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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does de Castro want?

2. What does West do once a year?

3. What does West do on his day off?

4. What does OEM stand for?

5. What shows that an engineer has rank?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why angers some engineers about FHP?

2. Why does a company use cubicles?

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

4. Describe Tom West.

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

6. What were computers like in the early days?

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

8. How does Tom change? When and why does he change?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes one or more analogies about the inner workings of the Eclipse team, and explains why these analogies are appropriate.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing how computers are often used in movies, television, and books. Be sure to address:

1) Famous examples of computer villains and heroes.

2) How our perceptions of computers have changed over the years and how this change is reflected in entertainment media.

3) How entertainment media has shaped your perception of computers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that serves as a basic instruction manual for a computer, a piece of software, or other technical process. Be sure that:

1) The instructions are suitable for a wide audience.

2) The instructions follow a step-by-step order.

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