Glen
Actually received two answer sheets, and they scored 100%.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
To: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
Cc: "Land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: Redneck 's
> John
> Thanks for something refreshing for a monday night. The rest of the day
sucked
> as they say. Now and then we all need this. Thanks again
> Glen Barrett
>
> John Beckett wrote:
>
> > 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 chain saw that operates at 2700 rpm. The
density of
> > the pine trees in a plot to be harvested is 470 per acre. The lot is 2.3
> > acres in size. The average tree diameter is 14 inches. How many
Budweiser
> > Tall-Boys 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 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 down a steep
grade on
> > a secondary road at 45 mph. The brakes fail. Given the average traffic
load
> > of secondary roads, how many people will swerve to avoid the truck
before it
> > crashes at the bottom of the mountain?
> > For extra credit, how many of the vehicles that swerved will have
> > mufflers and uncracked windshields?
> >
> > 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. How many generations will it take before cattle develop two legs
shorter
> > than the others because of grazing along a mountainside?
> >
> > Please send your answeres to Billy Bob Massie, Dean of Engineering, U of
> > South Southeastern College, Mile Hole Gap Road, Shooting Creek, NC.
>
>
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