>Redneck Engineering Exam
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>1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon
>tree that will support a 10-pound possum.
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>2. Which of the following cars will rust out the quickest
>when placed on blocks in your front yard? 66 Ford
>Fairlane, 69 Chevrolet Chevelle, 64 Pontiac GTO.
>
>3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at a
>capacity of 20 gallons of shine per hour, how many car radiators are
>necessary to condense the product?
>
>4. A woodcutter has a chain saw that operates at 2700 rpm.
>The density of the pine trees in a plot to be harvested is
>470 per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average
>tree diameter is 14 inches. How many Budweisers will it
>take to cut the trees?
>
>5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented a charge
>of R-12 simultaneously, what would be the decrease in the
>ozone layer?
>
>6. A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine on 24-inch
>centers with a field rock foundation. The span is 8 feet
>and the porch length is 16 feet. The porch floor is 1-inch rough sawn pine.
>When the porch collapses, how many hound dogs will be killed?
>
>7. A man owns a Tennessee house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an
>average slope of 15%. The man has 5 children. Can each of the children place
>a mobile home on the man's land?
>
>8. A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards
>down a steep grade on a secondary road at 45 mph. The
>brakes fail. Given the average traffic on secondary roads,
>what are the chances that it will strike a vehicle that
>has a muffler?
>
>9. A coalmine operates a NFPA Class 1, Division 2
>Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120 miners per shift. A
>gas warning is issued at the beginning of 3rd shift. How
>many cartons of unfiltered Camels will be smoked during
>the shift?
>
>10. At a reduction in gene pool variability rate of 7.5%
>per generation, how long will it take a town that has been bypassed by the
>interstate to breed a country-western singer?
>
>
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>1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon
>tree that will support a 10-pound possum.
>
>2. Which of the following cars will rust out the quickest
>when placed on blocks in your front yard? 66 Ford
>Fairlane, 69 Chevrolet Chevelle, 64 Pontiac GTO.
>
>3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at a
>capacity of 20 gallons of shine per hour, how many car radiators are
>necessary to condense the product?
>
>4. A woodcutter has a chain saw that operates at 2700 rpm.
>The density of the pine trees in a plot to be harvested is
>470 per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average
>tree diameter is 14 inches. How many Budweisers will it
>take to cut the trees?
>
>5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented a charge
>of R-12 simultaneously, what would be the decrease in the
>ozone layer?
>
>6. A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine on 24-inch
>centers with a field rock foundation. The span is 8 feet
>and the porch length is 16 feet. The porch floor is 1-inch rough sawn pine.
>When the porch collapses, how many hound dogs will be killed?
>
>7. A man owns a Tennessee house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an
>average slope of 15%. The man has 5 children. Can each of the children place
>a mobile home on the man's land?
>
>8. A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards
>down a steep grade on a secondary road at 45 mph. The
>brakes fail. Given the average traffic on secondary roads,
>what are the chances that it will strike a vehicle that
>has a muffler?
>
>9. A coalmine operates a NFPA Class 1, Division 2
>Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120 miners per shift. A
>gas warning is issued at the beginning of 3rd shift. How
>many cartons of unfiltered Camels will be smoked during
>the shift?
>
>10. At a reduction in gene pool variability rate of 7.5%
>per generation, how long will it take a town that has been bypassed by the
>interstate to breed a country-western singer?
>
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