View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is West's 'trustiest lieutenant?'
(a) Wallach.
(b) Carman.
(c) Alsing.
(d) Rasala.

2. 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.

3. What does FHP stand for?
(a) Fidelity High Processing.
(b) Fountainhead Project.
(c) Frontier Heavy Production.
(d) Faulty Head Packet.

4. What does Firth have a hard time remembering?
(a) His phone number.
(b) His anniversary.
(c) His wife's birthday.
(d) The way to the office.

5. What did the help-wanted ad that Rosemarie saw say?
(a) 'Are you depressed?'
(b) 'Are you broke?'
(c) 'Are you bored?'
(d) 'Are you looking for a challenge?'

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the supermini computer that West's team creates?

2. What does UINST mean?

3. What was Chuck Holland's father?

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

5. What type of shoes does Tom West wear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is microcode? How does it work?

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

4. Describe the game Adventure.

5. What complexities and problems exist in microcode?

6. What does Alsing do to his sons?

7. Why does a company use cubicles?

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

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

10. What does ROM-driven mean?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 803 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample