ASVAB 2024 ENGINEERING TERMS DEFINITIONS STUDY

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Question 1: What is the difference between a disc brake and a drum brake, and how do they function to stop a vehicle

Answer:

Disc brakes use friction pads to stop the rotor, while drum brakes use shoes to press against a drum

Question 2: lift

Answer:

Caused by higher speed air flow over a lower speed air flow

Question 3: effort

Answer:

the force applied to a simple machine

Question 4: Total resistance

Answer:

The amount of resistance combined from multiple resistors in a series and/or parallel circuit.

Question 5: A ball is thrown with a force of 38N to a distance of 2.8 meters. How much work was created through this action

Answer:

89.5 Joules Force X Distance = Question 6: In mechanics, vector quantities are quantities that posses both magnitude and what else

Answer:

Direction

Question 7: Ohmmeter

Answer:

Records the ohms, or the electrical resistance, in circuit

Question 8: 1 amp

Answer:

It is equal to 120 watts

Question 9: mass

Answer:

the amount of matter in an object

Question 10: AC and DC current

Answer:

Alternating current and direct current

Question 11: Ampere

Answer:

Measures electrical current

Question 12: cell

Answer:

supplies electrical current

Question 13: What are Registers

Answer:

These can be either analog or digital and are responsible for recording the values being measured in a graph where the value of the magnitude is shown over a period of time

Question 14: Ohm

Answer:

Measures electrical resistance

Question 15: load

Answer:

the materials carried by a stream

Question 16: Stator

Answer:

A stationary loop of wires around the rotor in which electricity is produced

Question 17: components of force

Answer:

The smaller the angle, the larger the effective force

Question 18: parallel circuit

Answer:

an electrical circuit in which the current is divided into two or more paths

Question 19: Watt

Answer:

Measures electrical power (Energy consumed)

Question 20: Generator

Answer:

A device used to convert mechanical energy (Kinetic) into electrical energy

Question 21: Equilibrium

Answer:

net force is zero when velocity is not changing

Question 22: Transistor

Answer:

A small electronic device used in a circuit as an amplifier or switch.

Question 23: Current =

Answer:

Voltage (V) / Resistance (R) Volts / Amperes

Question 24: force

Answer:

changes the velocity of an object

Question 25: load distance

Answer:

The distance a load moves when acted on by a load force.

Question 26: parallel

Answer:

going a long the surface

Question 27: transformer

Answer:

a device that increases or decreases the voltage of an alternating current

Question 28: supply wires

Answer:

black white wires that form the circuit that the electric current needs to travel