ASVAB Mechanical Comprehension Practice Test 215005 Results

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1

The measure of how much of the power put into a machine is turned into movement or force is called:

56% Answer Correctly

power

force multiplication

efficiency

mechanical advantage


Solution

The efficiency of a machine describes how much of the power put into the machine is turned into movement or force. A 100% efficient machine would turn all of the input power into output movement or force. However, no machine is 100% efficient due to friction, heat, wear and other imperfections that consume input power without delivering any output.


2

Tension is a force that does which of the following?

75% Answer Correctly

stretches an object

compacts an object

slows an object

heats up an object


Solution

Tension is a force that stretches or elongates something. When a cable or rope is used to pull an object, for example, it stretches internally as it accepts the weight that it's moving. Although tension is often treated as applying equally to all parts of a material, it's greater at the places where the material is under the most stress.


3

The principle of moments defines equilibrium in terms of:

53% Answer Correctly

energy

torque

speed

power


Solution

According to the principle of moments, you can maintain equilibrium if the moments (forces) tending to clockwise rotation are equal to the moments tending to counterclockwise rotation. Another name for these moments of force is torque.


4

Collinear forces:

72% Answer Correctly

act along the same line of action

are unrelated to each other

act in a common plane

pass through a common point


Solution

Collinear forces act along the same line of action, concurrent forces pass through a common point and coplanar forces act in a common plane.


5

A truck is using a rope to pull a car. Tension in the rope is greatest in which of the following places?

50% Answer Correctly

in the middle

tension is equal in all parts of the rope

near the truck

near the car


Solution

Tension is a force that stretches or elongates something. When a cable or rope is used to pull an object, for example, it stretches internally as it accepts the weight that it's moving. Although tension is often treated as applying equally to all parts of a material, it's greater at the places where the material is under the most stress.