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Joined: 18 May 2002
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Location: Jacksonville, Florida
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 Posted: 04/22/04 - 07:46 Post subject: Arkansas College of Engineering Test
We are sick and tired of hearing about how dumb people in the South are.
We challenge any so-called smart Yankee to take this exam administered
by the University of Arkansas Engineering Department:
1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will
support a 10-pound possum.
2. Which of these cars will rust out the quickest when placed on blocks
in your front yard? A '65 Ford Fairlane, a '69 Chevrolet Chevelle or a
'64 Pontiac GTO.
3. If your uncle builds a still which operates at a capacity of 20
gallons of shine produced per hour, how many car radiators are required
to condense the finished product?
4. A woodcutter has a chainsaw which operates at 2700 RPM. The density
of the pine trees in the 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 be drunk before the trees are cut down?
5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented it's charge of R-12
simultaneously, what would be the percentage 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 five children. Can each of his
grown children place a mobile home on the man's land and still have
enough property for their electric appliances to sit out on the front
porch?
8. A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards down a steep
slope on a secondary road at 45 MPH. The brakes fail. Given average
traffic conditions on secondary roads, what is the probability that the
truck will strike a vehicle with a muffler?
9. A coal mine 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 the
3rd shift. How many cartons of unfiltered Camels will be smoked during
that shift?
10. At a reduction in the gene pool variability rate of 7.5% per
generation, how long will it take a town which has been bypassed by the
Interstate to breed a country-western singer?
O.K. -- all you smarties answer up!
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