EXAM TIME
Can you answer any of these mind-boggling questions???
WORLD 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 and concise, yet specific.
ASTRONOMY
Define the universe; give three examples.
MEDICINE
You will be 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 15 minutes.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Write a fifth-generation computer language. Using this language,
create a computer program to finish the rest of this exam for you.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Twenty-five hundred riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom.
Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin, Hebrew, or
Greek.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
This is a practical test of your design and building skills. With the
boxes of toothpicks and glue present, build a platform that will
support your weight when you and your platform are suspended over a
vat of nitric acid.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
The disassembled parts of a howitzer have been placed in a box on your
desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printed in Swahili. In
10 minutes a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take
whatever action you feel is appropriate. Be prepared to justify your
decision.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
You will be placed in a nuclear reactor and given a partial copy of
the electrical layout. The electrical system has been tampered with.
You have seventeen minutes to find the problem and correct it before
the reactor melts down.
BIOLOGY
Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if
this form of life had developed 500,000 years earlier, with special
attention to the probable effect, if any, on the Philippine social
spectrum circa 1640. Prove your thesis.
RELIGION
Perform a miracle. Creativity will be judged.
MUSIC
Write a full piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with a flute
and drum. You will find a piano under your seat.
LOGIC
Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your position.
CHEMISTRY
You must identify a poison sample which you will find at your lab
table. All necessary equipment has been provided. There are two
beakers at your desk, one of which holds the antidote. If the wrong
substance is used, it causes instant death. You may begin as soon as
the professor injects you with a sample of the poison.
PSYCHOLOGY
Based on your knowledge of their early 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 your evaluations with quotations from each
man's work, making appropriate references. Translate all quotations in
Tagalog.
SOCIOLOGY
Identify the sociological problems which might be associated with the
end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.
ECONOMICS
Describe in four hundred words or less what you would have done to
prevent the Great Depression.
MATHEMATICS
You have 60 seconds to mentally solve the mathematical problem below. Begin.
8,256.091 + _________ - ________ x ________ ¸ ________ = -38.07623
(Bonus question: Why is 11 not pronounced onety one? Provide a full
numerical analysis in justifying your answer.)
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.
ART
Given one eight-count box of crayons and three sheets of notebook
paper, recreate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Skin tones should
be true to life.
PHYSICS
Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an in-depth
evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on science.
METAPHYSICS
Describe in detail the nature of life after death. Test your hypothesis.
PHILOSOPHY
Sketch the development of human thought. Estimate its significance.
Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
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