ASVAB Mechanical Comprehension Practice Test 285176 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.63
Score 0% 53%

Review

1 If the radius of the axle is 3 and the radius of the wheel is 8, what is the mechanical advantage of this wheel and axle configuration?
36% Answer Correctly
-5
2
1
3

Solution

The mechanical advantage of a wheel and axle lies in the difference in radius between the inner (axle) wheel and the outer wheel. But, this mechanical advantage is only realized when the input effort and load are applied to different wheels. Applying both input effort and load to the same wheel results in a mechanical advantage of 1.


2

Lisa lifts a 25 pound box from the floor onto a loading dock 4 ft. off the ground. Sam slides the same box along a ramp to move it up another 4 ft. onto a flatbed truck. Who has done more work?

50% Answer Correctly

Sam

Neither have done any work

Lisa

They have done an equal amount of work


Solution

Work is force multiplied by distance. Because both Connie and Sam moved the same weight the same distance they have done an equal amount of work. Sam employed the mechnacial advantage of an inclined plane so he exerted less effort to do the work but the amount of work done was still the same.


3

Which of the following will increase the mechanical advantage of this inclined plane?

59% Answer Correctly

lower the force acting at the blue arrow

lengthen the ramp

increase the force acting at the blue arrow

shorten the ramp


Solution

The mechanical advantage (MA) of an inclined plane is the effort distance divided by the resistance distance. In order to increase mechanical advantage, this ratio must increase which means making the effort distance longer and this can be accomplished by lengthening the length of the ramp.


4

Which of the following statements about drag is false?

58% Answer Correctly

slower objects experience more drag than faster objects

the amount of drag depends on the speed of an object

the amount of drag depends on the shape of an object

drag occurs during movement through a fluid


Solution

Drag is friction that opposes movement through a fluid like liquid or air. The amount of drag depends on the shape and speed of the object with slower objects experiencing less drag than faster objects and more aerodynamic objects experiencing less drag than those with a large leading surface area.


5

What type of load doesn't create specific stress points or vary with time?

60% Answer Correctly

concentrated load

non-uniformly distributed load

static uniformly distributed load

impact load


Solution

A concentrated load acts on a relatively small area of a structure, a static uniformly distributed load doesn't create specific stress points or vary with time, a dynamic load varies with time or affects a structure that experiences a high degree of movement, an impact load is sudden and for a relatively short duration and a non-uniformly distributed load creates different stresses at different locations on a structure.