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Some disparaging remarks have been made about how the University of Tennessee
football team has done this year. It's been awful, because that's not what UT is
all about. Some of you look down your nose at UT's academic credentials. UT is
all about academics! Here some old exam questions that clearly demonstrates the
academic rigor expected at UT. Think you could pass it?
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, a 69 Chevrolet Chevelle, or a 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 woodcutter has a chain saw that operates at 2,700 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 Budweisers will it take
before all the trees are cut?
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 Tennessee house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an
average slope of 15%. The man has five children. Can each of the kids place a
mobile home on the man's land?
8. A two-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards down a steep grade
on a secondary road at 45 mph. 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 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?
So there!
football team has done this year. It's been awful, because that's not what UT is
all about. Some of you look down your nose at UT's academic credentials. UT is
all about academics! Here some old exam questions that clearly demonstrates the
academic rigor expected at UT. Think you could pass it?
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, a 69 Chevrolet Chevelle, or a 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 woodcutter has a chain saw that operates at 2,700 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 Budweisers will it take
before all the trees are cut?
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 Tennessee house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an
average slope of 15%. The man has five children. Can each of the kids place a
mobile home on the man's land?
8. A two-ton truck is overloaded and proceeding 900 yards down a steep grade
on a secondary road at 45 mph. 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 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?
So there!
