Final Exam
From
Backwoods Southern University
Someplace, Southern
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 moonshine per
hour, how many car radiators are necessary to condense the product?
4. A pulpwood cutter has a chain saw that operates at 2700 fpm. The density of the pine
trees in a plot to be harvested is 470 trees per acre. The plot 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 sawed 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 holler 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 loading 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 an 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?