Entrance Exam

The last year I was in Berkeley,  somebody sent this out over the 
Berknet to all of the student accounts.  The general preface note 
said this is a preview of the Computer Science Entrance exam that 
would be given to all incoming CS students.

COMPUTER SCIENCE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 1

Instructions:    Read   each  question  carefully.    Answer  all 
questions.  Time limit is four (4) hours.  Begin immediately.


History:   Describe the history of the Papacy from its origin  to 
the present,  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.

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 and  approved.   Allow 
yourself no more than five (5) minutes for this.

Public  Speaking:     Approximately 2500  riot-crazed  Aborigines 
will  soon  be storming the room.   Calm them.   You may use  any 
ancient language except Greek or Latin.

Biology:   Create life.   Estimate the differences in  subsequent 
human  culture if this life form had developed 300 million  years 
earlier,  with   special attention to its probable effect on  the 
English Parliamentary system.  Prove your thesis.

Music:     Write  a piano concerto.   Orchestrate and perform  it 
with flute and drums.  You will find a piano under your seat.

Psychology:     Based on your knowledge of their works,  evaluate 
the  emotional  stability,  degree of adjustment,  and  repressed 
frustrations of each of the following:   Alexander of Aphrodisis, 
Rameses  II,  Gregory  of Nicea,  and  Hammurabi.   Support  your 
evaluation   with  quotations  from  each  man's   work,   making 
appropriate references.  It is not necessary to translate.

Sociology:      Estimate  the  sociological problems  that  might 
accompany  the end of the world.   You may construct a theory  to 
test your theory.

Engineering:    The  disassembled parts of a  high-powered  rifle 
have  been  placed  nearby.   You will also find  an  instruction 
manual written in Swahili.   In ten (10) minutes a hungry  Bengal 
tiger  will  be admitted to the room.   Take whatever action  you 
feel  necessary.   Be prepared to justify whatever  decision  you 
make.

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.  Outline one plan for eliminating these effects.  
Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated 
in your answer to the latter part of the problem. 

Political Science:  There is a red telephone nearby.  Start World 
War  III.   Report at length in its socio-political  effects,  if 
any.

Epistemology:   Take a position for or against truth.   Prove its 
validity.

Physics:   Explain the nature of matter.   Include in your answer 
an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics  on 
science.

General  Knowledge:    Describe  in  detail.   Be  objective  and 
specific.

 development of mathematics  on 
science.

General  Knowledge:    Describe  in  detail.   Be  objective  and