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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 type of car does Tom West drive?

2. How does Blau's apartment make the author feel?

3. What does West think is the next big thing in chips?

4. What does OEM stand for?

5. What does 'give me a core dump' mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the game Adventure.

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

3. What is the importance of the 32-bit computer?

4. What is important about the way Westborough was designed?

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

6. What is the first NOVA?

7. What does ROM-driven mean?

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

9. What is the appeal of a clean sheet of paper?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that describes the field of risk management. Be sure to address:

1) The basic principles of risk management.

2) The current state of career opportunities in risk management.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay on the subject of natural talent, and the tendency for humans to specialize. Be sure to address:

1) The concept of division of labor.

2) How specialization has progressed and changed throughout human history.

3) Whether or not you feel division and specialization of labor is efficient or desirable.

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