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What single invention revolutionized the computer industry?

2. What does 'give me a core dump' mean?

3. What is Data General's relationship to Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)?

4. What is scarce in the engineering business?

5. How does Blau's apartment make the author feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the game Adventure.

2. Describe Alsing's management style.

3. How does Josh Rosen describe the management structure of the Eagle project?

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

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

6. What is the appeal of a clean sheet of paper?

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

8. What does Alsing do to his sons?

9. What were computers like in the early days?

10. Describe Tom West.

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