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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 new class of computer has DG not responded to?
(a) The 8-bit pocket computer.
(b) The 16-bit games console.
(c) The 64-bit ultralight.
(d) The 32-bit supermini.

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

3. What tool is a source of the Microteam's strength?
(a) The simulator.
(b) The defibrillator.
(c) The analyzer.
(d) The debugger.

4. What is the name of the more interesting of the two Eagles?
(a) Frodo.
(b) Pepsi.
(c) Coke.
(d) Gollum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the first pieces of route 495 laid down?

2. What can you type instead of North?

3. What is the number on Alsing's security badge?

4. What signal is Jon Blau in charge of?

5. What is the class of solids that transistors are made of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why angers some engineers about FHP?

3. What were computers like in the early days?

4. Describe Alsing's management style.

5. Why does West not attempt to debug the Eagle?

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

7. Why is Wallach the ideal candidate for the Eagle?

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

9. Describe the secondary and support industries that were created around the computer industry.

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

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