ASVAB Mechanical Comprehension Practice Test 772895 Results

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1

Depending on where you apply effort and resistance, the wheel and axle can multiply:

45% Answer Correctly

power or distance

force or speed

force or distance

speed or power


Solution

If you apply the resistance to the axle and the effort to the wheel, the wheel and axle will multiply force and if you apply the resistance to the wheel and the effort to the axle, it will multiply speed.


2

Tension is a force that does which of the following?

75% Answer Correctly

heats up an object

compacts an object

stretches an object

slows 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 mass of an object correlates to the size of the object but ultimately depends on:

66% Answer Correctly

the object's weight

the object's density

the object's potential energy

gravity


Solution

Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object.  In general, larger objects have larger mass than smaller objects but mass ultimately depends on how compact (dense) a substance is.


4

Two gears are connected and the smaller gear drives the larger gear. The speed of rotation will __________ and the torque will __________.

61% Answer Correctly

increase, increase

decrease, decrease

decrease, increase

increase, decrease


Solution

Connected gears of different numbers of teeth are used together to change the rotational speed and torque of the input force. If the smaller gear drives the larger gear, the speed of rotation will be reduced and the torque will increase. If the larger gear drives the smaller gear, the speed of rotation will increase and the torque will be reduced.


5

What type of load is sudden and for a relatively short duration?

69% Answer Correctly

concentrated load

impact load

dynamic load

non-uniformly distributed 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.