ASVAB Mechanical Comprehension Practice Test 825547 Results

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1

Collinear forces:

73% Answer Correctly

act in a common plane

are unrelated to each other

pass through a common point

act along the same line of action


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.


2

A screw is most like which of the following other simple machines?

50% Answer Correctly

wheel and axle

first-class lever

block and tackle

inclined plane


Solution

A screw is an inclined plane wrapped in ridges (threads) around a cylinder. The distance between these ridges defines the pitch of the screw and this distance is how far the screw advances when it is turned once. The mechanical advantage of a screw is its circumference divided by the pitch.


3

Friction between two or more solid objects that are not moving relative to each other is called:

74% Answer Correctly

gravitational friction

kinetic friction

static friction

dynamic friction


Solution

Static friction is friction between two or more solid objects that are not moving relative to each other. An example is the friction that prevents a box on a sloped surface from sliding farther down the surface.


4

Two or more pulleys used together are called:

71% Answer Correctly

gears

wheel and axle

third-class lever

block and tackle


Solution

Two or more pulleys used together constitute a block and tackle which, unlike a fixed pulley, does impart mechanical advantage as a function of the number of pulleys that make up the arrangement.  So, for example, a block and tackle with three pulleys would have a mechanical advantage of three.


5

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

82% Answer Correctly

1 m/s2

9.8 m/s2

6.67 x 10-11 m/s2

1 m/s


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