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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 division was Rosen in before coming to work on the Eagle?

2. What gets tiring after a while?

3. What is West's crowning domestic achievement?

4. What award do the Hardy Boys hand out?

5. What does Data General supposedly offer its employees in addition to medical insurance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What change do the carpenters bring?

2. How is the debugging process visually represented?

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

4. Describe the trip to the National Computer Conference.

5. How does Jon Blau 'see it all?'

6. What resource problem does Holberger have? How does he solve it?

7. What 'right choice' did West make for the Eagle?

8. Describe some of the problems with the debugging of the Eagle.

9. What strange problem does the Eagle team have in August?

10. Describe IBM's booth at the NCC.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the high-stress life of a professional with the 'simple life.' Be sure to address:

1) Pros and cons of each lifestyle.

2) Whether or not you feel either lifestyle is the norm, and the consequences of either lifestyle becoming the norm.

3) Which lifestyle you would prefer and why.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the role of freedom in the workplace. Be sure to address:

1) Examples of where freedom has benefited a company or industry.

2) How best to manage freedom and prevent it from becoming destructive.

3) Uses and limitations of freedom in work.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the trend of technological obsolescence. Be sure to address:

1) Whether or not the trend can be slowed, and whether or not a slowing of this trend would hamper progress.

2) The consequences, and pros and cons, of technological obsolescence.

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