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Qualifying Examination
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for Co-Sysop Access
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Instructions: Read each question
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carefully. Answer ALL questions! Time
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limit - 4 hours. Begin immediately.
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HISTORY. Describe the history of the
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papacy from its origins to the present
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day, concentrating especially, but no
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exclusively, on its social, political,
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economic, religious and philosophical
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impact on Europe, Asia, America, and
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Africa. Be brief, concise, and
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specific.
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MEDICINE. You have been provided with
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a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and
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bottle of Scotch. Remove your
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appendix. Do not suture until your
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work has been inspected. You have
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fifteen minutes.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING. There are 2,500
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riot-crazed aborigines storming the
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classroom. Calm them. You may use any
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ancient language, except Latin or
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Greek.
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BIOLOGY. Create life. Esitmate the
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difference in subsequent human culture
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if this form of life had developed 500
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million years earlier, with special
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attention to its probable effect on
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the English parliamentary system.
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Prove your thesis.
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MUSIC. Write a piano concerto.
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Orchestrate and perform it with flute
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and drum. You will find a piano under
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your seat.
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PSYCHOLOGY. Based on your knowledge of
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their works, evaluate the emotional
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stability, degree of adjustment and
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repressed frustrations of each of the
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following: Alexander II of Macedon,
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Ramses II, Gregory of Nyssa and
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Hammurabi. Support your evaluation
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with quotations from each man's work,
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making appropriate notations. It is
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not necessary to translate.
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SOCIOLOGY. Estimate the sociological
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problems which might accompany the end
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of the world. Construct an experiment
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to test your theory.
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MANAGEMENT SCIENCE. Define management.
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Define science. How do they relate?
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Why? Create a generalized formula to
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optimize all managerial decisions.
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Assuming an 1130 CPU supporting 50
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terminals, each terminal to activate
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your formula, design the communi-
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cations interface and all necessary
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control programs.
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ENGINEERING. The disassembled parts of
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a high-powered rifle have been placed
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in a box on your desk. You will find
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an instruction manual, printed in
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Swahili, under your desk. In 10
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minutes, a hungry Bengal tiger will be
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admitted to the room. Take whatever
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action you feel appropriate. Be
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prepared to justify your decision.
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ECONOMICS. Develop a realistic plan
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for financing the national debt. Trace
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the possible effects of your plan in
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the following areas: Cubism, the
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Donatist controversy and the wave
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theory of light. Outline a method for
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preventing these effects. Criticize
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this method from all possible points
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of view. Point out the deficiencies in
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your point of view, as demonstrated in
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your answer to the last question.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE. There is a red
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telephone on the desk beside you.
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Start World War III. Report at length
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on its socio-political effects,
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if any.
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EPISTEMOLOGY. Take a position for or
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against truth. Prove the validity of
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your position.
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PHYSICS. Explain the nature of matter.
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Include in your answer an evaluation
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of the impact of the development of
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mathematics on science.
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PHILOSOPHY. Sketch the development of
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human thought; estimate its signifi-
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cance. Compare with the development of
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any other kind of thought.
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE. Describe in detail.
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Be objective and specific.
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