From psueea!tektronix!uunet!lll-winken!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!indri!pikes!boulder!ccncsu!longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu!rf378434 Mon Apr 24 17:08:33 PDT 1989 Hey! I was looking at my calender this week and noticed that there is a vanishinly small amount of time left untill the end of the semester. (If you aren't in school, you were so you'll appreciate the shock I felt.) This document is a compilation of several POSTERS I have seen and several copyrights are probably being broken by my printing it but I don't care. (let them sue me, I'm a poor college student.) Be sure to read the Instructions carefully! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERDISCIPLINARY FINAL EXAMINATION Instructions:Read each question carefully. Answer all questions. Time Limit -- 4 hours. Begin immediately. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. Outline the steps for breeding your own super high yield, all weather wheat. Describe the chemical and physical properties and the impact on world food supplies of this grain. Construct a model for dealing with the world surplus. Write your Nobel Prize acceptance speech. ASTROLOGY. Define the Universe; give three examples. BIOLOGY. Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effects on the English parliamentary system. Prove your thesis. COMPREHENSION. This is a three minute timed test. Read everything before doing anything. Put your name in the upper-right hand corner of the page. Put a circle around the word name in sentence three. Sign your name under the title of this page. After the title write "yes, yes, yes". Put an "X" in the lower-left hand corner of this page. Draw a triangle around the X. On the back of this page multiply 703x668. Loudly call out your name now. If you think you have followed the instructions carefully up to this point say, "I have". Punch three small hole in the top of this page. If you are the first person to reach this point say, "I am the first to reach this point, I am leading in following instructions". On the reverse side of this page add 8950 and 9850. Circle your answer. Draw a square around the circle you just drew. Now that you have read the instructions, do only sentence two. COMPUTER SCIENCE. On the PC-Clone to your left, you will find the source code to WordPerfect, a popular word processing environment. Next to the PC-Clone, you will find a terminal connected to a PDP-1170 running a UNIX environment. Sucessfully port the source code from the PC-Clone to the PDP-1170, and compile it using Concurrent Euclid. ECONOMICS. Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the possible effects of your plan in the following areas: Cubism, the Donatist controversy, the wave theory of light, and the laws of space and time. Outline a method for preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated in your answer to the last question. ENGINEERING. The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed in a box on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printed in Swahili, for assembling the rifle. In ten (10) minutes a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take whatever action you deem appropriate. Be prepared to justify your decision. EPISTEMOLOGY. Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your position. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE. Describe in detail. Be objective and specific. HISTORY. Describe the history of the papacy from its origins to the present day, concentrating especially but not exclusively on its social, political, economic, religious and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific. LOGIC. Using commonly accepted methodology, prove all four of the following: That the Universe is Infinite; Truth is Beauty and Beauty is Truth; There is no little person that turns off the refrigerator light when you close the door; and That you are the person taking this test. Now disprove all of the above. Be specific and show all work. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE. Define Management. Define Science. How do they relate? Why? Create a generalized algorithm to optimize all managerial decisions. Assuming a 1130 CPU supporting 50 terminals, each terminal to activate your algorithm; design the communications interface and all necessary control programs. MEDICINE. You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of Scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your work has been inspected. You have fifteen minutes. MUSIC. Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your seat. PHILOSOPHY. Sketch the development of human thought; estimate its significance. Compare it with the development of any other kind of thought. PHYSICS. Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on science. POLITICAL SCIENCE. There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III. Report at length on its socio-political effects, if any. PSYCHOLOGY (THEORY). Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisias, Ramses II, Gregory of Nicea, and Hammurabi. Support you evaluation with quotations from each man's work, making appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate. PSYCHOLOGY (PRACTICAL). Employing principles from major schools of psychanalytic thought, successfully subject yourself to analysis. Make appropriate personality changes, bill yourself, and fill out all medical insurance forms. Now do the same to the person sitting to your left. PUBLIC SPEAKING. 2,500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language- except Latin or Greek. SOCIOLOGY. Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory. EXTRA CREDIT. Give the time and today's date, convert to metric. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Congratulations! You are finished. Post/E-Mail your responses and I will compile a list of the best (worst?) answers. (I'll post that too) /------- You have been reached by..--------------+--------------------\ | Raymond Frush at Colorado State University | But, don't take my | | ARPA rf378434@longs.LANCE.colostate.edu | word for it... | \------------------------------------------------+--------------------/ From psueea!tektronix!uunet!lll-winken!indri!polyslo!usc!nunki.usc.edu!sal52.usc.edu!rjung Mon Apr 24 17:09:36 PDT 1989 In article <1711@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> rf378434@longs.lance.colostate.edu writes: >Hey! I was looking at my calender this week and noticed that there is >a vanishinly small amount of time left untill the end of the semester. Oooooh yeah...Don't remind me. > > INTERDISCIPLINARY FINAL EXAMINATION > > [Exam questions deleted -- Some old, some new] > >Post/E-Mail your responses and I will compile a list of the best (worst?) >answers. (I'll post that too) Okay, how about a few based on my real-life experiences. To wit: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING A demanding man from the Department of Defense and a 1"-tall design specification for a software project are to your left. Perform a data flow analysis on the project, and give a satisfying presentation to the DoD man. Use transaction analysis to derive a structure chart, and present it to the man's satisfaction again. Code the project under ADA. You have 20 minutes. COMPARATIVE RELIGION Write a paper summarizing the views, sects, and practices of these major world religions: Hinduism, Christianity, Judiasm, Islam, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Shinto. Which religion is the true religion of all existence? Support your argument with references. Be brief and concise. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Break the 2-minute mile, or prove by derivation why the 2-minute mile cannot be broken without human augmentation. Have fun(?)... --R.J. B-) <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> "Mickey Mouse to a 3-year-old is a six foot tall RAT!" --Robin Williams Disclaimer: How could I get anything done if I'm supposed to avoid being offensive? Mail address: It's easier to just reply, but rjung@nunki.usc.edu you can try. From psueea!tektronix!reed!amass Mon Apr 24 17:10:12 PDT 1989 In article <1711@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> rf378434@longs.lance.colostate.edu writes: >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >ASTROLOGY. Define the Universe; give three examples. I assume, then, that the ASTRONOMY question would be something like: Construct a complete horoscope of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Plot the position of each of the relevant spheres for each day of his life, and do likewise for every person who would have somehow influenced the course of his life, to determine finally all of his actions to the day, the motivations behind them, and the consequences thereof. Discuss in particular the Miracles, the Lenten fast, the Last Supper and the Crucifixion. From this data, project the date of the Apocalypse. :-) amass (in so doing, lad, you better his prospects by a factor of much!) -- OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo The Amorphous Mass OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo o a.k.a. James Robinson O O amass@reed.UUCP or: !tektronix!reed!amass o oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO "Forgive them, Lord, for they know naught" oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoO