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68 lines
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TEST FOR SYSTEM ANALYSTS
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INSTRUCTIONS:
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Read each question carefully. Answer all questions. Time limit:
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4 hours. Begin immediately.
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HISTORY:
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Describe the history of papacy from its origins to the present
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day, concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on its
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social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical
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impact on Europe, Asia, America and Africa. Be brief, concice,
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and specific.
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MEDICINE:
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You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze,
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and a bottle of Scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture
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until your work has been inspected. You have fifteen minutes.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING:
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2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm
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them. You may use any ancient language except Latin and Greek.
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BIOLOGY:
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Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human
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culture if this form of life had developed 500 million years
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earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the
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English parliamentary system. Prove your thesis.
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MUSIC:
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Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute
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and drum. You will find a piano under your seat.
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PSYCHOLOGY:
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Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional
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stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustrations of
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each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodiasis, Ramses II,
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Gregory of Nicia, Hammurabi. Support your evaluation with
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quotations from each man's work, making appropriate references.
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It is not necessary to translate.
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SOCIOLOGY:
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Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the
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end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.
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ENGINEERING:
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The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed
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on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printed
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in Swahili. In 10 minutes a hungry Bengal tiger will be
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admitted to the room. Take whatever action you feel
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appropriate. Be prepared to justify your decision.
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ECONOMICS:
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Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt.
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Trace the possible effects of your plan in the following areas:
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Cubism, the Donatist controversy, the wave theory of light.
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Outline a method for preventing these effects. Criticize this
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method from all all possible points of view. Point out the
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deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated in your
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answer to the last question.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE:
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There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World
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War III. Report at length on its socio-political effects if
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any.
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EPISTEMOLOGY:
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Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of
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your stand.
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PHYSICS:
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Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an
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evaluation of the impact of the developement of mathematics on
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science.
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PHILOSOPHY:
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Sketch the developement of human thought, estimate its
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significance. Compare with the developement of any other kind
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of thought.
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GENERAL KNOWLEGDE:
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Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
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