University of Arkansas Engineering Exam
These be tough questions. Ya’ll need four hefty pull o’ Uncle Bennie’s Mountain Dew to answer jest one!
1. Calculate the smallest limb, on a persimmon tree, that will support a ten 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, or ' 69 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 required 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 Arkansas vented a charge of R-12 simultaneously, what would be the decrease in the Ozone Layer?
6. A front porch is constructed of 2 x 8 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 an Arkansas 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. 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? |
