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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.
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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. Measurement for work
Rack & Pinion
Sprocket
Joules
Idler Gear
2. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member.
Drive Gear
Cam & Follower
Work
Gear Ratio
3. The results of the operation of any system.
Output
Kinect energy
Lead Screw
Driven Gear
4. 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.
Lever
Reciprocating
Torque
Output work
5. A threaded shaft used to convert rotary movement to linear movement.
Lead Screw
Class 1 lever
Gear
Fixed pulley
6. The science of designing gone or work environments that best suit the human body in it various dimensions.
Input work
Ergonomics
Cam & Follower
Idler Gear
7. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others.
Newtons
Cam & Follower
Mechanism
Closed system
8. The ratio of the force produced by a machine or system (the load) to the force applied to the machine or system.
Mechanical advantage
Driven Gear
Kinect energy
Reciprocating
9. The work done on a machine as the input force acts through the input distance
Linear Motion
Pitch
Fulcrum
Input work
10. The energy of motion.
Bevel Gear
Kinect energy
Pulley
Linear Motion
11. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.
Compound pulley
Torque
Ratio
Gear
12. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Driven Gear
Winch
Load
Ratio
13. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts.
Rotary Motion
Belt and Pulley
Crown & Pinion
Energy
14. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes reciprocating motion into rotary motion.
Force
Valve
Rotary Motion
Crank & Slider
15. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance.
Pneumatic systems
Work
Crown & Pinion
Output work
16. Circular movement.
Rotary Motion
Fixed pulley
Output
Force
17. The weight of an object that is is moved or lifted by a machine - or resistance to movement that a machine must overcome
Belt and Pulley
Kinect energy
Work
Load
18. A system in which a gas - such as air - transmits a force exerted on gas in an enclosed space.
Crown & Pinion
Winch
Inverse
Pneumatic systems
19. Acts on a certain area.
Load
Crank & Slider
Force
Work
20. 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.
Block and tackle
Pulley
Gear
Class 2 lever
21. 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
Gear Ratio
Load
Rotary Motion
22. A common workplace disorder causing numbness and pain in the thumb and first three finger.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Input work
Pneumatic systems
Lead Screw
23. A combo of several pulleys working together.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Mechanism
Efficiency
Compound pulley
24. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear.
Belt and Pulley
Work
Driven Gear
Winch
25. The distance in a strait line from the center of a circle to the circle circumference
Driven Gear
Radius
Lead Screw
Pressure
26. The gear being turned buy the driver gear
Rack & Pinion
Driven Gear
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Crank & Slider
27. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect.
Inverse
Bevel Gear
Driven Gear
Subsystems
28. A rotating gear that meshes with a bar that has gear teeth along its length. Changes rotating motion into linear motion.
Winch
Crown & Pinion
Lead Screw
Rack & Pinion
29. The point of the lever that does not move.
Fulcrum
Compound pulley
Universal Joint
Gear
30. A pear- shaped disk with an off- center pivot point - used to change rotating motion into reciprocating motion.
Hydraulic lift
Winch
Cam & Follower
Ergonomics
31. A system having a boundary that separates it from it surroundings.
Closed system
Rack & Pinion
Potential energy
Mechanism
32. Opposite in position - direction - order or effect.
Belt and Pulley
Gear Ratio
Force
Inverse
33. A gear with teeth that fits into the links of a chain.
Sprocket
Newtons
Compound pulley
Class 2 lever
34. A mechanical system that uses a liquid under pressure in a close system to raise heavy objects.
Fixed pulley
Valve
Simple Gear Train
Hydraulic lift
35. A twisting force.
Torque
Mechanical advantage
Rack & Pinion
Pumps
36. Work= force x distance
Work
Oscillate
Inverse
Transmission
37. A back and forth movement.
Joules
Reciprocating
Driven Gear
Gear Ratio
38. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction.
Wheel and axle
Rack & Pinion
Ergonomics
Idler Gear
39. A machine consisting of two turning objects attached to each other at thier centers. One object to turn
Wheel and axle
Gear
Linear Motion
Valve
40. A lever in which the load is between the fulcrum and the effort.
Class 2 lever
Output work
Kinect energy
Oscillate
41. A push or pull on an object.
Driven Gear
Force
Block and tackle
Winch
42. A pulley supported by attachment to something that does not move - such as a ceiling - wall - or tree.
Crank & Slider
Fixed pulley
Valve
Driven Gear
43. A lever in which the effort is applied between the fulcrum and the load.
Pumps
Load
Class 3 lever
Output
44. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide.
Output work
Lever
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Simple Gear Train
45. A small cogwheel that engages or is engaged by a larger cogwheel.
Inverse
Force
Valve
Crown & Pinion
46. Energy is transferred from one plan to another - and no energy is changed or converted.
Transmission
Closed system
Sprocket
Mechanical advantage
47. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear.
Drive Gear
Speed ratio
Gear
Rack & Pinion
48. A secondary or subordinate system that is part if a larger system.
Subsystems
Pumps
Cam & Follower
Closed system
49. The work done by a machine as the output force acts through the output distance
Force
Worm & Wheel
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Output work
50. A combination of fixed and movable pulleys - may be used to list very heavy or awkward loads.
Block and tackle
Pulley
Drive Gear
Force