Red Neck Engineering Test

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:45 am

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 sofas will ruined?

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 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 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?

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:48 am

Didn't know you were a redncek :wah: :wah:

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:54 am

:-6

anastrophe · Post by **anastrophe** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:17 pm

it seems the test is gradually changing over time - the way i heard number six was:

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 dogs will be crushed?