IJMC - The Final From Hell
I am almost certain that this is a rerun for the IJMC. But I can't find
it anywhere in the archives so I'm sending it anyway. Hopefully most of
you haven't seen it yet. Also, if anyone passes it, see me for a job. I
don't know how I'll pay you but I know I couldn't afford not to! -dave
FINAL FROM HELL.
Biology: Create life. Estimate the difference in subsequent human
culture if this form of life had developed 500 million years prior
with special attention to its probable effect on the English
parliamentary system. Prove your thesis.
Health: 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.
Languages: 2,500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom.
Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.
Psychology: Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the
emotional stability, degree of adjustment and represented frustrations
of each of the following: Alexander of Apfrodisias, Parnses II,
Gregory of Micea and Hammurabi. Support your evaluation with quotes
from each man's work. Translation is not necessary.
Sociology: Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany
the end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.
Business Policy: Define business. Define policy. How are they related
and why?
Management: Create a generalized algorithm to optimize all managerial
decisions. Assuming an 1130 CPU supporting 50 terminals each terminal to
activate your algorithm; design the communciations interface and control
programs.
Engineering: The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been
placed on your desk, the instruction manual printed in Swahili.
In 10 minutes, a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room.
Take whatever action you feel appropriate.
Poli Sci: There is a red telephone on your desk. Start World War III.
Report at length on it's socio-political effects, if any.
Economics: Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt.
Trace possible effects to the following areas: Cubism, the Donati
controversy, the wave theory of light. Devise a method for preventing
these effects. Criticize from all possible points of view.
Logic: Take a stand for or against the truth. Prove validity of
your position.
Philosophy: Sketch the development of human thought. Estimate
significance. Compare with development of any other kind of thought.
General Knowledge: Describe all you know in detail. Be both objective
and specific.
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