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Redneck Engineering Exam 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?
A. 66 Ford Fairlane, B. 69 Chevrolet Chevelle, C. 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 pulpwood cutter 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 Budweiser
Tallboys 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 is16 feet. The porch floor is 1 inch rough
sawn pine. When the porch collapses, how many poor hound dogs
will be killed?
7. A man owns a Texas 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 pulpwood 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 loading of secondary
roads, what are the chances that it will strike a vehicle that has 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 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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