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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 color is the logic analyzer's screen?

2. Who does Rasala say created the Eagle?

3. What does Bernstein build by himself?

4. What do Holberger and Rasala burn together?

5. What did Data General buy half of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rosen's background and education.

2. How does West react to requests from the engineers? Why?

3. What happened to West at Amherst college?

4. Describe the trip to the National Computer Conference.

5. How have computers changed society?

6. How does Rosemarie describe the team's efforts and organization under West?

7. What are the accelerators?

8. How does the team begin to get ahead of itself?

9. How does West feel about computers and machines?

10. Describe the level of openness in the Eagle project.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that serves as a brief history of the evolution of computers. Be sure to mention:

1) Important milestones

2) Important contributors to computer science

3) Companies and organizations that played a key role in the development of computer technology

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing two programming languages. It is not necessary to know how to actually program in either language, some basic online research should suffice. Be sure to address:

1) Pros and cons of each programming language.

2) Similarities and differences between the languages.

3) What each programming language is commonly used for, and why.

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