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State of West Virginia
Professional Engineer Examination

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

2. Which of the following pickups will rust out quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard?
'66 Ford
'69 International Harvester
'72 Chevrolet
'64 GMC

3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at a capacity of 20 gallons of moonshine 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 trees per acre. The plot 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 Mingo County vents its R-12 charge simultaneously, what would be the percent 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 sawed pine. When the porch collapses, how many hound dogs will be killed?

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 as 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?

Practical
You have just imbibed an entire case of Budweiser and are now alone in a dark room with a disassembled AK-47 assault rifle on the table in front of you. In 15 seconds, an enraged and starving mountain lion will be released in to the room. Assemble and load the weapon.

Here's a fun one you can actually calculate out. It was a thought problem I came up with while in my Physics classes in college.

A Coed with 36-24-36 measurements is walking in front of you at three miles an hour with a hip swing of 8 degrees. Calculate the centripetal force acting on the keys in her hip pocket.

I was inspired by my physics prof who actually had us calculate the electric current flowing through Superman's metal belt as he flew around the Earth. As a bonus answer, we were to give the direction of the current.