Deep Sotuh Engineering Exam

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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 Daddy 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 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 Budwesier

Tallboys 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 south of Beckley and 3.7 acres of

land in a holler with an average slope of 15%. The man has

five children. Can each of the children put a mobile home

on the man's land?

 

8. A 2-Ton coal truck is overloaded and proceeding 900

yards down a steep grade on a secondary road at 45 mph. The

brakes fail. Given the average taffic loading of the

secondary roads, what are the chances that it will strike a

vehicle that has a muffler?

 

9. A coal mine operates at NFPA Class One - Division Two

hazardous area. The mine employs 120 miners per shift. A

gas warning is issued at the beginning of the 3rd shift,

how many cartons of unfiltered Camels will be smoked during

the shift?

 

10. At a reduction in gene variability rate of 7.5% per

generation, how long will it take a town bypassed by the

interstate to breed a country western singer?

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