ASVAB Automotive Information Practice Test 856798 Results

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1

Which of the following is not a part of the oil pump?

37% Answer Correctly

pressure relief valve

oil galleries

all of these are part of the oil pump

oil filter


Solution

The oil pump is driven by the camshaft and is responsible for pumping oil through the oil galleries (passages) that run throughout the engine. It also contains the oil filter and a pressure relief valve which prevents excessive pressure from building up in the lubrication system.


2

What is the primary difference between internal and external combustion engines?

48% Answer Correctly

where the power is developed

how the fuel is ignited

the type of fuel used

the air-fuel mix for optimum combustion


Solution

The primary difference between internal and external combustion engines lies in where the power is developed. In an internal combustion engine fuel is ignited and burned inside the same container where the power is developed while in an external combustion engine the fuel is ignited outside the engine and the resulting power sent to it.


3

Gases from combustion are pushed out through the exhaust valve as the piston travels up the cylinder to top dead center. This describes which engine stroke?

67% Answer Correctly

exhaust

power

intake

compression


Solution

During the exhaust stroke, just before the piston reaches bottom dead center the exhaust valve opens. The resulting gases from combustion are then pushed out through the exhaust valve as the piston travels up the cylinder to top dead center, completing stroke four of the four-stroke piston cycle.


4

What cylinder arrangement would be most common in a four cylinder front-wheel drive vehicle?

66% Answer Correctly

inline

V-type

vertical

opposed


Solution

Cylinder number and arrangement depends on the purpose of the engine. Smaller (four and six cylinder) engines in front-wheel drive vehicles often use an inline design which orients cylinders vertically over the crankshaft and aligns them in a row. Other common orientations are a horizontal/opposed design which places cylinders flat facing each other with the crankshaft between them and a V-type design common in six and eight cylinder engines that features one cylinder head per block of cylinders oriented at a 60 to 90 degree angle to each other with the crankshaft at the bottom of the V.


5

Which of the following cylinder arrangement would be most common in an eight cylinder engine?

79% Answer Correctly

inline

V-type

opposed

vertical


Solution

Cylinder number and arrangement depends on the purpose of the engine. Smaller (four and six cylinder) engines in front-wheel drive vehicles often use an inline design which orients cylinders vertically over the crankshaft and aligns them in a row. Other common orientations are a horizontal/opposed design which places cylinders flat facing each other with the crankshaft between them and a V-type design common in six and eight cylinder engines that features one cylinder head per block of cylinders oriented at a 60 to 90 degree angle to each other with the crankshaft at the bottom of the V.