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Mechanical Systems 2
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Opposite in position - direction - order or effect.
Driven Gear
Crank & Slider
Bevel Gear
Inverse
2. The ability to do work.
Speed ratio
Energy
Mechanical advantage
Pressure
3. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance.
Lead Screw
Work
Force
Rack & Pinion
4. A twisting force.
Torque
Mechanism
Worm & Wheel
Simple Gear Train
5. A rotating gear that meshes with a bar that has gear teeth along its length. Changes rotating motion into linear motion.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Fixed pulley
Rack & Pinion
Input
6. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others.
Torque
Load
Mechanism
Linear Motion
7. Work= force x distance
Block and tackle
Kinect energy
Inverse
Work
8. The ratio of the force produced by a machine or system (the load) to the force applied to the machine or system.
Oscillate
Rack & Pinion
Wheel and axle
Mechanical advantage
9. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and load.
Class 1 lever
Lead Screw
Load
Fixed pulley
10. The energy of motion.
Drive Gear
Radius
Lead Screw
Kinect energy
11. A wheel with a grooved rim to guide a rope or chain that runs along the groove; used to transmit or change direction of force.
Pulley
Joules
Class 1 lever
Belt and Pulley
12. The realtioship between the speed of rotation of a smaller gear and a larger gear = number of driven gear teeth / Number of following gear teeth.
Speed ratio
Subsystems
Sprocket
Gear
13. The that has a handle because of a motoe or person turning it.
Driving gear
Fixed pulley
Output
Input work
14. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear.
Driven Gear
Hydraulic lift
Input work
Gear
15. The gear being turned buy the driver gear
Gear
Winch
Pressure
Driven Gear
16. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect.
Kinect energy
Sprocket
Bevel Gear
Ergonomics
17. A device used to regulate the flow of a liquid in a hydraulic system.
Compound pulley
Valve
Pressure
Class 2 lever
18. Measurement for work
Winch
Joules
Output
Class 1 lever
19. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member.
Joules
Sprocket
Gear Ratio
Potential energy
20. A machine consisting of two turning objects attached to each other at thier centers. One object to turn
Wheel and axle
Winch
Worm & Wheel
Gear Ratio
21. Movement in a straight line.
Output
Linear Motion
Kinect energy
Drive Gear
22. The ratio of the useful work or energy provided by a machine or system with the actual work or energy supplied to the machine or system.
Rack & Pinion
Block and tackle
Rotary Motion
Efficiency
23. A system having a boundary that separates it from it surroundings.
Valve
Closed system
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Driven Gear
24. A pulley supported by attachment to something that does not move - such as a ceiling - wall - or tree.
Fixed pulley
Radius
Transmission
Hydraulic lift
25. A combo of several pulleys working together.
Input
Block and tackle
Compound pulley
Cam & Follower
26. A lever in which the effort is applied between the fulcrum and the load.
Force
Pressure
Class 3 lever
Input work
27. A mechanical system that uses a liquid under pressure in a close system to raise heavy objects.
Bevel Gear
Pitch
Hydraulic lift
Work
28. The science of designing gone or work environments that best suit the human body in it various dimensions.
Ergonomics
Compound pulley
Speed ratio
Inverse
29. A joint that allows connected shafts to spin freely while permitting a change in direction.
Linear Motion
Force
Worm & Wheel
Universal Joint
30. A threaded shaft used to convert rotary movement to linear movement.
Crown & Pinion
Kinect energy
Crank & Slider
Lead Screw
31. A secondary or subordinate system that is part if a larger system.
Crank & Slider
Subsystems
Radius
Lever
32. A way to measure stuff.
Newtons
Winch
Output work
Bevel Gear
33. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts.
Inverse
Linear Motion
Belt and Pulley
Speed ratio
34. A push or pull on an object.
Mechanical advantage
Output work
Class 3 lever
Force
35. A machine consisting of a small cylinder - a crank or handle - on a cable. Winch can be used to lift or pull things
Belt and Pulley
Winch
Driven Gear
Class 2 lever
36. A machine consisting of a bar that is free to rotate around a fixed point - changing the amount of force that must be exerted to move an object.
Transmission
Input
Hydraulic lift
Lever
37. A lever in which the load is between the fulcrum and the effort.
Class 2 lever
Reciprocating
Energy
Speed ratio
38. Energy is transferred from one plan to another - and no energy is changed or converted.
Transmission
Block and tackle
Driven Gear
Force
39. The weight of an object that is is moved or lifted by a machine - or resistance to movement that a machine must overcome
Worm & Wheel
Lever
Kinect energy
Load
40. A system in which a gas - such as air - transmits a force exerted on gas in an enclosed space.
Pneumatic systems
Input work
Sprocket
Wheel and axle
41. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw.
Gear
Pitch
Kinect energy
Class 1 lever
42. A gear with teeth that fits into the links of a chain.
Newtons
Input work
Pulley
Sprocket
43. A rotating wheel- like device with teeth around the rim.
Class 1 lever
Reciprocating
Gear
Driven Gear
44. A small cogwheel that engages or is engaged by a larger cogwheel.
Force
Crown & Pinion
Work
Newtons
45. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.
Linear Motion
Gear
Speed ratio
Efficiency
46. The work done by a machine as the output force acts through the output distance
Output work
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Work
Gear Ratio
47. A swing back and forth at a regular rate.
Oscillate
Bevel Gear
Input
Newtons
48. A machine used for raising or moving liquids.
Ratio
Worm & Wheel
Cam & Follower
Pumps
49. The work done on a machine as the input force acts through the input distance
Class 3 lever
Input work
Worm & Wheel
Winch
50. The distance in a strait line from the center of a circle to the circle circumference
Load
Force
Pressure
Radius