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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 did cavemen use to debug fire?

2. Which character from Lord of the Rings does Peck name after Tom West?

3. What did West do every morning before work during the debugging of the first Eclipse?

4. What term did Norbert Weiner coin?

5. What is the latest segment of the industry to experience a boom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the debugging process visually represented?

2. What happened to West at Amherst college?

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

4. Describe West's workshop.

5. For the employees, what is the difference between Tom West and Carl Carman?

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

7. How does West's personality change between home and work?

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

9. Describe Rosen's background and education.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 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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