[CC-ARES-RACES] Redneck Engineering Exam

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Redneck Engineering Exam

1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree  
   that will support a 10 pound opossum.

2. Which of the following automobiles will rust out the 
   quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard?

        A. 1966 Ford Fairlane
        B. 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle
        C. 1964 Pontiac GTO

3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at a capacity 
   of 20 gallons of moonshine per hour, how many car 
   radiators are needed to condense the product?

4. A pulpwood cutter has a chain saw that operates at 2700 
   rpm. The density of pine trees in a plot to be harvested   
   is 470 trees per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The 
   average tree is 14 inches in diameter. How many
   Budwiser "Tall-Boys" will it take to harvest the plot?
   (Assume an air temperature of 82 degrees and relative 
    humidity of 64 percent.)

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 is 1 inch rough 
   sawn pine. When the porch collapses, how many hound dogs 
   will be killed?

7. A man in Tennessee owns a 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 the truck will 
   strike another 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 the third 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 and western 
    singer?