ASVAB Mechanical Comprehension Practice Test 792766 Results

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1

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

60% Answer Correctly

non-uniformly distributed load

static uniformly distributed load

impact load

concentrated 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.


2

The force exerted on an object due to gravity is called:

70% Answer Correctly

potential energy

mass

density

weight


Solution

Mass is an intrinsic property of matter and does not vary. Weight is the force exerted on the mass of an object due to gravity and a specific case of Newton's Second Law of Motion. Replace force with weight and acceleration with acceleration due to gravity on Earth (g) and the result is the formula for weight: W = mg or, substituting for g, weight equals mass multiplied by 9.8 m/s2.


3 If you have a gear train with three gears, the first with 28 teeth, the second with 20 teeth, and the third with 2 teeth, what is its mechanical advantage?
51% Answer Correctly
14
42
19
16

Solution

The mechanical advantage of a gear train is its gear ratio. The gear ratio (Vr) is the product of the gear ratios between the pairs of meshed gears. Let N represent the number of teeth for each gear:

Vr = \( \frac{N_1}{N_2} \) \( \frac{N_2}{N_3} \) \( \frac{N_3}{N_4} \) ... \( \frac{N_n}{N_{n+1}} \)

In this problem, we have three gears so the equation becomes:

Vr = \( \frac{N_1}{N_2} \) \( \frac{N_2}{N_3} \) = \( \frac{28}{20} \) \( \frac{20}{2} \) = \( \frac{28}{2} \) = 14


4

On Earth, acceleration due to gravity (g) is approximately __________. 

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1 m/s2

9.8 m/s2

1 m/s

6.67 x 10-11 m/s2


Solution

Newton's Law of Univeral Gravitation defines the general formula for the attraction of gravity between two objects:  \(\vec{F_{g}} = { Gm_{1}m_{2} \over r^2}\) . In the specific case of an object falling toward Earth, the acceleration due to gravity (g) is approximately 9.8 m/s2


5 If this lever is in equilibrium with an effort force of 13.33 ft. lb. at the blue arrow and a resistance force of 4 ft. lb. at the green box, what is its mechanical advantage?
48% Answer Correctly
0.15
2.3
3.3
0.3

Solution

Mechanical advantage (MA) is the ratio by which effort force relates to resistance force. If both forces are known, calculating MA is simply a matter of dividing resistance force by effort force:

MA = \( \frac{F_r}{F_e} \) = \( \frac{4 ft.}{13.33 ft.} \) = 0.3

In this case, the mechanical advantage is less than one meaning that each unit of effort force results in just 0.3 units of resistance force. However, a third class lever like this isn't designed to multiply force like a first class lever. A third class lever is designed to multiply distance and speed at the resistance by sacrificing force at the resistance. Different lever styles have different purposes and multiply forces in different ways.