Redneck Engineering Exam
1. What is the smallest diameter of a persimmon tree that will support a 10-pound possum?
2. Which of these cars will rust out the fastest when placed on blocks in your front yard?
'65 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 required to condense the product?
4. A woodcutter has a chainsaw that operates at 2700 RPM.
The density of the pine trees is 470 per acre. .The average tree diameter is 14 inches.
How many Budweisers will be drunk before the trees are cut down?
5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented a charge of R-12 simultaneously,
what would be the percentage 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 hounddogs 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 five children. .an each of his grown children place a mobile home on the man's land
and still have enough room for their electrical appliances to sit on the front porch?
8. A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards down a steep slope on a secondary road
at 45 mph. .The brakes fail. . Given average traffic conditions on secondary roads,
what is the probability that it will strike a vehicle with 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 third shift.
How may cartons of unfiltered Camels will be smoked during the shift?
10. At a reduction in the 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. What is the smallest diameter of a persimmon tree that will support a 10-pound possum?
2. Which of these cars will rust out the fastest when placed on blocks in your front yard?
'65 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 required to condense the product?
4. A woodcutter has a chainsaw that operates at 2700 RPM.
The density of the pine trees is 470 per acre. .The average tree diameter is 14 inches.
How many Budweisers will be drunk before the trees are cut down?
5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented a charge of R-12 simultaneously,
what would be the percentage 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 hounddogs 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 five children. .an each of his grown children place a mobile home on the man's land
and still have enough room for their electrical appliances to sit on the front porch?
8. A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards down a steep slope on a secondary road
at 45 mph. .The brakes fail. . Given average traffic conditions on secondary roads,
what is the probability that it will strike a vehicle with 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 third shift.
How may cartons of unfiltered Camels will be smoked during the shift?
10. At a reduction in the 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?
