Unit 19: Mechanical Reasoning: Short-Answer Questions
Unit 19: Mechanical Reasoning: Short-Answer Questions
Unit 19: Mechanical Reasoning: Short-Answer Questions
Short-answer questions
Specific instructions to students
This section is designed to help you improve your skills in mechanical reasoning.
Read the following questions and answer all of them in the spaces provided.
You may not use a calculator.
You need to show all of your working out.
Reduce the ratios to the simplest or lowest form.
QUESTION 1
QUESTION 3
Fan and
water pump
Idler
Power
steering
X
Y
Alternator
Vibration damper
Drive pulley
Anticlockwise
Clockwise
QUESTION 2
QUESTION 4
A
D
B
Non-fixed pivot
Non-fixed
pivot
Fixed pivot
Clockwise
Lever B
Answer:
Lever B will move to the right.
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QUESTION 5
QUESTION 6
Pulley 6
Pulley 5
Fixed pivot
Pulley 4
Lever A
Non-fixed
pivot
Pulley 2
Non-fixed
pivot
Pulley 3
Lever B
Pulley 1
Motor
Fixed pivot
Answer:
Pulley 6 will turn clockwise.
Answer:
Lever B will be pushed up.
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