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ASVAB Mechanical Comprehension Practice Test

If A = 7 ft. and the green box weighs 10 lbs. what is the torque acting on the A side of this lever?
35 ft. lb.

1 ft. lb.

70 ft. lb.

140 ft. lb.

Which of the following is not a scalar quantity?

Length

Mass

Electric Charge

Force

What is the pressure of a water tank that measures 20 ft. square by 17 ft. deep?
106.1 psi

2.7 psi

1060.8 psi

26.5 psi

This image represents what configuration of pulley?

Movable

Block and Tackle

Simple

Fixed

If this lever is in equilibrium with an effort force of 15 ft. lb. at the blue arrow and a resistance force of 3 ft. lb. at the green box, what is its mechanical advantage?
0.8

0.2

0.05

0.1

Solutions

If A = 7 ft. and the green box weighs 10 lbs. what is the torque acting on the A side of this lever?
35 ft. lb.

1 ft. lb.

70 ft. lb.

140 ft. lb.

SOLUTION
For a lever, torque is weight x distance from the fulcrum which, in this case, is: 10 x 7 = 70 ft. lb.

Which of the following is not a scalar quantity?

Length

Mass

Electric Charge

Force

SOLUTION
A vector quantity has at least two forces at work against an object to cause movement while a scalar quantity has only one force at work. Scalar quantities have magnitude while vector quantities have magnitude and direction. Vector quantities include: velocity, force, momentum, spin, displacement. Scalar quantities include: speed, work, length, area, mass, energy, electric charge.

What is the pressure of a water tank that measures 20 ft. square by 17 ft. deep?
106.1 psi

2.7 psi

1060.8 psi

26.5 psi

SOLUTION
Pressure is equal to force per unit area or F . For water, F = w d where w is the weight of water and d its depth. Water weighs 62.4 F=wd
lb. so: ft.3 A

= 62.4

lb. ft.3

17ft.=1060.8

lb. ft.2

The area (A) of the pool is 20ft.20ft.= 400ft.2 so:

1060.8
lb.

P= F A

400 ft.2

ft.2

= 2.7 psi

This image represents what configuration of pulley?

Movable

Block and Tackle

Simple

Fixed

SOLUTION
A fixed pulley changes the direction of the effort but does not multiply effort. A movable pulley multiplies effort but does not change the direction of the effort. A block and tackle is a combination of one or more fixed and movable pulleys and both multiplies effort and changes the direction of the effort.

If this lever is in equilibrium with an effort force of 15 ft. lb. at the blue arrow and a resistance force of 3 ft. lb. at the green box, what is its mechanical advantage?
0.8

0.2

0.05

0.1

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 = Fr / Fe = 3 ft. / 15 ft. = 0.2 In this case, the mechanical advantage is less than one meaning that each unit of effort force results in just 0.2 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 at a sacrifice of force at the resistance. Different lever styles have different purposes and multiply forces in different ways.

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