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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 tool is a source of the Microteam's strength?

2. What is in the display case in the lobby?

3. How many small programming projects does Dave Peck do for the team?

4. What Star Wars character is Wallach compared to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is microcode? How does it work?

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

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

4. How is the Microteam organized?

5. Describe Tom West.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that will serve as the biography of Tom West. Be sure to address:

1) Important junctures in Tom's life.

2) The most important projects that Tom works on.

3) The influence and effect that Tom has upon those around him.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the threat of cybercrime. Be sure to address:

1) The current trend in cybercrime, and common types.

2) Modern examples of cybercrime.

3) What we can do to prevent cybercrime.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the tendency for some people to become 'workaholics.' The essay should address why you feel people do this to themselves, and what we can do to prevent and treat workaholism.

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