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NC State Final Engineering Exam (humor) :)

Phokus

Lifer
(Fresh from Western Carolina University)

Subject: N.C. State Final Engineering Exam

N.C. State Final 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? 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?
 
Oddly enough, there is civilization near NC State and we don't have to play with forest critters for fun like they have to do up in Western Carolina.

 
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