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Here's the entrance exam.

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 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

Budweiser 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 Ruston 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 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 traffic loading of

secondary roads, what are the chances that it will

strike a vehicle that has 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 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?

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