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 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 house south of Beckley 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 coal 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 the 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?
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 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 house south of Beckley 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 coal 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 the 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?
