QUALIFYING EXAMINATION INSTRUCTIONS: Read each question carefully. Answer all questions. Time limit 4 hours. Begin immediately.

HISTORY. .Describe the history of the papacy from its origin 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, concise, and specific.

MEDICINE. You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and bottle of Scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your work has been inspected. You have fifteen minutes.

PUBLIC SPEAKING. 2,500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.

BIOLOGY. Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the English parliamentary system. Prove your thesis.

SOCIOLOGY. Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE. Define Management. Define Science. How do they relate? Why? Create a generalized algorithm to optimize all managerial decisions. Assuming an 1130 CPU supporting 50 terminals, each terminal to activate your algorithm; design the communications interface and all necessary control programs.

ENGINEERING. The disassembled parts of a high powered rifle have been placed in a box on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual printed in Swahili. In ten minutes a hungry Bengal Tiger will be admitted to the room. Take whatever action you feel appropriate. Be prepared to justify your decision.

RISK ANALYSIS. Estimate the time required to assemble the rifle in the above question. Use a discrete distribution. Estimate the tiger's running speed. Estimate your. running speed. Using Monte Carlo simulation, determine your chances for survival. Determine the tiger's chances for survival. Please note that you are working in a real time situation.

POLITICAL SCIENCE. There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III. report at length on its sociopolitical effects, if any.

EPISTEMOLOGY. Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your position.

PHILOSOPHY. Sketch the development of human thought; estimate its significance. compare with the development of any other kind of thought.

CENTRAL KNOWLEDGE. Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.

EXTRA CREDITS Define the Universe; give three examples.

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