Boozerville Engineering Exam

1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a mango tree that will support a 10-pound possum.

2. Which of the following vehicles will rust out the quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard? EH Holden, HQ Ute, Harley Fat Boy.

3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at a capacity of 20 litres of shine per hour, how many car radiators are necessary to condense the product?

4. A woodcutter 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 cartons of XXXX lager will it take to cut the trees?

5. If every old refrigerator in the state vented a charge of CFC simultaneously, what would be the decrease in the ozone layer?

6. A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine on 24-inch centres 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 Rottweiler/ Pig dog cross’ will be killed?

7. A man owns a Boozerville 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 caravan on the man's land?

8. A 2-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 metres down a steep grade on a secondary road at 70kph. The brakes fail. Given the average traffic on secondary roads, what are the chances that it will strike a vehicle that has a muffler?

9. A coalmine operates a 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 Winfield Blues 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 highway to breed a country-western singer?